James Van Hise

Template:Realworld James Van Hise (born 1949) is an author who writes about film, television, and comic history. In the 1970s he created and edited the Star Trek fan magazine Enterprise Incidents; during the 1980s and 1990s, he wrote numerous reference guides to the show.

In addition to writing about Star Trek, Van Hise also submitted at least one undeveloped story idea for Star Trek: The Next Generation, which was titled "Deadworld".

According to Van Hise:

"I wrote the story in 1987 at the behest of a mutual friend of Gerd Oswald. Oswald had directed a couple of Star Trek episodes in the sixties and I'd spoken to him while he was directing an episode of the new Twilight Zone for CBS when I visited that studio in 1986. Oswald was looking for a story he could take to Paramount for The Next Generation which he could attach himself to as the director. He read this outline but rejected it as being 'too depressing.' I told my friend that Gerd, who was then in his seventies, was obviously a man who had never come to terms with his own mortality. Gerd Oswald died two years later of cancer."

Reference works

• The Best of Enterprise Incidents: The Magazine for Star Trek Fans
• The Classic Trek Crew Book
• Deep Space Crew Book
• Deep Space Nine: A Celebration
• The History of Trek
• Let's Trek: The Budget Guide to the Federation 1995
• Let's Trek: The Budget Guide to the Klingons 1995
• The Making of The Next Generation
• The Man Between the Ears: Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy
• The Man Who Created Star Trek: Gene Roddenberry
• The Ships of Star Trek
• The Special Effects of Trek
• The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration
• The Trek Celebration Two
• The Trek Celebration Three
• The Trek Crew Book
• The Trek Crew Companion
• Trek Fan's Handbook
• Trek in the 24th Century: The Next Generation and Deep Space
• Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Unauthorized Story
• Trek: The Encyclopedia
• Trek: The Lost Years
• Trek: The Next Generation
• Trek: The Next Generation Crew Book
• Trek: The Next Generation Tribute Book
• Trek: The Printed Adventures
• Trek: The Unauthorized Behind-The-Scenes Story of The Next Generation
• Trek: The Unauthorized Story of the Movies
• Trek vs. The Next Generation
• The Unauthorized History of Trek
• The Unauthorized Trek: Deep Space: The Voyage Continues
• The Unauthorized Trekker's Guide to The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine