Through the actions of their captains and crews, countless starships have taken on that role. Here we remember some of those ships and their heroic crews. In celebration of one of science fiction's most beloved franchises, this updated edition of the acclaimed Ships of the Line hardcover collection now includes dozens of additional images brought together for the first time in book format—spectacular renderings featured in the highly successful Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendar series.
With text by Star Trek's own Michael Okuda, the story of each of these valiant starships now comes to life. All Rights Reserved.
Available for the first time in easily framed, high-quality prints, these highly collectible works by fan-favorite artists depict iconic Star Trek ships and vessels in battle and exploring the cosmos, bringing to vivid life dynamic scenes from the history of sci-fi's most enduring franchise in celebration of Star Trek.
Twenty-four ready-to-display prints by some of the industry's most accomplished and recognized artists showcase the U. Enterprise, Klingon Birds of Prey, and other famous Federation ships from nearly a half century of Star Trek television series, films, games, and novels. Bateson, as a man from the 23rd century living in the 24th, sees what no-one else can see: that the Klingon Empire is building its forces and preparing to strike against the Federation once more.
Seizing his chance, Bateson takes the USS Enterprise on a mission to counter the Klingon threat, only to be thwarted by his enemy, a Klingon who has nursed a personal grudge against him for decades. And standing in the way of Bateson's scheme and the Klingon's plan is Captain Jean-Luc Picard who is faced with the toughest decision of his career: whether to take back command of the USS Enterprise or to let the torch pass to yet another next generation.
TheStar Trek: Ships of the Line Wall Calendargives Star Trek fans something they can't get anywhere else: fourteen pieces of Star Trek art--created exclusively for the calendar--centered around one of the most fascinating and exciting components of the Star Trek universe, its ships. Displaying amazing artistry, dramatic depictions of Star Trek's ships, and featuring a horizontal, panoramic format, this calendar is highly sought after and eagerly anticipated.
Pocket Books Authorized User. This book provides a wide-range of Star Trek treasures you can appreciate whether you're a devoted Trekkie or a novice collector of this epic American science-fiction franchise. Then the pages of this spectacular guide, you'll discover more than 1, color photos including memorabilia direct from Paramount Studios warehouses.
In addition, you'll enjoy chapters covering more than 40 years of Star Trek action figures, lunch boxes, games, pins, posters, uniforms, original scripts and countless other items, all with identifying details and current market values.
Last year's smash addition to the Star Trek calendars. Clear all moorings, one-half impulse power and set course for a mare incognitum This book re-historicizes and remaps the origins of the franchise and subsequently the entirety of its fictional world—the Star Trek continuum—on an as yet uncharted transatlantic bearing. Available for the first time in easily framed, high-quality prints, these highly collectible works by fan-favorite artists depict iconic Star Trek ships and vessels in battle and exploring the cosmos, bringing to vivid life dynamic scenes from the history of sci-fi's most enduring franchise in celebration of Star Trek.
Twenty-four ready-to-display prints by some of the industry's most accomplished and recognized artists showcase the U. Enterprise, Klingon Birds of Prey, and other famous Federation ships from nearly a half century of Star Trek television series, films, games, and novels.
Bateson, as a man from the 23rd century living in the 24th, sees what no-one else can see: that the Klingon Empire is building its forces and preparing to strike against the Federation once more. Seizing his chance, Bateson takes the USS Enterprise on a mission to counter the Klingon threat, only to be thwarted by his enemy, a Klingon who has nursed a personal grudge against him for decades. And standing in the way of Bateson's scheme and the Klingon's plan is Captain Jean-Luc Picard who is faced with the toughest decision of his career: whether to take back command of the USS Enterprise or to let the torch pass to yet another next generation.
TheStar Trek: Ships of the Line Wall Calendargives Star Trek fans something they can't get anywhere else: fourteen pieces of Star Trek art--created exclusively for the calendar--centered around one of the most fascinating and exciting components of the Star Trek universe, its ships. Displaying amazing artistry, dramatic depictions of Star Trek's ships, and featuring a horizontal, panoramic format, this calendar is highly sought after and eagerly anticipated.
Pocket Books Authorized User. Last year's smash addition to the Star Trek calendars. This book provides a wide-range of Star Trek treasures you can appreciate whether you're a devoted Trekkie or a novice collector of this epic American science-fiction franchise. Then the pages of this spectacular guide, you'll discover more than 1, color photos including memorabilia direct from Paramount Studios warehouses. In addition, you'll enjoy chapters covering more than 40 years of Star Trek action figures, lunch boxes, games, pins, posters, uniforms, original scripts and countless other items, all with identifying details and current market values.
Through four decades, five television series comprising over seven hundred episodes, ten feature films, and an animated series, fandom's thirst for more Star Trek stories has been unquenchable. From the earliest short-story adaptations by James Blish in the s, followed by the first original Star Trek novels during the seventies, and on throughout the eighties, nineties, and into the twenty-first century, fiction has offered an unparalleled expansion of the rich Star Trek tapestry.
But what is it that makes these books such a powerfully attractive creative outlet to some and a compelling way to experience the Star Trek mythos anew to others?
Voyages of Imagination takes a look back on the first forty years of professionally published Star Trek fiction, revealing the personalities and sensibilities of many of the novels' imaginative contributors and offering an unprecedented glimpse into the creative processes, the growing pains, the risks, the innovations, the missteps, and the great strides taken in the books.
Author Jeff Ayers has immersed himself in nearly six hundred books and interviewed more than three hundred authors and editors in order to compile this definitive guide to the history and evolution of an incomparable publishing phenomenon.
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