My Special Effects Book Collection

This web page catalogs all of my special effects books, manuals, and other commercially available material that I have collected through the years. Some of this material is over twenty years old and is probably now considered collectors items.

Terms:

TESB - The Empire Strikes Back
ROTJ - The Return of the Jedi
TPM - The Phantom Menace
STNG - Star Trek Next Generation
ILM - Industrial Light and Magic

Maps

• Star Trek - The United Federation of Planets
  Charts A-D, 41" x 29", circa 1980
  These maps where exhibited in the Air & Space museum during the Star Trek Exhibit in 1992.

Blueprints

• Star Trek - U.S.S Constitution Class (U.S.S. Enterprise), 12 sheets, circa 1973
• Star Trek - U.S.S. Avenger Class (U.S.S. Reliant), 6 sheets, circa 1983
• Star Trek - U.S.S Enterprise - D, 13 sheets, circa 1996
• Star Trek - The Motion Picture, 14 sheets, circa 1980
• 2001 A Space Odyssey - Orion III Passenger Vehicle, side view, 1 sheet, circa 1978
• Battlestar Galactica - The Battlestar Galactica, side view, 1 sheet, circa 1979
• Silent Running - Valley Forge, side view, 1 sheet, circa 1979

Technical Manuals

• Space 1999 - Moonbase Alpha Technical Notebook, circa 1977
• Star Trek - ST:TNG Technical Manual 1991
• Star Trek - The Star Fleet Technical Manual, circa 1986
• Star Wars - Star Wars Technical Journal Volume 2, circa 1994
• Star Wars - Star Wars Technical Journal Volume 3, circa 1994
• Star Trek - ST:DS9 Technical Manual, circa 1998
• Babylon 5 - Security Manual, circa 1998
• Star Wars - Incredible Cross-sections, circa 1998
• Star Wars - Episode I Incredible Cross-sections, circa 1999

Photonovels

• Alien Movie Novel, circa 1979
• Battlestar Galactica, circa 1979
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, circa 1979
• Outland The Movie Novel, circa 1981
• Star Trek The Motion Picture, circa 1980
• Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan, circa 1982
• Topps TESB Widevision Trading Cards, circa 1995
• Topps ROTJ Widevision Trading Cards, circa 1995

Books/Magazines

• Cinefex - Magazine, Issues #1, #2, #20, #53 - Current
• Encyclopedia Galactica, circa 1979
• Famous Spaceships of Fact and Fiction, circa 1980
• Future - Magazine, Issue Number 1 (discontinued), circa 1978
• ILM - The Art of Special Effects, circa 1986
• ILM - Into the Digital Realm, circa 1996
• Special Effects Cinematography, circa 1995
• Star Trek - The Art of Star Trek, circa 1995
• Star Trek - A History in Pictures, circa 1994
• Star Trek - STNG The Continuing Mission, circa 1997
• Star Wars - The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives, circa 1994
• Star Wars - ROTJ Official Collectors Edition, circa 1983
• Star Wars - The Art of Star Wars, circa 1979
• Star Wars - The Art of The Empire Strikes Back, circa 1994
• Star Wars - The Art of The Return of the Jedi, circa 1994
• Star Wars - The Galactic Empire, Ships of the Fleet, circa 1996
• Star Wars - The Making of the Movie, circa 1980
• Star Wars - The Star Wars Chronicles, circa 1997
• Star Wars - The Making of Episode I, circa 1999
• Star Wars - Episode I TPM Souvenir Magazine, circa 1999
• Starlog - Fantastic Worlds, circa 1978
• Starlog - Magazine, Issue Number 2, circa 1976
• Starlog - Spaceships, circa 1980
• Starlog - Special Effects Volume 1, circa 1979
• Starlog - Special Effects Volume 3, circa 1981