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Hi Woozle. No one has replied. We really aren't THAT rude here. I really don't know much about the FJ stuff - there are others here who know lots about it.
Was FJ just a fan who put stuff out or was he officially hired by Paramount?
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I'm not sure if it was paramount but his work was definatly approved by GR at the time. As for his other work; I think the only thing he did Trekwise is the Starfleet Manual and the Constitution blueprints.
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Heh, thanks for the kind word, AndrewR, but I wasn't looking for a response anyway. There is always a lot of debate over and around FJdesigns stuff and I stumbled over this site, so I posted it for whenever it happens to come in handy.
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It was Joseph's daughter Karen Dick who was the Trekkie. Joseph did his Trek work mainly because of her enthusiasm.
Joseph's Star Trek Blueprints and Star Fleet Technical Manual were indeed done under license from Paramount. However, there's a twist. At the time the work was commissioned, Paramount allowed FJ to copyright both works in his name, rather than in Paramount's. As such, while they had the legal right to distribute them through Ballantine Books, they did not have actual ownership of the material.
A really good set of interviews and commentary that can explain all of this in more detail may be found here.
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I really don't know much about the FJ stuff - there are others here who know lots about it.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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