Star Trek Star Charts

Other friends who I would like to single out for humoring and supporting me over the years are Anthony Fredrickson, Larry Nemecek, Paul Newitt, and Leonard Sulogowski. Ron Barlow and Jeff Maynard were the two people who convinced me that I was capable of writing a book in the first place. Thanks to Margaret Clark at Pocket Books for her infinite patience. The software geniuses behind Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, CorelDraw, Corel PhotoPaint, Flaming Pear's Lunar Cell and Starry Night Pro gave this book its dazzle. Christian Ruhl's remarkable website on Star Trek cartography was my touchstone. The databases of stars and planets created by D. Joseph Creighton, Manoel L. Gouveia, and Steven Sigley were more than appreciated. As a reader I was inspired by Shane Johnson's The Worlds of the Federation, vastly enjoyed Bjo Trimble's Star Trek Concordance, but Franz Joseph's blueprints and technical manual set the standard for me. I hope this book lives up to them. My countless thanks to my father for genetically instilling in me a love of things military and scientific, my mother for raising me to believe that I could do anything I chose to, and my grandfather for putting a paintbrush in my hand and showing me how to use it. Most of all, thanks to my family and friends for their unconditional love and support: Peter Mandel, Jenny Mandel, Kathy Mandel, Adam Deixel, Isabel Deixel, Sophie Deixel, Adina Lerner, Marian Taylor, and Joe Bauer. The collaboration continues... Geoffrey Mandel October 2002.Mandel, Geoffrey is the author of 'Star Trek Star Charts', published 2002 under ISBN 9780743437707 and ISBN 0743437705.