A Brief Guide to Star Trek

Paramount in Los Angeles where the episodes were made. Indeed many fan-journalists, a few privileged guests and a handful of competition winners got to do just that. Even so, many fans did get a chance to experience a little of the twenty-third and twenty-fourth centuries,
Star Trek
-style. Interactive exhibitions, including recreations of the
Enterprise
bridge, props and costumes, toured the world, touching down in Edinburgh, Berlin, and the Science Museum and Hyde Park in London. A more extensive venue was the
Star Trek
Experience, located in the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel for a decade between 1998 and 2008. This provided a much more immersive encounter, allowing fans to fully enjoy as much of
Star Trek
’s visionary future as could be recreated here on Earth. A steady stream of spin-off novels and a variety of computer games fed fans’ imagination and participation in the worlds of
Star Trek
.
    Star Trek
has been a pervasive part of the cultural environment worldwide for over forty-five years. It has developed and changed, prospered and failed and become part of the identity of millions of people. The return of the archetypal
Star Trek
trio of Kirk, Spock and McCoy has given the concept new life in new stories on the big screen.
Star Trek
has always prospered when true storytellers have been able to make the series their own. Now, a new generation of storytellers is charged with re -vitalising the series’ iconic characters and ensuring that
Star Trek
will truly ‘live long and prosper’.

Bibliography

    Alexander, David,
Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry
, New York: ROC, 1995
    Asherman, Allan,
The Star Trek Compendium
, London: W.H. Allen, 1983
    Ellison, Harlan,
Harlan Ellison’s Watching
, Novato, California: Underwood Miller, 1989
    Ellison, Harlan,
Harlan Ellison’s The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Screenplay That Became the Classic Star Trek Episode
, Clarkston, Georgia: White Wolf, 1996
    Engel, Joel,
Gene Roddenberry: The Myth and the Man Behind Star Trek
, New York: Hyperion, 1994
    Geraght, Lincoln (Ed).,
The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture
, North Carolina: McFarland, 2008
    Gerrold, David,
The World of Star Trek
(revised edition), London: Virgin Books, 1996
    Greenwald, Jeff,
Future Perfect: How Star Trek Conquered Planet Earth
, New York: Penguin, 1998
    Gross, Edward and Mark A. Altman,
Lost Voyages of Trek and The Next Generation
, London: Boxtree, 1995
    Gross, Edward and Mark A. Altman,
Captains’ Logs: The Un -authorized Complete Trek Voyages
, New York: Little Brown, 1995
    Hark, Ina Rae,
BFI TV Classics: Star Trek
, London: Palgrave Macmillan/BFI, 2008
    Hughes, David,
The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made
, London: Titan Books, 2008
    Jones, Mark and Lance Parkin,
Beyond the Final Frontier: An Unauthorised Review of the Trek Universe on Television and Film
, London: Contender, 2003
    Meyer, Nicholas,
The View From the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood
, New York: Penguin, 2009
    Nimoy, Leonard,
I Am Spock
, London: Century, 1995
    Reeves-Stevens, Judith and Garfield,
Star Trek: Phase II – The Untold Story Behind the Star Trek Television Series That Almost Was
, New York: Pocket Books, 1997
    Shatner, William with Chris Kreski,
Star Trek Movie Memories: The Inside Story of the Classic Movies
, London: HarperCollins, 1994
    Solow, Herbert F. and Robert H. Justman,
Inside Star Trek: The Real Story
, New York: Pocket Books, 1996
    Whitfield, Stephen E. and Gene Roddenberry,
The Making of Star Trek
, London: Titan Books, 1991
Additional resources
    All the
Star Trek
TV series and movies, from
The Original Series
to 2009’s
Star Trek
are available on DVD (and increasingly on Blu-ray).

    Online episode guides are available at fan site Memory Alpha ( www.memory-alpha.org ) and the official site www.startrek. com
    An invaluable resource – and highly recommended – is the official
Star Trek Magazine
, edited by Paul Simpson (titanmagazines.com/t/star-trek/)