The Star Trek Encyclopedia getting first update since 1999!

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  1. F. King Daniel

    F. King Daniel Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    They also call the KT D4 bird of prey/fighter a "battle cruiser" for some odd reason.
     
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    In the assignment earth entry Barbara Bouchetwas credited as the Beta-5 voice. The Beta-5 entry cites Majel. One entry needs correction.
     
  4. Novak Senkovic

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    Well that's dissapointing, I wish I knew this before I chose to order my copy.
     
  5. Starfleet Engineer

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    Is there a complete list of the mistakes of the previous edition somewhere? Is there a list of mistakes from the new edition?

    Is it known if a paperback version of the new two volume encyclopedia will be released?
     
  6. publiusr

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    After Discovery airs no doubt.
     
  7. Extrocomp

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    If Michael Okuda ever announces a fifth edition of the Star Trek Encyclopedia, maybe we could send him a list of the previous edition's mistakes. It looks like no one bothered to do that when the fourth edition was announced.

    Is Michael Okuda easy to contact?
     
  8. Idran

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    Are you sure it's more likely that in over a decade not a single Star Trek fan (who are well known about being notoriously picky when it comes to errors) ever happened to talk to Okuda about mistakes in the major reference book he compiled than that Okuda was aware of them and simply focused on adding new information rather than correcting existing?
     
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  9. F. King Daniel

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    He's on Facebook, and usually happy to reply to queries. I asked him about the incorrect USS Kelvin plaque registry number and he told me that was how it was on the art provided by the ST'09 set designer.
     
  10. Novak Senkovic

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    He only replied once to my question. also, what incorrect Kelvin dedication plaque?
     
  11. F. King Daniel

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    The number on the plaque in the Ency is incorrect. It reads NCC-0154 when it should be NCC-0514.
     
  12. Novak Senkovic

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    where does the correct number come from?
     
  13. F. King Daniel

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    The hull of the ship. It's also JJ Abrams' grandfather Kelvin's birthday (05/14)
     
  14. Miku

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    The Star Trek Encyclopedia that came out in 2016 has been "temporarily out of stock" in literally everywhere for a long time now. I've been checking it every now and then for the past 4 months or so, but it just isn't available. Is there any reason to this? Has it been discontinued?
     
  15. Brefugee

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    All the copies that were published haven been sold in the places you've been checking and no new ones have come in from the sounds of it.
     
  16. Miku

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    So was this a limited edition item that will no longer be printed?
     
  17. DonIago

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    ...if so, I should probably take better care of my copy. :p
     
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    Yeah. It's a little weird though, as all of the shops clearly state "temporarily out of stock". It's also a little strange, because normally these types of books are not limited in the sense that they're out of print a year or so after their release, as this was released in late 2016.
     
  19. Laura Cynthia Chambers

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    Could it be that because of Discovery, they're halting sales of the encyclopedia until the series has finished its first season so that they can include details from that show?
     
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  20. F. King Daniel

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    Considering all the retconning going on in DSC, that'd be a heck of a task.