An illustrated history of the Star Trek films explores the success of the films starring the crew from the Starship Enterprise, chronicling the onscreen and behind-the-scenes stories of each of the first five films. Original. 30,000 first printing.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Informative & Entertaining Reading Experience,
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This review is from: Trek: The Making of the Movies (Paperback)
Author James Van Hise, whose name was familiar to me from old "Enterprise Incidents" mag articles, has indeed written an informative chronicle of the first six Star Trek films. This is one of those books that you'll read in just a couple of days, due to its quick pacing and points of interest (if you're into the "making of" angle of things).I've given this book only three stars for two reasons. First, photos are sparse, and tend to be only publicity stills at that. Given the book's subject matter, photos to support the technical info given would have increased the experience overall. Second, the most glaring shortcoming is the lack of proofreading. Not so much to check up on the data, which I have faith Van Hise has confirmed, but the grammar. Sentence fragments abound, words are run together, a line will be triple-spaced, etc. It leaves the reader wondering if Mr. Van Hise had any idea this was happening to his work. Whoever was responsible for typsetting this book should be fired! It nearly destroys the reading experience. But it is a testament to how enjoyable this book is that such barriers are overcome. This book is an excellent companion piece to Edward Gross's "The Making of the Trek Films." Get it if you can.
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