To Boldly Go: Rare Photos from the TOS Soundstage - Season One - Softcover

Gurian, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692643850 ISBN 13: 9780692643853

Publisher: Minkatek Press, 2016

Synopsis

This volume presents over 300 rare, behind-the-scenes images - many in full, vivid color - from the making of the first season and pilot episodes of the original, legendary Star Trek television series (NBC, 1966 - 1969) which starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. All of the photographs shown in this edition come from the author's personal collection, which is over four decades in the making and consists of thousands of rare NBC publicity shots, candid still photos/negatives taken on the Original Series sets, and rare Lincoln Enterprises film clips (the unused pieces of printed footage, called the "trims" and "outtakes", that were left over after the Desilu Studios film editors assembled the desirable footage into the finished master versions of the Star Trek episodes). The unused film clips were then discarded by the studio and sold to fans by Gene Roddenberry's company while the show was still in production. Many of these rare photos were featured in black-and-white format in the Saturn award winning three book series These Are The Voyages: TOS by Marc Cushman (Jacobs/Brown Press, 2013 - 2015); and now they are displayed - the majority in color - alongside a wealth of additional imagery. The author has personally digitally restored all of the rare photos in this edition, and has paid careful attention to recreating the bold and vivid colors that were present in the original broadcasts of the episodes. On a few occasions, the knowledge gained by the appearance of screen used TOS memorabilia at auction - such as the recent 2013 sale by Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles of Captain Kirk's Laser Rifle from the second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before", or the 2010 sale of the Balok puppet head from "The Corbomite Maneuver" by the California auction house Profiles In History - has enabled the vintage imagery to be enhanced with real world, historically accurate colors. And the author has even, for the first time ever to his knowledge, colorized several black and white candid and publicity photos as some special additions to the contents of this volume. So, readers will enjoy some of the finest, historically accurate rare Star Trek photo restorations ever produced; featuring many entertaining images that they likely have never seen before. The rare pictures in this collection are all accompanied by informative descriptions, on occasion quite extensive, about the filming of the related scene. All told, this volume represents an entertaining and unique photographic history of the making of the first season of TOS.

About this title

About the Author

Gerald Gurian, born in Toronto, Canada, earned a B.A.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1985 and then spent the next 25 years in manufacturing systems design - most recently serving as a Senior Simulation Engineer with General Motors in Detroit, where he received a prestigious Boss Kettering Award in 2007, the company's highest internal recognition for technical innovation. Since 2008, Gerald has been the author and publisher of startrekpropauthority.com - a site dedicated to documenting the Art and Production History of the Star Trek franchise, with a special emphasis on The Original Series. In 2002, he authored a section in the book Trekkers: True Stories By Fans For Fans (ECW Press, edited by Nikki Stafford), and in 2012 helped to authenticate an early 1st season TOS Captain Kirk gold velour tunic that sold at auction in Los Angeles for just under $100,000 - a Shatner costume sales record. Gerald was also a significant contributor of rare Star Trek imagery to the book Star Trek: The Original Series 365 by Paula M. Block (Sept. 2010, Abrams Books). And from 2013 through 2014, he provided hundreds of rare images from his personal collection to the Jacobs/Brown Press Saturn Award winning three book series These Are The Voyages: TOS by Marc Cushman. Gerald is constantly supervised by his adorable and benevolent Pomeranian Minka.

Review

"Gurian's book has hundreds of pictures of all aspects of the creation of the original Star Trek, giving us a great look at the sets, models, actors and work that went into bringing the science fiction show to life." - io9.Gizmodo.com

"Gerald Gurian ... brings us a 218-page book filled with a collection of photographs that took over forty years to build, featuring eye-catching images that include behind-the-scenes action during filming." - GeekAlerts.com

"It offers fans a rare behind-the-scenes look at the making of the series, which is a brilliant way to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek." - Fiz-X.com

"A great TOS photo book, BUY IT!" - James Cawley, Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase II

"Truly, there has never been a more mind blowing collection of rare behind the scenes TOS shots ever assembled in one place." - Doug Drexler, Academy & Emmy Award winning artist, Star Trek: TNG/DS9/Voyager/Enterprise production crew

"Gerald's collection of images is simply stunning; it's just plain fun to see new perspectives on old scenes from the series that we've come to know so well." - Adam Nimoy, Hollywood filmmaker, author, Director: "For The Love Of Spock"

"To Boldly Go: Rare Photos from the TOS Soundstage gives us a look at many amazing behind the scenes moments from the original show." - SciFiDesign.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Minkatek Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0692643850
• ISBN 13: 9780692643853
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 218