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Print-on-demand retrospective TOS book forthcoming

Therin of Andor

Therin of Andor

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"These Are the Voyages", TOS Season 1 (due August):

"Author, Marc Cushman, had the great honor of befriending both Gene Roddenberry and Robert H. Justman. As a result of that friendship, Marc was given exclusive access all the Star Trek® production documents from the three years the series ran, which are currently housed in the UCLA Archives under a bequest by Roddenberry and Justman. These documents are private and not available for general public viewing.

"This work is derived from eight months spent researching the details of the production.These books reveal, for the first time, the truth behind all the politics and behind-the-scene machinations of the productions."
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These are the Voyages, TOS, Season Two - Scheduled for publication in September 2013

These are the Voyages, TOS, Season Three - Scheduled for publication in November 2013
 
I just read the first excerpt from the season 1 book. The level of detail looks amazing. If I am reading it right, it clocks in at 600 pages and is hardbound. This might very well be the closest we ever get to the archived UCLA documents. Sold and ordered.
 
alchemist said:
I think it is inappropriate of the publisher to use screen caps and images harvested from other people’s web sites to illustrate their book series. Read the comments to the pictures here, starting approximately at the bottom: https://www.facebook.com/Thesearethevoyages/photos_stream?ref=nf
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Seems, from the comments I just read, that the dispute is with the guy who supplied to the publisher/author what was assumed to be commonly known pics in the public domain, but not knowing that they had actually been lovingly restored by others.

Hopefully they can come to an understanding before the book is due to go live.
 
Therin of Andor said:
Seems, from the comments I just read, that the dispute is with the guy who supplied to the publisher/author what was assumed to be commonly known pics in the public domain, but not knowing that they had actually been lovingly restored by others.

Hopefully they can come to an understanding before the book is due to go live.
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Thanks, Therin, you are right, but... the publisher is aware of this and the pictures keep getting posted.
 
alchemist said:
Therin of Andor said:
Seems, from the comments I just read, that the dispute is with the guy who supplied to the publisher/author what was assumed to be commonly known pics in the public domain, but not knowing that they had actually been lovingly restored by others.

Hopefully they can come to an understanding before the book is due to go live.
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Thanks, Therin, you are right, but... the publisher is aware of this and the pictures keep getting posted.
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Speaking about pictures and great sources..what happened to the your site, all I get it white when I click the link to startrekhistory :confused:
 
Shatinator said:
Speaking about pictures and great sources..what happened to the your site, all I get it white when I click the link to startrekhistory :confused:
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Ouch, sorry to hear that. I've let Curt (the web architect) know. What browser and platform are you using? I'm using Google Chrome on a pc and the site looks okay for me.

PS - Thanks for the kudos!
 
I'm looking forward to this book, although I have to pause at the claim that the Roddenberry/Justman files at UCLA are "private and not available for general public viewing." I've been working with those files for the past two and a half years and they are most certainly available for public viewing and reproduction.
 
I'm impressed. I emailed the publisher about the UCLA files this morning and they adjusted their text by this afternoon.
 
This looks really good! I pre-ordered my copy today. Thanks for the heads up!

Kevin
 
Got my copy of this today and so far it looks really good and very comprehensive. I'll post more when I have a better feel for the content.

Kevin
 
Steve Roby said:
Just got my shipping notification. I hope it's worth the price.
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Steve, you and I have been collecting Star Trek books for a lot of years and with all that we own I think this is going to be one of my favorites. I'm not far into it but it is extremely well written and contains a lot of detail. I will be ordering the other two volumes for sure. If the other two volumes are as good this will be one of the best TOS reference books ever produced. If this was pitched to Pocket Books they were fools to let this one get away.

Kevin
 
Looks like the publication dates for the other two volmes has been pushed back and spread out a little more.

These are the Voyages, TOS, Season Two - Currently scheduled for publication in November 2013

These are the Voyages, TOS, Season Three - Currently scheduled for publication in January 2014
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Easier on the pocketbook but I was hoping that they would be finished by November. Oh well....

Kevin
 
Ktrek, I haven't done a lot of star trek reading about the history of the show or anything like that, but you sound like you've read a lot in that regard. Does the information seem pretty accurate? I'm considering picking the book up.
 
otomo said:
Ktrek, I haven't done a lot of star trek reading about the history of the show or anything like that, but you sound like you've read a lot in that regard. Does the information seem pretty accurate? I'm considering picking the book up.
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It does seem pretty accurate and very well written. The book has a bibliography and index at the back for easy reference. The pictures used are pretty much ones you can find anywhere on the net, and they are black and white. However, the pictures are a pretty small part of the book as the book is large with small print. So a lot of information crammed into this volume. I'm glad I bought it because there are facts I never knew before in it's contents.

Kevin
 
Ktrek said:
It does seem pretty accurate and very well written. The book has a bibliography and index at the back for easy reference. The pictures used are pretty much ones you can find anywhere on the net, and they are black and white. However, the pictures are a pretty small part of the book as the book is large with small print. So a lot of information crammed into this volume. I'm glad I bought it because there are facts I never knew before in it's contents.

Kevin
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Cool, that sounds like a pretty glowing recommendation. I'll check it out.
 
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