These Are the Voyages : TOS These Are The Voyages : TOS is a three - volume reference book series that chronicles the production history of . Each volume corresponds with one of the three seasons produced of the classic television series and is written by Marc Cushman and Susan Osborn , and published by Jacobs Brown Press . Nearly three decades in the making , Cushman wrote his magnus opus with the full blessing of " Star Trek " creator Gene Roddenberry and received substantial input from " Original Series " Producer Robert Justman after Roddenberry had passed away , until Justman himself passed away . Ultimately , with publication started in 2013 and ended in 2015 , the finalized reference work consisted of over 2 , 100 pages of copy . Yet , and despite the fact that Cushman had actively sought out official endorsement , the work itself was neither sanctioned nor licensed by the official franchise , but legal nevertheless , as it was published under the " works of academic / journalistic nature " exemption clause as specified in US copyright laws . That fact is emphatically stated in a disclaimer on the back covers of the three tomes , which reads , Under normal circumstances , this meant that unlicensed works making use of the exemption clause can not legally feature any " Star Trek " copyrighted imagery , but Cushman ' s works however are profusely illustrated throughout with black and white publicity shots and behind - the - scenes imagery . He and his publisher were able to do so , as in the specific case of the " Original Series " a rather unique situation applied , according to editorial staffer , Archivist / Photo Editor Gerald Gurian . When Paramount Pictures acquired Desilu Studios in 1967 , the new owner chose to copyright only the footage from the " Original Series " episodes that were broadcast on television and not the out - takes , behind - the - scenes material and publicity photos ; which , being left unregistered , were thus allowed to become public domain material according to copyright laws , thereby becoming " ( . . . ) " perfectly appropriate for any publisher to reprint them , " " as per Gurian . This , in current understanding , peculiar circumstance was primarily due to two factors ; firstly , at that period in time , Hollywood in general , but television in particular , did not yet recognize the added value of legally claiming material of this nature , especially since a home media format market simply did not yet exist at that time . But secondly , and this was specifically the case with " Star Trek " , the new owner was not in the least interested in their new property , and was actually looking for ways to cancel the series as soon as possible at the time . It has enabled Roddenberry to procure this material and to widely disseminate it to the public at large in the late 1960s and 1970s through his merchandising company Lincoln Enterprises . It is this material that is featured in the works of Cushman and he " did " adhere to copyright law by not including any copyrighted imagery from the episodes themselves . It is for these reasons that the contemporary and similarly conceived reference book , " " , has not been able to feature any imagery . In 2014 Cushman received a Saturn Award in the category " Special Recognition Award " for the book series , with The Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy & Horror Films citing the work as " one of the great achievements of 2013 / 2014 in literature " . Gurian himself started in 2016 with the release of the pictorial " " full color photo series , specifically intended as companion tomes to Cushman ' s works .