- Taschenbuch: 800 Seiten
- Verlag: Pocket Books/Star Trek; Auflage: Original (14. November 2006)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1416503498
- ISBN-13: 978-1416503491
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,8 x 19 x 4,4 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
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Kurzbeschreibung
Through four decades, five television series comprising over seven hundred episodes, ten feature films, and an animated series, fandom's thirst for more Star Trek stories has been unquenchable.
From the earliest short-story adaptations by James Blish in the 1960s, followed by the first original Star Trek novels during the seventies, and on throughout the eighties, nineties, and into the twenty-first century, fiction has offered an unparalleled expansion of the rich Star Trek tapestry. But what is it that makes these books such a powerfully attractive creative outlet to some and a compelling way to experience the Star Trek mythos anew to others?
Voyages of Imagination takes a look back on the first forty years of professionally published Star Trek fiction, revealing the personalities and sensibilities of many of the novels' imaginative contributors and offering an unprecedented glimpse into the creative processes, the growing pains, the risks, the innovations, the missteps, and the great strides taken in the books.
Author Jeff Ayers has immersed himself in nearly six hundred books and interviewed more than three hundred authors and editors in order to compile this definitive guide to the history and evolution of an incomparable publishing phenomenon. Fully illustrated with the covers of every book included herein, Voyages of Imagination is indexed by title and author, features a comprehensive timeline, and is a must-have for every fan.
Synopsis
Both new and long-time fans will welcome this one-of-a-kind guide to the four-decade history of Star Trek publishing - including the very earliest works published in the 1960s and 70s. Covering more than 500 novels, novellas and short stories, this must-have collection is filled with stunning black and white illustrations of book covers, plot summaries and interviews with Star Trek authors and editors. It also includes a complete chronological listing of all the books within the Star Trek timeline - an essential tool for readers wanting to make sense of a multiplicity of series each of which coincides with one or more of the others regarding where they fit within Star Trek history. VOYAGES OF THE IMAGINATION is an extraordinary labour and a unique tribute to the enduring popularity of the best-loved science fiction series of all time.
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Ja, dieses Buch enthält wirklich ausnahmslos jeden Band von offiziell veröffentlichter StarTrek-Fiction und umreißt nicht nur kurz dessen Handlung, sondern präsentiert auch s/w-Bilder vom jeweiligen Cover. Mehr als nur eine bloße Bibliografie ist 'Voyages of Imagination' durch die Hintergrundgeschichten der Entstehung, die Jeff Ayers zu vielen Romanen in Interviews mit den Autoren recherchiert hat. Die Arbeit, die allein dahinter steckt, muss unglaublich gewesen sein. Noch unglaublicher wirkt aber der Zeitstrahl, der in jedes beschriebene Jahr von 5 Milliarden Jahren v. u. Zt. bis 1 012 260 unserer Zeitrechnung kapitelgenau den Ausschnitt aus der fiktionalen Welt der StarTrek-Romane einordnet, in dem darüber erzählt wird. Daneben scheint die ' ebenfalls nicht hoch genug einzuschätzende ' Leistung gering, eine halbwegs übersichtliche Struktur für die Bibliografie zu finden, in der Miniserien mit anderen Miniserien verschachtelt sind und dabei noch einer der Fernsehserien zugeordnet werden müssen.
Mir fallen aber auch noch zahlreiche Features ein, die ich mir von diesem Buch gewünscht hätte und die bei so viel Vorbereitungszeit doch hätten machbar sein müssen:
''-Die Zusammenfassungen der Handlung jedes einzelnen Romans bzw. jeder anthologisierten Kurzgeschichte verrät nie die Auflösung und geht selten mehr ins Detail als die Umschlag-Rückseite. Ich finde das schade, denn mich hätten die vollständigen Handlungsbögen interessiert, die in der Roman-Welt ablaufen.
''- Eine Kritik der Bücher fehlt völlig. Mit dem Handbuch "'Voyages of Imagination"' lässt sich nicht entscheiden, ob irgendeines der Bücher lesenswert ist oder nicht.
'-' Zusammenfassungen wären interessant gewesen, aus denen hervor geht, welche Charaktere aus den TV- und Kinoproduktionen mitspielen und sich weiterentwickeln; welche Charaktere neu eingeführt werden; wo es sich ausschließende Überschneidungen zwischen den Romanen gibt u. s. w. Diese hätten am Ende jedes Kapitels in tabellarischer Form oder am Ende der Beschreibung jedes Plots hervorgehoben Platz gefunden.
Zu meiner Bewertung: Abgesehen von einer vollständigen Bibliografie und einigem Lesevergnügen über die jeweiligen Menschen hinter den Geschichten bietet dieses Buch nichts, was ich mir von ihm gewünscht hätte. Einen dicken Bonus erhält es aber für die gründliche und unvorstellbar umfangreiche Arbeit die drin steckt und dafür, dass es immerhin endlich das erste seiner Art ist. Unterm Strich also 3 Sterne.
Martin Jost
Mir fallen aber auch noch zahlreiche Features ein, die ich mir von diesem Buch gewünscht hätte und die bei so viel Vorbereitungszeit doch hätten machbar sein müssen:
''-Die Zusammenfassungen der Handlung jedes einzelnen Romans bzw. jeder anthologisierten Kurzgeschichte verrät nie die Auflösung und geht selten mehr ins Detail als die Umschlag-Rückseite. Ich finde das schade, denn mich hätten die vollständigen Handlungsbögen interessiert, die in der Roman-Welt ablaufen.
''- Eine Kritik der Bücher fehlt völlig. Mit dem Handbuch "'Voyages of Imagination"' lässt sich nicht entscheiden, ob irgendeines der Bücher lesenswert ist oder nicht.
'-' Zusammenfassungen wären interessant gewesen, aus denen hervor geht, welche Charaktere aus den TV- und Kinoproduktionen mitspielen und sich weiterentwickeln; welche Charaktere neu eingeführt werden; wo es sich ausschließende Überschneidungen zwischen den Romanen gibt u. s. w. Diese hätten am Ende jedes Kapitels in tabellarischer Form oder am Ende der Beschreibung jedes Plots hervorgehoben Platz gefunden.
Zu meiner Bewertung: Abgesehen von einer vollständigen Bibliografie und einigem Lesevergnügen über die jeweiligen Menschen hinter den Geschichten bietet dieses Buch nichts, was ich mir von ihm gewünscht hätte. Einen dicken Bonus erhält es aber für die gründliche und unvorstellbar umfangreiche Arbeit die drin steckt und dafür, dass es immerhin endlich das erste seiner Art ist. Unterm Strich also 3 Sterne.
Martin Jost
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The stories behind *every* piece of professional Trek fiction
2. November 2006
Format:Taschenbuch
"Voyages" is an amazing resource that's fun to read. Every piece of authorized Star Trek fiction ever published is in here: over 500 novels, the ebooks, the anthologies . . . From "Spock Must Die!" (1970) to David George's "Crucible" Trilogy (2006-2007).
For each book and short story you get a cover reproduction, publication date, page count, and a short, non-spoiler summary of the plot. And then you get the backstory . . . And that's what this volume is all about: how the story came to be what you finally read between the book covers. Sometimes it's just a paragraph. Sometimes it's pages. And that includes all nine volumes of "Strange New Worlds" (a good chunk of the book right there), which should prove very inspirational to would-be writers. Ayers interviewed hundreds of writers.
This book is definitive. If it was professionally published, it's in here. Even the controversies regarding "Killing Time", "Ishmael", and "Probe" are covered. By virtue of its scope, "Voyages" ends up being a nearly complete oral history of Trek writing and a record of how many people progressed from being fans to being writers.
Just a few of the many highlights are:
- The execution of the four way collaboration between Carmen Carter, Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger on "Doomsday World."
- What Peter David endured to write the first DS9 novel, "The Siege", in just 14 days.
- Richard Arnold tells all from his point of view.
- The financial reasons why the pseudonymous Nathan Archer is still Nathan Archer after all these years.
-The timeline. 70+ pages placing every novel and short story in a precisely dated chronology along with the episodes and movies.
Bottom line: Anybody who reads Trek fiction needs (and will want!) this book. Nuf said.
For each book and short story you get a cover reproduction, publication date, page count, and a short, non-spoiler summary of the plot. And then you get the backstory . . . And that's what this volume is all about: how the story came to be what you finally read between the book covers. Sometimes it's just a paragraph. Sometimes it's pages. And that includes all nine volumes of "Strange New Worlds" (a good chunk of the book right there), which should prove very inspirational to would-be writers. Ayers interviewed hundreds of writers.
This book is definitive. If it was professionally published, it's in here. Even the controversies regarding "Killing Time", "Ishmael", and "Probe" are covered. By virtue of its scope, "Voyages" ends up being a nearly complete oral history of Trek writing and a record of how many people progressed from being fans to being writers.
Just a few of the many highlights are:
- The execution of the four way collaboration between Carmen Carter, Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger on "Doomsday World."
- What Peter David endured to write the first DS9 novel, "The Siege", in just 14 days.
- Richard Arnold tells all from his point of view.
- The financial reasons why the pseudonymous Nathan Archer is still Nathan Archer after all these years.
-The timeline. 70+ pages placing every novel and short story in a precisely dated chronology along with the episodes and movies.
Bottom line: Anybody who reads Trek fiction needs (and will want!) this book. Nuf said.
12 von 12 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
If you read Star Trek books, you need this
17. November 2006
Format:Taschenbuch
First, some minor quibbles that should not discourage anyone from buying this book:
The grammar in the plot synopses is sometimes shaky. That could be the result of the difficulty of summing up a novel in a few lines, at least in part, but the book has an unusually large number of dangling modifiers. There were a few entries that, in my opinion, at least, were lacking in key information. For example, the entry on the Generations novelization should have mentioned the fact that the hardcover and paperback have different endings. The Killing Time entry has a Richard Arnold explanation for the situation that doesn't match up with any other account of the event that I have ever read. Another disappointment was predictable and well out of Jeff's control: the unavailability of certain writers. This is pretty minor, given the number of writers who did contribute.
But... these are quibbles. Nitpicks. In no way should these minor little things deter anyone from buying this. Jeff went through several hundred novels, anthologies, and ebooks. He went after all the writers for interviews, and he managed to speak to the majority of them. He whipped what must have been an enormous mass of information into an organized work that people will be referring back to years from now.
Jeff elicited surprising revelations from a lot of writers. Were some novelists in it for the money and uninterested in Star Trek? Were some cynical about the whole thing? Do some say they got what they needed from the experience and they have no interest in doing it again? Do some exude smugness or arrogance? Do some have horror stories about the whole process? Yes.
On the other hand... do some writers whose work I've disliked come across as well-intentioned and enthusiastic about writing Star Trek? Do some writers come across as fans thrilled by being in a position to write novels about a show and characters they've always loved? Do some writers make the whole Trek novel-writing process sound like a great, fun, challenging adventure? Do some make you lose any shred of cynicism you may have about tie-in writing and just get you excited and happy about this forty-year journey? Do some make you want to read the next story, to get around to reading that novel or anthology or ebook you haven't read yet? Oh, yes.
Voyages of Imagination is a remarkable treasure trove of information, covering everything from James Blish's adaptations and Mack Reynolds's Mission to Horatius right up to the Crucible trilogy, but it's also a celebration of the history of Star Trek fiction. As you read, you can see how Star Trek and the books based on it have changed over the years.
Let me put it this way: if you've read this far, you need this book.
And I haven't even mentioned the Timeline yet. I can only imagine how much work went into it. It's a great supplementary feature for a book like this.
So go. Buy it.
The grammar in the plot synopses is sometimes shaky. That could be the result of the difficulty of summing up a novel in a few lines, at least in part, but the book has an unusually large number of dangling modifiers. There were a few entries that, in my opinion, at least, were lacking in key information. For example, the entry on the Generations novelization should have mentioned the fact that the hardcover and paperback have different endings. The Killing Time entry has a Richard Arnold explanation for the situation that doesn't match up with any other account of the event that I have ever read. Another disappointment was predictable and well out of Jeff's control: the unavailability of certain writers. This is pretty minor, given the number of writers who did contribute.
But... these are quibbles. Nitpicks. In no way should these minor little things deter anyone from buying this. Jeff went through several hundred novels, anthologies, and ebooks. He went after all the writers for interviews, and he managed to speak to the majority of them. He whipped what must have been an enormous mass of information into an organized work that people will be referring back to years from now.
Jeff elicited surprising revelations from a lot of writers. Were some novelists in it for the money and uninterested in Star Trek? Were some cynical about the whole thing? Do some say they got what they needed from the experience and they have no interest in doing it again? Do some exude smugness or arrogance? Do some have horror stories about the whole process? Yes.
On the other hand... do some writers whose work I've disliked come across as well-intentioned and enthusiastic about writing Star Trek? Do some writers come across as fans thrilled by being in a position to write novels about a show and characters they've always loved? Do some writers make the whole Trek novel-writing process sound like a great, fun, challenging adventure? Do some make you lose any shred of cynicism you may have about tie-in writing and just get you excited and happy about this forty-year journey? Do some make you want to read the next story, to get around to reading that novel or anthology or ebook you haven't read yet? Oh, yes.
Voyages of Imagination is a remarkable treasure trove of information, covering everything from James Blish's adaptations and Mack Reynolds's Mission to Horatius right up to the Crucible trilogy, but it's also a celebration of the history of Star Trek fiction. As you read, you can see how Star Trek and the books based on it have changed over the years.
Let me put it this way: if you've read this far, you need this book.
And I haven't even mentioned the Timeline yet. I can only imagine how much work went into it. It's a great supplementary feature for a book like this.
So go. Buy it.
4 von 4 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Must-have for serious Trekkers.
17. März 2007
Format:Taschenbuch
This compendium has a summary of every Star Trek novel to-date, and interviews with at least half of the authors. For someone like me, who will glom onto a series and read them in order, this is the most wonderful and interesting help. There are other "inside" information type sections as well. I bought a copy for our library, as it's too good to keep to oneself.
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