Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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  • Brainspore

    I can’t wait to read up on those Eugenics Wars of the 1990s that plunged the Earth into a new Dark Age, ultimately culminating in the Post-Atomic Horror of the early 21st century.

    • http://grumer.org/ Avram Grumer

      Greg Cox actually wrote that series. It features Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln investigating a secret genetic engineering project, starting in the 1960s. 

      • Brainspore

        So there’s a parallel dimension out there where Gene Roddenberry actually got one of the networks to pick up that spinoff?

  • David Haddad

    They made a mistake in the introduction: they claimed that the Federation was “intergalactic”, but the Federation has no extra-galactic members! This book is ruined! GRAAAH

    • Brainspore

      That claim is contradicted by the Star Trek reboot, which clearly establishes that the Beastie Boys’ “Intergalactic” has since been adopted as the Federation’s official anthem.

    • spejic

      I heard it as intragalactic. And if I never listen to the recording again I will have no reason to think I’m wrong.

  • http://twitter.com/rvitelli Romeo Vitelli

    Haven’t you people been following the new movie?  That 150 years of Federation history came undone because an evil Romulan came from the future and destroyed Vulcan!    How can you claim proper nerd cred without knowing that?  

    • Brainspore

      Time travelers have no regard for public schools’ limited history textbook budgets.

    • http://BrianEaston.net/ Brian Easton

      What happens in a parallel dimension stays in a parallel dimension. 

    • spejic

      THAT NEVER HAPPENED! THAT NEVER HAPPENED! LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA!

      • Andrew Singleton

        *demonic whisper*

        Yes it did.

        ACK! LENS FLAIRS EVERYWHERE!

    • ta2025

      Well then Kirk will just go back further and prevent that Romulan from destroying Vulcan…. by placing a phaser….. “here”.

    • Halloween_Jack

      Your nerd cred is weak. The original continuity is still intact, and the basis for Star Trek Online; the new movie continuity is its own parallel universe.

  • http://twitter.com/writebastard Ian Wood

    A special exhibit in the future is a book?

    I am not in the future. I want an app.

    • Dave Jenkins

      Actually, I find it interesting that, just 3 posts later, we have an obituary about “The Daily” and how ipad apps are inferior news vehicles compared to the web (to say nothing of printed books) for reference.

      Memory Alpha is one of the biggest most active fan-wikis on the web.  It’s doing its job.  This (released just in time for Christmas) looks to be the gift to give the trekkie in your family, if only until it winds up as another plastic tchochkie and jam-smeared book to find in Goodwill 6 years from now (or: find them still wrapped in plastic going for 3x the retail price at ComicCons).

  • K-9

    Nice looking book, but I’m still trying to figure out why it ships with a Roomba.

    • TheOven

       Talking Roomba!
      I would pay someone money if they could change the default voice of my Roomba to Sulu.

  • webstu

    Nice table!

  • http://profiles.google.com/stephen.schenck Stephen Schenck

    I bet if that were in 1080p we could have just read the whole thing from the flip-through.

    As soon as Mark opened the book, I realized how nice a design that pedestal is for a book display stand. I wonder if there’s something like it out there, but adjustable for different sizes.

  • bobcorrigan

    My first thought upon starting the movie was, “Why are they letting a Wookie open the box?”  Gosh Almighty, the Box Opener has some Hairy Arms.

    • Mark_Frauenfelder

      When I saw the video I took a look at my arms. Boy, they are hairy!

      • bobcorrigan

        Yes, I know it’s ironic comment from someone with a greater ape as an avatar.  No Offense Intended.  It is Good to be Optimized for Cold.

      • Antinous / Moderator

        It’s the foreshortening density effect.  Used to great effect in some, er, genre films.

  • http://www.facebook.com/pixel.smithy Pixel Smithy

    Nice! I’ve got the entire set (all Covers) of the Paramount “Star Trek, The Magazine” available, if anyone is interested in a great gift for someone.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/sets/72157629553963986/

  • Halloween_Jack

    I don’t really have room for this in my budget right now, but damn does that look sexy. I think that I may end up gifting myself instead with the Haynes manual for the Bird of Prey.

  • eobanb

    Just checked out the images on Amazon…too bad Arial is still in use in the distant future?