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Star Trek The Next Generation: Technical Manual Paperback – November 1, 1991

by Rick Sternbach (Author), Michael Okuda (Author)

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The Star Trek: The Next Generation® Technical Manual, written by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda, the technical advisors to Star Trek: The Next Generation, provides a comprehensive schematization of a Galaxy-class starship. From the bridge to the shuttlebays, from the transporter room to crews' quarters, this book provides a never-before-seen glimpse at the inner, intricate workings of the most incredible starship ever conceived.
Full of diagrams, technical schematics, and ship's plans, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual also takes a detailed look at the principles behind Star Trek®'s awesome technology -- from phasers to warp drive to the incredible holodeck.

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November 1, 1991
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The Star Trek: The Next Generation^® Technical Manual, written by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda, the technical advisors to Star Trek: The Next Generation, provides a comprehensive schematization of a Galaxy-class starship. From the bridge to the shuttlebays, from the transporter room to crews' quarters, this book provides a never-before-seen glimpse at the inner, intricate workings of the most incredible starship ever conceived.

Full of diagrams, technical schematics, and ship's plans, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual also takes a detailed look at the principles behind Star Trek^®'s awesome technology -- from phasers to warp drive to the incredible holodeck.

About the Author

Rich Sternbach is a Hugo and Emmy Award-winning visual artist with extensive film and television experience. Famous for his work on Star Trek, he has been responsible for a number of starship designs. He co-wrote the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual and the Deep Space Nine Technical Manual.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pocket Books; First Edition (November 1, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 183 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0671704273
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0671704278
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.4 x 11 inches

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Valerie Mackall

Mother of a young Trekkie

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2023

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My son loves this book! Shipping was fast so it was right on time for his surprise gift of achievement.

Michael P. Kukielka

Classic Star Trek Reference Essential, Current Printing is AWFUL!

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2006

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I'm giving the book 5 stars because it is a superb piece of imaginitive techno babble. For Star Trek fans, the book expands upon the intricate fabric of the Star Trek universe. The book is very truthful to the series and was an important piece of reference material for the writers. I bought it when it first came out in 1991 and it was one of the first quality Star Trek reference publication. The enormous success of the book would later spawn countless Star Trek reference books up until 2001. I read it cover to cover endlessly, transfixed by the technical jargon as if it proved Star Trek could be a reality. The book was only $13.00 in 1991 and has since doubled in price. I just bought my 2nd copy because it's one of the few Star Trek reference titles still in printing, and my old copy was looking a little shabby. Sadly, I was shocked to see that the book lacked the print quality of the original. The original has a black and blue two tone color scheme which has since been replaced by what appears to be a photocopied version of the original. The print quality is HORRIBLE! The fidelity of the text and diagrams have been substantially reduced. What gives?! I bought my issue from Amazon.com so I don't believe they sold me a fake.

In any case, I'm VERY displeased I spent twice as much 15 years later to get a book with such poor print quality. I would recommend people look for an earlier printing and verify that the content is printed in black and blue.

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Sheldon Carpenter

Next Generation reference book for present generation Trek-heads

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2015

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If you are a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation and a tech head, "Star Trek The Next Generation: Technical Manual" is a must. It has plans, schematics and illustrations of all the systems on the Enterprise 1701-D, with additions of the shuttlecraft, the captain's yacht, weapons and other aspects of Trek life. Want to know how the Structural Integrity Field works? Or maybe the Transporter or artificial gravity? It's all right here. (Want to know where they go the bathroom on the bridge? Sorry, that's *not* here.) It's all black and white (no color), clearly drawn illustrations and absolutely understandable explanations (if you can call lots of invented theoretical science understandable). There are little sidebars with behind-the-scenes insight into some of the thought that went behind it, who at NASA they consulted and what episode something appeared in. I wish there was lots more of these, but then maybe it would spoil the effect.

It's a great reference for Trek modelers and just a fun book to look at if you like this kind of stuff. And it makes you think they really thought about the technology behind daily life fairly seriously (what, no breweries in engineering?!). Published in 1991, this is still a great book to have for a great series.

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Lots of information.

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2023

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More info then I'll read it the rest of my life.

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caleb rulon combs

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2023

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It's got great details about the technology and a few diagrams of and cross sections for the ship, but if you're hoping to find the entire deck plan, that's a different book. Description wasn't clear either way.

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Second time around

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2016

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If you love reading about the details of a ship from bow to stern be it a naval vessel or a starship you will find this manual one of the best in details. I purchased this manual when it first came out. Over the years I lost track where I put it. When this came available again I purchased it. This manual is so detailed about Enterprise NCC-1701-D. This is one of the best designs for a starship and the manual covers every single deck of the ship in describing this ship's systems. I highly recommend it. You will not be disappointed. Spoiler Alert. In the manual you will read about a function the ship had that a few years later was used in one of the Star Trek movies. Enjoy!

Pretty good Kindle transfer

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2016

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I've been hesitant to buy this for a while because the claims from people about the quality. Once I found out that you can return a Kindle purchase, I bought it. Considering the age of the original publication, I think this converted to Kindle very well. The LCAR style page markings are not present, a few of the graphics look like a copier ran out of ink, but, I have ZERO complaints. My original copy that I bought in '92 is very delicate and I don't want to keep using it for fear of pages coming out... this Kindle version is a perfect substitute. Now, if only Amazon would put the DS9 Manual on Kindle.

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great quality for a used book

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2022

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Gift for my brother and mother, They loved it

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brahm k

Great book!

Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2023

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Great book, really liked reading and learning more about NCC 1701-D.

Did not like that book was shipped in a bubble envelope package that is very flexible, instead of a cardboard stiff envelope. Book came bent and I had to fix that. Amazon should not ship books that way ever!

Jose

Contenido interesante. Formato pésimo

Reviewed in Spain on June 7, 2022

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El contenido del libro es muy completo, perfecto para culaquier aficionado. Pero el libro en si es muy cutre. Tapas blandas que se deterioran muy rápido (el mío ha venido con un pico desgastado aún siendo nuevo). La impresión es en blanco y negro y las imágenes son de poca calidad. No es papel satinado así que algunos textos blancos sobre fondo negro se ven mal. En resumen muy interesante para leer pero poco atractivo para la lectura y de poca calidad

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Inserire nome

L'anello mancante tra la tua passione per Star Trek e l'elemento più rappresentativo: Enterprise

Reviewed in Italy on December 18, 2021

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Niente spoiler...compralo.

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R.

Great if you love Star Trek.

Reviewed in Australia on November 30, 2023

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Book arrived as described,early and packaged well. This is a Christmas gift and I know it will be loved.

Nimrod

To boldly go where no man has go before... then make a cuppa and have lie down

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2018

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If your a Trek lover and you want to debate how you can transport from one ship to another while travelling at Warp speed - and other, equally esoteric technical conundrums, then this book will give you as much engineering expertise as Scotty, LeForge and O'Brien put together.

Sadly, the book does not cover the Warp Nacelles, save to give a truncated plan view with no annotations or explanation of its structure or what the various elements are. Rich Sternbach (the illustrator of the Technical Manual and the most recent Enterprise-D blueprints and Producer of Star Trek post Roddenberry) and Ed Whitefire, Who created the original E-D blueprints) Have both said there were/are no blueprints made of the nacelles inner volumes, but there were conversations in the early development of the series that suggested that they were to be addressed. That said, Ed Whitefire has intimated that he might revisit the nacelles sometime in the foreseeable future. (this info valid as of Feb 2018)

Conclusion? If you really like Star Trek and you really, really want to know how the replicators work, where they store deuterium and how the Holodecks function, I guarantee everything (almost) you wanted to know about running a Galaxy class (and earlier) starship is in this manual.

To Infinity and Beyond!!!!!!! :P

Nimrod

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