Where No Man Has Gone Before

Read NBC’s promo booklet for its new show

Sulu gets to override Kirk. The Enterprise serves crappy coffee. And pointed ears? What pointed ears?
Starship class, part two: Gene Roddenberry and Matt Jefferies

I wrote recently that the Enterprise is in fact a Starship-class vessel. Lots of people disagreed. Lots. But then they also disagree with Gene Roddenberry and Matt Jefferies.
You don’t need to read Mission to Horatius

Mission to Horatius is the first original Star Trek novel published. The dialogue is terrible, the plot is ridiculous, Kirk commits genocide, and a dancing rat is an important character. So don’t read the book, but do read my fun teardown of it.
Download the most important Star Trek document

Gene Roddenberry’s 1964 pitch for his new show is arguably the most important Star Trek document ever. The pitch, usually referred to as Star Trek is…, was designed to sell the show to network executives and it’s an interesting look at Roddenberry’s earliest creative ideas.

Collecting Trek