The Completely Useless Unauthorized Star Trek Encyclopedia (Virgin)

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Summary: Stay away
Review: I read this "encyclopedia" in one rush. Roaring with laughter every now and then. The more episodes and films you have seen, the more you can appreciate the somewhat wicked sense of understated humor in this book. And yes, they have opinions on Trekkies too, buy hey, who could write an "encyclopida" without mentioning Trekkies? Go read this. It's fun.

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Summary: May be Hazardous To Your Health
Review: If you are a Star Trek fan, you will either love this book, or hate it. This should be obvious from the reviews already posted, which seem to almost invariably give the book either 1 or 5 stars. The reason for this is that the book is hilariously funny, but has a wickedly mean sense of humor. Therefor, if you take your fandom very seriously, DO NOT READ THIS, as it will cause irreparable psychological dammage! If, on the other hand, you are able to laugh at Trek as well as your own geekdom, then by all means DO READ IT! But procede with caution, as you may find yourself incapacitated with laughter.

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Summary: This book should be burned
Review: Ok, first of all, this is not anything that a true trekkie would like. It is filled with british $hit comedy, and references to horrible shows like dr. who and red dwarf. DO NOT BUY!

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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: The authors of this book should be commended for there excellent reference book, The Competely Useless Unauthorised Star Trek Encyclopedia. These men are the Fans! I commend you, Chris Howarth and Steve Lyons!

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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: This is the best Star Trek book ever. Do not buy if you are a sad person with no sense of humor.

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Summary: A must-read for any Trekkie with a sense of humor
Review: When I first saw this book I thought; 'Oh, no, another boring Star Trek encyclopedia full of uninteresting 'facts'; I'm not giving good money for this useless...' And that's when the title hit me. The book has the format of your average boring Trek trivia compilation, but the entries are treated with well-aimed humor and sometimes biting sarcasm, which makes for a frank laugh if you enjoy good-natured parody. Personally, I almost strangled myself trying to keep from laughing out loud in the aisle of the respectable bookshop I was in; eventually I failed in my attempt to maintain any shred of dignity and collapsed in a fit of mad laughter. But then I'm a shameless Trekkie. You can feel the authors are british, as is their sense of humor (with a Monty Python touch to it); but I don't see that as a problem, being Belgian myself. All in all, resistance (against hilarious parodies) is futile.