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A Vision of the Future

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If you like endless detailed descriptions of people's offices, their small working areas at Paramount and all the minute production details explaining how this series got off the ground then this book is for you. If you want to know about all the people who are involved with Voyager from the top brass to the two security people on the lot then this book is also for you.

If you're interested in the DRY, nuts and bolts of making a TV series then this is for you. Not my cup of tea I'm afraid.

As a fan of Star Trek Voyager, I found this book to be an incredible glimpse into how the show was created. Mr. Poe has done a wonderful job of exploring the "how's, why's, and almost's" of this often underrated series. After reading it I felt as if I actually was part of the Voyager creative process, that is how invitimg the authors writing is. A must have for the Voyager fan.

This book was an enjoyable, easy read. Don't let the title (or even a brief thumb through) fool you...this book is not about the show, as an ongoing entity. Poe will extremely briefly mention something that occurs in the 4th season; he has a small section on 7 of 9 and her addition to the show. However, this is only a few pages in a large volume. The vast majority of the book is about the process getting the Voyager pilot on the screen. It talks about the very early preproduction meetings with Rick Berman, Jeri Taylor, and Michael Piller, and how the three of them honed the idea, and moved it forward. It talks in much detail about the designing of the Voyager sets, as well as the model of the ship itself, the computer graphics, casting, shooting, etc. I found it to be an interesting, entertaining read, however I expected it to talk more about the series itself, not to be virtually all a "making of the pilot" book. Be aware that is what this is. Don't let a few pages on 7 of 9 and a photo that includes her fool you.

No one's going to buy a book about the making of Voyager if they don't like Voyager, so it's understandable that the writer refrains from any criticism. Yet he adopts the tone that Voyager is unrivalled high-quality drama and whether you believe him or not it rankles enough to make you wince through even the really interesting sections on the making of the show's pilot film. There's also a peculiar habit of trying to force a structure to the book by leaving bits out from the beginning and throwing them in at the end which you might live with if there were an index. Poe is a name in Star Trek circles because he wrote The Making of Star Trek (under a psuedonym) but where you can excuse the poor journalism of that book because he was new and fresh, thirty years later you feel he should have improved.

Very interesting. Photos are wonderful. Entertained my curiosity about Star Trek" Voyager. However, several times I looked for an Index, yet there is none. I would have also liked the book to be a little more organized.

A wonderful look behind the scenes of a great show. It makes you appreciate all the effort that so many people put into the details. The only thing lacking in this book is an index.

I bought this book based on the reviews and they were right. This book is great! The photos alone are worth the price. If you love to read behind the scenes stories and are a Star Trek fan to boot, you will thoroughly enjoy reading this book. It gives you the insider's view of the making of the series to the point where you feel as if you were a part of the production.

Being a Voyager fan I found this book very informative. It gives you insight into the lives of the cast and crew and how the episodes come about. Very detailed, I especially liked the cast interviews. Well worth a purchase if you are into Voyager.

When you finish reading this book you see the trek world with a diferent point of wiew; it change you in a way you can only understand when you read this book. the book take from you the mystical way you see Star Trek, but "he" give you back a sense that you are a better human being.

This is a great book. I liked seeing the construction pictures of the bridge and other areas of the ship. I also enjoyed seeing the list of actors who play background extras most ofted. (TARIK ERGIN plays Lt. Ayala)