1976 (collected 2013) / Ebook / 216 pages / USA
****
Shallow retro fun. Presents every cheap and nasty card in all its muddy, error-riddled, suspiciously Suluphobic glory, with arguably undeserved commentary.
1991 / Ebook / 32 pages / USA
*
It would be easy to mock this well-meaning cringefest, so I'll just point out that the characters have their action figure skin tones, which I found mildly interesting. At least it's American and not Fleetway or Grandreams having a crack go.
Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, The Deep Space Log Book: A Second Season Companion – The Essential Unofficial Guide
****
The official companion would prove to be worth the wait, but these serialised supplements would have filled in nicely along the way if they hadn't ended here. Behind-the-scenes trivia, candid interviews and informed reviews of a generally underappreciated season, certainly one of the six best anyway. With half a book to go, they (presumably) reprint some of their first season guide and look with bated optimism to the future.
1997 / Ebook / 144 pages / USA
**
The abruptly final half-season guide before the writer, the publisher or the readers lost interest (probably all three), the promise of forensic analysis of a developing series falls short when entire episodes are ignored for digressions on serial killers and other tangentially related topics.
2018 / Ebook / 320 pages / UK
****
As comprehensive as ever, though insufficient obsession on my part meant it was mainly a primer for notable sketches and curios.
