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Gerald Gurian is the author of the To Boldly Go - Rare Photos from the TOS Soundstage series of rare, behind-the-scenes photography books that document the filming of the original Star Trek television series (NBC, 1966 - 1969) which starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. The Season One 218 page volume was released in March, 2016 and presented over 300 restored NBC publicity shots; studio "trims" and "outtakes" from the filming of the episodes; as well as candid still photos/negatives taken on the Original Series sets and the Season Two 232 page volume, released in September, 2016, presented an additional 400 rare image restorations in a similar full color format, that arranged the photographs into separate chapters dedicated to individual episodes of the series, presented in chronological production order, with numerous accompanying text descriptions on the filming of the related scenes. Published by Minkatek Press, the source of the imagery seen in these volumes was the author's own extensive rare Star Trek photograph collection that was amassed over a 40+ year period, and which includes the entire Desilu film cell reference collection of Original Series Art Director and Production Designer Matt Jefferies. Gurian is also the publisher of the Star Trek fansite startrekpropauthority.com, which currently features over 600+ articles documenting various filming props, screen worn costumes, starship miniatures and production artifacts from across the entire Star Trek feature film and television franchise - but with a special emphasis on The Original Series of the '60s. In September, 2016, Gurian appeared in the Smithsonian Channel documentary Building Star Trek, which was released in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the franchise. His insights on Star Trek have been reported by international media, such as The Telegraph in the UK and USA Today, and, in his role as a Star Trek historian and archivist, Gurian is quoted extensively throughout the Season Three volume of author Marc Cushman's These Are The Voyages - TOS Saturn-award winning trilogy on the making of the first Star Trek television series.
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