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I think it would be a good idea to e-mail them and see what kind of response we get. I'll try to do it when my boss isn't looking. Sadly though, I can't see them changing their production plans based on the some fans' yammering. Of course, we're really the people they SHOULD be listening to when it comes to what the fans want to see. But hey, that's the way it works I guess.
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I think some time ago Rick Sternbach said a book about *all* ships would be less likely than a book on the major ships only or maybe a Voyager TM. Could it Pocket Books already changed their minds?
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OK, I gotta say, I want a Voyager Tech manuel. I want to see what all those big windows on the underside of the ship are for and I WANT to see the dropship. Does anybody have any info on that dropship? I know it appears partially cutaway in the Voyager cutaway poster.
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Pocket Books is being cryptic about it. Aside from confirming that a big book of starships was not a verbotten idea, they just say that several tech. books are being "discussed". So we shall see.
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Why all the negative attitude - we're the ones who live and breath this stuff... OK they can scoff and call us all no life freaks - but then I don't see them employing anyone who lives and breathes it as much as us... I mean - what would it hurt them to ask a few questions - or ask for what we would like to see... companies do that all the time to see what product they should produce... and we wouldn't have to get paid - just a name in the acknowledgements page would be enough like the Encyclopaedia...
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Hm. We should probably elect a representative or two to go over there and encourage them to tell whoever's assigned to write the Starship Book to check out some of our concepts.
I would nominate RW (what, this surprises you?) and.. um.. Oh, crud, I can't remember who designed the Sentinel. Lee, was that you? Oh, and Frank, just to have someone on the team to balance the exuberance.
(There's a starship name... NCC-74302, USS Exuberance.)
I'd nominate Cargile, too, but he seems to be MIA and he never posted my ships. *SIGH*
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You couldn't be more right, Andrew. I wouldn't hesitate working/assisting on an "official" book for free. The knowledge that the job was done right is all. An acknowledgement would be nice, though
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This would be the ideal opportunity to present them our ASDB designs of the obscure ships (Andromeda, Merced, Renaissance and such). They would be all for free. Frankly, I don't expect them to accept *any* advice from fans.
------------------ "When diplomacy fails, there's only one alternative - violence. Force must be applied without apology. It's the Starfleet way." A somewhat different Janeway in VOY: "Living Witness" Ex Astris Scientia
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My latest intelligence on 2000 Book releases is notable for having REMOVED a reference to a Starship manual.. Instead we find a mysterious entry for a "Technical Calendar 2001" on sale in Aug 2000.
WTF?
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First of Two: I just spoke to Cargile, actually...he says that he recently moved, and your ships are still at his old place, but he'll try to get them ASAP. Patience, patience.
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Remember the good old days when the first TMs came out and we were thrilled with the information? We didn't have fits over its canon-ness or if it agreed with the show, we were just happy with it. I miss those days.
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Not ever having any non-canon reference book, my first contact was with the Encyclopedia I. I was so happy about it I believed nearly everything. Lucky days.
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like the Encyclopaedia...
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