And even that could have been something that was changed from Romulans to Klingons later in the script development, because they say the same thing about Romulans in "The Deadly Years".
"The Making of Star Trek" by Stephen Whitfield & Gene Roddenberry (1968)
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And even that could have been something that was changed from Romulans to Klingons later in the script development, because they say the same thing about Romulans in "The Deadly Years".
Although the Saavik backstory that Vonda McIntyre invented for the TWOK novelization (and almost every tie-in writer since has adopted) requires that the Romulans do take prisoners, so it's just as well that was changed.
We know canonically that, by the time of the Enterprise-C, Romulans do take prisoners/captives.
Reduced page count, so I suspect it's a trade size? 368pp not 414pp.
Can't see a reference to size.
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Thanks!. Titan seems to do a pretty good job with stuff, SO I assume it's a trade and contains the same illustrations as the earlier editions from Ballantine.
I kind of wondered if it was like Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina where Tennessee has that triangle that touches Virginia and N. Carolina. In this case the Federation has an area that borders the two territories.If the Federation shares a border with the Romulans, and the Romulans share a border with the Klingons, and the Klingons share a border with the Federation, why can't there be a point or (possibly curved) edge where all three meet? Maybe that was supposed to be near Gamma Hydra.
It’s a trade paperback, so larger. I believe all illustrations & photo inserts are intact (but I never did a side-by-side comparison).
I got my original at a school Book Fair.
I think I did too.
Amazingly, I still have my elementary school book fair receipt as a bookmark in this book.
Yep. And Klingon ships in the Romulan neutral zone could just be a way of making the simulation more unsettling for the trainees (edit: as Damian suggests).
That, according to Treklit, the ship in 'distress' has the name of one at the centre of a real tragedy would fit with that (Saavik's reaction shows the name has an existing significance, obvs).
An early TNG FASA book said the Enterprise-B disappeared in the Triangle as well, ISTR.
I saw a copy at Half Price books yesterday in reasonably good condition, so I decided to snag it. I've only had a chance to flip through and skim read a little, and it seems like there's lots of great stuff in there that I wouldn't have appreciated years ago. Glad this thread drew my attention to it.
I worked several months on this project. I tried to convince CBS to reissue it for the 50th anniversary of the book (which was last year) but there were too many issues. Mostly that Ballantine still owned the rights to the book and the two authors were deceased. Also, the fact that it had to be completely reset since no digital version of it exists was an issue. My proposal was to release a hard cover, coffee table book with hi-res graphics and photos (of which I have most from the book in my collection from the original negatives since CBS no longer had the negatives for most of the photos). I wanted to expand it to include the third season since the original book was written prior to that. I also proposed to add additional photos to those in the book. Here are a few photos, graphics and cover from the failed project:
Brilliant idea! This should have been done. I would have bought multiple copies.I worked several months on this project. I tried to convince CBS to reissue it for the 50th anniversary of the book (which was last year) but there were too many issues. Mostly that Ballantine still owned the rights to the book and the two authors were deceased. Also, the fact that it had to be completely reset since no digital version of it exists was an issue. My proposal was to release a hard cover, coffee table book with hi-res graphics and photos (of which I have most from the book in my collection from the original negatives since CBS no longer had the negatives for most of the photos). I wanted to expand it to include the third season since the original book was written prior to that. I also proposed to add additional photos to those in the book. Here are a few photos, graphics and cover from the failed project:
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