A repackaging of James Blish's original Trek episode novelizations; mostly gimmicky, but kind of nice if your copies are falling apart and you don't want to destroy the old cheap paperbacks.

It expands upon each of the episodes like the best tv show or movie novelizations. If you're a fan of the iconic original series of Star Trek this is a must-read. ( )

This fiftieth anniversary book contains a collection of forty-four stories from the classic science fiction television series, many penned by some of science fiction’s greatest storytellers, including Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, David Gerrold, Richard Matheson, and Theodore Sturgeon.

Included in this volume are such classic episodes as “Amok Time,” “The Doomsday Machine,” “The Trouble with Tribbles,” and “A Piece of the Action.” Also included are the Hugo Award winners “The City on the Edge of Forever,” and the Menagerie.”

Each of the stories, adapted by James Blish and J. A. Lawrence from the original scripts, aired during the show’s three season run. An introduction, penned by Norman Spinrad, addresses “Star Trek” in the Real World.

Running some seven hundred pages, with color pictures of the Starship Enterprise and some of the ship’s crew gracing the inside of the front and back covers, this leather-bound collector’s edition is sure to delight all fans of the series.

Recommended. ( )