Arriving after all: "Fade In: The Making of Star Trek Insurrection" by Michael Piller

Excellent news.

 

I think I have a PDF of this from years ago when it was shared on here.

 

I enjoyed reading it a lot. I hope the printed version has something new going for it to incite purchase.

 

http://www.michaelpiller.net/#!buy-the-book/hfld5

Only $95? Such a deal. I wonder if they went through a vanity press and got burned. Probably would have been better to do it through lulu and charge a reasonable amount.

 

Holy smokes.

That is some shitty typography on the cover. And why the 1701-D?

 

That's a shitty cover full stop to be honest and I guess he was just wearing a plain hat when the photo was taken.

 

Might just stick with my ebook copy. Could always get it printed myself one way or another for a lot less than $95.

 

I'm guessing the execs who ran the studio back then are no longer around to object to its publication. There are some incredible stories and anecdotes in that book about the creative climate surrounding the Trek franchise in the mid/late-1990s, and you get a fairly stark picture of how decisions got made.

Really fascinating, and even sheds light onto the circumstances surrounding Piller being pressured off of Voyager.

I'm thinking that's probably more of a temporary mockup until a "final" cover is revealed. At least, I hope it is.

 

Based on that price, they aren't kidding about the "published as a textbook" thing. I'm having university flashbacks.

 

Yeah, it's good, but it's not that good.

I reviewed the eBook version back in the day: http://lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com/2011/11/which-next-generation-film-is-bad-one.html

 

Wow, that price just killed any interest I had in reading it. It would have loved to get to hear about Insurrection first hand, but not at that price.

 

Jeez. Good luck selling more than three copies. Wow.
I'd like to support this, but $95 for a book that was already released for free?

Knowing Piller, I'd be willing to bet it had a team logo on it (Such as the LA Dodgers) that they have photoshopped out. That is one brutally amateurish cover, especially with nothing being blended together properly.

 

I was excited for about a minute there.
Get it down about fifteen bucks and I will buy it.

 

$95?! Way too much! Good thing I still have the PDF saved

 

Agreed that the $95 price tag is WAY too steep!

As for the 'cover picture' in the Facebook link, I notice that it doesn't mention Insurrection anywhere, so it could just be a place holder/mockup.

 

Would love to see it if you still have it.