PS I like all the references to, The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimention.Great but falls apart Star Trek: Encyclopedia 5.0 is a very good piece of reference material and include all data relating to Star Trek. It has partial listings of the alien cultures, the planets, and Federation Starships. The expanded area includes all recent data including Season 7 of DS9 the 9th movie and midway through Season 5 on Voyager. At the end of the book their are a few intresting things such as size relation of a few Federation ships, size relation of a few alien ships, a Star Trek Universe timeline, the making of Star Trek timeline, a list of all of the Episodes of TOS, TNG,DS9, the 9 movies, and all episodes to the end of Season 5 on Voyager. The only flaw is that the book falls apart very easily. If I where you I would get the hardbound copy or the Computer version.
This book also lays to rest what stuff has been made up by fan fiction writers, and what stuff was *really* in the shows (or movies). Example: No, Diane Duane did *not* come up with the Romulan greeting "jolan tru"!
Also, if you want to do as Diane Duane, A.C.Crispin, or William Shatner, and write your own Star Trek story (whether just to post on the 'net or *actually* publish), this would be most helpful.
. . . Simply: Great book, you'll love it!
The best way I can summarise my rating is: the dedication and love for Star Trek demonstrated by all the writers/contributors in this book is ample and obvious. Congrats.