The World of Star Trek

The show the network could not kill! — The World of Star Trek was the second real-world Star Trek reference work. Released in 1973, David Gerrold's book was the first to examine the phenomenon of the series as well as assess its format, structure, and writing. Gerrold expanded it in 1984 with text and photos from the first three movies. In 2016, it was reprinted with a new introduction reflecting the show's 50th anniversary.

Description

1984 edition back cover: They said it couldn't be done! A science fiction show? On national television?? The network didn't believe it would work. It was the 1960s. Would the public accept a non-human hero with demonic pointed ears? A black woman lieutenant? Impossible!

But Star Trek lives!

This is the story of a phenomenon — a story as strange and wonderful, in its way, as the Enterprise's trip through space. Even the power of the network couldn't stop it. And so Star Trek went on to make entertainment history — with Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Wrath of Khan — and now Star Trek III! Here is the complete inside story, as it has never before been told: the men and women who created the Star Trek universe, from scriptwriters' memos to special effects, plus revealing personal interviews with the series' legendary stars.

The legend of Star Trek lives in the hearts of millions — now, discover the truth behind the legend. Writer David Gerrold was on the set, watching it all happen: the feuds, the fun, the love — the magic that is Star Trek. With over 50 pages of photos from your favorite episodes, and stills from all three movies!

References

Ground vehicles

automobile (Buick • Corvette • taxi) • bicycle • bus • fire truck • truck

Locations

Alpha Centauri • Ceti Alpha V • Delta V • Eminiar VII • the galaxy • Garden of Eden • Genesis Planet • Luna (Clavius crater) • Magellanic Clouds • Mars • Organia • Oz • Regula I space station • Sol • Triskelion • Vendikar • Vulcan • Vulcan Science Academy

Earth locations

Beta III • America • Burbank • Canada • Chicago • Cleveland • Colorado • Czechoslovakia • Denver • Detroit • Earth • Edwards Air Force Base • Empire State Building • England • Georgia • Germany • Great Britain • Griffith Park • Hollywood • Hungary • Iowa • Israel • Japan • Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Kansas City • Korea • Los Angeles • Miami • Milwaukee • Montreal • New Orleans • New York City • Oregon • Pasadena • Pennsylvania • Poughkeepsie • Russia • San Francisco • San Francisco Naval Yards • Seattle • South Carolina • Texas • United Kingdom • United States • Vietnam • Washington, D.C.

Races and cultures

Andorian • android • Asian • Deltan • elf • goblin • Gorn • Horta • Human (African • American • Chinese • Christian • English • French • German • Greek • Irish • Japanese • Jewish • Mexican • Mongol • Nazi • Polish • Russian • Scotsman • Scottish • Swahili • Turkish) • Kelvan • Klingon • Organian • Rigelian • Romulan • Tellarite • troll • Vulcan

States and organizations

Federation • IBM • Industrial Light & Magic • Kelvan Empire • MENSA • NASA • Paramount • Paramount Pictures • Roman Empire • Romulan Empire • Royal Air Force • Starfleet (command division • operations division • sciences division) Starfleet Command • United States Air Force • United States Navy

Science and classification

agony booth • airlock • artificial gravity • atomic power • class M • cloaking device • communications • communicator • computer • engine • engineering • environmental suit • force field • force screen • gas mask • Genesis device • hypospray • interstellar communication • Jefferies tube • jet engine • laser beam • laser cannon • library • library computer • life support • lirpa • machine • magnetic boot • metal detector • missile • PADD • phaser • photon torpedo • radar • radio • robot • robot torpedo • shields • stylus • subspace radio • sword • television • time portal • tractor beam • transporter • transporter room • turbolift • United Space Ship • video tape • viewscreen • warp drive

Ranks and titles

admiral • advisor • ambassador • astronaut • botanist • captain • captain of engineering • chief engineer • commander • communications officer • cook • cop • cowboy • crewman • dentist • detective • diplomat • doctor • ensign • Federal Marshal • first officer • guard • helmsman • high priest • hijacker • historian • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • mason • mechanic • medical officer • mess officer • miner • mobster • mutineer • nun • nurse • officer • philosopher • policeman • porter • President of the United States of America • priest • princess • science officer • scientist • senator • sergeant • slave • soldier • steward • teacher • traitor • yeoman

Media

2001: A Space Odyssey • Bewitched • Bonanza • Buck Rogers • Doc Savage • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Doctor Who • Flash Gordon • Forbidden Planet • Genesis II • Godzilla • Gunsmoke • I Love Lucy • King Kong • Mission: Impossible • Planet of the Apes • The Outer Limits • The Twilight Zone • The Untouchables

Star Trek publications

Chekov's Enterprise • Concordance • The Making of Star Trek • On the Good Ship Enterprise • The Trouble with Tribbles (reference)

Star Trek media

The Original Series • The Animated Series • Star Trek: Phase II • The Motion Picture • The Wrath of Khan • The Search for Spock

Star Trek episodes

A Piece of the Action • A Private Little War • A Taste of Armageddon • All Our Yesterdays • Amok Time • And the Children Shall Lead • The Apple • Arena • Balance of Terror • Bread and Circuses • By Any Other Name • Catspaw • The Changeling • Charlie X • The City on the Edge of Forever • The Cloud-Minders • The Conscience of the King • The Corbomite Maneuver • Court Martial • Dagger of the Mind • Day of the Dove • The Deadly Years • The Devil in the Dark • The Doomsday Machine • The Empath • The Enemy Within • The Enterprise Incident • Errand of Mercy • For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky • Friday's Child • The Galileo Seven • The Gamesters of Triskelion • I, Mudd • The Immunity Syndrome • Is There In Truth No Beauty? • Journey to Babel • The Lights of Zetar • The Man Trap • The Mark of Gideon • The Menagerie • Miri • Mirror, Mirror • The Naked Time • The Omega Glory • Operation -- Annihilate! • The Paradise Syndrome • Patterns of Force • Plato's Stepchildren • The Return of the Archons • The Savage Curtain • Shore Leave • Space Seed • Spectre of the Gun • Spock's Brain • The Squire of Gothos • That Which Survives • This Side of Paradise • The Tholian Web • The Ultimate Computer • Tomorrow is Yesterday • The Trouble with Tribbles • Turnabout Intruder • The Way to Eden • What Are Little Girls Made Of? • Where No Man Has Gone Before • Who Mourns for Adonais? • Wolf in the Fold

Other references

18th century • 20th century • 1920 • 1930s • 23rd century • alien • alternate reality • Alice series • Amazing Grace • amber • American Civil War • antimatter • ape • Apollo program • army • arthritis • auto destruct • bagpipes • balloon • baseball • bathroom • battleship • beam • Beyond Antares • birthday • blastoneuron • blood • bluff • bone • book • brain • bridge • briefing room • cabin • camera • captain's chair • carrier pigeon • Catholicism • cave • cement • centrifuge • chess • Christmas • Christmas tree • city • civilization • cobra • coffee • cold war • college • colonist • colony • comet • comic book • computer • Constitution of the United States • copper • corbomite • cordrazine • corridor • courtroom • crew • culture • dandelion • day • decade • destroyer • détente • dilithium crystal • dimension • dinosaur • divorce • doberman • dog • dollar • dragon • dress uniform • drug • drydock • dungeon • ecology • egg • emotion • engine room • English language • espionage • execution • fairy tale • fanzine • Federation • Federation law • fencing • festival • first contact team • five-year mission • fly • food slot • funeral • galactic barrier • galaxy • galley • gambling • gas • god • gold • government • graduation • gravity • Great Bird of the Galaxy • haiku • hair • Halloween • heart • heaven • helium • helm • helmet • high school • history • honor • hospital • hour • illusion • ion • Japanese language • judge • jungle • karate • katra • kazoo • Kobayashi Maru scenario • Kolinahr • koon-ut-kal-if-fee • language • launch pad • lead • lieutenant • light • light year • literature • logic • love • machete • magazine • magic • marriage • matter • medal • medical • mind meld • mining • minute • mob • money • month • moustache • movie • mugato • mustache • myth • newspaper • opera • Organian Peace Treaty • painting • parade • peace • peace treaty • peanut butter • petroleum • philosophy • pilot • plague • plak tow • planet • planetoid • play • police • pon farr • Prime Directive • quadrant • quarantine • races and cultures • radar • radiation • rat • record • recreation room • refit • registry number • restaurant • rock • rocket • Romulan ale • salt vampire • schizophrenia • school • science • science fiction • second • security • ship commissioning • shore leave • shuttle • sickbay • silicon • slavery • sleeper ship • soap opera • solar system • soup • space • space station • spaceship • special effects • speed of light • spore • star • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2240s-2265) • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • Starfleet uniform (early 2270s) • Starfleet uniform (2278-2350s) • starship • steel • submarine • surgery • tachyon • technical journal • technology • television • Theory of General Relativity • three dimensional chess • time • toilet • tool • transporter room • transwarp drive • treason • tribble • United Space Ship • universe • vacuum • venom • virus • Vulcan lute • Vulcan nerve pinch • Vulcan Peace Sign • war • weather • wedding • whale • World War I • World War II • year • zenite • zero gravity • zombie

Timeline

Production history

April 1973: First published by Ballantine Books. (ISBN 978-0-345-23403-2)
November 1975: Seventh printing. (Ballantine Books, ISBN 978-0-345-24938-8)
November 1979: Updated cover. (Ballantine Books, ISBN 978-0-345-28571-3)
May 1984: Revised edition by Bluejay Books. (ISBN 978-0-312-94463-6)
April 1986: British paperback edition by Virgin Books. (ISBN 978-0-7535-0090-3)
November 1986: Fifth Bluejay printing. (ISBN 978-0-312-94463-2)
28 January 2014: Kindle edition. (BenBella Books, ISBN 978-1-939529-57-2)
6 September 2016: 50th anniversary introduction, Ty Templeton cover art. (Comicmix, hardcover: ISBN 978-1-939888-47-1, paperback: ISBN 978-1939888433)

Appendices

Background

Author David Gerrold thanked Starlog for providing interviews in his coverage of the first three movies, and credited the magazine on the title page of the 1984 edition.
Format and concept recommendations in the book, such as making Pavel Chekov a security chief, adding additional exits to the bridge, showing that bathrooms existed on starships, and setting a precedent that the landing party should not be led by the ship's CO, were reflected in future Star Trek productions. Producer Harve Bennett^MA told Gerrold that the book was helpful in the planning stages of his films.
Gerrold cited 67 Star Trek episodes by name.

Images

Related media

The Making of Star Trek
The Trouble with Tribbles (reference)

External link

The World of Star Trek article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki