These Are the Voyages

"The level of research is astounding...an incredible job!" LEONARD NIMOY

"The single best book ever written on Star Trek!" SCOTT MANTZ, Access Hollywood

"Everything there is to know about TOS Season One. Great read. I guarantee it." - WALTER KOENIG, Chekov

"An exhaustive, episode-by-episode history...this should be the final word on the show." JEFF BOND, Geek Magazine

"Trek fans...get beamed up to heaven." - BILLY HELLER, New York Post

Author Marc Cushman had the great honor of befriending both GENE RODDENBERRY and ROBERT H. JUSTMAN, who cooperated in the development of this three-book series and backed their endorsement with hundreds of never-before-released documents concerning the writing and production of the first Star Trek series.

After decades of research, hundreds of exclusive interviews, and the inclusion of thousands of documents, from story outlines to scripts to interoffice memos between Roddenberry and his staff, correspondences with NBC and Desilu Studios, production schedules, budgets, and even the Nielsen ratings for every episode of the first Star Trek series, These are the Voyages is a time machine, taking the reader back to witness the creation, writing and making of Star Trek.

Decades of folklore is dispelled as the authentic documents are presented, revealing the true production order of the episodes, the truth behind the ratings (Star Trek often won its time slot and was usually NBC's top-rated Thursday night series, and again, Friday night series), the actual cost of each episode, fan letters and trade reviews from the time of the first broadcasts, and much more.

Foreword by TOS producer/writer John D.F. Black.