The Completely Useless Star Trek Encyclopedia

by Steve Lyons and Chris Howarth

Book Overview

Arranged in alphabetical form, this is a collection of bizarre and useless facts about all aspects of Star Trek along with a selection of jokes and observations on the obsessive nature of fans and the remarkable merchandise some will collect.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753501988
• ISBN13: 9780753501986
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Virgin Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

If only Star Trek Had this much humor...

I am a trekkie/er in my own right, and I seriously disagree with anything bad that has been said about this book. This is a fantastic romp through the trek universe with a whole bunch of brits willing to make fun of themselves and others for something they like a whole hell of a lot. The stories of how things were cancelled and naysayed and how people act about star trek in general are spoofed wonderfully here. All of you who didn't find it funny, surely don't have a sense of humor about yourselves and the show and should lighten up. But if you like to laugh, or get a good chuckle from turning a phrase, this is a fun book. enjoy it!

May be Hazardous To Your Health

If you are a Star Trek fan, you will either love this book, or hate it. This should be obvious from the reviews already posted, which seem to almost invariably give the book either 1 or 5 stars. The reason for this is that the book is hilariously funny, but has a wickedly mean sense of humor. Therefor, if you take your fandom very seriously, DO NOT READ THIS, as it will cause irreparable psychological dammage! If, on the other hand, you are able to laugh at Trek as well as your own geekdom, then by all means DO READ IT! But procede with caution, as you may find yourself incapacitated with laughter.

Simply the Best

This is the best Star Trek book ever. Do not buy if you are a sad person with no sense of humor.

The True Trekkers!

The authors of this book should be commended for there excellent reference book, The Competely Useless Unauthorised Star Trek Encyclopedia. These men are the Fans! I commend you, Chris Howarth and Steve Lyons!

very funny, especially if you're a fan

I read this "encyclopedia" in one rush. Roaring with laughter every now and then. The more episodes and films you have seen, the more you can appreciate the somewhat wicked sense of understated humor in this book. And yes, they have opinions on Trekkies too, buy hey, who could write an "encyclopida" without mentioning Trekkies? Go read this. It's fun.