Star Trek Encyclopedia

Michael Okuka; Denise Okuda

ISBN 10: 0671576763 ISBN 13: 9780671576769

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Interactive, 1997

Synopsis

"A Wagon Train to the Stars." That was how writer/producer Gene Roddenberry pitched his 1964 Star Trek pilot, The Cage. More than 30 years later, his exploration continues. Across all quadrants of the galaxy, to worlds known and unknown, the Star Trek universe has expanded beyond any television creator's wildest dreams. Through four hit television series and eight epic features the cast, directors, writers and producers have remained loyal to Gene Roddenberry's original premise and Star Trek continues to blaze its own trail.

Now, the interactive reference to the entire Star Trek history -- thus far -- is available in a 4-CD-ROM set. Building on the popular Star Trek Omnipedia, this expanded database includes:

• More than 3,000 photos
• 200 video clips
• Covers the events, the races, planets & stars, weapons & tools, medical equipment and main & supporting characters from all Star trek programming:
• Star Trekt (The Original Series; all seasons)
• Star Trek: The Next Generationt (All seasons)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Ninet (Seasons 1 thru 5)
• Star Trek: Voyagert(Seasons 1 thru 3)
• Feature Films (I thru VIII)

This 4-disk set is fully interactive, featuring an engaging new interface that makes the entries accessible to the casual browser. Star Trek Encyclopedia is organized around three major sub-heads:

• Features Section
• Encyclopedia
• Episode Guide
• Search for your favorite characters and episodes or flip through the entries at random to better appreciate the most popular Science Fiction of all time.

About this title

Review:

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.

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Interactive
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0671576763
• ISBN 13: 9780671576769
• Binding: CD-ROM