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Browsing on eBay and Amazon turned up at least four different editions of "The Making of Star Trek". Does anyone know what the differences are in publisher/date?
#1: #2: #3: #4:
And regarding "The Making of TMP", it apparently is a rather rare-ish book. Is it an interesting book?
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Making of TMP is a litle too much a fluff piece, but there's some interesting stuff in there. It's especially amusing, knowing how troubled the production was, that there's virtually no hint of this in the book. Nowhere near as a good a read as the making of book for Superman The Movie.
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I have still a copy of the #2 version of "The Making of Star Trek", that I purchased back in the 70s. I also have a book called "The World of Star Trek" as well as "The Trouble with Tribbles" (the making-of, behind-the-scenes book), both purchsed in the 70s. I'll probably hold on to them all forever.
It's funny, back then it was hard to find things like that. Now, it's all just a mouse click away.
quote:Originally posted by Harry: Apparently, #2 is a 1974 reprint. That leaves #4, wich (at only 95 cents) might possibly be the first edition?
What does it say on the Copyright page? That will usually tell you what edition it is. My copy's page reads...
Copyright � 1968 by Stephen E. Whitfield
All rights reserved
SBN 345-23401-4-150
First U.S. Printing: September 1968 Second U.S. Printing: Decemeber 1968 Third U.S. Printing: January 1969 Fourth U.S. Printing: April, 1969 Fifth U.S. Printing: July, 1970 Sixth U.S. Printing: November, 1970 Seventh U.S. Printing: June, 1971 Eighth U.S. Printing: February, 1972 Ninth U.S. Printing: August, 1972 Tenth U.S. Printing: May, 1973 Eleventh U.S. Printing: January, 1974 Twelfth U.S. Printing: May, 1974
So my copy would appear to be a twelfth edition.
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I'm not sure that "edition" and "printing" are the same thing. Doesn't "edition" imply that something was changed, and "printing" just means they printed a bunch, sold them all, and so they printed another batch?
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quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: That font is so... round... and bubbly... Makes me feel stoned.
That logo was the "official" one in the early 70s, and was used on FJ's works and the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual, et al.
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If FJ was stoned, I could mabye forgive him for the silly Saladin/ Hermes scout kitbash.
Mabye.
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if FJ was stoned, i'd lend him more credence than i usually do, which is plenty already
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quote:Originally posted by TSN: I'm not sure that "edition" and "printing" are the same thing. Doesn't "edition" imply that something was changed, and "printing" just means they printed a bunch, sold them all, and so they printed another batch?
In this circumstance, the Making of Star Trelk was first published in ANY edition in 1968. To my knowledge there have never been any content changes. Looking inside the cover should tell you when it was printed. If it wasn't September, 1968, it's not a first printing.
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