Discovery: Fear Itself cover revealed

[Christopher]

^I do like Roddenberry's explanation of it though. I know he was just stringing a bunch of BS together (and he even admitted as such) but it sounded good.

Well, not really. He was basically attempting to describe one of the core ideas of relativity, that the measurement of time is relative to the frame of reference in which it's measured rather than being a universal absolute, so that observers moving in different speeds and directions will perceive time differently. Although that wouldn't really work for warp-driven ships, since they don't undergo time dilation.

 

[Tim Thomason]

Which is pure speculation based only on fear.

The only thing we have to fear is "Fear, Itself". Coming to book shelves June 5th!

 

[James Swallow]

The only thing we have to fear is "Fear, Itself". Coming to book shelves June 5th!

I see what you did there.

In other news, the audiobook cover is up, confirming that Robert Petkoff is returning as reader...

 

[James Swallow]

...And also here's the German edition, to collect the set.

 

[JD]

Did they ever use them? I know the JJVerse didn't understand them.

I don't think it was a lack of understanding, they just changed the system is all. Somebody deciding to change things doesn't necessarily mean they don't understand the original system, it just means they wanted to do it differently.
I actually like the Kelvin stardates since they actually give you real chronological information.

 

[Christopher]

I actually like the Kelvin stardates since they actually give you real chronological information.

I can't stand them, because they're just the Gregorian calendar written in a variant format. What the hell is even the point of calling them stardates if they're just Earth dates? It makes no sense. I've always preferred to think of stardates as a more universal, non-Earth-centric dating system -- although that went out the window in the TNG era when 1000 stardate units was treated as equal to an Earth year.

 

[The Wormhole]

With all the season ending cliffhangers conveniently taking place on New Year's...

 

[Enterprise1701]

Kelvin stardates are abominable. Who the hell decided to use an ostensibly decimal system but you tack on variably two or three digits for the day of the year out of 365?

 

[Oz Trekkie]

I like the way they tried to explain the stardates in the Millennium trilogy. Sisko gave a speech about how they worked and could flow backwards and forwards.

 

[David cgc]

I like the way they tried to explain the stardates in the Millennium trilogy. Sisko gave a speech about how they worked and could backwards and forwards.

I've been hoping for someone to bring up stardating theory for a couple months, ever since I found out about Barycentric Coordinate Time, which is a sort of average rate of time used for space travel, since all the different planets and spacecraft will have time flowing at slightly different speeds for relativistic reasons, and it reminded me a lot of the JGRS explanation for how stardates work in Millennium.

 

[ryan123450]

I like the way they tried to explain the stardates in the Millennium trilogy. Sisko gave a speech about how they worked and could flow backwards and forwards.

Anyone care to post this? I would love to hear this explanation.

 

[David cgc]

Anyone care to post this? I would love to hear this explanation.

Google Books excerpts the relevant section. If the link goes wonky, it's the beginning of Chapter 14 of "The War of the Prophets."

 

[ryan123450]

Thanks!

 

[Oz Trekkie]

They explained in another thread about why the covers for these STD books are boring. Something to do with CBS being very tight lipped with the franchise at this stage.

Do you have a link to that thread?
Cheers

 

[David cgc]

Do you have a link to that thread?
Cheers

It was the Drastic Measures pre-release thread. Here are the posts, to save you a minute.

I imagine there are multiple factors leading to Desperate Hours and Drastic Measures having covers that look more like newspaper ads for the show than exciting Keith Birdsong paintings. More secrecy for an unreleased show, fewer assets available for artists to use (reference photos and CG), and/or a greater desire from marketing to remain "on brand" are just a few reasons I can think of off the top of my head.

As David cgc indicates, there is a method to the madness, so to speak, with respect to the book covers and overall brand messaging.

Me? I’m just a hired gun, and I shoot where I’m aimed.

 

[Oz Trekkie]

It was the Drastic Measures pre-release thread. Here are the posts, to save you a minute.

Thank you

 

[Stevil2001]

Got the book today and the TITLE IS EMBOSSED!

 

[James Swallow]

Got the book today and the TITLE IS EMBOSSED!

Ooh. Shiny.

 

[tomswift2002]

Yeah, I picked up the book today. While the embossing is nice, for the price I would’ve preferred a DJ-hardcovered copy rather than a trade paperback. Plus it seems to be a lot thinner than the other 2 DIS novels.