This incredible Star Trek book won’t be out until November 20th, but if you pre-order now you can save 40% off the list price. At only $59.99, it’s a pretty sweet deal considering all of the stuff you’ll get:
Assembled as a Special Exhibit on Memory Alpha, Star Trek Federation: The First 150 Years celebrates the 150th anniversary of the founding of the United Federation of Planets.
This unprecedented illustrated volume chronicles the pivotal era leading up to Humankind’s First Contact with Vulcan, the Romulan War, the creation of the Federation, and the first 150 years of the intergalactic democracy. Meticulously researched, this account covers a multitude of alien species, decisive battles, and the technology that made the Age of Exploration possible. It includes field sketches, illustrations, and reproductions of historic pieces of art from across the Galaxy, along with over fifty excerpts from key Federation documents and correspondence, Starfleet records, and intergalactic intelligence.
Housed in a pedestal display complete with lights and an audio introduction by Admiral Hikaru Sulu, this deluxe edition also features five removable documents from the Federation Archives, including Zefram Cochrane’s early sketch of the warp-drive engine, a handwritten letter from young Jim Kirk, and the first-known diagram of a Trill symbiont.
Star Trek Federation: The First 150 Years [Hardcover]—$99.99 $59.99 (40% off)
It’s true—there are some things that zombies just can’t stand. With that in mind, you should take care to remember the lessons that the 56 watercolor illustrations in this book teach. Challenging a zombie to a game of dodgeball just might save your life one day.
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What if Darth Vader actually took an active role in his son’s life instead of just being evil? Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown features illustrations showing just what life would be like. Vader would get to do all the normal things dads do like shop for toys, play ball, eat ice cream. I bet the book will be adorable; you’ll be able to take it home on May 4th.
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Knob Creek Metal Arts created a series of steel bookends, which includes dragons, a centaur and designs like a people running from a zombies and aliens in glorious, silhouetted 2D. However, it seems that those zombies and aliens will have to “David Copperfield” through your sci-fi and graphic novel collection to capture their pray.
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What if children’s books were mashed together with popular video games? They’d probably look something like these covers illustrated by Artist H. Caldwell Tanner.
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You know how when you’re reading at a coffee shop or on your lunch break at work, and people don’t always get that you’re enjoying your book and want to be left alone? Well these book covers take care of that problem in a way that your fancy iPad simply can’t. The book specific nerdy ones are fantastic and the “Go away. I’m reading” version after the break is great because it gets right to the point. It also seems nicer than telling people—which I’ve had to do before.
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Star Wars is known for its epic battles. In the films, we see the galaxy in times of war and fighting. We know the universe better this way; we’ve seen little of it in peace. To that end, there’s a new book all about the tactics and strategies from the universe coming out next month: Star Wars: Essential Guide to Warfare by Jason Fry and Paul Urquhart. Besides information about tactics and struggles, the book is going to feature some beautiful artwork. Looking at these impressive paintings makes me fall in love with Star Wars all over again.
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If your baby has already mastered HTML coding, it’s time to move on to CSS, with this 16 page board book that will put your kid on the road to a tech job before he/she knows how to use a toilet.
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Happy New Year, fans of Westeros! George R.R. Martin has shared a sample chapter from the next book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter. This fan is thrilled to get any piece of the book so soon after the July 2011 release of A Dance With Dragons. It was a brutal 5+ year wait between books four and five. Let’s hope book six arrives sooner. In the meantime, you can enjoy the excerpt here. And no, you shouldn’t click if you’re not caught up.
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I’ve admired the cover to The Neverending Story since I first watched the movie. It was ornate, delicate, and lovely. I never owned a copy of it, but thanks to a creative Etsy seller, I can get a similar design to cover my eReader. This makes any eBook feel like a fairy tale. It can fit everything from a Kindle to an iPad.
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