Hmm...Here's a surprise.

I recently became aware that Franz Joseph's Starfleet Technical Manual had recently been reprinted. Apparently so for the 40th anniversary of Star Trek. Initially this struck me as strange since I'd heard long ago that Roddenberry had repudiated its canonicity around the time TNG was starting out, but I guess with the big anniversary everything Trek is getting reprinted. This was a book I first saw in the 80s but never got a copy myself. In the 90s I saw it again from the time usually in glass cases with price tags of $60 and up. Originally the Starfleet Technical Manual was published in 1975. It's a book I've heard about for several details. As I understand it, it was something of a bible for hardcore Trek fans in the 70s. It's also the basis for the license for Starfleet Battles and its spin-off games. I've never been a hardcore Star Trek fan but I've always been curious so when I learned it had been reprinted last September and saw that Amazon had it for $12.21 I decided now was the time to get it. It should be interesting to see. I'll probably post something more about it once I've had a good look at it.

Bye for now.