MIT Press publishes the non-fiction book Racing The Beam: The Atari Video Computer System by Nick Montfort & Ian Bogost, a technically-oriented overview of the historic home video game system. 
MIT Press publishes the non-fiction book Racing The Beam: The Atari Video Computer System by Nick Montfort & Ian Bogost, a technically-oriented overview of the historic home video game system.
IDW Publishing releases the collected trade paperback edition of its four-issue Star Trek comic miniseries “Countdown”. This story ties the post Star Trek: Nemesis 24th century in to the plot of the 2009 J.J. Abrams Star Trek film.
The University of Nebraska Press publishes Ambassadors From Earth: Pioneering Explorations With Unmanned Spacecraft, a comprehensive history of American robotic outer solar system missions written by Jay Gallentine. The book is part of University of Nebraska Press’ Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight series.
Greenleaf publishes Mike Smith’s book Warnings: The True Story Of How Science Tamed The Weather, serving both as a history of severe weather forecasting in the U.S. and the evolution of the modern-day watch/warning system, and Smith’s memoir about his weather-related business ventures.
The trade paperback collection of the comic Tron: Betrayal is published, bridging the gap between the movies Tron and Tron Legacy.
theLogBook.com releases its first book, VWORP!1 by Earl Green. Spanning nearly 400 pages, the book covers Doctor Who on TV from 1963 through 2011, with an emphasis on story threads that hold “classic” Who (1963-1989) and “new” Who (2005-present) together. The book makes its “live” debut at the 2012 Oklahoma Video Gaming Exhibition (OVGE) in Tulsa a few days later; an ebook version is released at a later date.
The first of a series of Doctor Who shorts, starring Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill, is made available on the BBC Red Button service. Five shorts in total are made available on a daily basis as a build-up to Asylum Of The Daleks.
Bloomsbury Academic publishes Paul Atkinson’s well-illustrated non-fiction book Delete: A Design History of Computer Vapourware, detailing never-made hardware platforms from computer manufacturers both well-known and obscure.
The University of Nebraska Press publishes Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986–2011, a comprehensive history of the American Space Shuttle program written by Rick Houston. The book is part of University of Nebraska Press’ Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight series.
The University of Nebraska Press publishes Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986, a comprehensive history of the development and early flights of the American Space Shuttle program written by David Hitt and Heather R. Smith. The book is part of University of Nebraska Press’ Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight series.
Schiffer publishes The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987 by Brett Weiss.
Dutton Books publishes The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty Year Voyager Mission, Prof. Jim Bell’s history of NASA’s Voyager mission to the outer solar system and beyond.
Abrams Books publishes Star Wars: The Original Topps Trading Card Series, Volume One by Gary Gerani, which both reproduces and reviews every card in the Topps trading card set chronicling the first Star Wars film.
Not Lame Media publishes Craig Dorfman’s non-fiction book Brighter Day: A Jellyfish Story, a biography of the power pop band’s collective career and its individual members.
The non-fiction book Fallen Down: Heartache & Compassion in Undertale by Joel Couture is published as party of a StoryBundle release.
Schiffer publishes David L. Craddock’s non-fictional collection of essays on the stories and creators behind Apple II computer games, “Break Out: How The Apple II Launched The PC Gaming Revolution “. The book profiles the creators and the stories behind such popular titles as Ultima, The Oregon Trail, Pinball Construction Set, Wizardry, Zork, Lode Runner, and more.
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.
Anderson Entertainment publishes the Space: 1999 Moonbase Alpha Technical Operations Manual, a glossy, large-format coffee table book detailing the technical specifications of Space: 1999’s settings, vehicles, weapons, uniforms, and more.
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.
Big Finish Productions publishes the novel The Worlds of Blake’s 7: The Clone Masters – The Rule Of Death by Trevor Baxendale, a continuation of the television episode Weapon. (Big Finish also makes an audiobook available, read by Glynis Barber.)
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.
Ten Acre Films publishes