maps 28 cm.Ī very detailed cartographic guide boasting a planet-by-planet, star-by-star guide to every known system in the Star Trek universe as depicted in the Star Trek franchised television programs (Star Trek, Star Trek : the Next Generation, Star Trek : Voyager, Star Trek : Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek : Enterprise) and their movies. In coming weeks online and live at cons I'll be talking about some of the hundreds of snap-decisions on "gap-filling" I made here, at times consulting the think tank when needed-our good friend John van Citters at CBS, and of course under the wrangling of Becker & Mayer editor Dana Youlin, who survived another sprawlingly dense Trek backgrounder after David Goodman's Federation: 150last Christmas, and art editor Rosanna Brockley.Broken link? let us search Trove, the Wayback Machine, or Google for you.ġ atlas (95 p., folded leaves) : col. Sometime I hope to get some thoughts from my old star-map buddy Geof Mandel, who I've worked with on ALL of those projects to one degree or another-and who contributed the "kitchen sink history map" in this set.Įveryone who agonized over the limited book format of "tiny" pages in Geof's 2002 classic Star Trek Star Charts should love our ten varied 2x3-foot posters here-and you even get a LOCATOR INDEX for the main maps, this time around! My guidebook is not as sexy as the maps, but there's a ton of new observations, conclusions, imaginings-and, finally, real sense made of the Dominion War's "astrography,' which turned out to be my biggest single all-new contribution here (aside from figuring out how the heck the Delphic Expanse once fit into local space.) We did a preview at Vegas Trek, and has carried both my thoughts and an interview with artist Ian Fullwood, who tackled six of the maps the magazine and website 3DArt Direct carried an interview with Ali Ries, the other talented artist who completed three of the alien maps ( at right). I first talked about "Maps 2013", my own nickname-as opposed to Maps 1977, Maps 1980, and Maps 2002!- in this Trekland post. But this project is built on the sturdy and well-tested shoulders of those who have gone before we didn't so much re-invent the wheel as come up with some new upholstery fabric, some antique accessories, and all-new foreign materials to make the body out of. And yes, these are couched as being the Top 10 Most Viewed maps at Memory-Alpha-and having 2-D maps in a 3-D century is a bit of stretch. Now, nothing is perfect I know in thousands of data points (and "gap-filling" in lieu of others) there are things we missed, or with a third or fourth voice might have tweaked a little differently. (NOTE: These grabs are made from low-res pdf files actual printing is MUCH sharper.) even general pop culture fans and map fans (yes, map fans). Did you reserve your copy on pre-order? (We'd love it if you used our link-and it's gift season, you know.) I'm just bracing for the reaction from all levels of fandom: canonistas, tech heads, art fans, armchair fans, Klingon fans, DS9 fans ( see photo left), TOS fans.
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