Star Wars: A Long Time Ago Vol. 2 – Dark Encounters

Star Wars: A Long Time AgoDark Horse Comics publishes its second collection of reprints of the classic late-1970s Marvel Comics, Star Wars: A Long Time Ago, Vol. 2 – Dark Encounters, primarily consisting of original stories preceding the comics adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back. Read more

Doctor Who: The New Audio Adventures – The Inside Story

The New Audio Adventures - The Inside StoryBig Finish Productiions publishes the hardcover non-fiction book Doctor Who: The New Audio Adventures – The Inside Story by Benjamin Cook, a history of the series of licensed Doctor Who audio plays and audio spinoffs that the company has been producing since 1999; the book is timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Doctor Who. Read more

We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race

Smithsonian Books publishes General Thomas Stafford’s non-fictional memoir of his time in NASA, “We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race“, co-written with Michael Cassutt. The book details Stafford’s involvement in several NASA missions, from the Gemini program through the high-profile flights of Apollo 10 to the moon and the international Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission. Read more

Light This Candle: The Life & Times of Alan Shepard

Crown Books publishes Neal Thompson’s non-fictional biography, “Light This Candle: The Life & Times of Alan Shepard“, chronicling the life and career of Alan B. Shepard, the first of the Mercury astronauts to reach space, and the only veteran of the Mercury program to later walk on the moon despite medical issues that nearly ended his spaceflight career. Read more

Boarding The Enterprise

Boarding The EnterpriseBenbella Books releases the non-fiction Star Trek essay anthology “Boarding The Enterprise”, edited by and featuring contributions from David Gerrold. Other contributors include Norman Spinrad, D.C. Fontana, Paul Levinson and Eric Greene. (theLogBook.com webmaster Earl Green aided with this book’s fact-checking and editing.) Read more

Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story

Homesteading SpaceThe University of Nebraska Press publishes Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story, a comprehensive history of the American Skylab space station program written by David Hitt and Skylab astronauts Owen Garriott, Joe Kerwin, and Alan Bean. The book is part of University of Nebraska Press’ Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight series. Read more