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First of Two
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Sad but true. According to their website, the April 2003 issue will be the last.

http://www.gefabbri.co.uk/startrek/index.html

[ December 18, 2002, 09:01: Message edited by: First of Two ]

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TSN
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Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but I don't see where it says that.
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deadcujo
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"IMPORTANT NOTICE:

The April 2003 issue of Star Trek the Magazine will be the last. You will still be able to purchase back issues after this date but there will be no more new issues."

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Picard: Mr. Crusher, what's our maximum speed this week?
Wesley: [checking manual] Uh, 9.4, sir.
Picard: Very good. Take us to Warp 9.8 then.
Wesley: Aye, sir. Warp 9.2 it is.

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darkwing_duck1
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Typical...first no new Encyclopedia or Chronology updates, now they take away the Magazine...us "background info" people CAN'T win!
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Mucus
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Hmmm, no reason given. Anyone actually know what it is? Low revenue?
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AndrewR
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Maybe if they released it OUTSIDE of the US - they'd have some more business!?!

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Dat
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Maybe if they had lowered there price, it would have done better.

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Bernd
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No Voyager TM, no Fact Files, no Magazine.

Seems they cut off any supplies of canon stuff we need.

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Aban Rune
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With Enterprise being a fairly small ship and with so many main features having been worked out by the designers... maybe we'll get an "NX Class Technical Manual"...

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Hobbes
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I like the ST:TM always a good source for my site. I love the starship concept art sections. Sadly I haven't been able to keep up to date with issues anyway.

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Harry
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AAAAAARGH!!!

I don't know what to say. After all I did to get this mag delivered to me (in the Netherlands).. and just as it was getting better. I really enjoyed it. Especially the new technical articles from Sternbach.

I can never forgive them.. for the death of my boy.

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Aban Rune
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My guess is that several things contirbuted to this.

1. Lack of sales
2. Lack of new info to use to write about
3. With Fact Files ending their run, they may have lost a source of their ilustration work.

Just a guess.

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newark
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A creative team with assistance from current and former Star Trek production crew could have done many more articles. They could have written speculative pieces on what life is like for non-Starfleet members or the political structure of the Federation. There was so much beyond starships and background information.

I agree with Aban Rune's reasons. However, I would like to modify one of his reasons to fan disinterest in the franchise as a consequence of uninteresting and uninvolving stories leading to a general disinterest in the franchise and any product tied to this being adversely affected.

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TSN
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Either I'm going crazy, you're all going crazy, or we're not seeing the same Web site, because I still don't see that on there...
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Austin Powers
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I can't see it either.
But I don't care anyway. I loved all your scans from that magazine and always got madly jealous at not being able to buy it here. So, can't be helped, they should have released it in more countries than just the US...serves them right if they have to cancel it because of lack of sales.

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