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I finally got my copy Of Star Trek TNG Hearts and Minds by Dayton Ward in the mail yesterday .I look forward to reading this book soon.
 
For people curious about the Eaglemoss "Star Trek" graphic novel partworks, Issue #1 arrived in Sydney, Australia, this month. The first hardcover is "Countdown", the prequel tie-in to the 2009 movie, story by Orci & Kurtzman. The first Gold Key story, "The Planet of No Return", appears at the back. Both stories have new explanatory prefaces. $AU 4.95 introductory price.


Star Trek graphic novel partworks from Eaglemoss
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An accompanying 12-page, glossy brochure promotes the future issues. A set of 50 hardcovers is depicted. If one takes out a subscription, four gifts get scheduled: a command insignia lapel pin; a set of movie poster prints in a collectors' tin; two classic Gold Key covers printed as tin plates; and a pair of steel insignia bookends. Subscriptions can also be upgraded to include four "New Visions" hardcover omnibuses, to arrive over the span of the subscription.

Volume 2 is to be "City of the Edge of Forever", IDW's adaptation of Ellison's original draft script, with #2 of Gold Key as the backup story. $AU 12.99 will be the fortnightly price.

Volume 3 is the TNG story, "Hive" by Brannon Braga, plus another Gold Key.
 
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I found a bunch of TOS e-books marked down on Google Play, so I got That Which Divides, The Empty Chair, A Choice of Catastrophes and Unspoken Truth.
 
Would I get more out of Unspoken Truth if I read Pandora Principle first?
 
Would I get more out of Unspoken Truth if I read Pandora Principle first?

Not really. They differ on some of the details of Saavik's backstory (UT has Sarek and Amanda play a much larger role in raising Saavik), and really, they're both elaborating on the backstory Vonda McIntyre created for Saavik in her Wrath of Khan novelization.
 
Oh, I was under the impression Unspoken Truth was more or less a sequel to Pandora Principle.
 
Oh, I was under the impression Unspoken Truth was more or less a sequel to Pandora Principle.

No, only to the Saavik-backstory elements they have in common. TPP is mainly a movie-era story (between TMP and TWOK) about a Romulan bioweapon attack on Earth, but it features a couple of extended flashbacks to Saavik's origin story. UT is about the year in Saavik's life following The Voyage Home, and also has flashbacks to Saavik's formative years, which are mostly but not entirely compatible with TPP's flashbacks.
 
"Enigma Tales" by Una McCormack has arrived Down Under! Pictures on Thursday night.
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Turned out to be a big week!

New Trek books
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"DS9: Enigma Tales" novel by Una McCormack, "Unauthorized Star Trek Psychology: The Mental Frontier" edited by Travis Langley, "To Boldly Go: Rare Photos from the TOS Soundstage, Season 3", coil-bound Kelvin Timeline "16-Month Calendar, 2018" and issue #9 of IDW's "Boldly Go".
 
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New Trek
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A stray Amazon find, "Star Trek: The Poems" (Iron Press, UK, 2000); plus Issue #2 of IDW's "TNG: Mirror broken" comic mini-series; and The Smithsonian's "Building Star Trek" anniversary DVD.
 
I just got the e-book versions of all three books in the TOS: Legacies trilogy.
 
If you had a calendar, you would know... :whistle::p;)
Picked it up today. ;) (Pic below.)

Galaxy also had in stock the coil-bound Kelvin Timeline "16-Month Calendar, 2018" diary (pictured in a previous post), which I'd received via Amazon a few weeks ago.


ReAction book and 2018 Calendar
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UPDATE:
Nic Durham's "ReAction Figures: Unofficial Action Figure Guide, 2013-2016" arrived today! Came with bonus postcards (for preordering), one of which includes a shot with TOS ReAction figures. The book features two pages that cover the eight TOS figures released. Details are on the ReAction Facebook page. Also depicted in the pic is the 2018 "Star Trek: Ships of the Line" calendar.
 
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Are people liking the Trek day planner? I usually buy a pagan one. I just picked up "Hearts and Minds", the Klingon travel guide, "Section 31: Control", and something else of Dayton's at Shore Leave. Currently reading "Crisis of Consciousness"

Karen
 

New Trek books
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"All Good Things", Titan's set of reprint interviews from "Star Trek Magazine" in book form, celebrating 30 years of "The Next Generation". Also depicted is the first omnibus of reprints for IDW's "Boldly Go" comics.


New Trek paper dolls
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The rare, alternate "paper doll" covers, from IDW's "Boldly Go" comics, are all reprinted in the back of the trade paperback omnibus, Here are Scotty, Keenser and (from "Star Trek Beyond"), Keenser's pet, Kevin.
 
I'm currently rereading the Phoenix novels by Marshak and Culbreath because I just
picked up an original Bantam copy of Triangle. In damn near mint condition!

Folk, the beginning of Star Trek (indeed ALL) mainstream slash fiction.

And I paid a single dollar.

Garage sales rule!

:beer: :hugegrin:

 
Is there more than one place in the world called Sydney as I was under the impression that there isn't.
The 11 thousand inhabitants of Sidney in British Columbia would disagree with you there...
 
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