38 Official Technical Manuals p2 (rec.arts.startrek.tech reading list)
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This article is from the Star Trek Tech FAQ, by Joshua Bell inexorabletash@hotmail.com with numerous contributions by others.
38 Official Technical Manuals p2 (rec.arts.startrek.tech reading list)
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION INTERACTIVE TECHNICAL MANUAL
Narration by Majel Barrett and featuring Jonathan Frakes as Commander
Riker.
Simon and Schuster, 1994. ISBN 0-671-89078-6.
In print. US$39.95.
A CD-ROM version of the TNG Tech Manual with QuickTime 2.0 "VR" video
allowing interactive walkthroughs and multiple views of objects.
Available for Macintosh and Windows. "A bit pricey, but I personally
felt it was worth the cost." [Benjamin Chee]
The Windows version initially shipped with QuickTime for Windows v1.2
and was very buggy, but later releases have QuickTime v2.0 which is
apparently much more stable.
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WRITER'S GUIDES
These are the bibles that help acquaint writers with a series. They
are created by the producers of the show and often contain information
not found anywhere else that help shape the Star Trek universe. This
includes ship listings, character background, and occasionally
technical info. They are basically "canon until proven otherwise" but
they often get contradicted as a show develops and the characters and
ship grow beyond the original terse description.
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION FIFTH SEASON WRITER'S GUIDE
"... very general, with statements like "Picard trusts his Number One
absolutely" or "Geordi can best be described as a blithe spirit" ...
as Ron Moore said when he autographed a copy of this for me, "This is
a very precious document. You're going to treasure it for a long
time." It can best be thought of as an intro to TNG for beginners."
[Benjamin Chee]
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ORIGINAL SERIES WRITER'S GUIDE
Available from Lincoln Enterprises.
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DS9 WRITER'S GUIDE
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VOYAGER BIBLE
Parts are floating around as the "Voyager Technical Guide". This is
"the technical background material that Paramount handed out to their
authors during the first season. It contains several charts and trek
pseudo-technical terms that came from the Okuda/Sternbach's TNG
technical manual with updates regarding the Voyager stuff, a size
comparison chart for Galaxy, Intrepid and Constitution class (very
splotchy), a blueprint cut through the Voyager and drawings of the
ship from front, side and top." [c/o Armin Lenz]
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