The Continuing Mission

by Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Book Overview

Featuring 750 never-before-seen illustrations and full-color photographs, this visually stunning book focuses on the creation of the hit series "Star Trek: The Next Generation". Its true, unique... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671874292
• ISBN13: 9780671874292
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 3.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 12.2"

Customer Reviews

If you own one book about TNG, let this be it.

First of all, this book is huge. Really. It is tall and wide as well as being hefty. It does the amazing task of covering 7+ years of television history regarding the show responsible for renewed interest in science-fiction. The history is indeed an interesting one. Many tidbits are revealed, and if you are a trivia junkie, it will fill the endless void nicely.The pictures are great, as well as commentary and brief interviews of folks. The only thing I felt that could have been done better were episode summaries. They fell by the wayside a bit; but the sheer volume of information contained in the book makes up for it.It is well-constructed, and has lasted repeated flipping and reading. That and its size make it an excellent coffee table book. People who have no interest in Trek pick it up and are fascinated by the information. It makes a great gift, for yourself or the TNG fan in your life. Or even, the television trivia buff as well.

Inspirational, Dedicated, Essential - A Fine Tribute to TNG

This book is essential reading for any Star Trek fan. Even if you may not be a big fan of TNG (I myself prefer DS9), this beautiful tribute will surely improve your understanding of the days before, during, and after the creation of TNG series. The text is written in a very amiable, intimate and lively manner, obviously showing the authors' love and dedication to the TNG world. Content-wise, the book is utterly fascinating: there is everything from the stories behind the casting ("But he's bald!"), to the creation and incarnations of the spacecraft of the show, to interesting anecdotes both clever and funny, highlighting special episodes, audience reaction, notes on production; even clear and non-technical explanations of various financial aspects of producing TNG and the movies. Absolutely nothing comes across as overly technical.The book is divided into chapters tracing each season and movie involving TNG cast; each "season" also includes episode-by-episode synopses by the side - very helpful not just as an episode guide, but as a way of guiding the reader throughout the TNG journey. In fact, one of the best things about this book is its strong sense of chronological unity - reading the book from front to back, you are surely and rapturously guided through the entire TNG history - it feels like getting to know an old friend anew.The book is made even better by the tons of colour photos throughout - ranging from pictures of props to sets, to ships, production designs, cast, scenes, costumes, production... it's just fantastic.A lot of intelligence and dedication has gone into producing this book. I really can't praise it enough except to say: now I admire Star Trek: The Next Generation even more.

Great book with a lot of backround pictures and stories

It's realy great to read the history of the development from Star Trek The Next Generation. A lot of good pictures from the series and also brilliant backround pictures make reading this book to a great experience.

Brilliantly put together and well written

I found the book most interesting and informative. Even though I am a big Star Trek fan and know most of the facts about it. I learnt a lot from this book and the pictures are very good and the text is well written. (Especially the behind the scene pictures are very good) Even for the person who does not know a lot about Star Trek will find this book very good I think... This Book is a must for any Star Trekker! RossJsb60@hotmail.com

This is an excellent tribute to the continuing saga of TNG.

I recently purchased this book to add to my growing Star Trek collection. It turned out to be a great choice. "The Continuing Mission" covers the history of the series, TNG, including its conception, the seven seasons, the two movies. It also has a bonus preview chapter on the making of "Star Trek: Insurrection", which comes into theaters in a week. The writing is funny at times and very easy to follow, and there are color pictures of onscreen shots, drawings, and work behind the scenes. Of course, there are copies of pictures from other Star Trek books, such as "The Art of Star Trek" and the "Sketchbook", but there are less than I expected there would be. The originality and tribute of this book make it a very attractive choice.