Star Trek Encyclopedia, Revised and Expanded Edition: A Reference Guide to the Future Hardcover Book

With a delightfully obsessive hand, Michael and Denise Okuda present the minutiae of every moment from the four Star Trek series and eight films. Every planet ever visited, every food ingested, every outfit worn, and every featured character appears in The Star Trek Encyclopedia, on glossy pages with color illustrations worthy of author Michael Okuda's position as art director for the entire Star Trek universe. Even the nonfan will enjoy the endless cross-references and the secret, cohesive universe exposed in this volume, which reads like the realization of Jorge Luis Borges's dream of a fictive encyclopedia merging with the real world.

From the Publisher

The Star Trek Encyclopedia is the definitive reference book to the minutiae of the first three Star Trek® series. Exhaustive information on the characters, alien races, planets, weapons, medical equipment, etc., of the Trek universe, with technical diagrams and appendices on the timeline of the show's production and the writers of each episode.

About the Author

Michael Okuda is the scenic art supervisor for "Star Trek: Voyager." He is responsible for those show's control panels, signage, alien written languages, computer readout animation, and other strange things. Michael worked on all seven years of "Star Trek: The Next Generation", and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." His other credits include six "Star Trek" feature films, "The Flash, The Human Target, " and the never-seen American version of "Red Dwarf."

Along with Rick Sternbach, Michael serves as a technical consultant to the writing staff of "Star Trek" and is coauthor of the "Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual" book and CD-ROM. Michael grew up in Hawai'i, where he graduated from Roosevelt High School and earned a BA in communications from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is a member of IATSE Local 816 (Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists) and is a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. Mike is a proponent of science education and he "really" wants to be the first graphic artist in space.

Primary Physical Format: Hardcover

Physical Description: 1056 p.