The Star Trek Encyclopedia

i ordered this book almost a month ago. there was no notice from the company that any book had been sent and the wrong book arrived at my address. the company then emailed me with a full refund stating that they could no longer find the book.

It gives vague references and does not cover the end of voyager era but all in all is great to have for referencing such as reading or even writing a star trek book.

I bought this item for my son and he went nuts when he saw it. He said it will help him with the new Star Trek game coming out. I guess it's a great book for a gamers reference library.

This book has very through, detailed, accurate content as pertains to the future "historical" time line and every proper noun that has ever come up in any series it covers (names of people, places, context, etc.). I was hoping for more technical details, like the difference between a class 4 and class 9 probe, floor plans of star ships, etc. Maybe that info isn't really available anywhere.

All in all a great reference for any Trek enthusiast. Let me repeat: VERY THOROUGH.

There is an ambiguos feeling buying this encyclopedia...you get amused considering all the gathering info and the format in which it is displayed, but there's also a feeling that living to date, in 2009 (one year before Arthur C Clarke's 2010 !) the value of the mentioned info is, unfortunately, outdated !!.

So, if you love Trek and can live with the above explained introduction..go ahead..buy it, as I did (I bought it just last week. I waited and waited in getting a more updated encyclopedia to be release..but I got really tired ! and decided to buy it).

Sumarizing I can only add to my review this: Mr. Okuda we need and update at warp speed 10.1 !!!!!!!!!

Hope you find this review useful!