The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a reference book that provides an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the conception and creation of the fourth outing in the Star Trek television franchise, . The focus of the treatise is on the realization of the series' pilot episode , though some attention is also given to several first season and second season episodes of the series.

Summary
From the book jacket
The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is an exclusive look at the incredible adventure that began long before the first scene was shot. Filled with anecdotes and insights covering all aspects of what television viewers see each week, as well as little-known stories of "Borg Tribbles," "Cardassian Bowling Alleys," and the "Funniest Joke in the Universe," this unprecedented behind-the-scenes chronicle is based on a year of research and exclusive observation of every stage of .

From the earliest concepts for the show to the rigors of full-scale production, The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine examines the other side of the camera, and provides a detailed look at every stage of television production – from story breaking, to writing, casting, production design, to the show's magnificent model work and state-of-the-art computerized special effects, and final editing.

Contents
Chapters
Introduction: How Dare We?
The Funniest Joke in the Universe
The Future's Past
The Mo$t Important Chapter in This Book
Setting the Stage
The Stagemakers
In the Beginning
The Original Presentation
The First Revisions
The Readers Write
"A Strange, Intriguing Object"
The Cardassian Way
Following in the Footsteps
The Most Closed Set on the Lot
Seeing Things That Aren't There
"The Machine"
Whither Deep Space Nine?
Appendices
Roll Credits
First and Second Season Episodes
How to Write for Deep Space Nine

Background information
Executed as a softcover trade paperback, measuring 8.8×0.8×11 inches (21,4×2×27,6 cm), it is illuminated throughout with numerous photographs and concept art illustrations in black and white, addended with an unnumbered 16-page full color inset.
The authors cite Stephen E. Whitfield's The Making of Star Trek as the inspiration for The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Strange New Worlds VI writer Shawn Michael Scott used the section "How to Write for Deep Space Nine" to obtain an information packet on submitting stories to Paramount. ()
Two internationally translated editions are known to date, the by Ralph Sander in German translated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Die Realisierung einer Idee 1996 release, and the 1997 by Hoshi Tomomi and Nagao Eiko translated Japanese release under its English title.
The cover illustration was created by Gary Hutzel, who served as the visual effects supervisor on the television live-action productions, but who occasionally also created starship beauty shots for the print franchise, invariably using the actual production-used physical studio models.

See also
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

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