Q. Can you tell us about The Trek Continues from Your point of view?
This is a collection of true stories drawn from eighty years of life, love and adventure.
Q. Where did you find your inspiration for this second book?
I couldn’t stop writing stories. They just kept piling up, so that became book two.
Q. How is The Trek Continues different from other books in the same genre?
These are independent true stories. They are not in time sequence and may be read in any order.
Q. What’s one thing readers should know before they start reading your book?
The stories are meant to entertain, and perhaps give helpful insights.
Q. What do you hope will be the everlasting thoughts for readers after finishing your The Trek Continues?
The books introduce extraordinary individuals that people should get to know.
Q. If people can only buy one book this month, why should it be yours?
The reader will gain insights into people, activities and parts of the world that are out of the ordinary.
Q. What is your favorite passage from this book?
Have you ever heard a scream? I don’t mean a fake Hollywood movie scream. I mean the real thing — a blood curdling, hair raising, gut twisting howl of astonishment and terror. Well, I have. I heard it late one night on a distant island.
Q. What was your favorite experience while writing your book/s?
With each story, when I came to its end I knew when to stop, and that it was done well
Q. Do you have other books in the works?
Yes. The third book of what is now a trilogy is finished in draft form. Edit begins next year.
A life of adventure, science, and survival— one man’s journey from writing for Star Trek® to exploring the edges of the world
After co-writing The Tholian Web, a classic episode of the original series of Star Trek®, Chester L. Richards charted a path unlike any other—one that led him from the wonders of science and engineering to the wilds of uncharted rivers and exotic creatures with sharp teeth, some of them human. Now, in The Trek Continues: More Memoirs of a Rocket Scientist, the award winning author of From the Potato to Star Trek and Beyond shares a Tholian Web night and surprising after-ef fects in his new, unforgettable collection of true-life stories about extraordinary people, leading-edge projects, the love of his life Sarah and oh, those wilds.
