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The Star Trek Encyclopedia
The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future is a 1994 encyclopedia of in-universe information from the Star Trek television series and films. It was written by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda, who were production staff on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, and Debbie Mirek. It was illustrated by Doug Drexler.
The Encyclopedia features highly detailed information about characters, planets, technologies and ships of the Star Trek franchise as well as brief episode and film synopses. It is organised alphabetically and is replete with illustrations, many of which are in color in later editions.
The Encyclopedia mostly covers material from the Star Trek television series and the Star Trek motion pictures. It is an officially licensed publication and includes some completely original information not included in any Star Trek movie or television episode. According to Gene Roddenberry, television series and the films are the extent of the Star Trek canon.
Some entries in the Encyclopedia contain behind-the-scenes information, presented in italicized text.
Unlike the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, the Encyclopedia makes no detailed speculations about Star Trek technology.
The Encyclopedia was inspired by a previous book by the same writing team, The Star Trek Chronology, which had been directly commissioned by Gene Roddenberry as a way of ensuring continuity on Star Trek. Michael Okuda developed a "worksheet" on which to record episode titles, episode production numbers, stardates, and any new ships, characters or technology.
Four print editions have been published to date, in both hardcover and paperback: the first edition (ISBN 0-671-88684-3) was published in 1994; the second (ISBN 0-671-53607-9) in 1997. The third edition (ISBN 0-671-53609-5), published in 1999, includes material through the end of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the fifth season of Star Trek: Voyager, and the movie Star Trek: Insurrection—but as a non-collated addendum. The fourth edition (ISBN 978-0062371324) was published in 2016.
The print version was complemented by a similar electronic version, the Star Trek Omnipedia released in 1995. The CD-ROM medium allowed the Simon & Schuster publishers to include video clips. It was released for both Windows and Macintosh (ISBN 0-684-87413-X), which was published by Simon & Schuster Interactive. This was the only version of the encyclopedia not to be published by Pocket Books. Paramount Pictures is the owner of the copyright. AllGame gave the PC version of Omnipedia a score of 3.5 out of 5, saying: "By far, one of the most appealing aspects, other than the information, is Majel Barret's voice." The Mac version received a score of 4 out of 5, concluding: "While not a multimedia extravaganza, Star Trek Omnipedia contains enough information to make a devoted Trekkie or Trekker deliriously happy."
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The Star Trek Encyclopedia
The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future is a 1994 encyclopedia of in-universe information from the Star Trek television series and films. It was written by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda, who were production staff on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, and Debbie Mirek. It was illustrated by Doug Drexler.
The Encyclopedia features highly detailed information about characters, planets, technologies and ships of the Star Trek franchise as well as brief episode and film synopses. It is organised alphabetically and is replete with illustrations, many of which are in color in later editions.
The Encyclopedia mostly covers material from the Star Trek television series and the Star Trek motion pictures. It is an officially licensed publication and includes some completely original information not included in any Star Trek movie or television episode. According to Gene Roddenberry, television series and the films are the extent of the Star Trek canon.
Some entries in the Encyclopedia contain behind-the-scenes information, presented in italicized text.
Unlike the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, the Encyclopedia makes no detailed speculations about Star Trek technology.
The Encyclopedia was inspired by a previous book by the same writing team, The Star Trek Chronology, which had been directly commissioned by Gene Roddenberry as a way of ensuring continuity on Star Trek. Michael Okuda developed a "worksheet" on which to record episode titles, episode production numbers, stardates, and any new ships, characters or technology.
Four print editions have been published to date, in both hardcover and paperback: the first edition (ISBN 0-671-88684-3) was published in 1994; the second (ISBN 0-671-53607-9) in 1997. The third edition (ISBN 0-671-53609-5), published in 1999, includes material through the end of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the fifth season of Star Trek: Voyager, and the movie Star Trek: Insurrection—but as a non-collated addendum. The fourth edition (ISBN 978-0062371324) was published in 2016.
The print version was complemented by a similar electronic version, the Star Trek Omnipedia released in 1995. The CD-ROM medium allowed the Simon & Schuster publishers to include video clips. It was released for both Windows and Macintosh (ISBN 0-684-87413-X), which was published by Simon & Schuster Interactive. This was the only version of the encyclopedia not to be published by Pocket Books. Paramount Pictures is the owner of the copyright. AllGame gave the PC version of Omnipedia a score of 3.5 out of 5, saying: "By far, one of the most appealing aspects, other than the information, is Majel Barret's voice." The Mac version received a score of 4 out of 5, concluding: "While not a multimedia extravaganza, Star Trek Omnipedia contains enough information to make a devoted Trekkie or Trekker deliriously happy."