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I've got no problem with Trek novels being read, even in mass numbers. It's just the fact that they're more popular than...well, I am not a cultural elitist (Or rather, I am, and I hate myself.) I just wish some of the amazingly amazing books published each year would get purchased by wider audiences too. Like, say, for each copy of "The Nanotech War" you'd get a copy of "The Diamond Age" too.
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Still, there is something alarming about an entire bookshelf of books being devoted to such a dull and dying franchise. One could say the same thing about Star Wars too...which rates "merely" half a bookshelf. One wonders if we'll ever see a book entitled "The Decline and Fall of the Star Trek Empire"
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Well, the time being late, and I tired, I'll skip my more lengthy internal discussion of social trends, the general link between the health of media-tie ins to the actual media, and such.
I'll just point out quickly that even basic economics do not preclude the possibility of an oversupplied market, or an overextended franchise.
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Mark: You mention that Mojo has been trying, on and off, to work something out with Pocket Books. Wouldn't it help the cause if we could organize a letter writing campaign in support of the book? Do you know if Mojo has tried any other avenues for getting "Unseen Frontiers" out? What about serializing it in "Star Trek The Magazine". I would be interested to hear your thoughts.
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Hey, Mark, why do YOU think Pocket is so skittish on non-novel Trek books? Is it really sales, or is something else going on in the background...if it was just sales, wouldn't they just say so up front (like they have repeatedly on the Tech Manual/Encyclopedia update issue)?
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Darkwing_Duck1's thoughts echo my own. It seems like there is something more involved than just sales when it comes to this book. I would very much like to organize a write-in/email campaign across many of the Trek websites (TrekToday, TrekWeb, AITC, Psi Phi, etc.) in support of Unseen Frontiers. My concern, however, is that there is more to the situation than has been made public. For example, Pocket Books, and editor Margaret Clark in particular, do not respond to any questions about the book posted on the Simon & Schuster Star Trek forum.
Marco Palmieri has even posted the following: "There's no course of action to recommend. As far as I know, the fact that there are fans who want such a book has never been in question."
Again, a question to any who might know, what can be done to save Unseen Frontier?
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I just could be arsed looking it up. Sean/Mark they're both monosyllabic! 
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