I went to Barnes & Noble the other day and the latest Star Trek Encyclopedia they have is from 1999, which I already own. Is there any plans of them creating a new one?
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Star Trek Encyclopedia?
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Personally, I'd like one, but I don't think there are any plans. Because we have Memory Alpha, we might wonder how many sales they'd have. Would it be worth it? I'd buy an updated encyclopedia, but if it's all there (in more detail, too) on the internet, how many people would spend 20-odd pound for the book?.
^^ Free and updated. While I'd love a new encyclopedia I'm fine with Memory Alpha & if you have the correct device it's portable for those moments you need something portable.
You have to pay for Internet access
Most ST fans I know seem to do all their web surfing at work. Instead of like, doing work.
Let's bet on see how many more people will say that because of sites like Memory Alpha people wont buy it. Which worked for the complete Star Wars Encyclopedia and the Wookiepedia.
Well, fair enough, but keep in mind neither Paris or I said "No-one will buy it". I in fact said I would buy it. I always prefer having books in my hand and on my shelf to reading from the computer. It's the same reason I don't buy ebooks. We simply said that it is unlikely it will happen because Pocket Books will wonder if its worth it. We questioned whether the amount of sales would justify the project, not that there wouldn't be sales. Who knows how many people would pick it up? I certainly don't. The question, I guess, is if Pocket is willing to risk it. However, I do know there would be plenty of people who would rather not pay for a large book when they have the information, often in greater detail, on the internet. As for your "bet", I'd have to bet the answer is "a lot", seeing as the reason I gave the answer I did was from experience of many people here giving similar answers when this question has popped up before. I prefer actual books, but apparently many people differ from me in this regard.
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In the meaning of the bet, I meant that people will post the same response as the first one. Oh, I wasn't saying no one would buy it, but the fact that people keep pointing out that sites like Memory Alpha would not make it a worthy seller. I would buy it, as I like having a hard copy in my hands. I was disappointed with the 3rd Encyclopedia, as I already dished out 50 bucks for the second one only to find out that the 3rd one is essentially the same one with 20 or so pages added to the back as a supplement.
But not for the information on the site. I think it was pretty obvious that is what I meant.
I know what you meant.
why do we have a FAQ when no one ever reads the FAQing thing?
Pocketbooks attribute a fall in tech publications to the drop in sales. But come on, seriously, are they actually surprised???
Fans are calling out for tech guides and encyclopedias, and they give us Ships of the Line (JUST a collection of pretty starship pictures!) and "Captain Kirk's Guide to Women" !!!
'Nuff said!
Fans are calling out for tech guides and encyclopedias, and they give us Ships of the Line (JUST a collection of pretty starship pictures!) and "Captain Kirk's Guide to Women" !!!
'Nuff said!
^You're getting the cause and effect backwards. The sales on earlier, more elaborate productions such as tech manuals and encyclopedias were low, so the publisher isn't willing to spring for any more such elaborate productions, so what tech publications we do get are on a smaller scale. So the books you're talking about are an effect of the drop in sales, not a cause.
Damnit, I can't get anything past you, Chris! 
I expect to one day be shouting your name from a supposedly lifeless planet, while our starships orbit and make repairs.
I expect to one day be shouting your name from a supposedly lifeless planet, while our starships orbit and make repairs.
P.s Shouldn't you be writing books instead of correcting me all the time?
I hope you are, because I think your stuff is fantastic! Okay, I know I've gone on record as saying I wasn't a fan of "Greater Than The Sum" (apologies - and it's probably just because I'm not a huge fan of borg stories or big space battles), but Orion's Hounds, Over A Torrent Sea, and The Buried Age are 3 of my top 5 Trek lit (no, I haven't made an actual list). I'm sure it's a fluke, but you just so happen to write exactly what I'm looking for in a trek book - good, fun adventure, with detailed, believable science and "strange, new worlds."
Thanks so much!
I hope you are, because I think your stuff is fantastic! Okay, I know I've gone on record as saying I wasn't a fan of "Greater Than The Sum" (apologies - and it's probably just because I'm not a huge fan of borg stories or big space battles), but Orion's Hounds, Over A Torrent Sea, and The Buried Age are 3 of my top 5 Trek lit (no, I haven't made an actual list). I'm sure it's a fluke, but you just so happen to write exactly what I'm looking for in a trek book - good, fun adventure, with detailed, believable science and "strange, new worlds."
Thanks so much!
Here's the diff thought between the ST ency, and the SW ency: Canon.
Trek is restricted to 5/6 series and 11 movies and has a strict "on screen to be canon" policy. So there's only so much ground you can retread and so many ways to say old things in a new way. Versus SW where everything is in the canon stew, so every time there's an update or a new version of the Ency, there's new stuff to add or old stuffed expand on or seen in a new light.
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