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Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (Star Trek Next Generation (Unnumbered))
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Author: Rick Sternbach, Michael Okuda
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (Star Trek Next Generation (Unnumbered)) Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4572
EAN: 9780671704278
ISBN: 0671704273
Label: Star Trek
Manufacturer: Star Trek
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 192
Publication Date: 1991-11-01
Publisher: Star Trek
Studio: Star Trek
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4572
EAN: 9780671704278
ISBN: 0671704273
Label: Star Trek
Manufacturer: Star Trek
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 192
Publication Date: 1991-11-01
Publisher: Star Trek
Studio: Star Trek
Editorial Review of Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (Star Trek Next Generation (Unnumbered))
The Star Trek: The Next Generation® Technical Manual, written by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda, the technical advisors to Star Trek: The Next Generation, provides a comprehensive schematization of a Galaxy-class starship. From the bridge to the shuttlebays, from the transporter room to crews' quarters, this book provides a never-before-seen glimpse at the inner, intricate workings of the most incredible starship ever conceived.
Full of diagrams, technical schematics, and ship's plans, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual also takes a detailed look at the principles behind Star Trek®'s awesome technology -- from phasers to warp drive to the incredible holodeck.
Customer Reviews of Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (Star Trek Next Generation (Unnumbered))
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: More information than one could dream of...
Review: I first purchased this book back when the series was still in it's early days and was actively being produced and aired on a weekly basis. I sat down with this book after getting home and started reading... and reading... and reading. I couldn't put it down. I was amazed at how in-depth this book was. I was astounded to learn that many of the shipboard systems are based on actual scientific theory and not just some dreamed up "widget" to make it all work together. Sure they took a little license here and there to create devices to work with others but it's done in such a way that you'd actually believe it existed. But from other publications I've seen from Sternbach & Okuda, you would expect nothing else.
Also, As other reviews have stated, later copies of this book my not be as clear or well defined as this one... Make sure you examine before you buy.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Tech Manuals
Review: Tech Manuals are rather dull as they go, but I enjoyed this book. I'm somewhat of a newbie to Star Trek, and indulge in the technical side. Which is why I bought it(not from amazon). I enjoy reading everything in it. I wish it were in full color though.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Poor quality
Review: I bought the first book in 1991 and was very well pleased. Several years later, I lost it. I recently saw this one in a search and decided to purchase it. Much to my extreme disappointment, it was not what I was expecting. All of the color was gone and the text within the black ovals was hardly legible. There is a page which is supposed to have a picture of our spiral galaxy on it, it looks more like an ink smudge. The entire book looks like it was copied on a five year old copy machine.
If you're replacing a copy, find one published in 1991 that's in good condition.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A must have for Trekers
Review: Love this in my Star Trek collection. All of the technical aspects of the ships. Great find.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Direct from Starfleet Research and Development
Review: Highly recommended for freshmen at Star Fleet Academy (and for Trekkers everywhere).
For a couple of years I was a member of a local science fiction society in part just to see if there was any other science fiction comparable in quality to Star Trek (in whatever series, whether The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyager, or Enterprise). The answer is No, Non, Nyet, Nada, Lo. If Star Trek is like graduate school, then most other science fiction is like pre-school. Or if Star Trek is like a blues master, then other science fiction sounds like the noise created by a hip hop "artist."
The attention to detail and the care in presentation of Star Trek are represented very well in this Technical Manual. There are 17 chapters: USS Enterprise Introduction, Spacecraft Structure, Command Systems, Computer Systems, Warp Propulsion Systems, Impulse Propulsion Systems, Utilities and Auxiliary Systems, Communications, Transporter Systems, Science and Remote Sensing Systems, Tactical Systems, Environmental Systems, Crew Support Systems, Auxiliary Spacecraft Systems, USS Enterprise Flight Operations, Emergency Operations, and Conclusion. There is a fine Afterword by Rick Berman, the Executive Producer of Star Trek. There is also an Index and Key to Acronyms, and a list of Units of Measure. Illustrations abound.
The logical consistency and logical extrapolation and creative imagination shown in Star Trek represent human beings at their best and brightest. If you like thinking about the far future, this Technical Manual is for you.
Review Summary: More information than one could dream of...
Review: I first purchased this book back when the series was still in it's early days and was actively being produced and aired on a weekly basis. I sat down with this book after getting home and started reading... and reading... and reading. I couldn't put it down. I was amazed at how in-depth this book was. I was astounded to learn that many of the shipboard systems are based on actual scientific theory and not just some dreamed up "widget" to make it all work together. Sure they took a little license here and there to create devices to work with others but it's done in such a way that you'd actually believe it existed. But from other publications I've seen from Sternbach & Okuda, you would expect nothing else.
Also, As other reviews have stated, later copies of this book my not be as clear or well defined as this one... Make sure you examine before you buy.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Tech Manuals
Review: Tech Manuals are rather dull as they go, but I enjoyed this book. I'm somewhat of a newbie to Star Trek, and indulge in the technical side. Which is why I bought it(not from amazon). I enjoy reading everything in it. I wish it were in full color though.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Poor quality
Review: I bought the first book in 1991 and was very well pleased. Several years later, I lost it. I recently saw this one in a search and decided to purchase it. Much to my extreme disappointment, it was not what I was expecting. All of the color was gone and the text within the black ovals was hardly legible. There is a page which is supposed to have a picture of our spiral galaxy on it, it looks more like an ink smudge. The entire book looks like it was copied on a five year old copy machine.
If you're replacing a copy, find one published in 1991 that's in good condition.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A must have for Trekers
Review: Love this in my Star Trek collection. All of the technical aspects of the ships. Great find.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Direct from Starfleet Research and Development
Review: Highly recommended for freshmen at Star Fleet Academy (and for Trekkers everywhere).
For a couple of years I was a member of a local science fiction society in part just to see if there was any other science fiction comparable in quality to Star Trek (in whatever series, whether The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyager, or Enterprise). The answer is No, Non, Nyet, Nada, Lo. If Star Trek is like graduate school, then most other science fiction is like pre-school. Or if Star Trek is like a blues master, then other science fiction sounds like the noise created by a hip hop "artist."
The attention to detail and the care in presentation of Star Trek are represented very well in this Technical Manual. There are 17 chapters: USS Enterprise Introduction, Spacecraft Structure, Command Systems, Computer Systems, Warp Propulsion Systems, Impulse Propulsion Systems, Utilities and Auxiliary Systems, Communications, Transporter Systems, Science and Remote Sensing Systems, Tactical Systems, Environmental Systems, Crew Support Systems, Auxiliary Spacecraft Systems, USS Enterprise Flight Operations, Emergency Operations, and Conclusion. There is a fine Afterword by Rick Berman, the Executive Producer of Star Trek. There is also an Index and Key to Acronyms, and a list of Units of Measure. Illustrations abound.
The logical consistency and logical extrapolation and creative imagination shown in Star Trek represent human beings at their best and brightest. If you like thinking about the far future, this Technical Manual is for you.