Daniel Cohen - The MONSTERS OF STAR TREK

A CLOUD MONSTER.

A GIANT SPACE AMOEBA,

A DEATH-DUELING LIZARD

STRANGE CREATURES FROM STAR TREK!

In the 23rd century the Enterprise speeds through space to explore the knownand unknownworlds of our galaxy. In outer space the crew encounters strange, alien creatures!

Among them:

The Mugato,

a strong, giant white ape with a poisonous bite

The salt vampire,

who kills humans and sucks salt from their bodies

Yarnek,

the rock creature, whose face glows when he speaks

Youll find non-humanoids stranger than you can imagine in the amazing adventures of the Star Trek television series!

During practically every Star Trek episode the Enterprise and its crew faced some new and strange alien life form. Many of these aliens are what we would popularly call monsters. But for Star Trek the word monster needs a little explanation. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, wanted to express the idea that, to be different is not necessarily to be ugly. And being different does not necessarily make a creature evil either.

Some of the alien creatures are terrifying in appearance and evil in nature. Others may appear hideous, but their basic nature is good. Still others seem to act in an evil way until one understands why they act as they do. So, when a strange or horrible looking creature appears in a Star Trek episode you cant assume it is a villain. One of the great joys of Star Trek is that it doesnt follow the old monster movie pattern. It often surprises you.

But read on and see for yourself.

Books by Daniel Cohen

GHOSTLY TERRORS

THE GREATEST MONSTERS IN THE WORLD

HOLLYWOOD DINOSAUR

HORROR IN THE MOVIES

THE MONSTERS OF STAR TREK

MONSTERS YOU NEVER HEARD OF

REAL GHOSTS

THE RESTLESS DEAD

SCIENCE FICTIONS GREATEST MONSTERS

STRANGE AND AMAZING FACTS ABOUT STAR TREK

SUPERMONSTERS

THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS GHOSTS

Books by Daniel and Susan Cohen

GOING FOR THE GOLD

HEROES OF THE CHALLENGER

THE KIDS GUIDE TO HOME COMPUTERS

ROCK VIDEO SUPERSTARS

ROCK VIDEO SUPERSTARS II

WRESTLING SUPERSTARS

WRESTLING SUPERSTARS II

YOUNG AND FAMOUS: HOLLYWOODS NEWEST

SUPERSTARS

YOUNG AND FAMOUS: SPORTS NEWEST SUPERSTARS

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The starship Enterprise

There has never been anything quite like Star Trek. Star Trek started back in 1966 as a science fiction television series. It turned out to be a great deal more. After the first season network executives decided that not enough people were watching Star Trek, and it should be canceled. Then the executives found out that not only were people watching the show, but those who did watch loved it. Over a million letters poured in to protest the cancellation of Star Trek. Star Trek not only had fans, it had fanatic fans.

So the show was renewed for a second season. After the end of that season the network again announced the show was to be canceled. They got the same angry reaction from the fans. So Star Trek went on again for a third season. At the end of that season the network executives finally got their way. The show was canceled. The millions of fans were enraged. They still get angry whenever the subject of the cancellation of Star Trek comes up.

In a sense, the real popularity of Star Trek began only after the show was canceled by the network. It went into reruns on local TV stations. The original 78 episodes have been rerun at least once in practically every area of the country. In places like New York City or Los Angeles, Star Trek episodes have been rerun constantly since the show went off the air. A whole new generation of Star Trek fans has grown up. Many of those who watch Star Trek regularly today were too young to see it when it first was shown. Many had not even been born when the first episode was aired. But they can be just as fanatic as older fans.

The original Star Trek never was brought back. But a series of animated Star Trek adventures was made. Millions of copies of books of Star Trek adventures have been sold. There have been popular Star Trek comic books.

Conventions of Star Trek fans attract thousandsyoung and old. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, and many of the shows stars attract huge audiences when they speak at colleges. No one is sure how many Star Trek fan clubs exist todayprobably hundreds. Fans publish their own magazinescalled fanzinesabout Star Trek. A model of Star Treks starship Enterprise is in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. It is there along with models of the Wright brothers airplane, the Apollo astronauts craft, and Charles Lindberghs airplane.

And now comes the biggest tribute of all to the long-lasting popularity of Star Treka major Star Trek motion picture has been made with all of the cast from the original television series back in their original roles.

As I said, there has never been anything quite like Star Trek. What accounts for the enormous popularity of the show? Everyone has an idea, but no one really knows.

The basic idea behind Star Trek was quite simple. It was to be the adventures of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, sometime in the future. The Enterprise is a large starship with a crew of approximately 430. It is capable of traveling several times faster than the speed of light. Therefore, it can travel throughout the known (and unknown) universe.

The Enterprise is part of the United Federation of Planets Star Fleet. The ships primary mission is to explore, to go where no man has gone before.

Captain of the Enterprise is James T. (for Tiberius) Kirk. The character is played by William Shatner. Kirk is a man of great courage, intelligence, and charm. Perhaps his charm is his most outstanding characteristic. Females from all over the universe seem to be attracted to him. Though from time to time Kirk appears to fall in love, in the end his only real love is the Enterprise. Many times he has shown himself willing to give up his own life to save his beloved starship.

Captain James T. Kirk