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New this week:


New Trek stuff by Ian McLean, on Flickr

IDW "Star Trek" trade omnibuses for "Lore War" (top left) and "Shax's Worst & Best Day" (top right), plus the alternate cover for "The Last Starship" #4. Also received a few extra autographed trading cards.

Also, from the "Stalled Trek" team:

Stalled Trek: The Dumbsday Machine

The final episode of my trilogy of animated puppet parodies of classic Trek episodes is going up on YouTube on October 20! Stalled Trek: The Dumbsday Machine is obviously a parody of The Doomsday Machine and October 20 marks the anniversary of that episode's premiere date. Stalled Trek...

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New stuff! by Ian McLean, on Flickr

"The Filmation Music of Ray Ellis" CD (Retrograde Records, 2025), with soundtrack music for "Star Trek: The Animated Series", "Flash Gordon", "Jason of Star Command", "Shazam", "The Secrets of Isis" and "The New Adventures of Heckle & Jeckle".

Plus the long-awaited arrival of the Kickstarter project, "Black Mirror: USS Callister", a graphic novel (Twisted Comics, 2025) by Neil Gibson & Silvano Beltramo, based on the dark parody of "Star Trek" featured on the UK TV anthology series; plus collectable Callister insignia pin.

Also arrived: "Mirror, Mirror" anthology of short stories (Strange Particle Press, 2014) is the first collection of Jerome Bixby's science fiction in nearly fifty years, showcasing some of his best work. Features four stories made immortal by TV. Elements from two of these stories, "One-Way Street" and "Mirror, Mirror," were woven into the Hugo Award-winning "Star Trek" episode, which gave birth to the evil mirror universe populated by sinister facsimiles of Kirk, Spock and the crew of the USS Enterprise. Another, "Cargo to Callisto", became the basis for the "Star Trek" episode, "By Any Other Name". "It's a Good Life" won immortality as an episode of "The Twilight Zone". The anthology includes 11 other short stories and is edited and introduced by his son, screenwriter and producer Emerson Bixby.

From the Introduction by Emerson Bixby: "Dad and I also wrote a sequel to Dad's "Mirror, Mirror", which will hopefully be included in this book..." [It isn't, sigh.] "Taking place in TNG's time, "Broken Mirror" posed the question, what if Kirk and Scotty screwed up 70 years ago when they returned from the Mirror Universe? What if they left the door to both Universes open, and matter from each universe has been seeping into its opposite? What if a bearded Vulcan begins tracking down the original landing party in an attempt to prevent both universes' destruction? Roddenberry loved it, but at the time Shatner was misdirecting 'Trek V' and his fee for a five minute cameo just wasn't feasible. Bummer." [pp 11-12.]

 

[Christopher]

"The Filmation Music of Ray Ellis" CD (Retrograde Records, 2025), with soundtrack music for "Star Trek: The Animated Series", "Flash Gordon", "Jason of Star Command", "Shazam", "The Secrets of Isis" and "The New Adventures of Heckle & Jeckle".

Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!! Thank you for telling me this exists! I've ordered my copy. Flash Gordon is possibly my favorite Filmation score, and it's great news that the non-Trek scores come from actual master tapes (albeit mono) rather than being reconstructed from episode audio.

 

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The latest "Star Trek" comics from IDW: "Lower Decks" #16 and "Voyager: Homecoming" #5.


New IDW Trek comics by Ian McLean, on Flickr

 

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Got this gem for $3

 

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From IDW this week: "Star Trek: The Last Starship" #5.


New from IDW by Ian McLean, on Flickr

 

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New from IDW by Ian McLean, on Flickr

From IDW this week: "'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' Omnibus" and a one-shot under the "Star Trek: Deviations" banner, "Threads of Destiny". I finally found a great bottle for my "Andorian Ale" label.


New from Modiphius by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Latest hardcover RPG volumes of "Star Trek Adventures": a "Technical Manual" and the "23rd Century Campaign Guide". Lots of Andorians and antennae variations in these, including a left-handed, Therin-esque redshirt officer by Toma Feizo Gas.

 

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What’s going on in that “tug of war” picture? It kind of looks like the monster maroon era done in the TAS art style. Which admittedly sounds awesome, TBH.

 

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What’s going on in that “tug of war” picture? It kind of looks like the monster maroon era done in the TAS art style. Which admittedly sounds awesome, TBH.

An Aaron Harvey illustration. Yeah, makes sense to make the Edosian the anchor in a tug-of-war match against a Brikar.

 

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"Anslem" by Jake Sisko by Ian McLean, on Flickr

In today's post: Illa Dax's copy of the otherwise-unpublished book featured in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episodes, "The Muse" and "The Visitor"; the Pocket Books' novels "Millennium" trilogy and "The Needs of the Many"; the IDW comic, "Star Trek: Omega"; and the "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy" episode, "Series Acclimation Mil". This version is a fan-made blank notebook that resembles Illa's onscreen prop.

 

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I finally got my copy of TOS Identity Theft by Greg Cox sure took forever to finally get a copy of this book. I can't wait to read it soon.

 

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New Trek arrivals by Ian McLean, on Flickr

The latest "Star Trek" comic from IDW: "Lower Decks" #17 (the alternate cover is a Part 1 diptych of the USS Cerritos).

Also arrived is the "Lower Decks: Buffer Time" card game from Modiphius. The ads didn't say much about this and I assumed it would be a "Monopoly"-sized board game. The compact box with magnetic closure is rather nice.

 

[Christopher]

"The Filmation Music of Ray Ellis" CD (Retrograde Records, 2025), with soundtrack music for "Star Trek: The Animated Series", "Flash Gordon", "Jason of Star Command", "Shazam", "The Secrets of Isis" and "The New Adventures of Heckle & Jeckle".

I finally got my copy of The Filmation Music of Ray Ellis, after a delay because they sold out and needed to order more from the publisher. I admit I'm somewhat disappointed in the selection, since the non-TAS parts don't have as many favorite or familiar cues as I was hoping for. A lot of the Flash Gordon program is atmospheric and suspense stuff rather than the big memorable cues, and there's only a fragmentary selection from Jason, Shazam, and Isis, based on what surviving tapes Marc Ellis still had, apparently. Which doesn't bode well for a second volume.

Still, there were some good ones here and there, including one of my favorite Flash Gordon cues, "Mongo Passes the Earth," which I'm surprised to learn is by Marc Ellis instead of his father Ray. That was probably the one I was most hoping to hear.

I also found the liner notes a bit lacking. They didn't acknowledge that the names of the TAS tracks are modern inventions by the restorers rather than the original titles (and many of the cues are actually from Lassie's Rescue Rangers, or at least shared by both contemporary shows), and that they were reconstructed from episode audio instead of taken from original tapes. And they mistakenly said (twice) that the Flash Gordon movie was recut into the first four episodes of the series, when in fact its material was spread throughout the first season and its climax constituted much or most of the season finale.

 

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Discovery omnibus from IDW by Ian McLean, on Flickr

New this week: Compilation of all "Star Trek: Discovery" comic mini-series and one-shots from IDW; omnibus published in 2026.


New publications and FanSets enamelled pins by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Wow! Star Trek's own Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann published a beautiful book, "Labyrinth: The Making of Jim Hensen's Iconic Film". It has now been reconfigured by Insight Editions (2026)… to resemble a VHS tape! Could not pass that by.

Also arrived this week from FanSets' enamelled pins: historic signage for Guinan's Los Angeles "Ten Forward Avenue"; a "Starfleet Academy" insignia communicator pin for USS Athena; a glitter Shran; and a "Strange New Worlds" Hemmer the Aenar pin (now standing alongside Shran the Andorian).


New arrivals by Ian McLean, on Flickr

UPDATE: New arrivals the next week: "The Change" non-Trek graphic novel by Whoopi Goldberg & Jaime Paglia (Dark Horse, 2024); and "Star Trek: The Last Starship" comic, Issue #6 from IDW.


"ST: M33" fan comics by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Starship Impala explores M33 (aka Triangulum Galaxy or NGC-598), the next closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way beyond the Andromeda Galaxy. M33 was featured in TNG's "Where No One Has Gone Before". These four compact, print-on-demand, fanfic comics are by Cam Hayden & Ted McCoy (2024- ), compiling the serialised panels that appeared on their Patreon and Instagram sites.

 

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New Trek publications by Ian McLean, on Flickr

A big week! New arrivals include "The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek" (Routledge, 2022) edited by Leimar Garcia-Siino et al; "Be Like Spock: On Releasing Your Inner Vulcan" (Paleos Media, 2025) by Scott Robinson; "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: The Heart of a New Star Trek Era" by Eric K Moss (2026); "Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series" hardcover by Tom Salinsky (White Owl, 2024); and three items from IDW: "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Issue #18; the omnibus "Star Trek: Lower Decks: Mixed Signals" and "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Lost Contact" mini-series, Issue #1.


Modiphius's "Star Trek Adventures" Species Sourcebook by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Ordered it in hardcopy today and the PDF version was immediately available for download.


Kirk and Spock Magnetic Dress-up set by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Looks like a book! From the Unemployed Philosophers Guild.


Kirk and Spock Magnetic Dress-up set inside by Ian McLean, on Flickr

A recent eBay find: the set of "Star Trek -- The Motion Picture" original film cels. There were several sets of four on offer, but I chose this particular set because both the title and description indicated that the rare fifth, "special edition" mail-away cel was included. I couldn't actually see it in the listing's pics, but I decided to risk it. The seller clearly stated there were five cels.


TMP Film Cells set front by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Alas, it was only the now-invalid mail-away coupon included, not the bonus film cel itself. A few weeks of looking and I found several examples of this extra cel, and the one I settled upon was strangely rather cheap. Finally satisfied -- but the first time that I have needed to post negative feedback on a very unsympathetic seller who refused to accept any responsibility for his error.

And finally...


Doug Drexler documentary crowdfunding goodies by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Latex Vulcan ear tip made for "Star Trek: The Next Generation"; "Drex" logo pin; mylar "Alpha Quadrant" star on black curtain from TNG bridge; two certificates of authenticity; and an autographed 4K set of the "Star Trek -- The Motion Picture: Director's Edition: The Complete Edition".

 

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What's up with the Starfleet Academy book? Nothing on that cover even resembles anything we saw on the show in the slightest.

 

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What's up with the Starfleet Academy book? Nothing on that cover even resembles anything we saw on the show in the slightest.

An example of the new rush in easily self-published, print-on-demand, amateur books on Amazon: eager authors anticipating new TV shows and movies in book form instead of speculating in fan newsletters or blogs. I was curious to see what it was like, as I have a few (non-Trek) print-on-demand projects of my own on the back burner.

This Academy book collects information from early media releases and interviews on the now-defunct streamer, brief character and actor biographies, easter eggs, and a draft episode guide (lacking on-screen titles for the last four episodes).

Sadly, the "Table of Contents" (with page numbers) is fairly useless as the 150 inside pages are not numbered! Someone needs an editor!


New Trek stuff by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Finally in Australia: the DVDs of "Star Trek: Lower Decks", this time with two seasons (III and IV) in the one case. Also arrived, from USA, is "The AIs and Androids of Star Trek: The Technology of the 23rd Century and Beyond That Could Appear in the 21st" (Paleos Media, 2020) by Scott Robinson.

 

[JD]

An example of the new rush in easily self-published, print-on-demand, amateur books on Amazon: eager authors anticipating new TV shows and movies in book form instead of speculating in fan newsletters or blogs. I was curious to see what it was like, as I have a few (non-Trek) print-on-demand projects of my own on the back burner.

This Academy book collects information from early media releases and interviews on the now-defunct streamer, brief character and actor biographies, easter eggs, and a draft episode guide (lacking on-screen titles for the last four episodes).

Oh OK, I didn't realize those were a thing.