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Star Trek Concordance

Star Trek Concordance
Star trek concordance cover.jpg
The moving wheel facilitates episode lookup
Author Bjo Trimble
Illustrator various
Country United States
Language English
Subject Star Trek: TOS, Star Trek: TAS
Genre Reference
Publisher Mathom House (1st ed.)
Ballantine Books (2nd ed.)
Publication date
1969 (1st ed.)
1976 (2nd ed.)
Media type Print
Pages 256
ISBN

The Star Trek Concordance is a reference book by Bjo Trimble about the television series Star Trek. The first edition was self-published in 1969. A mass-market edition was published in 1976. The 1976 edition contains summaries from every episode of The Original Series and The Animated Series, as well as an encyclopedia of characters and technology from the series. It was used as a reference (show bible) for later writers of the show.

The Concordance originated as a privately printed fandom publication by Dorothy Jones Heydt in 1968. Originally, Heydt compiled notes on 3x5 notecards. Trimble suggested they write a book, and as the pair watched episodes on television, as well as on an early VCR, they made notes on which the book was based. In 1969, Trimble edited and self-published The Star Trek Concordance, covering the first two years of the series. In the Introduction to the Ballantine Concordance Trimble explains the origins of the book:

About midway through the first season of Star Trek, I noticed that Dorothy Jones [Heydt], a fellow fan, was making extensive notes on the show, with cross-references to items and things mentioned, lists of who played what part, and so on. It seemed too interesting merely to keep in a file box, so I suggested that we share it with other fans.

A supplement covering the third season was subsequently published.

In 1976, Ballantine published the first publicly distributed edition of the Concordance. At one time, the Ballantine edition was the best-selling trade edition book published in the United States. But due to Ballantine's concerns, at the time, of waning interest in Star Trek, it was decided to not reprint the book. An updated edition of the book would not be reprinted until 1995.

Integrated into the front cover is a moving wheel which cross-references episodes by title, star date, "call letters" and page in the book. This facilitates finding episodes in the book.


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