DS9 Illustrated Handbook.... Worth it?

[Mage]

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-De...89575025&sprefix=9781858759517,aps,411&sr=8-1

I've been considering this book for a little while now, but no online seller I can find shows any example pages. And I'm just wondering of anyone here bought and thought it was worth it. Does it offer anything new that can't already be found online?

 

[F. King Daniel]

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Defiant-Illustrated-Handbook/dp/185875951X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GTJ5XGIFVPHV&keywords=9781858759517&qid=1689575025&sprefix=9781858759517,aps,411&sr=8-1

I've been considering this book for a little while now, but no online seller I can find shows any example pages. And I'm just wondering of anyone here bought and thought it was worth it. Does it offer anything new that can't already be found online?

I have the eBook. It's old Fact Files content, refried. So if you've got them don't bother. And you've most likely seen all their diagrams and isometric cutaways by now, cos they're everywhere on sites like EAS.

 

[Mage]

I have the eBook. It's old Fact Files content, refried. So if you've got them don't bother. And you've most likely seen all their diagrams and isometric cutaways by now, cos they're everywhere on sites like EAS.

That's what I figured.... Thanks for the feedback!

 

[Avro Arrow]

Sounds like you might have already made up your mind, but just in case, I did some Googling, and here are some review/preview articles that have a couple of sample pages each:

https://ca.startrek.com/gallery/exclusive-inside-the-star-trek-deep-space-nine-illustrated-handbook

https://trekmovie.com/2021/02/09/pr...ar-trek-deep-space-nine-illustrated-handbook/

https://trekmovie.com/2021/03/27/bo...rated-handbook-can-be-your-guide-back-to-ds9/

http://trekclivos79.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-depth-of-ds9-herocollectors.html

https://trekcentral.net/review-star-trek-deep-space-nine-illustrated-handbook/

TheTrek Collective seems to include the most sample pages in their previews, but unfortunately it doesn’t look like they previewed this one. But if it helps, here’s their preview of the Voyager entry in that line; maybe it can give you a general sense of the layout and what type of things are included?

https://www.thetrekcollective.com/2020/03/eaglemoss-book-previews-voyager.html

 

[Mage]

Sounds like you might have already made up your mind, but just in case, I did some Googling, and here are some review/preview articles that have a couple of sample pages each:

https://ca.startrek.com/gallery/exclusive-inside-the-star-trek-deep-space-nine-illustrated-handbook

https://trekmovie.com/2021/02/09/pr...ar-trek-deep-space-nine-illustrated-handbook/

https://trekmovie.com/2021/03/27/bo...rated-handbook-can-be-your-guide-back-to-ds9/

http://trekclivos79.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-depth-of-ds9-herocollectors.html

https://trekcentral.net/review-star-trek-deep-space-nine-illustrated-handbook/

TheTrek Collective seems to include the most sample pages in their previews, but unfortunately it doesn’t look like they previewed this one. But if it helps, here’s their preview of the Voyager entry in that line; maybe it can give you a general sense of the layout and what type of things are included?

https://www.thetrekcollective.com/2020/03/eaglemoss-book-previews-voyager.html

Hm..... I'm not going to lie, that actually looks a lot nicer than I thought it would....
Sure, it's basically all available online, but to have it as a book I can lounge with on the couch with a nice beer on a rainy afternoon.... Doesn't sound bad.

 

[Markonian]

I don't have the Fact Files. I found the Illustrated book series comprehensive and insightful, compared to finding stuff on the web.

 

[Jim Johnson]

Hm..... I'm not going to lie, that actually looks a lot nicer than I thought it would....
Sure, it's basically all available online, but to have it as a book I can lounge with on the couch with a nice beer on a rainy afternoon.... Doesn't sound bad.

I thought it was worth it. I got rid of all my fact files and Star Trek The Magazine issues a while ago, so to have a fresh presentation in a hardback was an easy sell.
Whether it's a book you can lounge with on the couch--that's up to you. It's a big heavy hardcover, not something you can easily peruse while reclined.

 

[publiusr]

Thank you Hero Collector…