Latest acquisition!

[golddragon71]

I've been re-organizing my bookshelves lately and decided to devote One shelf to Movie Novelizations.
Well, it rather annoyingly came to my notice that I was missing Star Trek IV the Voyage Home.
Since That Movie was really the Genesis (no pun intended) of my transition from casual fan into full -blown Trekkie, I realized right away that I needed a new copy. Now I could have just bought directly from Amazon and it probably wouldn't have cost very much. But I was already buying quite a bit of stuff on eBay already so I didn't think twice about looking there first. Sure enough, there was an excellent copy available so I bought it and waited. and waited.. and waited.....
Well, it arrived today and much to my surprise it included this note!
EF63A497-7EA9-4FA2-A2BA-8985183D7D57 by Michael Kramer, on Flickr
I was just looking for a good copy for my shelf., and much to my surprise, My copy came from Susan Sackett's own desk!
They always say "Let the Buyer Beware!"

I really have to say though that sometimes Buying Blind can lead to some pretty cool surprises!

 

[Therin of Andor]

New Trek books by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Life in Lockdown: Finally got into my Sydney CBD SF specialist bookshop for the first time in two months. Picked up the “Star Trek: Kirk Fu Manual: A Guide to Starfleet's Most Feared Martial Art” by Dayton Ward & Christian Cornia (Insight Editions, 2020); and (being held for me all this time) the “Star Trek: Voyager: 25th Anniversary Special” hardcover (Titan, 2020) with a new Kate Mulgrew interview and lots of reprinted items from the “Star Trek Magazine”.


Jimmy Wall Banger by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Section 11 of the “Kirk Fu Manual” features the Jimmy Wall Banger move, which we saw demonstrated on Thelev, the Orion-disguised-as-an-Andorian in “Journey to Babel”.

 

[Smiley]

"Acquired" from the library: The Higher Frontier, Fear Itself, Desperate Hours, and The Way to the Stars

 

[Therin of Andor]

I got the new Star trek novel Utterly the stars by Dean Alan Foster

Almost. "The Unsettling Stars" by Alan Dean Foster?

 

[Reanok]

Yes that's the name of the book. When I was originally trying to type the post my cat wanted to be fed.He wanted his dinner right now.

 

[JD]

I got the e-book versions of Disco: Dead Endless, which was one of this month's $0.99 books, and PIC: Last Best Hope, which is marked down to $1.99 right now.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Star Trek: Epics on Audio by Ian McLean, on Flickr

In 1991, Simon & Schuster Audioworks put out their first Trek CD set, the "25th Anniversary Audio Collection". Promoted as William Shatner's "audio debut" with their company, this boxed set included reissues of three "giant" audio novels: "Enterprise: The First Adventure" (with George Takei & Leonard Nimoy), "Final Frontier" (with James Doohan & Leonard Nimoy) and "Strangers from the Sky" (with George Takei & Leonard Nimoy). The set was later reissued as "Epics on Audio" without mention of the anniversary.

As I already had the three audio books on cassettes (from 1987-89), I had not worried about rebuying them just to get a new four-minute introduction by Shatner, but I recently found a good local price via eBay, so a good change to upgrade the old cassettes.

 

[Therin of Andor]

New Trek Books by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Today's haul. After its ten-year hiatus, “Star Trek: The Unsettling Stars” by Alan Dean Foster (Gallery, 2020), set in the Kelvinverse of the Bad Robot/JJ Abrams' films. The other book is Titan’s “Star Trek: Discovery: Guide to Seasons 1 & 2”.


New Picard books by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Also Titan’s “Picard: The Classic Chronicles” and, celebrating the sequel series, the hardcover “Picard: The Official Collector’s Edition”

 

[Smiley]

Greg Cox earned some more goodwill with The Weight of Worlds, so I purchased Child of Two Worlds for Kindle. When Spock smiles at the singing flowers, I might even say he is the best of both worlds.

 

[USS Firefly]

Seekers: All That's Left by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore

 

[Therin of Andor]

New Trek comics by Ian McLean, on Flickr

In my mailbox today, IDW's "Star Trek: Discovery: Aftermath" (including the three-parter and the "Captain Saru" one-shot) in the trade paperback omnibus; plus "Star Trek: Year Five" #11. Lieutenant Arex is on the bridge!


Arex in Year Five by Ian McLean, on Flickr

 

[Mysterion]

Recently acquired:
Return to Tomorrow - The Filming of ST:TMP by Preston Jones
The Impossible Has Happened - The Life and Work of Gene Roddenberry by Lance Parker
The Enterprise NCC-1701 and The Model Maker by N. Datin McDonald & Richard Datin Jr.
Beyond the Clouds - The Lifetime Trek of Walter "Matt" Jeffries by Richard Jeffries

 

[Kilana2]

Agents of Influence and Voyager - Architekten der Unendlichkeit Teil II have arrived.....

 

[Reanok]

I finally got Agents of Influence in the mail. I've really enjoyed reading this book so far it's been really a good story .

 

[Therin of Andor]

Recently acquired:
Return to Tomorrow - The Filming of ST:TMP by Preston Jones

Return to Tomorrow: The Filming of Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Via Lucas Kendall today: “Hello folks! With the print edition almost sold out, Creature Features now presents the long-awaited e-book of Preston Neal Jones' “Return to Tomorrow”, the oral history of ST:TMP! At a very affordable price of $9.99.”

The one TMP fans have been asking about! The one that was originally slated for a 1980 double-issue of “Cinefantastique” - but now so much more!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C9BPK5N

 

[Mysterion]

Via Lucas Kendall today: “Hello folks! With the print edition almost sold out, Creature Features now presents the long-awaited e-book of Preston Neal Jones' “Return to Tomorrow”, the oral history of ST:TMP! At a very affordable price of $9.99.”

The one TMP fans have been asking about! The one that was originally slated for a 1980 double-issue of “Cinefantastique” - but now so much more!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C9BPK5N

It's a good book and very informative, but absolutely no illustrations. Maybe the e-book version will correct that.

 

[Therin of Andor]

It's a good book and very informative, but absolutely no illustrations. Maybe the e-book version will correct that.

No, the photos were taken for "Cinefantastique" magazine by their own photographer, and are no longer available as a collection of Paramount-approved images.

This way we get lots more text than could ever have fitted in a "Cinefantastique" double-issue. The completed manuscript totalled some 1,800 pages before editing.

 

[Mysterion]

Bummer.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Bummer.

"Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Inside the Art & Visual Effects" by Jeff Bond & Gene Kozicki, coming next month.

 

[Mysterion]

"Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Inside the Art & Visual Effects" by Jeff Bond & Gene Kozicki, coming next month.

True enough, and looking forward to it.