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* ''The [[Discworld]] Companion'' has been around long enough to have had two new and expanded editions. |
* ''The [[Discworld]] Companion'' has been around long enough to have had two new and expanded editions. |
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* ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warriors]]'' had ''Secrets of the Clans'', which spawned a fanmade volume chronicling the madness of the fandom, ''Secrets of the Fans''. |
* ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warriors]]'' had ''Secrets of the Clans'', which spawned a fanmade volume chronicling the madness of the fandom, ''Secrets of the Fans''. |
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* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Faction Paradox]]'' has a wildy metafictional version of this sort of book, called ''The Book of the War''. |
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* Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's [[Uplift]] Universe |
* Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin's [[Uplift]] Universe |
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== Live Action TV == |
== Live Action TV == |
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* "The Blake's 7 Episode Guide", despite its name, contains a complete compendium for ''[[Blake's Seven |
* "The Blake's 7 Episode Guide", despite its name, contains a complete compendium for ''[[Blake's Seven|Blakes Seven]]''. |
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* ''[[Star Trek]]'' spawned a plethora of these. For each series, a "Compendium" documents the official storyline and major characters, while there are several "Technical Manuals" and other more specific guides which document the technology and standard props found in the series. One of the earliest of these was the ''Star Trek Medical Handbook'', an official guide to medical science in the 23rd century. The all-encompassing ''Star Trek Chronology'' and ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'' contain more or less every known fact about the [[Trekverse]], the former organized historically; the latter, alphabetically. Of course (cynicism hat on) these were never quite up to date while the shows and movies were running: fans were obliged to pick up new editions periodically. And the partwork version (2 pounds per week for six years...) turned into an impenetrable mess of supplements, addenums, and stick-on corrections. |
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' spawned a plethora of these. For each series, a "Compendium" documents the official storyline and major characters, while there are several "Technical Manuals" and other more specific guides which document the technology and standard props found in the series. One of the earliest of these was the ''Star Trek Medical Handbook'', an official guide to medical science in the 23rd century. The all-encompassing ''Star Trek Chronology'' and ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'' contain more or less every known fact about the [[Trekverse]], the former organized historically; the latter, alphabetically. Of course (cynicism hat on) these were never quite up to date while the shows and movies were running: fans were obliged to pick up new editions periodically. And the partwork version (2 pounds per week for six years...) turned into an impenetrable mess of supplements, addenums, and stick-on corrections. |
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** There is a [[Refuge in Audacity|Federation travel guide.]] |
** There is a [[Refuge in Audacity|Federation travel guide.]] |
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