Picador publishes the non-fiction book Chasing New Horizons: Inside The Epic First Mission To Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon, an insider’s-view history of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto.
Picador publishes the non-fiction book Chasing New Horizons: Inside The Epic First Mission To Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon, an insider’s-view history of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto.
Former Atari game designer and programmer Howard Scott Warshaw self-publishes his memoir, Once Upon Atari: How I Made History By Killing An Industry.
The University Of Florida Press publishes the non-fiction book Picturing The Space Shuttle: The Early Years by John Bisney and J.L. Pickering, a photographic history of the development and earliest launches of NASA’s Space Shuttle program.
Ten Acre Films publishes the non-fiction book The Long Game: 1996-2003 – The Inside Story of How the BBC Brought Back Doctor Who by Paul Hayes. The book covers the BBC’s numerous attempts to revive Doctor Who between the one-off 1996 TV movie and the series’ return in 2005.
Santa Monica Press publishes Warren Davis’ career memoir, “Creating Q*Bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games“. Davis recalls his work on such ’80s and ’90s arcade games as Q*Bert, Exterminator, Terminator 2, and Revolution X, as well as numerous games and game concepts that never saw the light of day.
Telos Publishing releases To Everything That Might Have Been: The Lost Universe Of Space: 1999, a non-fiction book by David Hirsch (Starlog Magazine) and Robert E. Wood, incorporating material by Christopher Penfold, about the Gerry Anderson-produced 1970s sci-fi TV series.
Applause publishes Steve Kozak’s non-fiction book A Disturbance In The Force: How And Why The Star Wars Holiday Special Happened, a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the cultural, legal, and technical hurdles that led to the infamous 1978 variety special often considered one of the Star Wars franchise’s lowest moments. The book is a companion to the documentary film of the same name, with which the author was also involved.
Jonathan Helm’s unofficial non-fiction book Blake’s 7 Production Diary: Series A, intensively covering the creation, gestation and production of the first season of the BBC sci-fi series, is self-published.
McFarland publishes the non-fiction book The Star Wars Radio Dramas: Brian Daley and the Serialization That Saved NPR by Maria Jose Tenuto and John Tenuto, briefly tracing the history of public radio in the United States and then focusing on the outsized role that NPR’s 1980s Star Wars radio dramas played in helping to establish a firmer financial footing for the network.
Roundel Books publishes the non-fiction book Go Figure by Richard Lloyd, a detailed chronicle of every figure released in Character Options’ two decades of producing Doctor Who action figures, initially for the BBC’s 21st century revival of the TV series but eventually adding many characters from the 20th century run as well.