The Best Star Trek Book Ever!

[HaplessCrewman]

At least, in my opinion...LOL.

I've been reading Star Trek FAQ by Mark Clark and found it very informative and revealing. The idea behind this book is not to be another episode guide, tell-all, or history book but to put together all the stuff usually glossed over in others.

As a TOS fan, it is really great to have one book that collects all the anecdotes about the series I've heard or read about from various sources into one book. The author has done a ton of research (bibliography included!) and knows his topic well.

In the author's own words,

I spent eight months fishing into the nooks and crannies of Trek lore for revealing yet underreported stories and illuminating minutiae. Applause Books' FAQ format enables me to combine this material with more familiar elements of the Star Trek story in unconventional ways, smashing them together in the literary equivalent of a super-collider to produce fresh insights. I'm convinced you'll find the results exhilarating whether this is the first Star Trek book you've read or the fiftieth.

The book covers most of the familiar stories regarding the production of TOS but is more of a history of Trek itself. It has the stuff most books leave out.

Has anyone else read this book?

 

[Daddy Todd]

Got it, haven't had a chance to read it yet. A cursory comparison of Star Trek FAQ with A Brief Guide to Star Trek, which were published virtually simultaneously, clearly shows FAQ to be the better book by leaps and bounds.

 

[bbailey861]

I don't know how I missed this one, but thanks. I have wish listed it for my Sep order. I hope it is as interesting as you say.

 

[Patrick O'Brien]

Thanks for the link Crewman The book gets decent reviews on Amazon so it may be worth a look. What is the BBS take on this compilation?