Star Trek Designing Starships: Deep Space Nine and Beyond

Star Trek Designing Starships: Deep Space Nine and Beyond
Author: Ben Robinson
Publisher: Eaglemoss
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2021-08-24
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1858759897

The inventive concept art behind Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s titular space station, U.S.S. Defiant and dozens more ships comes to life on the page! Deep Space Nine is considered by many Star Trek fans to be the best of all the Trek shows in the franchise’s illustrious 55-year history, and Star Trek Designing Starships puts the spotlight on the show’s space-faring vessels. The fifth entry in Hero Collector’s ongoing series of Star Trek Designing Starships, Deep Space Nine and Beyond delivers original production art and extensive interviews with the award-wining artists who created the ships and helped bring them to the screen over the course of the show’s seven-year run (1993-1999) and its 176 episodes.

Star Trek Beyond Of Fiction

Star Trek Beyond Of Fiction
Author: Paris Ezequiel Bianco
Publisher: Paris Ezequiel Bianco
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2024-03-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 631003121X

Title: Star Trek Beyond Of Fiction Table of Contents I. ETHICS AND VALUES IN THE UNIVERSE 1. Introduction to Star Trek - Origins and Evolution of the Series 2. Future Utopia - The Vision of a Peaceful Federation 3. Prime Directive - Ethics in Space Exploration 4. Vulcanian Philosophy - Logic and Emotions 5. Medical Ethics in Star Trek - The Hippocratic Oath in Space 6. Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence - Data and Doctor Emh 7. Philosophy Of Morality In Star Trek - The Starfleet Code II. TECHNOLOGY AND EXPLORATION 8. The Role of Technology in Star Trek - Friend or Foe? 9. Time Travel In Star Trek - Paradoxes And Ethical Dilemmas 10. Starfleet And Militarism - Defense Or Exploration? 11. Intergalactic Diplomacy - The Role of Negotiations 12. The Moral Frontiers of Scientific Experimentation 13. Star Trek and Environmental Ethics - Caring for the Universe 14. The Romulan Conflict - Espionage and Deception 15. Exploring the Singularity – Wormholes and Alternate Realities III. DIVERSITY AND SOCIETY 16. Multiculturalism in Star Trek - The Diversity of Races and Cultures 17. Gender Identity in Star Trek - Exploring New Frontiers 18. The Conflict Between the Federation and the Klingon Empire 19. The Evolution of the Klingons - From Enemies to Allies 20. The Spiritual Journey of Bajor - The Prophets and the Emissary 21. The Paradox of Noninterference - Dilemmas in Earth History 22. Enemy Artificial Intelligence - The Android Threat IV. ETHICAL AND MORAL CONFLICTS 23. The Borg - Individuality Vs Collectivism 24. QY Omnipotence - Questioning Existence 25. The Nature of War in Star Trek - The Federation vs The Dominion 26. The Maquis Rebellion - Freedom Vs Security 27. The Existence of Alien Gods - Worship and Superstition V. CULTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS 28. The Role of Music in Klingon and Vulcan Culture 29. The Ethics of Cloning - Twins Will and Thomas Riker 30. Star Trek As a Mirror of Society - Reflections on the Present 31. The Evolution of the Klingons - From Enemies to Allies 32. The Transhuman Singularity – Human and Cybernetic Enhancement 33. The Conflict Between the Federation and the Klingon Empire

Star Trek Designing Starships Volume 1: The Enterprises and Beyond

Star Trek Designing Starships Volume 1: The Enterprises and Beyond
Author: Ben Robinson
Publisher: Eaglemoss
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1858755271

Explore the design process behind the creation of more than 30 of the most iconic ships in Star Trek's history! This is the story of how some of the most talented designers in Hollywood created STAR TREK's starships, from the first sketches to the finished models that appeared on screen. Covering the genesis of more than 30 ships including all seven Enterprises, this book is packed with original concept art, showing fascinating directions that were explored and abandoned, and revealing the thinking behind the finished designs. The design history of every variation of the USS Enterprise is covered within this volume, including three that were never seen on screen. Hundreds of physical and CGI model development photos including concept art, blueprints, sketches, and schematics, provided by the original designers and the vast archives of CBS and Paramount Studios. Delve deep into the design process that led to the iconic Star Trek ships featured on television and film. Includes concept art and interviews with the ship designers and screen model builders, this first-time ever explored subject will appeal to all Star Trek fans.

To Seek Out New Worlds

To Seek Out New Worlds
Author: J. Weldes
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2003-05-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1403982082

This volume explores the science fiction/world politics intertext. Through detailed analyses of such texts as Blade Runner, Stalker, Star Trek, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the chapters in this volume examine the complex and sometimes contradictory relations between world politics, both as discipline and as practice, and discourses of science fiction. Offering a novel combination of popular culture analysis with major theoretical and empirical issues concerning world politics, Science Fiction and World Politics provides insights into the discursive constitution of both science fiction and world politics while highlighting the occasional challenges that the science fiction/world politics intertext launches at our common sense.

Star Trek Beyond: The Official Limited Edition Souvenir Special Book

Star Trek Beyond: The Official Limited Edition Souvenir Special Book
Author: Titan
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-12-13
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 178586081X

Presenting in-depth interviews and features all about Star Trek Beyond. Find out all about the making of the movie from executive producer J.J. Abrams and director Justin Lin, catch up with all the stars of the movie, including regulars Chris Pine (Captain Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Karl Urban (McCoy), Simon Pegg (Scotty), John Cho (Sulu), and Anton Yelchin (Chekov) and key guest cast! Discover the secrets of the making of the film, from stunts and special effects to costumes and make up! This is a must for Trekkies everywhere!

Star Trek Designing Starships Volume 2: Voyager and Beyond

Star Trek Designing Starships Volume 2: Voyager and Beyond
Author: Ben Robinson
Publisher: Eaglemoss
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2019-01-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1858755328

Explore the behind the scenes process to reveal the thinking - and the artwork - behind the creation of the most iconic ships in Star Trek's history! This book, which covers more than 30 ships including the U.S.S Voyager, Delta Flyer, V'ger, and the Enterprise-J, is packed with original concept art, and includes work from legendary artists Syd Mead and Robert McCall. Continue the exploration of the design process that led to the iconic Star Trek ships from the hit television programs and films. Featuring interviews with the ship designers and screen model builders, this first-time ever explored subject will appeal to all Star Trek fans. Includes first-time ever collected concept art and sketches. Learn about the real-world people events behind one of the greatest science fiction universes.

Star Trek: Designing Starships Volume 4: Discovery

Star Trek: Designing Starships Volume 4: Discovery
Author: Ben Robinson
Publisher: Eaglemoss
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1858755743

Featuring ships from the first season of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY! The story of how the creative teams reimagined STAR TREK for the 21st Century with previously unseen production art and interviews with the show's artists and designers. Every ship for season 1! Showcasing ships such as the U.S.S. Shenzhou, the U.S.S. Discovery and the Klingon bird-of-prey, this book brings you all the Federation and Klingon ships as they appeared in the decade before Captain James T. Kirk's five-year-mission, and is packed with original concept art from STAR TREK artists John Eaves, Sam Michlap, John 'JD' Dickenson and Goran Delic. This latest volume in the Designing Starships series shows how artists and designers reinvented STAR TREK for a new era, taking the classics and reinventing them to build a whole new look for the Federation and the Klingons featured in the hit Star Trek: Discovery TV series. Explore the process behind the creation of the Starships featured in the hit Star Trek: Discovery TV series!

The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek

The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek
Author: Leimar Garcia-Siino
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2022-07-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1000569969

The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek offers a synoptic overview of Star Trek, its history, its influence, and the scholarly response to the franchise, as well as possibilities for further study. This volume aims to bridge the fields of science fiction and (trans)media studies, bringing together the many ways in which Star Trek franchising, fandom, storytelling, politics, history, and society have been represented. Seeking to propel further scholarly engagement, this Handbook offers new critical insights into the vast range of Star Trek texts, narrative strategies, audience responses, and theoretical themes and issues. This compilation includes both established and emerging scholars to foster a spirit of communal, trans-generational growth in the field and to present diversity to a traditional realm of science fiction studies.

The Kelvin Timeline of Star Trek

The Kelvin Timeline of Star Trek
Author: Matthew Wilhelm Kapell
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2019-02-28
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476636230

In an era of reboots, restarts and retreads, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek trilogy--featuring new, prequel adventures of Kirk, Spock and the rest of the original series characters, aboard the USS Enterprise--has brought the franchise to a new generation and perfected a process that is increasingly central to entertainment media: reinvigorating the beloved classic. This collection of new essays offers the first in-depth analysis of the new trilogy and the vision of the next generation of Star Trek film-makers. Issues of gender, race, politics, economics, technology and morality--always key themes of the franchise--are explored in the 21st century context of "The Kelvin Timeline."