Latest acquisition!

[F. King Daniel]

I keep forgetting to say, I've finally completed by Best of Trek collection with the 16th volume. I couldn't find it anywhere, until I realised it's not actually called Best of Trek #16 but, like the first one, Best of Trek. By searching "Best of Trek 1994" and making sure the cover art matched, it was easy

 

[Therin of Andor]

Latest Trek stuff by Ian McLean, on Flickr

"Discovery: The Way to the Stars" novel by Una McCormack and the alternate covers for "Star Trek vs Transformers" #4.

"The Shannara Chronicles" Season 1 boxed set features a cameo appearance by Kirk and Spock via the Super 8 reel of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". Check out Episode #7, "Utopia".


Shannara Chronicles cameo of TMP by Ian McLean, on Flickr

and pre-ordered this week:


Eaglemoss V'ger model and magazine by Ian McLean, on Flickr

 

[BillJ]

Picked up the Vulcan Travel Guide, the Countdown graphic novel and two of the Foster TAS adaptation collections at Half-Price Books.

 

[Mysterion]

Acquired FADE IN: The Making of Star Trek: Insurrection by Michael Piller.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Acquired FADE IN: The Making of Star Trek: Insurrection by Michael Piller.

Me too!


New Trek stuff by Ian McLean, on Flickr

"Fade In: The Making of Star Trek Insurrection - A Textbook on Screenwriting from Within the Star Trek Universe" by Michael Piller and the final issue of IDW's "Terra Incognita" comic mini-series.

 

[JD]

Is Micheal Piller's book still priced as a textbook? I would love to read it, but I just bring myself to spend that kind of money on a book. $20 is pretty much my limit, unless it's something really, really valuable.

 

[BillJ]

Bought The Fall e-books while they were on sale for ninety-nine cents each.

 

[Daddy Todd]

Is Micheal Piller's book still priced as a textbook? I would love to read it, but I just bring myself to spend that kind of money on a book. $20 is pretty much my limit, unless it's something really, really valuable.

Still $69.99 on Amazon in the US.

Still too high for me.

 

[JD]

Ouch, me too.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Is Micheal Piller's book still priced as a textbook?

Yes.

Don't ask. It was a lot. (Not sure if it will arrive with the CD I recall went with it.)

 

[Kilana2]

Just ordered Kleine Lügen erhalten die Freundschaft I (the German publisher has split A Pocket full of Lies into two books due to low sales numbers) and CoE Sammelband 4.

 

[StefanM]

Just ordered Kleine Lügen erhalten die Freundschaft I (the German publisher has split A Pocket full of Lies into two books due to low sales numbers) and CoE Sammelband 4.

Just due to the low sale numbers?
I thought, because it would be to big for one book, so that the costs would exceed the earnings. So it's better to sell two books for 12 € each, then one book for maybe 16 €.

I also had a nice new acquisition (from ebay):
For just 1 € I got "Notruf aus dem All", the german version of "Mission to Horatius", the first ever Star Trek novel.
It was published in Germany as an book for children in 1970, and I really got one of the old originals in good quality for this small price.

 

[Kilana2]

Just due to the low sale numbers?
I thought, because it would be to big for one book, so that the costs would exceed the earnings. So it's better to sell two books for 12 € each, then one book for maybe 16 €.

I also had a nice new acquisition (from ebay):
For just 1 € I got "Notruf aus dem All", the german version of "Mission to Horatius", the first ever Star Trek novel.
It was published in Germany as an book for children in 1970, and I really got one of the old originals in good quality for this small price.

This might be also true. Advantage is, we'll have two different covers. Band 2 has Icheb on the cover.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I worried that the US polar vortex might hold up comics to Australia this week, but they arrived! The 20/20 Picard-on-Stargazer issue, celebrating IDW's 20th anniversary in the business, and Issue #1 of "The Q Conflict" crossover mini-series.


New IDW comics by Ian McLean, on Flickr

And, in this week’s Brush With Fame, a certain alien, now nicknamed Bluey, is featured in this Very Cool, irreverent, Australian-themed jigsaw puzzle from my cartoonist pal, Brett Bower! ("Bluey" is actually a traditional Aussie nickname, usually given to someone with red hair, so it is a clever twist.) He's been working on the poster, populated with locals, for months - and now it's also a jigsaw.


Brett Bower cartoon puzzle jigsaw by Brett Bower, on Flickr

(Preorders are now closed.)


Brett Bower jigsaw key by Brett Bower, on Flickr


Brett Bower jigsaw characters by Brett Bower, on Flickr

 

[marlboro]

I recently got a collection of Arthur C. Clarke stories, and two ebooks by KRAD, Dragon Precinct and Without a License.

 

[Therin of Andor]

The final omnibus of John Byrne's "New Visions" is out, including his adaptation of "The Cage":


Final New Visions omnibus by Ian McLean, on Flickr

and the upcoming IDW series hits the cover of "Previews"!


Previews #365 by Ian McLean, on Flickr

 

[RandyS]

The final omnibus of John Byrne's "New Visions" is out, including his adaptation of "The Cage":


Final New Visions omnibus by Ian McLean, on Flickr

This is the last one? I didn't know that. I'd heard it was "ending soon" but at the time I read that no specific date was given.

It's too bad too. I've been buying, and enjoying these TPB's religiously.

 

[JD]

I found the second digital volume of the Kelvinverse ongoing series on sale on Comixology, so got it and some other non-Trek stuff.
This one adapts Operation: Annihilate and has an original story about the Vulcans after their homeworld's destruction.

 

[Therin of Andor]

This is the last one? I didn't know that. I'd heard it was "ending soon" but at the time I read that no specific date was given.

"Issue 24 will be my last of NEW VISIONS, at least on anything like a regular schedule. Paramount is allowing me to bow out with one last big itch scratched.

"It’s been an amazing amount of fun, but I’ve felt this coming for a while — especially since my 26 total issues equate to a full 'season'."

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/0...-trek-new-visions-finishes-five-year-mission/

 

[Daddy Todd]

I think someone got the numbers wrong. There were 22 issues of the continuing series, plus the “pilot” annual, and the adaptation of “The Cage” for a total of 24.