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Star Trek LCARS Book & Episode Database - What's New?
June 1st, 2008
Today marks the 4th anniversary of the Cygnus-X1.Net site. It's somewhat hard to believe at how quickly these past four years have gone by and how much the site has evolved over that period. It went from a small site which housed some pictures of my family and a mini-personal blog and grew into an enormous resource for Star Trek and Rush fans alike. So, here we are: 4 years, 1.5 million visitors and 7 million page views later and still going strong.
As many of you know, this past year was among the most difficult for the site as well. It suffered not one, but two massive attacks back in April which infected each and every page of the site with MalWare. Subsequently, many visitors to the site during that period were also attacked with the MalWare infection. I spent days restoring the site and plugging the hole which caused the security breach in the first place. During that time, I seriously considered shutting down the site permanently. The attack was that discouraging to me.
But through the kindness and encouragement of many visitors and fellow webmasters, I stayed the course, got the site up and running and now I'm happy that we're entering our 5th year of service. There's still some fall-out from the attack, most notably the lack of family pictures on the site. But I am working that issue and hope to have it resolved shortly.
In the mean time, I want to thank each and every one of you for your support over the past 4 years. I'm glad you've all found something worthwhile in this little corner of the internet. Thank you all and on to Year #5
-John
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April 21st, 2008
Greetings everyone. I wanted to take a moment out to inform you of a situation which arose last week. On or about April 13th, this site was viciously attacked with MalWare. Every HTML and PHP page on Cygnus-X1.Net was infected. After the infection occurred, many visitors to the site were also infected with this MalWare. Shortly thereafter, Google blacklisted Cygnus-X1.Net which effectively cut off over half of the visitors to the site. Over the next day, I feverishly worked to restore the site, cleaning every page and file of the infection - no small task I assure you. I then spent time identifying how this attack occurred in the first place to insure it wouldn't happen again. As it turns out, a security flaw in my installation of Coppermine Photo Gallery allowed the attackers to perform this act. I updated my copy of Coppermine to the latest version available and, shortly thereafter, the site was attacked again, albeit not as successfully as the first time. That attack was also permitted by continued security flaws in Coppermine which has now led me to remove that script altogether.
I want to apologize to any visitors who were impacted by this attack. It pained me to think that some of you may have contracted a virus or trojan as a direct result of browsing my site. Because of that, I seriously considered throwing in the towel and taking down the site permanently. I would rather throw away 4 years of work then provide an outlet for infecting other computers. Fortunately, with the assistance of my service provider, the help of Geek Squad, and the support of many visitors, most notably David Bradley, I've decided to keep Cygnus-X1.Net going. The site is absolutely clean of any viruses, trojans and/or MalWares and I will no longer install any scripts that may allow for such an attack in the future.
Again, my sincerest apologies to all of you who were impacted by this unfortunate event. Look for updates, news and other additions to the site to resume immediately.
Thanks for your support, everyone.
-John
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February 15th, 2008
Thanks to many of you who have been emailing me and wondering when the site will get its next round of updates :) Glad to know that there are those out there who enjoy this site. So, I do have to apologize for the sparse activity on the site over the past couple of months. With the holidays and life in general taking up most of my free time, it's been difficult to find the time to get some "site" work done.
Rest assured that I'm still collecting Star Trek books and will have a massive update made to that section of the site soon. I'm also preparing to join the Star Trek XI Movie webmasters association so as to offer up some great content on the upcoming Star Trek XI movie. Finally, I have plenty of more blueprint updates coming as well...assuming my scanner is up to the task. Again, thanks for everyone's patience - and look for updates in the very near future.
-John
June 1st, 2007
My apologies for the lack of updates to the Books and Episode section of the site. Most of my time, as many of you know, has been spent on updating the Blueprints section of the site, which has its own dedicated "Update" page. I do have many new books and new information to add to both the Books and Episodes sections, and I'll get to them in short order.
In other news, today, June 1st, marks the 3rd anniversary of Cygnus-X1.Net. In three years, the site has received over 860,000 visitors and 4 million page views. My sincere thanks to all of you for making the site a success over the years.
-John
December 10th, 2006
Hard to believe how time flies. In a blink of an eye, the summer and fall of 2006 shot by. Most of my 'site' attention over the past few months has been dedicated to the Rush section of Cygnus-X1 as I went through a complete overhaul of that section. Now that it is complete, I can turn my attention back to the Star Trek side of the equation. Work has begun on the scanning of many new blueprints, and nearly two dozen new books are in the process of being added to the main database. I'll probably wait until after the holidays before posting the books since I tend to receive a plethora of Amazon gift certificates during the holidays which, of course, translates into Star Trek books :) But some additons to the blueprints site will take place in the very near future.
Actually, some changes to the Gilso Schematics has just been made. The illustrator of the DY-100 Series (Botany Bay) prints, Kevin Willcocks, recently contacted me about his drawings. He indicated that there were some updates to several sheets that he wanted to share. So thanks to Kevin for providing the updates which appear exclusively on this site.
Until the next update, Happy Holidays, all.
-John
July 31st, 2006
Just a quick update this time around. A few new blueprints have been scanned and uploaded which are "outside" the norm so to speak. The Vulcan Harp Construction Plans and the Deep Space Nine Concept Drawings and Blueprints aren't exactly Starship drawings, but they do fall under the broader spectrum of 'Star Trek Blueprints'. More scans will be coming in the next few weeks with a special appearance for the first time anywhere of the Constellation-Class blueprints (i.e. the Stargazer)
I've also added a new section to the books database which lists all all new and future Star Trek books that are being published. Links to Amazon are available for each title which will provide you with additional information on the titles as well as ordering and pre-ordering instructions. Remember, clicking through to Amazon from anywhere on Cygnus-X1.Net helps to support our operations.
That's it now. As always, thanks for stopping by.
-John
July 14th, 2006
As the hot summer months descend upon us, I thought it a prime time to settle in on another update. First things first: In the Books section, you'll now notice a new categorization method which will hopefully make it easier for you to find the title and/or type of book that you're looking for. I'm also slowly working on adding in the Publisher information for every book - but this will take some time. I've added another 15 titles to the database, bringing the total number of books online to 1,389. See the list of new books below.
In the Episodes Database, full user-comments capabilities have been added so please do make use of them.
The Blueprints section of the site is about to see some new scans shortly, and some adjustments to existing scans. Some of you may have noticed the changes on the official Star Trek Blueprints, The Star Trek: The Motion Picture Blueprints and The Star Trek: The Next Generation Blueprints pages. At the request of Paramount and CBS Studios (the owners of Star Trek), I was asked to remove the links to the high-resolution scans. But I'm hoping to re-introduce altered scans in the future that satisfy both Paramount and you, the user.
That's all for now. Enjoy the summer...
-John
New Books Added Since Last Update
Title: Warpath -- Author(s): David Mack
Title: Last Full Measure -- Author(s): Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
Title: Summon the Thunder -- Author(s): Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
Title: The Literary Galaxy of Star Trek: An Analysis of References and Themes in the Television Series and Films -- Author(s): James F. Broderick
Title: Charting the Undiscovered Country: The Making of Trek VI -- Author(s): Mark Altman, Ron Magid, and Edward Gross
Title: Star Trek: The Key Collection: Volume 5 -- Author(s): Mark Thompson, publishing editor
Title: Star Trek Journal -- Author(s): uncredited
Title: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Script -- Author(s): Nicholas Meyer, Denny Martin Flinn & Leonard Nimoy
Title: Paladin Class Scout/Destroyer Blueprints -- Author(s): Temporal Graphics
Title: Deep Space Nine Concept Drawings & Blueprints -- Author(s): Rick Sternbach
Title: MacPherson Class Heavy Transport General Plans & Specifications -- Author(s): Patrick Lichty
Title: Perimeter Action Ships: Markings & Insignia: Akyazi - Arbiter - Akula -- Author(s): Todd Guenther
Title: Avenger Class Heavy Frigate General Plans -- Author(s): Michael C. Rupprecht
Title: Regula 1 Space Laboratory -- Author(s): Lawrence Miller
Title: Starbase 79 Blueprints -- Author(s): Lawrence Miller
June 1st, 2006
Today, June 1st 2006, marks the second anniversary of the Cygnus-X1.Net site. In that time, the site has received over 325,000 visitors, displayed over 1.7 millions pages of data and has transferred well over a terrabyte of data. Here's to all the Star Trek fans out there who have helped to make this site a success.
In other news, within the next week, a few more books will be added to the list including some of the recent releases from Pocket Books. Additionally, a number of new blueprint scans will be added shortly. I'm also working on adding the comments section to the Episode Database. I hope to have that online by the end of the month.
That's all for now. As always, thanks for stopping by.
-John
April 15th, 2006
For those of us in the U.S.A., today is tax day. So what better way to celebrate it than getting out another update to the site. Actually, those of you who follow the exploits of this site, particularly the blueprints section, have seen a flurry of activity over the past couple of weeks. With over 650 blueprint sheets online (with more to come), it may be the largest single-source of Star Trek Blueprints and Schematics anywhere on the net.
And since I constantly (and appreciately) receive emails from many of you requesting that I scan certain sets "next", I've set up a poll in the Message Forums where you can vote on which of the remaining blueprint sets gets scanned in next. I'll let the poll continually run until the remaining blueprint sets are all scanned in for your viewing pleasure.
And don't forget, interactive comments are available on every book and every blueprint set, so please feel free to post your comments and/or thoughts as much as you wish.
The Books section of the dB has been updated with 14 more entries, bringing the total up to 1,374. The new additions are listed below which include some very interesting technical manuals.
That's all for now. As always, thanks for stopping by.
-John
New Books Added Since Last Update
Title: String Theory: Evolution -- Author(s): Heather Jarman
Title: Missing in Action -- Author(s): Peter David
Title: Strange New Worlds 8 -- Author(s): Dean Wesley Smith, editor
Title: The Best of Dockyard Review: Volume Two: 2350-2390 -- Author(s): Chris Wallace
Title: Ships of the Star Fleet: Volume Four: Star Fleet Operating Forces -- Author(s): Chris Wallace
Title: Ships of the Star Fleet: Volume One: Cruiser -- Author(s): Chris Wallace
Title: Ships of the Star Fleet: Volume Three: Scouts and Escorts -- Author(s): Chris Wallace
Title: Ships of the Star Fleet: Volume Two: Patrol Combatants -- Author(s): Chris Wallace
Title: The Star Trek Enterprise Command Book -- Author(s): Hal Schuster
Title: The Star Trek Fan's Handbook -- Author(s): James Van Hise
Title: Book of Shuttlecraft Galileo Plans -- Author(s): L. Allen Everhart, Jr.
Title: Kobayashi Maru - Neutronic Fuel Carrier -- Author(s): Roger Sorensen
Title: Nebula Class Starship USS Nebula NCC-61795 Blueprints -- Author(s): Monte R. Johnjulio
Title: Enterprise: Issue 1 -- Author(s): Unknown
February 26th, 2006
Greetings again, everyone. There's been some exciting changes to the site over the past couple of weeks. In an attempt to add value to the data listed, I've decided to install an interactive comments section for every book, episode and blueprint that appears on the site. Now you, the user, can add in your own comments on every individual item that appears. At this point, all the books and scanned blueprints have comments installed. I'll be working on adding comments to each individual episode as well. It's my hope that, with this new feature, the site will become more interactive between users and additional content that I may not cover on any particular item can now be updated with your information. You don't need an account to enter in comments, and there's no limit to the number of comments you can post, so please take advantage of the system and add whatever relevant comments you see fit.
I've also add 4 more books/blueprints to the site since the last update, and I've added a few more scanned blueprints to the Blueprints section of the site.
That's it for now. Again, please take advantage of the interactive comments system. Thanks.
-John
New Books Added Since Last Update
Title: Rosetta -- Author(s): Dave Stern
Title: Federation and Empires -- Author(s): John Peel
Title: U.S.S. Durance Class Cargo/Tug Blueprints -- Author(s): Todd Guenther
Title: Galaxy Class Blueprints -- Author(s): P. Lublin
January 29th, 2006
As promised, the site has now been updated with the latest books that I've obtained for my collection. In all, 48 new books and blueprints have been added to the database, bringing the grand total of books online to 1,356. A list of the new additions can be found below. On the blueprint front, well over 100 new blueprint sheets have recently been added, with another 100+ currently in the works. Check out the full list of blueprints in my collection, most of which will eventually be added to the blueprints database section, by clicking HERE.
In other news, the February edition of Esquire Magazine gave an acknowledgement to myself and the site for assisting their research department. Click on the magazine cover to read the acknowledgement.
Finally, the site has won a couple of recent awards, most notable from the now-defunct TrekPulse site. You can check out all of the awards won by this site by clicking HERE. That's all for now. As always, thanks for stopping by.
-John
New Books Added Since Last Update
Title: Vulcan's Soul Book I: Exodus -- Author(s): Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz
Title: String Theory: Fusion -- Author(s): Kirsten Beyer
Title: The Red King -- Author(s): Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin
Title: Orion's Hounds -- Author(s): Christopher L. Bennett
Title: The Ultimate Trek Trivia Challenge for The Next Generation -- Author(s): James Hatfield and George "Doc" Burt
Title: The New Trek Program Guide -- Author(s): Paul Cornell, Martin Day, and Keith Topping
Title: The Trekker's Guide to Voyager: Complete, Unauthorized, and Uncensored -- Author(s): Hal Schuster
Title: The Trekker's Guide to Deep Space Nine: Complete, Unauthorized, and Uncensored -- Author(s): Hal Schuster
Title: The Trekker's Guide to The Next Generation: Complete, Unauthorized, and Uncensored -- Author(s): Hal Schuster
Title: Enterprise Incidents: The Technical Book of Science Fiction Films -- Author(s): John L. Flynn
Title: The Best of Dockyard Review: Volume One: 2290-2350 -- Author(s): Chris Wallace
Title: Artificial Life Possibilities : A Star Trek Perspective -- Author(s): Penny Baille-de Byl
Title: A Trekker's Guide to Collectibles with Price Guide (unauthorized) -- Author(s): Jeffrey B. Snyder
Title: Star Trek Fans and Costume Art -- Author(s): Heather R. Joseph-Witham
Title: To Boldly Go... The Star Trek Fan's Travel Guide -- Author(s): Jennifer Geoghan
Title: A Tribute to Walter Koenig: A Reference -- Author(s): Ruby Moon-Houldson
Title: The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise -- Author(s): Eric A. Stillwell
Title: Distant Shores -- Author(s): Marco Palmieri, editor.
Title: Star Trekker -- Author(s): Atelier Lana
Title: Star Trek Jokes and Various Humor of the Federation -- Author(s): Jennifer Geoghan
Title: Star Trek: The Key Collection: Volume 4 -- Author(s): Mark Thompson, publishing editor
Title: The Star Trek Files: Time Travel -- Author(s): Ed Gross
Title: The Star Trek Movie Files: The Voyage Home -- Author(s): Edward Gross
Title: Star Trek: Year Three -- Author(s): John Peel
Title: Star Trek: Year Two -- Author(s): John Peel
Title: Special Effects of Star Trek -- Author(s): James Van Hise
Title: The Star Trek Files 18: Wrath of Khan -- Author(s): John Peel
Title: Federation Travel Guide -- Author(s): Michael Jan Friedman
Title: Official Blueprints - Cargo/Tug Class Starships -- Author(s): Todd Guenther
Title: Booklet of General Plans U.S.S. Caracal CC-750 -- Author(s): Todd Guenther
Title: General Plans - Heavy Destroyer Class - U.S.S. Destroyat NCC-1100 -- Author(s): Michael Morrissette
Title: General Plans - S.S. Aurora Class Space Cruisers -- Author(s): Todd Guenther
Title: General Plans - U.S.S. Avenger Class -- Author(s): John Nielsen
Title: Klingon D-7 Class Battlecruiser 15MM Deck Plans -- Author(s): Unknown.
Title: U.S.S. Enterprise 15MM Deck Plans -- Author(s): Unknown.
Title: Klingon Scout Vessel -- Author(s): Lawrence Miller
Title: Specifications of the Hornet Class Starship -- Author(s): Larry Miller
Title: CargoShuttle General Plans -- Author(s): Dana E. Lubich
Title: Space Cruiser "Aurora" Tholian Space Vessel -- Author(s): David Winfrey
Title: Miranda Class Cruiser General Plans -- Author(s): Michael C. Rupprecht
Title: Ships of the Delta Triangle - Volume I - U.S.S. Skagerrak -- Author(s): Mark A. Wilson
Title: Ships of the Delta Triangle - Volume II - U.S.S. Aliquippa -- Author(s): Mark A. Wilson
Title: Klingon Defense Force Vessels - Nin'Toq Class Tactical Assault Ships -- Author(s): Mark A. Wilson
Title: General Plans and Specifications of the U.S.S. Hornet NCC-9700 -- Author(s): Lawrence Miller
Title: Federation Starship U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656 -- Author(s): Monte R. Johnjulio
Title: Sovereign Class Federation Starship -- Author(s): Monte R. Johnjulio
Title: Starfleet Vessel Enterprise NX-01 -- Author(s): Monte R. Johnjulio
Title: Joshua Class Starship General Plans -- Author(s): Unknown
January 12th, 2006
Happy New Year Everyone! Apologies for the lack of updates to the site over the past couple of months. But that's about to change. I'm putting the finishing touches on adding over 30 new books to the Books Database and I'm about to make a major update to the Blueprints Database section of the site.
The new books should be online within the next week and new blueprints fill follow shortly after that. Finally, when time permits, I'll be revisiting the episode guide and entering in some additional reviews on various episodes from all the series.
Thanks for your patience - and for visiting.
-John
September 10th, 2005
The latest update to the site, which has been on-going for the past month, is fairly sizeable. First off, I've added some 52 more "books" to the main database, bringing the grand total online to a whopping 1,308. However the vast majority of these new additions are blueprints, so I do use the term "books" somewhat loosely.
And speaking of Blueprints, the new Blueprints Database section has been a tremendous success. Visitors the world over have been viewing them and leaving me very flattering emails. It's nice to know the work I put into this site is appreciated. Look for many more blueprints to hit that section in the coming weeks and months.
As promised earlier this year, links to purchase nearly every book listed are now available for Amazon.Com (which is the preferred method as any purchases made via those links supports this site), Abebooks.Com and Bookfinder.Com. So if you find a book you like on this site, chances are you'll be able to make a copy your very own.
In other news, episode details on Enterprise's fourth season have been significantly expanded and I plan beginning the reviewing process of the first three seasons in the near future.
In other news, this site recently received two more awards of recognition from Adge's UK LCARS site and the extremely prestigious Award of Excellence from TrekPulse. Check out the awards section of this site for more information on both of these awards.
Finally, please visit the message forums and considering joining and posting. We're trying to get a nice community going. Plus, the next big Star Trek Book giveaway will be offered up to members first - all the more reason to join and post.
That's about it this time around. A list of the 52 new additions is below. Enjoy all.
-John
New Books Added Since Last Update
Title: Articles of the Federation -- Author(s): Keith R.A. DeCandido
Title: String Theory: Cohesion -- Author(s): Jeffrey Lang
Title: Tales From The Captain's Table -- Author(s): Keith R.A. DeCandido, editor
Title: Harbinger -- Author(s): David Mack
Title: Masks -- Author(s): John Vornholt
Title: Q-In-Law -- Author(s): Peter David
Title: Spartacus -- Author(s): T. L. Mancour
Title: War Drums -- Author(s): John Vornholt
Title: Star Trek Log 6 -- Author(s): Alan Dean Foster
Title: Star Trek Log 8 -- Author(s): Alan Dean Foster
Title: Intrepid Class Starship Blueprints and Technical Guide -- Author(s): No Author Listed
Title: The World of Star Trek -- Author(s): David Gerrold
Title: Nova Trek -- Author(s): Helena Seabright
Title: Star Trek Reader's Reference to the Novels: 1984-1985 -- Author(s): Alva Underwood
Title: Star Trek: The Key Collection: Volume 3 -- Author(s): Mark Thompson, publishing editor
As promised, the site has now been updated with the latest books that I've obtained for my collection. In all, 48 new books and blueprints have been added to the database, bringing the grand total of books online to 1,356. A list of the new additions can be found below. On the blueprint front, well over 100 new blueprint sheets have recently been added, with another 100+ currently in the works. Check out the full list of blueprints in my collection, most of which will eventually be added to the blueprints database section, by clicking HERE.