Reference works

This is the index and introduction for Trek reference sources.
==Books/Blueprints==
The following books and blueprint sets were officially licensed for publication by Paramount Pictures or CBS Consumer Products, aka "The Franchise":
Title 	Author(s)
The Art of Star Trek 	Ree Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Conversational Klingon 	Okr Marc Okrand
The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition 	Beh Quark as told to Ira Steven Behr
Haynes USS Enterprise Press-Out and Build Manual 	Rob Ben Robinson, Marcus Riley
Inside Star Trek: The Real Story 	Sol Herbert F. Solow and Robert H. Justman
Klingon Bird of Prey Owners' Workshop Manual 	Rob Ben Robinson and Rick Sternbach
The Klingon Dictionary 	Okr Marc Okrand
Klingon for the Galactic Traveler 	Okr Marc Okrand
The Klingon Way 	Okr Marc Okrand
The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture 	Sac Susan Sackett (with Gene Roddenberry)
The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 	Ree Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise 	Joh Shane Johnson
Official Star Trek Cooking Manual 	Pic Mary Ann Piccard
Power Klingon 	Lev Barry Levine and Marc Okrand
Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual 	Pal Eileen Palestine, ed.
Star Fleet Technical Manual 	Jos Franz Joseph
Star Trek Blueprints 	Jos Franz Joseph
Star Trek: Build the USS Enterprise 	Zan Toy Zany
Star Trek: Celebrations 	McT Maureen McTigue
 	Oku Michael and Denise Okuda
Star Trek Cookbook 	Phi Ethan Phillips and William J. Birnes
Star Trek: Federation - The First 150 Years 	Goo David A. Goodman
 	Oku Michael and Denise Okuda
Star Trek Maps 	May designer Jeffrey Maynard
Star Trek Phase II: The Lost Series 	Ree Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Star Trek Science Logs 	Bor André Bormanis
Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology 	Gol Stan and Fred Goldstein (illustrations by Rick Sternbach)
Star Trek: Star Charts 	Man Geoffrey Mandel
Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual 	Jos Franz Joseph
Star Trek Sticker Book 	Oku Michael and Denise Okuda and Doug Drexler
 	New Newfield Publications
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual 	Zim Herman Zimmerman, Rick Sternbach, and Doug Drexler
Star Trek: Federation Passport 	Dil Jeanne M. Dillard
Star Trek: Federation Travel Guide 	Fri Michael Jan Friedman
Star Trek: New Worlds, New Civilizations 	Fri Michael Jan Friedman
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Blueprints 	Kim David A. Kimble, illus.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Makeup FX Journal 	Wes Michael Westmore and Joe Nazzaro
Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual 	Stu Rick Stuart and John Terra
Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies 	Eav John Eaves and Jeanne M. Dillard
Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Journal 	Joh Shane Johnson
Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual 	Ste Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda
Star Trek: The Next Generation USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints	Ste Rick Sternbach
Star Trek: The Original Series Sketchbook 	Sol Herbert F. Solow and Yvonne Fern Solow
Star Trek: The Starfleet Survival Guide 	Mac David Mack
Star Trek: These Are the Voyages... 	Kur Charles Kurts
Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library 	Nem Larry Nemecek
The Tribble Handbook 	Erd Terry J. Erdmann
USS Enterprise Owners' Workshop Manual 	Rob Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley
The Worlds of the Federation 	Joh Shane Johnson
==Companions==
A "Companion", also on occasion referred to as "Compendium" or, more to the point, "(Episode) Guide" concern reference works that collects information on productions that are produced/released sequentially as part of a series. The defining characteristic of such a work is that its contents is organized on a per episode/outing basis – either by their production, or by their release chronology in the series. Companions can consist of a simple (non-in-universe POV) recapitulation of each individual series' outing (either television, film, or both, where motion picture productions are concerned), as indeed most such works started out as, typically as fan productions, be it licensed or unlicensed.
However, from early on it has become commonplace to greatly enhance such works with elaborate production POV background information, while still organized around, and adhering to, the established chronology. Bjo Trimble's Star Trek Concordance unlicensed fan production was actually the very first such work thus enhanced where the Star Trek franchise was concerned (becoming officially licensed after-the-fact, incidentally), and served as the template for Allan Asherman's later officially licensed The Star Trek Compendium, which set the stage for ever more enhanced such works (mostly officially licensed) to have followed suit since, with Marc Cushman's three (unlicensed) These Are the Voyages: TOS volumes as the high water mark for the time being.
While it is most obvious that the vast majority of the published companions only concern themselves with on-screen productions, there actually is one notable exception; the 2006 book does not deal with the live-action franchise, but rather with the Star Trek novels print franchise.
Title 	Author(s)
(Titan Comics sub-series1) 	collective
Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages 	Alt Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages	Alt Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
The Center Seat 	Alt Peter Holmstrom
The Deep Space Log Book: A First Season Companion 	Alt Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
The Deep Space Log Book: A Second Season Companion 	Alt Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
New Voyages: The Next Generation Guidebook 	Alt Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
Star Trek 30 Years2 	collective
A Star Trek Catalog 	Tur Gerry Turnbull
The Star Trek Compendium 	Ash Allan Asherman
Star Trek Concordance 	Tri Bjo Trimble
The Star Trek Guide 	Cla J.E. Clauss
 	Erd Terry J. Erdmann with Paula M. Block
Star Trek: Discovery - The Official Companion 	collective
Star Trek: Discovery Guide to Seasons 1 and 2, Collector's Edition 	collective
Star Trek: The Movies 	Gro Edward Gross
Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 	Erd Terry J. Erdmann with Paula M. Block
 	Nem Larry Nemecek
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission 	Ree Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Star Trek: The Official Guide to the Animated Series 	Har Aaron Harvey and Rich Schepis
Star Trek: The Original Series 365 	Erd Terry J. Erdmann with Paula M. Block
Star Trek - The Original Series: A Celebration 	Rob Ben Robinson and Ian Spelling
Star Trek Voyager: A Celebration 	Rob Ben Robinson and Mark Wright
Star Trek: Voyager 25th Anniversary Special 	collective
 	Rud Paul Ruditis
These Are the Voyages: TOS (sub-series) 	Cus Marc Cushman and Susan Osborn
To Boldly Go: Rare Photos from the TOS Soundstage (sub-series) 	Gur Gerald Gurian
Trek Navigator: The Ultimate Guide to the Entire Trek Saga 	Alt Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
 	Aye Jeff Ayers and John Vairo, Jr.
1 A title endowed with the "sub-series" qualifier, indicate a work that consists of more than one volume.2 While strictly speaking a magazine, the fact that the British edition was endowed with an ISBN warrants its inclusion on this list.
The "Companion" format was not restricted to books only, as the genre magazine Cinefantastique, became renowned for its Star Trek series-themed issues in the 1990s, which featured series episode guides with heavy background information coverage on the season in question. The magazine actually outperformed the official franchise (both book and magazine) publications in the production background information department by far during that decade.
==Scripts==
Several script collections have been published, some by Pocket Books, and some by Roddenberry Productions.
Title 	Author(s)
The Q Chronicles 	Various
Becoming Human: The Seven of Nine Saga	Various
==Other works==
The following books contain critical reviews of Star Trek, acadamic treatises on Star Trek, and compilations of references from Star Trek, but were published by parties other than Paramount Pictures and its licensees; in other words, they are "unofficial publications":
Title 	Author(s)
All I really need to know I learned from watching Star Trek 	Mar Dave Marinaccio
Beyond Star Trek: From Alien Invasions to the End of Time 	Kra Lawrence M. Krauss
Enterprise Zones: Critical Positions on Star Trek 	Har Taylor Harrison, Elyce Rae Helford, Kent A. Ono, and Sarah Projansky
Eth The Ethics of Star Trek 	Bar Judith Barad and Ed Robertson
Fade In: The Making of Star Trek Insurrection 	Pil Michael Piller
Fan Phenomena: Star Trek 	Dru Bruce E. Drushel
Future Perfect: How Star Trek Conquered Planet Earth 	Gre Jeff Greenwald
I'm Working on That 	Sha William Shatner with Chip Walter
Is Data Human?: The Metaphysics of Star Trek 	Han Richard Hanley
Eth The Joy of Trek 	Ric Samuel Ramer
Life Signs: The Biology of Star Trek 	Jen Susan C. Jenkins and Robert Jenkins
Liv Star Trek Lives! 	Lic Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Sondra Marshak, and Joan Winston
Mak The Making of the Trek Conventions 	Win Joan Winston
Mea The Meaning of Star Trek 	Ric Thomas Richards
Phy The Physics of Star Trek 	Kra Lawrence M. Krauss
Sexual Generations: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Gender 	Rob Robin Roberts
The Star Trek Craft Book 	Ped Angie Pedersen
Star Trek and History: Race-ing Toward a White Future 	Ber Daniel Leonard Bernardi
Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant 	Dec Kevin S. Decker and Jason T. Eberl
Star Trek Revealed 	Dev Carol Devine
Star Trek The Next Generation: 20th Century Computers and How They Worked 	Fly Jennifer Flynn
To Seek Out New Life: The Biology of Star Trek 	And Athena Andreadis
 	Tow John Townsley
The Double Vision of Star Trek 	Her Mike Hertenstein
Treknology: Star Trek's Tech 300 Years Ahead of the Future 	McL Justin McLachlan
Star Trek: Enterprise Logs 	Gre Carol Greenburg
Screen Plays: How 25 Scripts Made it to a Theater Near You - For Better or Worse	Coh David S. Cohen
==International works==
The following books are reference works that do not have English-language counterparts, and are therefore foreign-language originals. These concern both officially franchise licensed as well as unofficial publications:
Title 	Original Language	Author(s) 	Year
Das Star Trek Universum 	German 	Ralph Sander 	1998
Die Philosophie bei Star Trek: Mit Kirk, Spock und Picard auf der Reise durch unendliche Weiten	German 	Henrik Hansemann 	2013
Die Philosophie in Star Trek 	German 	Olivia Vieweg, Klaus Vieweg	2016
Die STAR TREK Physik 	German 	Metin Tolan 	2016
Roddenberrys Idee – Die Star Trek–Originalserie im Wandel der Zeit – Kritischer Episodenführer 	German 	Jan Schliecker 	2014
Trek Science 	German 	Stephan Thiesen 	1997 (1st), 2001 (2nd), 2009 (3rd)
Unendliche Weiten: Lösungsorientiert denken mit Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock und Dr. McCoy 	German 	Simone Stölzel 	2012
Star Trek: Official Guide 1 - Star Trek The Next Generation 	Japanese 	Dullmax 	1995 (1st), 2002 (2nd)
Star Trek: Official Guide 3 - Official Database 	Japanese 	Osamu Kishikawa 	1998 (1st), 2004 (2nd)
Star Trek: Official Guide 4 - Mechanics 	Japanese 	Osamu Kishikawa 	1999
Star Trek: Official Guide 5 - The Ultimate 	Japanese 	Dullmax 	2001
Le Droit selon Star Trek 	French 	Fabrice Defferrard 	2015
==CD-ROMs==
*Star Trek Omnipedia
*Star Trek: Captain's Chair
*Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library
*Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide
*Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual
*Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library
==Biographies/Autobiographies==
Most (auto-)biographies are unofficial publications, as they allow their author(s) to freely voice more critical opinions if they feel that such is warranted. The only five known officially licensed (auto)biographies are To the Stars (1994), Beam Me Up, Scotty (1996), and From Sawdust to Stardust (2005) biographies, as well as Walter Koenig's earlier 1980 Chekov's Enterprise autobiography, dealing with his personal experiences on , and Lisabeth Shatner's 1989 Captain's Log: William Shatner's Personal Account of the Making of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier biography dealing with her father's experiences on as both an actor as well as a director. In contrast, William Shatner's own, and – as per his well-known character trait – more outspoken, autobiographies are all without exception unofficial, precisely because they are all more critical of the franchise.
Yvonne Fern's 1994 Gene Roddenberry: The Last Conversation biography constituted an oddity, because it became officially licensed after-the-fact in 1996.
Title 	Person/Subject 	Author(s)
Beam Me Up, Scotty 	James Doohan 	James Doohan with Peter David
Beyond the Clouds 	Matt Jefferies 	Richard L. Jefferies
Beyond Uhura 	Nichelle Nichols 	Nichelle Nichols
Born with Teeth: A Memoir 	Kate Mulgrew 	Kate Mulgrew
Captain's Log: William Shatner's Personal Account of the Making of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 	William Shatner 	Lisabeth Shatner
DeForest Kelley: A Harvest of Memories 	DeForest Kelley 	Kris M. Smith
The Enterprise NCC 1701 and The Model Maker 	Richard C. Datin, Jr.	N. Datin McDonald
Flying Starships 	Ronald B. Moore 	Ronald B. Moore
From Sawdust to Stardust 	DeForest Kelley 	DeForest Kelley and Terry Lee Rioux
Gene Roddenberry: The Last Conversation 	Gene Roddenberry 	Yvonne Fern
Get a Life! 	William Shatner 	William Shatner with Chris Kreski
I Am Not Spock 	Leonard Nimoy 	Leonard Nimoy
I Am Spock 	Leonard Nimoy 	Leonard Nimoy
Just a Geek 	Wil Wheaton 	Wil Wheaton
The Keys to the Kingdom 	Michael Eisner 	Kim Masters
Leonard Nimoy: A Star's Trek 	Leonard Nimoy 	John Micklos, Jr.
Longest Trek, The: My Tour of the Galaxy 	Grace Lee Whitney 	Grace Lee Whitney with Jim Denney
Man Between the Ears: Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy, The 	Leonard Nimoy 	James Van Hise
Man Who Created Star Trek: Gene Roddenberry, The 	Gene Roddenberry 	James Van Hise
Patrick Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography 	Patrick Stewart 	James Hatfield and George "Doc" Burt
Spin on Spiner, The 	Brent Spiner 	Mimi Braverman
Star Trek: Creating the Enterprise 	Paul Olsen 	Paul Olsen
Star Trek Memories 	William Shatner 	William Shatner with Chris Kreski
Star Trek Movie Memories 	William Shatner 	William Shatner with Chris Kreski
Swords, Starships and Superheroes: From Star Trek to Xena to Hercules - A TV Writers Life Scripting the Stories of Heroes	Paul Robert Coyle 	Paul Robert Coyle
To the Stars 	George Takei 	George Takei
Up Till Now: The Autobiography 	William Shatner 	William Shatner with
Warped Factors, aka Beaming Up and Getting Off 	Walter Koenig 	Walter Koenig
== See also ==
* Undeveloped Star Trek publications
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