| THE MAKING OF STAR TREK Stephen E. Whitfield New York: Ballantine Books, September 1991 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-345-34019-1 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-345-34019-1 | 414pp. | SC/BWI | $5.99 | |
| Page 51: | "In addition to the water container, April's cage contains a spongelike epiloid that can serve as a bed..." |
| I'm fairly sure this S/B "a spongelike ellipsoid". |
| Page 52: | "Vina tells him they are far underground with a half-mile of solid balsite rock insulating them from the planet's surface.." |
| This S/B "basalt". |
| Page 219: | "Shorly thereafter, Shatner opened to rave reviews in New York in Tamburlaine." |
| Typo: S/B "Shortly". |
| Page 247: | "George [Takei] was born in the Boyle Heights district of Los Angeles and lived there until World War II, when his family moved to Arkansas." |
| I have no idea why Stephen Whitfield would gloss over the Japanese internment. |
| Page 248: | "In 1960 he was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree." |
| Extra word: S/B "graduated". Am I wrong to think that Whitfield was uncomfortable discussing George Takei? |
| Page 335: | "One day there is nothing there [on the sound stage], the next day you're on Altair IV." |
| It's a curious choice for a science fiction buff. Did he forget that Altair IV was destroyed in Forbidden Planet? |
| Page 391: | "The end of shooting for the second season came in mid-January, 1968. Tension and uncertainty was running high. Nielsen ratings had not been the best..." |
| Number error: S/B "were". |
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