Star Trek II Biographies

by William Rotsler

Biographies of Chekov, Kirk, McCoy, Scott, Spock, Sulu, and Uhura, including excerpts from official records, citations, commendations, letters, historical documents, ship's logs, novels, autobiographies, news accounts, and other sources.

Genres: Star Trek, Biography

159 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1982

About the author

William "Bill" Rotsler was an American cartoonist and graphic artist; author of several science fiction novels and short stories, and television and film novelizations, and non-fiction works on a variety of topics, ranging from Star Trek to pornography; a prominent member of science fiction fandom; and a sculptor, primarily in metal, who contributed to the art at the entrance to the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters.

Pseudonyms:
Victor W. II Appleton, William Arrow, Andrew Garth, John Ryder Hall, Cord Heller, Latham Hilliard, Linda Holland, Harmony Holt, Lothar Korda, Honey Malcom, Hord Markham, Clay McCord, Howard Scott Miles, Clint Randall, Beverly Sorenson, Beth Waring, Fletcher Westflag.

Reviews

[Reesha · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh. Embarrassing and disappointing at the same time. Riddled with errors and inconsistencies.

The cruelest cut comes at the end: The entire Uhura "biography" is her fawning over a random handsome man, in classic man-failing-miserably-to-write-a-woman-with-a-personality fashion. Truly pathetic.

The only remotely clever thing about this book is the Bibliography in the back that refers the reader to a host of Starfleet historical documents and articles meant to be the "sources" of the biographies. I was amused by that at least.

Avoid unless you're a cursed completionist like me.