The Making of Star Trek was a great little book, circa 1968, that researched the production of the original Trek series. It's a pretty obsessive book, covering virtually every facet of the show from the production history, to the prop designs, to the creation of the characters and storylines, to the translation of the scripts to the screen. I imagine that in those pre-Internet days this book was an invaluable resource to Trekkies. In fact, it still has quite a few surprises even today.
The book also has a bunch of sweet photographs from the original series: detailed prop specifications, rare production photos, and pre-production design sketches. I scanned a few below, careful not to break the spine of this 42-year old (!) paperback.
I haven't read it all the way through yet. I'm waiting until after I finish watching the original series to totally dive into it. But this book is definitely a great addition to a Trekkie's reference shelf.
3 comments:
Hey that's pretty awesome. Love stuff like this. I often hit up the Library for old books on TV shows and stuff. Read a similar one with Doctor Who a few months back.
Excellent! And did anyone notice the Universal Translator looks like a lightsaber?
Which "Doctor Who" book, Newton? The Peter Haining one?
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