On 2009-09-18 H. L. Cripe, Wilmington, DE United States wrote: In the words of Vic Fontaine, this one´s ´from the heart´ - a gift to all Star Trek fans and a special gift to those of us who think Star Trek´s ´middle child´ is the best show the Star Trek universe ever produced. TV Guide rightly called Deep Space Nine ´the best acted, written, produced, and altogether finest...Star Trek series.´
This official guide to all 176 episodes lets the reader trek again and again to that grungy gyroscope in the middle of nowhere with its intriguing mix of lifeforms. On this space station life is as real as it gets - multifaceted characters engrossed in learning how to live with each other while coping with internal and external conflict, cultural differences, and bizarre situations. Here no prissy-perfect Star Fleet solves everyone´s problems.
One of the best things about this book is that the authors waited until the series was complete before they finished it - no parade of updates and revisions. The narrative is structured by season, each having a general introduction followed by episode synopses with guest cast and production lists and behind-the-scenes information about the making of each episode. Groups of episodes that form arcs have one information summary covering the entire group. The publication production team chose, rightly in my opinion, to be lavish with black-and-white illustrations rather than use the illustration budget to have only few in color. Many fascinating sidebars provide information that didn´t fit neatly into the text. Several nifty original maps of Bajor are also included.
For all its completeness, the book lacks a couple of indexes that would greatly aid the reader. First of all, it needs a listing of the episodes in the order in which they were shown, done either as a table of contents or as an appendix. An alphabetical list of actors from the guest cast lists with the episodes or pages where they appear would also have been helpful.
All things considered, this book is the best companion book to a TV series that I´ve ever seen. There´s nothing cute or slick here, just great reading - a good solid well-researched, well-written and edited account of one of the best science fiction shows ever made. You´ll soon wear the covers limp with the number of times you dip into it to verify a plot detail, hunt up your favorite guest actors, or check out information such as what Nana Visitor and Rene Auberjoinois really thought about the Kira-Odo romance or whether the Sidney Opera House design was the inspiration for one of Kai Winn´s hats.
. And summed up by saying The Best of the Star Trek Universe. Currently Deep Space Nine Companion (Star Trek Deep Space Nine) has an overall rating of 10 over 10.
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Star Trek claimed ´The challenge of putting together a television show for the first time was especially intimidating because of the traditions and the expectations for Star Trek®.´ -- Michael Piller, co-creator, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine It might be hard to believe, but there was a time when launching a new Star Trek series was considered a risky venture. Maybe it was just luck that Star Trek: The Next Generation® had succeeded. Could another show capture the imagination of the viewers? The creators of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine® built a cast of characters totally different from the more comfortable, familiar ones that had been seen on previous incarnations of Star Trek. One of the writers observed, ´You can see right away they´re not perfectly engineered humans....They seem more real....They represent a different way to tell a story.´ The setting for the show was a space station, a dark, almost sinister, alien place -- the diametrical opposite of a bright reassuring starship. This new Star Trek series set every expectation on its head -- and it succeeded. Deep Space Nine created some of the most visionary, emotionally charged and critically acclaimed hours of television ever made, and at the end of seven years it could boast of ranking at the top of the syndicated ratings year after year. The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion is the official guide to all 176 spectacular episodes of this revolutionary series. Detailed synopses, behind-the-scenes information, and in-depth interviews with the cast and crew are provided for each show. Hundreds of photographs and illustrations -- many never before seen -- fill the pages of this book. For the casual reader or the fan who wants to know more, this is the definitive book on this groundbreaking series. From its explosive beginning to the heartrending conclusion, relive it all and see why TV Guide called it ´the best acted, written, produced, and altogether finest...Star Trek series.´
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