The Star Trek Compendium

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Summary: FANTASTIC ADDITION TO ALL STAR TREK COLLECTIONS
Review: Allan Asherman has a job well done in this work, and he was smart to fix all problems with the early printing as well as update the information.The style used gives the TV episode and movie information in a great way that was not done in the STAR TREK reference books that came before it.A good book to get your STAR TREK information from.

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Summary: An extremely interesting book for classic Star Trek fans...
Review: The book begins with an interesting narration of the writer's introduction to the Star Trek universe, back in the 60's, and passes on to the complete sequence of events that preceeded Star Trek's premiere. The best part, however, is the episode guide, which, by providing accurate and objective summaries, without inserting personal opinions and irrelevancies. By far one of the best guides to the Star Trek universe!

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Summary: The Original Generation's Chronicle
Review: The last revised edition of the Star Trek Compendium, from 1993, is a wonderful resource book about the first series. The adventures of Captain Kirk, (William Shatner), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Dr. "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelly) and the rest of the original crew will always hold a special place for me. After all, none of the other spin-offs, would have been possible, without this show paving the way.

Written by Allan Asherman, the book is a fun trip through the early years of the saga, created by former arline pilot Gene Roddenberry. The book takes readers from the original pitch to NBC-TV, through both pilots (The Cage and Where No Man Has Gone Before), all of the 78 other episodes from 1966-1969, syndication and the growing fandom of the 70s, the short-lived animated series ('73-'74), the aborted Phase II television series, and all six motion pictures featuring just the "Classic Cast" The book has episode/film synopses, behind the scenes stories, and fun trivia. The guide has over 125 black and white photographs and a total of 182 pages (including index)

The compendium is highly recomended to any generation of Trek fan

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Summary: Another must for all trekkies
Review: This book covers all of the episodes of the Original Series and all of the movies up to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. A great reference book for even those who only just care for the Original Series but prefer the later serieses (like me!).

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Summary: Another must for all trekkies
Review: This book covers all of the episodes of the Original Series and all of the movies up to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. A great reference book for even those who only just care for the Original Series but prefer the later serieses (like me!).

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Summary: What a Fabulous Resource!
Review: This book does exactly what it says.... There is great preliminary information and rare pictures of the beginnings of the series. Then, you get writer, director, principle characters, and descriptions of each episode. You also get information on syndication, conventions, the second series, and the first five movies.

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Summary: Review of 20th anniversary edition.
Review: This compendium was a valuable resource for me during my semester as Editor of my college newspaper. We used it extensively for trivia questions and to answer those pesky "In what episode" questions.

The 20th anniversary edition was a delight, I can only guess that the current edition is even better.