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I meant Bantam, but Ballantine must've been stuck in my head for some reason. Probably because of the Franz Joseph/TrekTech publications.
And getting old.
(But not too old to shamelessly admit I have two sets of the Maps. :devil:)
Geoffrey Mandel did the original Star Trek Maps for Ballantine Books way back when, then used them as a point of deparature when he did Star Trek Star Charts for S&S. He also contributed work to Stellar Cartography. Basically, the latter publication is pretty much the ultimate update/extension...
Send me $500 a week in small, non-sequential, and otherwise unmarked bills, and we're good.
Oh, and a pint of salted caramel ice cream. I prefer Talenti, if you need to shop for a specific brand.
Finally.
I claim no special sleuthing powers but I knew if I was patient, you'd eventually provide enough information to track this down, which I've done. :D
We wrestled with what to call the second Vanguard book. I think Marco finally suggested To Summon the Thunder and I countered with chopping off To.
My original title for From History’s Shadow was Aliens Among Us (carrying on from “The Aliens Are Coming,” the SNW story that was my first foray...
I don't recall the specifics. Just that they took exception to words "as 'Damn it' on page 159" and that I should refrain from that sort of thing because they were a Christian and disliked such words.
They're in for a shock whenever they get around to watching the shows. :shrug:
I was taken to task by someone offended that a character in Available Light said "Damn it," even going so far as to tell me they now felt compelled to screen all Star Trek books at the library rather than shopping online.
That email went in my personal Review Hall of Fame. :biggrin: