Star Trek Voyager Companion

Rating:
Summary: Not a Good Companion
Review: This was a disappointment, to say the least. There was almost nothing new, few details about each episode. The "episode logs" and "alpha quadrant" and "delta quadrant" factoids were simply narrative sentences created from the dialog of each episode.
The story of Chakotay's tribe was a rewrite of the dialog from "Tattoo". It was useless.
I will continue looking for the real Voyager Companion. This isn't it.
The DS9 Companion is a zillion times better.

Rating:
Summary: Not so much a companion, as an episode guide.
Review: To a lot of Trek fans, the franchise came back strong with The Next Generation and peaked with Deep Space Nine. Voyager was the weakest of the three. The same could be said for the show companions. The companion for The Next Generation was pretty good. Better summaries of the episodes and behind the scenes info than the companion for the original series. But the companion for Deep Space Nine raised the bar. Packed full of info on the making of the episodes as well as detailed show summaries, this book set the standard. The companion for Voyager pales in comparison. It works pretty good as an episode guide. But there is not nearly enough behind the scenes information to truly make this a companion. The use of "Damage Reports" and "Ships Logs" to bring up bits of trivia isn't worth the space it takes up. Voyager was an enjoyable show, and this companion is nice to have. I just wish they put more effort into it.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Review: Unlike the previous Star Trek 'bible' (STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE COMPANION) this book offers very little beyond episode synopses. There's very little behind the scenes, concept or production information.
After the obligatory episode synopses, there are brief paragraphs with inane headings such as SENSOR READINGS, DAMAGE REPORT and PERSONAL LOGS that contain little more than that episode's techno-babble and trivial facts like "Sensors detect a class-M planet at a heading of 178-Mark-4" and "Torres likes extra paprika on her potato salad."
My reason for reading these Star Trek Companion books is to learn something new about the shows I love so much.
This book fails to deliver.
If you have seen the show, you have no reason to purchase this book.