Delve deep into the design process that led to the iconic Star Trek ships featured on television and film with Star Trek- Designing the Starships Volume One- The Enterprise and Beyond. Packed with concept art and interviews with the ship designers and screen model builders, this never before explored subject will appeal to all Star Trek fans.
Ben Robinson is best known as the man behind Eaglemoss's Official
Star Trek Starships collection, which in the last three years has
become the largest and best-regarded collections of model Star Trek
ships ever produced.
He has been involved with Star Trek for 20 years. Ben was the
launch editor of the huge Star Trek Fact Files reference work,
which sold over 50 million units. Then he went on to edit the US
Star Trek- The Magazine, which ran between 1999 and 2003. He has
co-written two Haynes Manuals, the first featuring all seven
Enterprises, and the second focusing on the Klingon Bird-of-Prey.
Ben is particularly passionate about the writing, design, and
visual effects behind the series. In the last two decades he has
conducted extensive interviews with many of the most significant
figures in the history of Star Trek from Dorothy Fontana and Matt
Jefferies to Michael Piller, Ira Steven Behr, Ron D. Moore, and
Bryan Fuller.
From the Inside Flap
This book covers the genesis of more than 30 ships including
seven Enterprises, and is packed with original concept
art, showing fascinating directions that were explored
and abandoned, and revealing the thinking behind the
finished designs.
Discover the inspiration behind the designs of key ships from
the first five TV series, plus the movies including STAR
TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE; STAR TREK II: THE WRATH
OF KHAN; STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK and STAR
TREK: FIRST CONTACT.
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