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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [QB] Also, to respon to Psi'a Meese: I said -- "Unfortunately... He spoke almost entirely to Gene himself, a man who had the unfortunate tendancy to, when posed with a question to which he dind't know the answer, pull something out of his ass on the spot." To which our Caitian pal said -- "I have always read both the Whitfield and Joseph books with wonder since childhood. It is always disheartening to me to see them taken to task so. "Nothing about TOS was ever 'perfect' or 'accurate'. I don't think Gene Roddenberry was GOD. But Star Trek WAS his brainchild. When writing a book of a type ( The Making of _insert favorite tv show_) not yet published, why not go to the source? That source-like it or not-was Gene Roddenberry." I, too, have been the proud owner of the Star Fleet Technical Manual, the Enterprise deckplans, and The Making of Star Trek for long years now, but my love for Star Trek is more than devotion to any single individual associated with it -- even Gene himself. He had a wonderful idea for the show, and wrote some good episodes himself, but when it came to the ship, Gene's only real input was that it wouldn't use conventional sci-fi or real-world propulsion effects, that the main bridge was to be on the top of the primary hull, and that it would have a large engine room. Everything else was created by Matt Jeffries, and in my decidedly-unhumble opinion, Mr. Whitfield made a serious error in not talking to Mr. Jeffries for the bit on what's where on the big 'E'. --Jonah [/QB][/QUOTE]
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