I've mentioned a few times the existence of a 500-copies-only, Simon & Schuster, limited edition, slipcase edition of the novelization of ST:TMP (1979). It's a thing of beauty!
Star Trek: The Motion Picture hardcover slipcase edition (shiny transparent dustjacket peeled back for pic) by Therin of Andor, on Flickr
Recently visiting an old friend in Perth, Australia, he let me do some snaps of his #88, which he's owned since the early 90s. I told him it was lucky it was originally sealed in a huckster's plastic baggie, since I'd often drooled over this exact item at monthly "Star Trek" Marathons in Sydney, all through the 80s and 90s, always talking myself out of needing it, since it was such a different size and shape to my other movie novelizations. (Of course, in the beginning this was long before "Spock's World" and, eventually, Pocket Books went to first-edition hardcovers of the TNG novelizations.) And 'cos the Australian MMPB edition has eight pages of colour photos in it anyway!
Star Trek: The Motion Picture slipcase spine by Therin of Andor, on Flickr
Star Trek: The Motion Picture slipcase autograph by Therin of Andor, on Flickr
Unique to this edition - a dedication page to Majel Barrett:
Star Trek: The Motion Picture slipcase dedication to Majel by Therin of Andor, on Flickr
Star Trek: The Motion Picture slipcase edition by Therin of Andor, on Flickr
Unique to this edition - About the Author:
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - about the author by Therin of Andor, on Flickr
Here are some other editions:
TMP novelizations and other stuff by Therin of Andor, on Flickr
Futura edition (Australian mass-market paperback - has 8 pages of captioned colour photos), Science Fiction Book Club edition (US hardcover), and the regular Pocket Books' US MMPB. Also depicted: "Star Trek: Ex Machina", Christopher's novel which takes place about three weeks after the encounter with V'ger.
Thanks to my pals Adam in Perth, Down Under, and Olivia in Ann Arbor, MI, for letting me take some pics.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture hardcover slipcase edition (shiny transparent dustjacket peeled back for pic) by Therin of Andor, on FlickrRecently visiting an old friend in Perth, Australia, he let me do some snaps of his #88, which he's owned since the early 90s. I told him it was lucky it was originally sealed in a huckster's plastic baggie, since I'd often drooled over this exact item at monthly "Star Trek" Marathons in Sydney, all through the 80s and 90s, always talking myself out of needing it, since it was such a different size and shape to my other movie novelizations. (Of course, in the beginning this was long before "Spock's World" and, eventually, Pocket Books went to first-edition hardcovers of the TNG novelizations.) And 'cos the Australian MMPB edition has eight pages of colour photos in it anyway!
Star Trek: The Motion Picture slipcase spine by Therin of Andor, on FlickrStar Trek: The Motion Picture slipcase autograph by Therin of Andor, on FlickrUnique to this edition - a dedication page to Majel Barrett:
Star Trek: The Motion Picture slipcase dedication to Majel by Therin of Andor, on FlickrStar Trek: The Motion Picture slipcase edition by Therin of Andor, on FlickrUnique to this edition - About the Author:
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - about the author by Therin of Andor, on FlickrHere are some other editions:
TMP novelizations and other stuff by Therin of Andor, on FlickrFutura edition (Australian mass-market paperback - has 8 pages of captioned colour photos), Science Fiction Book Club edition (US hardcover), and the regular Pocket Books' US MMPB. Also depicted: "Star Trek: Ex Machina", Christopher's novel which takes place about three weeks after the encounter with V'ger.
Thanks to my pals Adam in Perth, Down Under, and Olivia in Ann Arbor, MI, for letting me take some pics.
