Star Trek: Picard—The Art and Making of the Series by Joe Fordham

(Titan Books, 2024)

Reviewed by David Lascelles

If you ever wanted to have Jean Luc Picard or Patrick Stewart strewn across your coffee table, this may be the book for you. Here you can see the man himself, in glorious and glossy full colour. For some Trek fans, this may be enough to justify the expense.

The Picard series ran for three seasons, with the final one airing in 2023. It brought Patrick Stewart back as Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Jean Luc Picard and sent him on a whole host of new adventures, culminating in the third season finale where the Enterprise D bridge crew came together again to fight the Borg (again). The three seasons had mixed reviews and responses from Trekkies but we aren’t here to cover that. If you are interested in this book and are reading this review to decide if you should buy it or not, one presumes you are already a fan of the series. Or at least a big fan of Patrick Stewart who wants to complete their collection.

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