The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers Volume 1

The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers Volume 1

Author: Phil Farrand

Publisher: Dell

Published: 1993-10-02

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780440505716

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Six seasons of bloopers, flubs, technical screw-ups, and picayune plot discrepancies for discriminating fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation Stardate 41153.7-46999.9 Starship Enterprise, Registry NCC-1701D We’re watching you. . . Is there a control panel inside the turbo lift? (No . . . except in the episode “Brothers”) Do or don’t personnel have to tap their badge to access their communicator? (Only when the writers feel like it) Yes, we’re fans. But we’re not unobservant. Some of us even have Vulcanlike logic. Author Phil Farrand figures that even if you love somebody, you can tell them about that dab of mustard on their upper lip. So here’s a compendium for Trekkers who are unafraid of pointing the finger at oversights, and who know it’s great fun to find the sloppy mistakes (or cost-cutting cheating) in a show that takes itself very seriously. So get your VCR ready and your mind set for hours of enjoyment and mental stimulation with: • Plot oversights • Production problems • Changed premises • Equipment oddities • Trivia questions • Fun facts • Covers every show for the first six seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation • And more!


NITPICKER'S GUIDE FOR DEEP SPACE (NEXT)

NITPICKER'S GUIDE FOR DEEP SPACE (NEXT)

Author: Phil Farrand

Publisher: Dell

Published: 2013-09-11

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 0307799255

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Every episode of the first four seasons of equipment oddities, weird science, strange but true observations, and nutty technical difficulties for discriminating fans of Deep Space Nine. Commanders Log, DS9: Star Date 46379.1: Bajor below. The cosmos above. Bloopers Everywhere! How long is the wormhole? In "Emissary," it is 70,000 light years. Four episodes later Sisko says it is 90,000. Better check the odometer, Sisko! Does the Space Station rotate? Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't! Look at the stars in the windows... Now that NextGen is history, the time has come to take a leap through hyperspace and land on Deep Space Nine. It's unexplored territory for nitpicking, the ultimate challenge for discriminating fans. This guide brings you the scoop on Deep Space Nine--the good, the bad, and the Ferengi. Author Phil Farrand (with a little help from his Trekker friends) has had his VCR in warp drive and surveyed every DS9 episode of the first four seasons for the glitches, gaffs, and goofs that neither the station's engineers nor the show's writers have solved. Sit yourself down with this guide in one hand, your remote control in the other, and see for yourself what the wormhole has wrought.


The Nitpicker's Guide for Deep Space Nine Trekkers

The Nitpicker's Guide for Deep Space Nine Trekkers

Author: Phil Farrand

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 9781852867362

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This guide brings you the scoop on Deep Space Nine -the good, the bad, and the Ferengi. Author Phil Farrand (with a little help from his Trekker friends) has had his VCR in warp drive and surveyed every DS9 episode of the first four seasons for the glitches, gaffs, and goofs that neither the station's engineers nor the show's writers have solved: plot oversights, changed premises, equipment oddities, continuity and production problems, strange but true fun facts, trivia questions, and more!


The Nitpicker's Guide for Classic Trekkers

The Nitpicker's Guide for Classic Trekkers

Author: Phil Farrand

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 9781852865870

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Six feature films, the wildly successful television spin-off "Star Trek: The Next Generation," endless reruns, videotapes, conventions, a line of best-selling novels, and William Shatner's "New York Times" best-seller "Star Trek Memories" have kept the "Star Trek" spirit alive and well, even 25 years after its cancellation. Now this must-have book for all Trekkers -- which covers every episode of the original series, the pilot, and all six movies -- reveals all the bloopers, continuity errors, plot oversights, equipment malfunctions, and goof-ups that discerning, die-hard fans love to spot, but may have missed. Written especially for all those who find themselves thinking, "Hey, if the transporter is broken, why don't they just use a shuttlecraft?," this nitpicky volume includes Kirk's toupee watch; an examination of the logic of the miniskirted female crew members; number of times Kirk violated the Prime Detective and lots of trivia questions, fun facts, quizzes, and more. Live long and nitpick.


The Nitpicker's Guide for X-Philes

The Nitpicker's Guide for X-Philes

Author: Phil Farrand

Publisher: Dell

Published: 1999-11-05

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 0440333849

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The truth is, the nits are out there.... What's weird about Samantha T. Mulder's birthday? (She has two of them: January 22 and November 21.) What's amazing about Mulder's cell phone? (It operates inside a metal boxcar, buried in a canyon, out in the deserts of New Mexico: anywhere!) Scully and Mulder, you have reason to be paranoid. Armed with keen detective sense, attention to detail, and a VCR, author Phil Farrand has done some forensic work of his own and dissected every technical foul-up, plot oversight, and alien intrusion on the X-Files(r). Paranormal he's not, but he'd like to know why T.A. Berube has a six-digit zip code or how the VCRs at the 2400 Court motel in Braddock Heights, Maryland, can play a tape after it's been ejected. Nitpicking? You bet. So join his conspiracy to have hours of mental stimulation and fun with: Equipment flubs Changed premises Plot oversights Fun facts Trivia questions Reviews of every show for all four seasons And more


Nitpicker's Guide for Deep Space Nine Trekkers

Nitpicker's Guide for Deep Space Nine Trekkers

Author: Phil Farrand

Publisher: Dell

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780440507628

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The fourth book in the hugely successful Nitpicker's Guide series provides a whole book's worth of plot oversights, production problems, and equipment oddities to be found in the first four seasons of Deep Space Nine--glitches, gaffs, and goofs that neither the station's engineering nor the show's writers have solved.


Legends of the Ferengi

Legends of the Ferengi

Author: Ira Steven Behr

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1997-08-01

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0743420799

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A collection of the guiding principles of the galaxy's most successful entrepreneurs, using coveted Ferengi wisdom and recounting legendary tales of profit. For centuries the famous Ferengi "Rules of Acquisition" have been the guiding principles of the galaxy's most successful entrepreneurs. But the wisdom behind them was not won without a high cost in lives and latnium. Now at last these inspiring tales of avaricious Ferengi wresting monetary gain from the jaws of poverty are available to the profit-hungry across the galaxy!


The Nitpicker's Guide for Classic Trekkers

The Nitpicker's Guide for Classic Trekkers

Author: Phil Farrand

Publisher: Dell

Published: 2010-03-31

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0307574938

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Six feature films, the wildly successful television spin-off Star Trek: The Next Generation, endless reruns, videotapes, conventions, a line of best-selling novels, and William Shatner's New York Times best-seller Star Trek Memories have kept the Star Trek spirit alive and well, even 25 years after its cancellation. Now this must-have book for all Trekkers -- which covers every episode of the original series, the pilot, and all six movies -- reveals all the bloopers, continuity errors, plot oversights, equipment malfunctions, and goof-ups that discerning, die-hard fans love to spot, but may have missed. Written especially for all those who find themselves thinking, "Hey, if the transporter is broken, why don't they just use a shuttlecraft?", this nitpicky volume includes Kirk's toupee watch; an examination of the logic of the miniskirted female crew members; number of times Kirk violated the Prime Detective and lots of trivia questions, fun facts, quizzes, and more. Live long and nitpick.


The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers Volume 2

The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers Volume 2

Author: Phil Farrand

Publisher: Random House Worlds

Published: 2013-09-11

Total Pages: 579

ISBN-13: 0307799247

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A follow-up to the first, best-selling Nitpicker's guide ferrets out the plot inconsistencies, scientific inaccuracies, and other foul-ups in the seventh, final season of the TV series, Star Trek: The Next Generation.


Is Data Human?

Is Data Human?

Author: Rick Hanley

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 1998-04-11

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780465045488

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Professor Richard Hanley faced the dilemma plaguing so many philosophy professors today—how to entice students into the classroom. Based upon his own successful course, Is Data Human presents a thoroughly unique and enjoyable way of introducing students to the basic concepts of philosophy as seen through the lens of Star Trek. From the nature of a person, of minds, and of consciousness, to ethics and morality, to the nature and extent of knowledge and free will, Hanley brings a fresh perspective to the contemporary debates concerning humankind's place in the world.Dare to boldly go where no philosophy professor has gone before—a classroom packed with eager and enthusiastic students.