{"id":34374,"date":"2022-01-25T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=34374"},"modified":"2022-01-24T11:48:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T11:48:56","slug":"obverse-books-the-gold-archive-launches-perfect-for-all-star-trek-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2022\/01\/25\/obverse-books-the-gold-archive-launches-perfect-for-all-star-trek-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Obverse Books’ The Gold Archive Launches, Perfect for All Star Trek Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you’re a fan of The Black Archive<\/em>, Obverse Book’s series of monographs about Doctor Who<\/em> stories, then you’ll be excited to hear about a new range from the publishers: The Gold Archive<\/em>, a similar set of essays about the other<\/em> huge sci-fi TV brand, Star Trek<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gold Archive<\/em>‘s release marks 55 years of Star Trek<\/em>. As with the other Archive<\/em> books, these are monographs about individual stories in the Star Trek<\/em> canon \u2013 from the first pilot, The Cage <\/em>to the most recent episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks <\/em>\u2013 looking in detail at particular aspects of each story and how they relate to the whole saga, both in front of and behind the camera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The range is edited by former Star Trek Magazine<\/em> editor Paul Simpson, who also used to be an editor of The Black Archive<\/em>. He says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe aim of the Gold Archive<\/em> books, like their companion series, is to provide the reader with alternate ways of looking at the story in question so when they next watch it, it\u2019s with fresh eyes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, Paul edited my Black Archive<\/em> on The Pandorica Opens\/ The Big Bang<\/em><\/a>, so I know how much thought and care goes into his work. He’s a lovely chap too, so it’s fantastic to hear he’s spearheading this new direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obverse Books publisher Stuart Douglas adds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the obvious next series for us to put under the microscope. We\u2019re all huge fans of the series, and we will apply the same rigorous yet entertaining treatment to Star Trek<\/em> that has been so well-received for Doctor Who, Sapphire and Steel, Dark Skies<\/em>, and many others.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The range has already kicked off, from opposite ends of the Star Trek<\/em> production timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another former Star Trek Magazine<\/em> editor, Brian J. Robb, examines the 1967 story, The Return of the Archons<\/em>, while Hugo Award-nominated podcaster Alasdair Stuart digs deep into the 2019 Star Trek: Discovery<\/em> episode Through the Valley of Shadows<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future releases continue with Nick Joy\u2019s look at the infamous original series third season opener Spock\u2019s Brain<\/em>; Keith R.A. DeCandido\u2019s discussion of the Star Trek: The Next Generation <\/em>sixth season tale Birthright<\/em>; David A. McIntee\u2019s interrogation of Star Trek: Voyager<\/em>\u2019s Living Witness<\/em>; Ina Rae Hark on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/em> two-parter from 1995 Improbable Cause \/ The Die is Cast<\/em>; David R. George III visiting the original series\u2019 The City on the Edge of Forever<\/em>; Ed Fortune meeting DS9\u2019s Little Green Men<\/em>; and Dave Probert finding new life in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covers \u2013 again created by graphic artist Cody Schell \u2013 and a full schedule will be released nearer the time. The books will cost \u00a37.99 in paperback (discounted for orders placed directly via the Obverse website) and \u00a33.99 as ebooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first three are available from Obverse Books<\/a> right now!<\/p>\n

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Meet The Black Archive and The Silver Archive’s sister range!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":".@obversebooks' The Gold Archive Launches, Perfect for All #StarTrek Fans","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[278],"tags":[4387,2699,3639,1338,6746,4581,6745,3188,4354,2353,5504,6744,2770],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Gold-Archive-Trio-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12470,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2017\/10\/13\/coming-soon-dalekese-a-children-in-need-book-from-obverse-books\/","url_meta":{"origin":34374,"position":0},"title":"Coming Soon: Dalekese (A Children In Need Book) From Obverse Books","author":"Andrew Reynolds","date":"13 October 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here\u2019s a question: What language do the Daleks speak? 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