Virgin Publishing releases the 23rd Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures novel, Killing Ground by Steve Lyons, featuring the TARDIS team of the sixth Doctor and Grant Markham. 
Virgin Publishing releases the 23rd Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures novel, Killing Ground by Steve Lyons, featuring the TARDIS team of the sixth Doctor and Grant Markham.
Virgin Publishing releases the hardcover non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Eighties by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, and Stephen James Walker, a coffee table book covering the final decade of the 20th century series.
Virgin Books publishes the non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Handbook by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker, offering a detailed inside look at the tenure of the late Jon Pertwee as the third Doctor.
Virgin Books publishes the non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Nth Doctor by Jean-Marc Lofficier, detailing the development – including abandoned scripts and storylines – that led from proposals to a never-made Doctor Who theatrical movie to the 1996 TV movie starring Paul McGann.
Pocket Books releases the Star Trek non-fiction book “Star Trek Phase II: The Lost Series”, written by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens, detailing the extent of the pre-production efforts that Paramount and Gene Roddenberry put into a 1970s revival of the original Star Trek that ultimately went unmade.
Virgin Publishing releases the 60th book in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures range, Lungbarrow by Marc Platt.
Virgin Books publishes the non-fiction book Blake’s 7: The Inside Story by Joe Nazzaro and Sheelagh Wells, chronicling the 1978-81 BBC space opera (on which Wells was part of the makeup department).
Virgin Publishing releases the 61st book in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures range, Lance Parkin’s The Dying Days. This is the first and only book in the series to feature the eighth Doctor introduced in the previous year’s TV movie, and marks the end of Virgin’s Doctor Who license, as BBC Books has brought the license in-house in the wake of the 1996 movie. The New Adventures books will continue with no direct Doctor Who references and focusing on the original character of Dr. Bernice Summerfield.
Little & Brown publishes J.C. Herz’s non-fictional analysis of the video game industry, “Joystick Nation“. The books is a series of essays on the origins, appeal, marketing and interpretation of video games, often from an academic and sociological perspective. A TV documentary project based on the book is announced at a later date, but never enters production.
Dell Books releases the Babylon 5 novel “To Dream In The City Of Sorrows“, written by Kathryn M. Drennan (also writer of the first season B5 episode By Any Means Necessary). The book chronicles the life of Commander Sinclair following his departure from Babylon 5, his arrival on Minbar, and his eventual rise to the position of Entil’Zha – leader of the Rangers. The novel fills in many gaps left in Sinclair’s story on television, and is considered an official part of the show’s storyline.
Baen Books publishes the seventh novel in the Honor Harrington series, “In Enemy Hands” by David Weber.
Ballantine Books releases a slightly revised American edition of David Bassom’s non-fiction behind-the-scenes book “Creating Babylon 5“, originally published in 1996 in the UK. The book features an introduction by series creator J. Michael Straczynski, extensive interviews with the show’s cast and crew, brief episode synopses, and numerous photos. A sticker is affixed to the cover after printing (but before nationwide distribution) to remind purchasers that the series is moving to cable network TNT in 1998.
Virgin Books publishes the non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Second Doctor Handbook by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, and Stephen James Walker, offering a detailed inside look at the tenure of the late Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor.
Unrelated to the movie of the same name, Marc Cerasini’s original novel Godzilla 2000 is published by Random House.
Boston Books releases the Star Trek non-fiction book “Trek Navigator”, written by Mark Altman and Edward Gross.
Del Rey publishes the first volume of Jane Killick’s behind-the-scenes chronicle of the sci-fi TV series, Babylon 5: Signs And Portents, with a foreword by series star Michael O’Hare.
Pocket Books releases the non-fiction behind-the-scenes book “Star Trek: Voyager: A Vision Of The Future” by Stephen Edward Poe. (In 1968, under the pseudonym Stephen Whitfield, Poe co-authored the original “Making Of Star Trek” with Gene Roddenberry).
Baen Books publishes the eighth novel in the Honor Harrington series, “Echoes Of Honor” by David Weber.
Pocket Books releases the “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual”, written and illustrated by the series’ art and design staff members.
Pocket Books releases the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel “The Dominion War, Book One: Behind Enemy Lines”, written by John Vornholt.
Virgin Books publishes the non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor Handbook by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker, offering a detailed inside look at the tenure of Sylvester McCoy as the seventh Doctor, with additional material about the 1996 TV movie starring Paul McGann as the eighth Doctor.
Lone Eagle Books releases the Star Trek non-fiction book “The Music of Star Trek”, written by Jeff Bond.
Lone Eagle publishes the non-fiction book The Music Of Star Trek by Jeff Bond, covering the history of the music scores from Star Trek television shows and movies, featuring interviews with many of the franchise’s composers.
Baen Books publishes the ninth novel in the Honor Harrington series, “Ashes Of Victory” by David Weber.
Pocket Books releases the non-fiction behind-the-scenes book “The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion”, written by Terry J. Erdmann & Paula M. Block.
HarperCollins publishes the non-fiction book Doctor Who: Regeneration by Philip Segal with Gary Russell; the book serves primarily as Segal’s memoir of his long struggle to bring Doctor Who to American airwaves, resulting only in the 1996 TV movie starring Paul McGann.
BWD Press prints the non-fiction book The First Quarter: A 25-Year History Of Video Games by Steven L. Kent, chronicling the early history of the video game industry. This book will be reprinted at a later date under a different name, The Ultimate History Of Video Games.
Pocket Books releases the post-TV-series sequel novel “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Avatar, Book One”, written by S.D. Perry.
Running Press publishes John Sellers’ non-fictional recap of the video game industry’s early landmark titles, “Arcade Fever” (initially announced as “Arcade Planet”). Focusing almost entirely on coin-op games from the 1970s and 1980s, and illustrated with emulator screen shots and game cabinet artwork, the book is subtitled “The Fan’s Guide to the Golden Age of Video Games”. Its irreverent tone is less scholarly than some of the other books on the same topic published around this time.
Dark Horse Comics publishes its first collection of reprints of the classic late-1970s Marvel Comics, Star Wars: A Long Time Ago, Vol. 1 – Doomworld, including the original six-part film adaptation and the further non-movie adventures that predated The Empire Strikes Back.