THE MAKING OF STAR TREK

Back in print for the Trek 25th and 30th anniversary. First published in 1968, and is meant as a "how to write for Star Trek". Part I of the book is a discussion of how Star Trek came to be. Parts III-V are a look at the production of the episodes. Most important here, however, is Part II of the book "An Official Biography of a Ship and Its Crew", written as a reference guide for writers - how does the ship work, who are the officers, etc. While it has some anachronisms (Starship Class instead of Constitution Class), it is a very good source of Tech information about the original series, and the closest thing to an official TOS reference we're ever likely to see. Stephen Edward Poe (Whitfield is a pseudonym) defined the "making of" genre of books with this work, and it was the first technical manual for Star Trek. Poe recently passed away, and will be dearly missed by the Star Trek fan community.