Star Trek Concordance

by Bjo Trimble

Based on a concept by Dorothy Jones Heydt.

Genres: Star Trek, Science Fiction, Reference, Tv, Fiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

Reviews

[Kirk · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do wish I could time travel back to my teenage self and tell that dumbass to hang on this book and take care of it. I did neither, it took a beating and eventually went the way of all things. Ah well.

[Lisa (Harmonybites) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a labor of love by a fan, Bjo Trible, who seeing a friend, Dorothy Jones Heydt, taking notes on the first Star Trek television show while it was still on the air, thought they should write a book to share it with fans. The first version was self-published in 1969. The edition I have was published in 1995, and unlike many Star Trek reference books, included material encompassing the animated series. The subtitle is "the A to Z guide to the classic original television series and films." And that's what it is. Although in this edition there are sections on Next Generation and Deep Space Nine--but only such episodes up to that date that had ties to the characters and episodes on the original such as "Encounter at Farpoint (McCoy)," "Sarek (Sarek)," "Unification" (Spock), "Relics" (Scotty) and "Blood Oath" (Kor, Koloth, Kang.) No "More Tribbles, More Troubles" or "Flashback." There's a list of episodes by alphabetical order, then a more extensive guide episode by episode in chronological order by air date with generous illustrations, followed by an extensive and very useful Lexicon.

[GoldGato · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's so cool to realize that Uhura's earpiece has become the Bluetooth and Kirk's Communicator has become the Smartphone. I am not a Trekkie...or Trekker...or whatever we (they?) are called. No, I am simply a fan of an old American TV show that captured my heart when I first saw it as a child Down Under. This is a collection of fan art, episode summaries, and a lexicon of all that matters, with a the ability to cross reference, which proved very valuable to a youngster in the days before online databases.

Just glancing through it again brings back memories of shouting at the TV because something bad was about to happen to those guys in the red uniforms. Even the cover is a delight, as you can move the wheel to get the show title, which then provides the page number and, most importantly, the Star Date. The Star Date! How righteous was that.


Book Season = Summer (school's out)

[Rich Meyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you like Star Trek: The Original Series, this is pretty much the book you want to get if you need a reference work about it. The book has been lovingly crafted by one of the original Trekkies and covers ALL of the original series, the animated series, and the movies. It also has most of the TOS cast appearances in the other Trek franchise shows (missing only "Trials and Tribblations" from DS9). Each episode is synopsized, and then there are several encyclopedic sections on terminology, starships, planets, and a list of actors and actresses from the program. The first and still the best print resource on the original Star Trek!

[Kreg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent guide to all TOS, TAS. Also includes TOS movies and some of the TNG/DS9 episodes with TOS actors.

[Pat · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish you could rate this higher than 5!

[Brendan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Remembered I read this last night ( Bjo is pronounced ' bee-jo ' ) I read the original ( didn't have the films in it as they weren't made yet.