The Making of Star Trek

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(written from a Production point of view)

The Making of Star Trek is a behind-the-scenes description of the creation of TOS, the first Star Trek series.

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From the first edition book jacket: What it is - how it happened - how it works! The Biography of the Leading Science Fiction TV Program. STAR TREK! The long, hard battle of television's first tentative step toward adult science fiction, with the complete story on how the U.S.S. Enterprise was designed, her weaponry, equipment and power sources, the original concept behind the show, how the continuity is maintained, backgrounds of the characters, biographies of the stars, and pictures, diagrams, illustrations - the whole authentic history.

From the second edition book jacket: The Book On How to Write for TV! The only book of its kind! The complete history of a top TV series - how a television show is conceived, written, sold and produced.

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For many years this was the sole book about the production of Star Trek.
Liberally illustrated, this book contains memos, technical information, and production concepts from the original pilot through the first two seasons of TOS.
Stephen Edward Poe wrote the book using his stepfather's name of Whitfield, although virtually all his other writing was done under the name of Poe. He passed away in 2000.
Stephen Poe also wrote A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager.

Ballantine, 10th edition
May 1973

Unknown edition
ca. 1991

Titan Books edition
1991

First edition cover First edition cover
Author(s):	Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry
Publisher:	Ballantine Books Del Rey Titan Books
Published:	September 1968 12 August 1986 (Del Rey edition) 14 November 1991 (Titan Books edition)
Pages:	403
Reference:	ISBN 0345340191 (Del Rey edition) ISBN 1852863633 (Titan Books edition)