Recently purchased a copy, said to be owned by the original owner since September 1966; since he provided the original postmarked Desilu Productions envelope, addressed to him, I have no reason to doubt that. Anyway, is this version of the guide well known? I could not find much info. about it online (as opposed to the "Third Revision", dated April 17, 1967). It is 20 pages long, as opposed to the 31 page later version, and as one would expect based on it preceding the airing of the first episode, there are significant differences in the character, sets and technology descriptions.
As someone who is especially interested in information related to special FX work, I found the following passage esp. interesting (bold emphasis mine):
This is news to me at least; as this was of course never realized. Was it mentioned in later versions of the guide? I found one online source for the April '67 version that does not seem to mention it (presumably because it was dropped).
Another thing of interest to me is that in a copy of an MSEI press release included with the guide, it mentions that the Enterprise is so huge in fact that 'the "miniature" photographic model is over fourteen feet long'. I gather this was the germ for later incorrect reporting of the 11 footer's length for many years.
Assuming this is not old news to most, and there is interest, I can try to post some scans (not sure if my newbie status here prevents that just yet).
As someone who is especially interested in information related to special FX work, I found the following passage esp. interesting (bold emphasis mine):
"The two outboard nacelles contain matter and antimatter, a controlled intermixing of which creates the stupendous power needed. We are presently searching for an optical effect in, about, or between these nacelles which will make their spectacular potential seem more obvious to the eye."
This is news to me at least; as this was of course never realized. Was it mentioned in later versions of the guide? I found one online source for the April '67 version that does not seem to mention it (presumably because it was dropped).
Another thing of interest to me is that in a copy of an MSEI press release included with the guide, it mentions that the Enterprise is so huge in fact that 'the "miniature" photographic model is over fourteen feet long'. I gather this was the germ for later incorrect reporting of the 11 footer's length for many years.
Assuming this is not old news to most, and there is interest, I can try to post some scans (not sure if my newbie status here prevents that just yet).
