The Nitpicker's Guide for Deep Space Nine Trekkers

by Phil Farrand

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

Plot oversights
Changed premises
Equipment oddities
Continuity and production problems
Strange but true fun facts
Trivia questions
Characters for every show in the first four seasons of Deep Space Nine
And more!

Genres: Star Trek, Science Fiction, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Tv

399 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[J.W. Braun · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of Phil's best nitpicker guides, however it only covers the first four seasons of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, and doesn't even include any chapters about Voyager, which had completed two seasons by the time this book was written. (Voyager is referenced from time to time, but that's it.)

Unfortunately, Phil wasn't given the chance by his publisher to do the remaining three seasons of Deep Space Nine or do a guide for Voyager or Enterprise. That said, four seasons of nitpicking Deep Space Nine is better than none!

[Robert Sparrenberger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phil nits and he picks the whole show apart except it’s missing the last three seasons!! What happened?? Phil never wrote another one of these again after this one. It’s too bad because he was good at it. I guess we will have to take four seasons of DS9 and be happy. Would have liked a Voyager guide as well.

For the fans only.

[André · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another one of the funny nitpicker's guides for the Star Trek series. This time Deep Space Nine. I enjoyed this one just like the rest, although the errors in DS9 were not as funny as the others. Or Phil Farrand got worse. Or the translator. Don't know.

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a pity it only covers the first four seasons of DS9; Phil Farrand would have had a field day with the rest of this glorious series. That said, it's as delightful and funny a book as all the previous volumes in the series. It made this old-school Trekkie very happy indeed.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! I’ve read it multiple times before I had a GoodReads account. It’s fun, entertaining, and informative. I took longer to read it this time because I misplaced it for a while. My bad.

I only wish Phil could have done volume 2.

[A.J. Blanc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sadly, this was the last of the nitpicker guides released, largely due to legal pressure the publisher received from what I understand. This book covers the first four seasons of DS9 in ultra detailed fashion, with some trivia and other fun things to follow. If you haven't read any of these books I wouldn't suggest starting with this one, but if you're a fan of Star Trek, particularly DS9, it certainly won't do any harm to check it out.

There's also of course the website, Nitpickers Guild, where people still post on a multitude of topics. Cheers

[nx74defiant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Covers the first four seasons. For each episode it starts with trivia questions. Then it covers ruminations, plot oversights, changed premises, equipment oddities, continuity and production problems.

[The other John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ah, what to write? I could muse for quite awhile on my reading of this tome, were I so inclined. I could compare it to the original book in the series. I could expound upon my feelings towards Star Trek: Deep Space Nine--how I found myself becoming more disinclined to watch the series again as I read nit after nit being described in the book. Or I might hold forth on how my tastes and standards have changed in the years since I faithfully watched the series. But, hey, I don't have that much time these days. I will say that while this Nitpicker's Guide seems a tad less amusing than its predecessors, it's still an enjoyable, light-hearted read. Definitely something for a Trekker to enjoy.

[Loosechanj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny as always, but points off for only covering the first four seasons. Harumph.