STAR TREK BOOK GIVEAWAY

We have a few more days left for a Geek Daddy's Star Trek Day giveaways for people to get their entries in. Eaglemoss Collectibles provided me with copies of their new Hero Collector books Star Trek: A Celebration and Star Trek Shipyards: Starfleet Ships 2294 - The Future. One of each for me to review and one of each to giveaway. If you'd be geeked to receive one of these books for FREE throw your name in the hat to win before Monday, September 13, 2021.

It is EASY to enter this giveaway! Head over to @Geekdad248 and give my Twitter account a follow. Then just retweet each of the contest tweets. Simple as that!

Follow @Geekdad248 + RETWEET for chance to win the coffee table book #StarTrek Shipyards: Starfleet Ships 2294 - The Future courtesy of @HeroCollector_ a chronological history of the Starfleet starships in Star Trek TV & films #StarTrekDay #Giveaway pic.twitter.com/bNDZMAymap

— A Geek Daddy (@GeekDad248) September 9, 2021

Follow @Geekdad248 + RETWEET for a chance to win the coffee table book #STARTREK A CELEBRATION courtesy of @HeroCollector_ which provides an indepth 255 page retrospective on the making of the classic #scifi television show in honor of its 55th anniversary #StarTrekDay #Giveaway pic.twitter.com/PqXBlGIsgm

— A Geek Daddy (@GeekDad248) September 9, 2021

For extra entries you can also visit the contest entry pages on this blog that were posted on Star Trek Day. Just follow the entries in the rafflecopter form on each contest page. Go here for → Star Trek: A Celebration. Go here for → Star  Trek: Starfleet Ships 2294 - The Future. Don't wait around though because this giveaway wraps up at 11:59 pm ET on Sunday, September 12th. Good luck to all our entrants!

Star Trek: Starfleet Ships 2294 - The Future

This fantastic in-depth reference book covers Starfleet vessels including the U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC- 1701-D, U.S.S. Voyager and Starfleet's first true warship - the U.S.S. Defiant. The final chapter features time traveling ships from the distant future. All the featured ships are illustrated with CG artwork, including original VFX models made for the TV shows. Includes Starfleet starships from Discovery Season 3 and Picard!

Star Trek: A Celebration

Celebrate the 55th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series with this incredible definitive guide. Featuring new interviews, archival conversations, never-before-seen art and sketches, and more, this is the comprehensive collection of interviews, history, photos, and artwork from Star Trek: The Original Series.

STAR TREK A CELEBRATION

Today marks the date Star Trek debuted in the United States. It first aired broadcast by NBC on September 8, 1966. Creator Gene Roddenberry aimed to take the Western genre that was popular that time and transport those stories to a Sci-Fi themed outer space setting. Launching way before Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica, more than fifty years later that original tv series has led Science Fiction to overtaking Westerns in popularity, has a diehard fan base, and inspired numerous television shows and movies that continue the mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise "to explore strange, new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before."

STAR TREK A CELEBRATION published by Hero Collector, the publishing division of Eaglemoss Collections which is known for crafting highly detailed science fiction themed models, toys and collectibles, is the definitive guide to the making of the original Star Trek television show. This 255 page hardcover table top book features cast and crew interviews, never before seen art and sketches, and more! It is a comprehensive collection of information and imagery that any Star Trek fan will be geeked to read through.

To celebrate Star Trek Day, courtesy of a Geek Daddy's friends at Hero Collector, this blog has one of these FAN-tastic books to give away to one lucky fan of our blog. For a chance to win it, just complete the Rafflecopter entries below before 11:59 pm ET on Sunday, September 12. One randomly selected entrant will receive the prize. Good luck!

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STAR TREK A CELEBRATION has extensive character profiles both on the crew members featured in the pilot for the show such as Captain Pike and Dr. Boyce to the cast we all know and love from the series that made it onto NBC and into syndication including Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura. Who is your favorite Star Trek character from the original series? Mine is that indispensable engineer Mr. Scott who was a miracle worker at getting the starship out of danger in just the nick of time.

I'm always excited by blueprints and diagrams of sci-fi space ships and this book doesn't disappoint in that regard. There is a tremendous section full of artwork depicting the design of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Ever heard of Jefferies Tubes? These are what access corridors used for doing maintenance on Federation starships are called in the movies and tv series that follow the original Star Trek. They are named after Walter Jefferies who designed sets and props for the original Star Trek episodes. This chapter is complimented by commentary by Jeffries himself on his designing the Starship Enterprise. Awesome!

There are also sections of the book devoted to show props like the communicator that inspired today's wireless phones, the art department that made strange new worlds come alive on television screens, and the costume designers that dressed characters to reflect the clothing worn in this futuristic science fiction voyage. The book even has a chapter that shows some of the magic that went into creating the special effects done by the show's VFX department.

STAR TREK CELEBRATION is chock full of behind the scenes pictures, imagery from episodes, and insights by cast and crew about the series' production. I was just wowed by this book. It absolutely earns a Geek Daddy nod of approval for allowing Star Trek fans to become totally immersed within the creation of this pop culture sensation.

For more information about the book or to purchase one for yourself head at warp speed over to herocollector.com