Back in the day, I used to write for Trek/Best of Trek, Pioneer Books, and such. For these, it was mostly tech and history stuff. Are there any books like these left, or anything fulfilling a similar function online?
Any publications left?
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Maybe "publications, including online pubs, which publish nonfiction about the study of Treknology and Trek history?"
The problem with all definitions here is that it's all fiction, in that it's written about a fictional topic. I'm trying to get to something like nonfiction study of the fictional world, in the fictional world's context, but that seems so hard to parse that I'm not sure people will get it.
The problem with all definitions here is that it's all fiction, in that it's written about a fictional topic. I'm trying to get to something like nonfiction study of the fictional world, in the fictional world's context, but that seems so hard to parse that I'm not sure people will get it.
Not to mention www.jackill.com
Thanks for the info. While I enjoy such things immensely, I still don't think they're what I'm looking for.
Maybe an example will work better than a definition. For the sake of argument, let's say I had a 30 page essay on the history of technological advancements in warp drive. There's not an illustration in sight, at least at this point. Would that be something you would print? If not, are you aware of anyone who would?
Maybe an example will work better than a definition. For the sake of argument, let's say I had a 30 page essay on the history of technological advancements in warp drive. There's not an illustration in sight, at least at this point. Would that be something you would print? If not, are you aware of anyone who would?
I'm honestly not sure, outside of specific references for ships like Rick Sternbach's TNG Technical Manual. If you're looking for works dealing specifically with ship systems and the like, I'm not sure what to recommend unfortunately. Most common unofficial stuff is either ship designs a la Forbin and Jackill or blueprints, which sometimes overlap. I wish I knew what else to suggest. 
But if you'd like, I can move this thread over to Trek Literature and perhaps they might be able to offer some suggestions.
But if you'd like, I can move this thread over to Trek Literature and perhaps they might be able to offer some suggestions.
Thanks again for the responses.
The warp history thing was just an example of the kind of thing I'm talking about, not a specific search for someone who would publish that (which is not a real project for me). In the distant past, I wrote and published a piece about the history of the Enterprise, based on ADM Morrow's statement that she was 15 years old. It bugged me when I heard it, and I set out researching, reasoning, and writing until I had something that showed that she had to be much older. That piece would be another example of the kind of thing I'm talking about. It's tech-y, but it's not graphic representation of ship design.
Back in the day, Trek and Pioneer Books were very open to things like this, but they're gone. James Van Hise did Enterprise Incidents, and they may have been open to it, but I haven't seen anything officially sanctioned that would published thaht kind of work. If Paramount wants something in print, they'll pay someone like Sternbach or Okuda to write it and put it in their manual, so that they can have a trusted source (to them) and maintain control of the product. I get that, and respect it. So my thought is that this would have to be a fan initiative of some type.
The warp history thing was just an example of the kind of thing I'm talking about, not a specific search for someone who would publish that (which is not a real project for me). In the distant past, I wrote and published a piece about the history of the Enterprise, based on ADM Morrow's statement that she was 15 years old. It bugged me when I heard it, and I set out researching, reasoning, and writing until I had something that showed that she had to be much older. That piece would be another example of the kind of thing I'm talking about. It's tech-y, but it's not graphic representation of ship design.
Back in the day, Trek and Pioneer Books were very open to things like this, but they're gone. James Van Hise did Enterprise Incidents, and they may have been open to it, but I haven't seen anything officially sanctioned that would published thaht kind of work. If Paramount wants something in print, they'll pay someone like Sternbach or Okuda to write it and put it in their manual, so that they can have a trusted source (to them) and maintain control of the product. I get that, and respect it. So my thought is that this would have to be a fan initiative of some type.
