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In the future, a heroic captain and his crew explore the Galaxy in a really fast spacecraft. The crew's standing orders are:
"...to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before."™

Simple, straightforward -- that's Star Trek.® So what's all the fuss? Why do news crews always seem to find someone, somewhere dressed up in a Star Trek costume? What could be so interesting to so many people?

Star Trek 101 is the answer. You'll learn just a little about the heroes (Captain Kirk believes that man wasn't meant to live in paradise), the villains (Klingons have a thirst for conquest), and the important aliens (Vulcans live their lives by logic). In the handy recaps for all things Star Trek, you'll discover that the television shows and movies run the gamut from action-adventure to comedy. Just want to sample? The ten essential episodes are offered for your consideration. Star Trek 101 is a quick primer of the television shows and movies that carry the Star Trek name.

About the Author

Terry Erdmann has written a number of Star Trek books, amongst them Action! and The Tribble Handbook, and worked with J.M. Dillard on the pictorial history of Star Trek, Where No-one Has Gone Before. As a Hollywood publicist the many hit movies he has worked on include Aliens and Cocoon.
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Star Trek; Original edition (September 23, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743497236
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743497237
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Gift for Trekkers and for their Supportive Loved Ones, October 22, 2008
By Dan Garlington (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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Erdmann has put together a brilliant guidebook of all things Trek that hard-core Trekkers will love to pour through, and their loved ones can use to help understand their passion a bit better. A synopsis of every episode of every series is included - as well as each movie - providing a quick reference guide when you get in an argument over what the name of that lioness communications officer was in the animated series, or what episode introduces us all to Species 8472. It also includes a list of the essential episodes for each series, info on key characters and alien species, and interesting trivia. My first browsing of the book brought back great memories of watching the shows, taught me some things I didn't know, and will surely come in handy when I try to explain the difference between a Vulcan and a Romulan to my husband.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Okay as an episode guide, November 6, 2008
By Sean Brady (Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews
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This book is little more than a basic episode guide for all Star Trek series and includes the movies as well. There's some trivia in the book but it's all fairly bland. If you're looking for an episode guide for every Trek series, this is for you. Other than that, there's little to recommend about this book.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Well done but I'm uncertain about the target audience, October 18, 2009
This book contains a solid overview of all things STAR TREK. The volume summarizes all of the series and movies, including all the major characters, many of the recurring characters, the various races, the ships, and other odds and ends. There are also brief summaries of every episode and lists of the key episodes. All of this is very well done and I can't complain about the product.

But who is the book for? Virtually anyone who has seen the various STAR TREK series will know just about every bit of info contained in the book. About the only real purpose to which I have been able to put the book is to look through the episode synopses to locate a particular episode. The only person for whom the book would be especial help would be someone who knows next to nothing about STAR TREK. Additional features that could have enhanced the value of the book were missing. For instance, alongside the plot summaries, why couldn't they have listed the cast and crew? STAR TREK was possibly the first series in the history of television (apart form some of the highly literate anthology shows of the fifties, where amazingly gifted writers wrote some of the finest TV that we have ever seen, such as REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT and BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY and 12 ANGRY MEN, all of which were remade as feature length films) where people wanted to know who wrote the screenplay. And anyone who watches much TV loves lists of guest stars. For instance, I was recently rewatching an episode of VOYAGER in which an actor in heavy make up nonetheless looked extremely familiar. It was just about driving me crazy. I eventually went onto IMDB and was able to figure out that the actor was Mark Moses and that he was familiar because he plays Duck Phillips on MAD MEN. It would have added a large number of pages to STAR TREK 101, but it would have added tremendously to the value of the book. The value of the book as it stands to anyone who knows anything about STAR TREK is minimal at most.

I purchased this off Amazon (yes, I did purchase it from Amazon, but in posting this review I will deactivate the confirmed purchase option -- I have bought a large number of items from Amazon over the years, from electric equipment to clothes to food to books to just about anything that I can get more cheaply from Amazon than I can purchase in a store, but as far as I am concerned, it is my business about I want others to know -- I plan on never using this feature in any reviews that I write) for close to nothing and given the cost I am happy to own the book. But frankly it is not of much value. I'm not sure that any of it would be of much use to newcomers (you will learn what you need as you watch the show) and for veteran STAR TREK fans the main resource is THE STAR TREK ENCYCLOPEDIA. So, while I can't really fault the job that was done with STAR TREK 101, I'm just not certain who will find it helpful.
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