The Library of Things That Never Were

Renewed May 31, 2023.

Catalogued by Edgar Governo, Historian of Things That Never Were

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Think of this library as your source for further research into the varied continuities that have spawned the many timelines linked from my own site, if you wish to know more about those worlds and those histories.

The library is divided by medium, much the same way as the site that spawned it, with subdivisions here for a few series with a great deal of source material. As such, you can peruse the categories being offered:

• General
• Television
  • Star Trek
  • Buffyverse
  • Firefly
  • Other Television
• Movies
  • Star Wars
  • Other Movies
• Books
  • The Lord of the Rings
  • Other Books
• Games
• Comics
  • DC Comics
  • Marvel Comics
  • Other Comics
• The Wish List provides reference material for series from every media category which I hope will still produce an online timeline.

• History
• Reference
• Education & Reference Software
• Entertainment
• Pop Culture
• Science Fiction & Fantasy

• The Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People (paperback), by Michael Page and Robert Ingpen. This was one of the principal inspirations for the name of my site.
• The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic (hardcover), by Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi. What my site is to fictional history, this book is to fictional geography. More than that, it helped inspire the style of my site and its serious treatment of the subject matter at hand.
• The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic (paperback), by Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi.

You can, of course, jump straight to the Television Timelines.

• DVD Home Page
• Video Home Page
• Science Fiction & Fantasy DVD's
• Science Fiction & Fantasy Videos
• TV & Movie Tie-Ins

• The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future, by Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda, and Doug Drexler. This is the most recent edition to date of the Okudas' definitive guide to the Star Trek universe.
• Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future, by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda, is the most recent edition of their guide to the internal history of that universe.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda. Written as a guide to the workings of the Enterprise-D, I've always liked this book because it is written as if it came from the world of Star Trek.
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual, by Herman Zimmerman, Rick Sternbach, and Doug Drexler. This more recent work does the same thing as a guide to DS9 and its nearby neighbours, as well as giving details about the Dominion War.
• Star Charts: The Complete Atlas of Star Trek, written and illustrated by Geoffrey Mandel. In turn, this is the most definitive guide to the geography of the Star Trek universe, used extensively by authors in the current novel continuity of that universe.
• The Klingon Dictionary, by Marc Okrand, has not been updated since 1992, but it remains an essential guide to the language he invented.
• Klingon for the Galactic Traveller, also by Marc Okrand, expands on this material somewhat, though it still dates from 1997.
• Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion, by Jeff Ayers, is an extensive guide to all of the professionally published Star Trek tie-in fiction up to the time of its publication in 2006.
• Star Trek: The Complete Comic Book Collection goes straight to the source by including (virtually) every Star Trek comic book published between 1967 and 2002 on a single DVD-ROM.
• New Life and New Civilizations: Exploring Star Trek Comics, edited by Joseph F. Berenato, delves further into the franchise's experience with that medium through a series of essays by different authors.
• Federation: The First 150 Years, by David A. Goodman, is an in-universe history of the United Federation of Planets based on various historical documents, though it is incompatible with the novel continuity mentioned above.
• The USS Enterprise Owners' Workshop Manual, by Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley, is written in the style of a typical Haynes Manual for other vehicles, detailing the inner workings of every onscreen ship named Enterprise.
• The Klingon Bird-of-Prey Owners' Workshop Manual, by Rick Sternbach and Ben Robinson, does the same thing for that iconic vessel.
• Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary, by Paul Ruditis.
• The Star Trek Concordance, by Bjo Trimble, was the definitive reference work for Star Trek back when The Original Series was the only game in town. This updated edition (published in November 1995) also includes the feature films with that cast as well as episodes of The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine up to that point in which TOS characters appear.
• The Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology, by Stan Goldstein and Fred Goldstein with illustrations by Rick Sternbach, was the definitive guide to that universe's internal history during the same era, with its dates and assumptions used extensively in the franchise's tie-ins until The Next Generation came along to supplant them.
• The Star Fleet Technical Manual, by Franz Joseph, served a similar purpose when it came to the original Enterprise and how it worked, along with the composition of Starfleet and the Federation in The Original Series. References to it can not only be found throughout the tie-ins of the period, but also in the first few feature films themselves.
• Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, written and illustrated by Shane Johnson "based upon the engineering logs of Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott," is more specifically about the Enterprise and Enterprise-A of the movie era, though it also presents things from an in-universe perspective.
• The Worlds of the Federation, written and illustrated by Shane Johnson, is a planet-by-planet guide to many of the most prominent species from Star Trek up to that point (November 1989), and it was one of the first reference works to incorporate information from The Next Generation.
• Star Trek II Biographies, by William Rotsler, is a unique title published around the release of that film which provides fictional biographies of the seven main members of the Enterprise crew. Amongst other things, it is the original source of Nyota Uhura's first name.
• The Star Trek Compendium (Revised Edition), by Allan Asherman, covers The Original Series and The Animated Series as well as the first six feature films.
• The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (Revised Edition), by Larry Nemecek, has been updated to include information for all seven seasons of the series plus the four feature films.
• The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, by Terry J. Erdmann, with Paula M. Block.
• The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion CD-ROM. (N.B. This can only be shipped to the United States and "select countries outside the US.")
• The Star Trek: Voyager Companion, by Paul Ruditis.

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Encyclopedia: Your Ultimate Guide to the Buffyverse, by Nancy Holder and Lisa A. Clancy.
• The Official Grimoire: A Magickal History of Sunnydale, "by Willow Rosenberg."
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 20 Years of Slaying: The Watcher's Guide (Authorized), by Christopher Golden.
• Angel: The Casefiles (Volume 1), by Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte, and Maryelizabeth Hart.
• Angel: The Casefiles (Volume 2), by Paul Ruditis and Diana Gallagher.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide (Volume 1), by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide (Volume 2), by Nancy Holder, with Jeff Mariotte and Maryelizabeth Hart.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide (Volume 3), by Paul Ruditis.
• Fray, by Joss Whedon, takes the Buffyverse even farther forward with the story of future Slayer Melaka Fray.
• Sunnydale High Yearbook, by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder. I particularly like this book because it seems to come straight out of the Buffyverse...it is, literally, a surprisingly complete yearbook for the Scooby Gang's senior year of high school.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Monster Book, by Christopher Golden, Stephen R. Bisette, and Thomas E. Sniegoski. This essentially serves as a Buffy bestiary, which is greatly useful for a series that is defined by its monsters.

You can, of course, jump straight to the Firefly Timeline.

• Firefly: The Complete Series In light of its cancellation, I was happy when I first heard that this series (including the unaired episodes) would be coming to DVD, and it continues to sell well to this day.
• Firefly: The Official Companion (Volume One), which includes the full shooting scripts and many other details for the episodes from "Serenity" through "Our Mrs. Reynolds."
• Firefly: The Official Companion (Volume Two), which also includes the full shooting scripts and many other details for the episodes from "Jaynestown" through "Objects in Space."
• Serenity: The Official Visual Companion, which includes the full screenplay written by Joss Whedon.
• Keith R.A. DeCandido's novelisation of Serenity (Kindle Edition), the feature film continuation of the series, is also available.
• Hidden Universe Travel Guides: A Traveler's Companion to the 'Verse, by Marc Sumerak, is written as a fictional guide to "the system" from the Alliance's perspective but "with notes by the crew of Serenity" in the margins.
• The Serenity Handbook: The Official Crew Member's Guide to the Firefly-Class Series 3 Ship, also by Marc Sumerak, takes a similar approach to the ship itself.
• Firefly Encyclopedia, by Monica Valentinelli, is not (despite the title) an alphabetical list of entries on items from the franchise, though it does include information from the series, the film, and the comic book continuations of the narrative.
• Firefly: The Gorramn Shiniest Language Guide and Dictionary in the 'Verse, also by Monica Valentinelli, looks at the use of Mandarin in the series, though its title already spells "gorram" differently than the scripts do.
• Finding Serenity: Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds, and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly, a collection of essays about the show edited by Glenn Yeffeth and Jane Espenson, is now somewhat dated because it was written and released before the feature film.

• The development of the "novel for television," Babylon 5, has been detailed in a series of five books by Jane Killick--one per season--each of which carries the title given to the season it deals with:
  • Babylon 5: Signs and Portents
  • Babylon 5: The Coming of Shadows
  • Babylon 5: Point of No Return
  • Babylon 5: No Surrender, No Retreat
  • Babylon 5: Wheel of Fire
• The Discontinuity Guide: The Definitive Guide to the Worlds and Times of Doctor Who, by Paul Cornell, Martin Day, and Keith Topping, with a foreword by Terrance Dicks, is as definitive as the title claims when it comes to the original run of the series, spawning many interpretations which are now generally accepted such as the "Season 6B" theory.
• AHistory: An Unauthorised History of the Doctor Who Universe (2nd Edition), by Lance Parkin, covers both the original run and the current run up to the time of publication.
• Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia: A Definitive Guide to Time and Space, by Gary Russell, is (despite the title) not especially definitive, as it only covers (part of) the current run of the series.
• Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary, by Jacqueline Rayner and Andrew Darling, is another in a line of officially licenced guides which stick to the current run of the series.
• Doctor Who: The Time Traveller's Almanac, by Steve Tribe.
• Doctor Who: Companions And Allies, by Steve Tribe.
• Highlander: The Complete Watcher's Guide, by Maureen Russell, is an overview of all six seasons of Highlander: The Series.
• Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell, by Amy Sohn, is the official companion guide to the series.
• Sex and the City: The Movie, by Amy Sohn, is a similar companion guide to the film continuation.
• Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, by Simon Furman, also provides a wealth of material on one of the better animated series of the 1980's, including maps of Cybertron and details on the major wars in the history of the Transformers.
• The West Wing: The Official Companion, by Ian Jackman and Paul Ruditis, only covers the first two seasons of the television series.
• The most thorough guide to The X-Files is a series of books published under the collective banner The Official Guide to the X-Files. These books do far more than simply offering episode synopses, providing many background details about the world of the show which aren't easily visible onscreen throughout the series. Each book was published as the series progressed:
  • The Truth Is Out There, by Brian Lowry. (Seasons 1 & 2)
  • Trust No One, by Brian Lowry. (Season 3)
  • I Want to Believe, by Andy Meisler. (Season 4, and not to be confused with the feature film)
  • Resist or Serve, by Andy Meisler. (Season 5)
  • The End and The Beginning, by Andy Meisler. (Season 6)
  • all things, by Marc Shapiro. (Season 7)

You can, of course, jump straight to the Movie Timelines.

• DVD Home Page
• Video Home Page
• Science Fiction & Fantasy DVD's
• Science Fiction & Fantasy Videos
• Movie & TV Tie-Ins

The Star Wars Store at Amazon.com is the place to start, of course, along with the specific Star Wars titles already listed below.

There is a plethora of books out there related to Star Wars, dealing with almost every conceivable aspect of the movie series and its various spinoffs. Here, I've tried to include those that are the best guides to the history and internal workings of the Star Wars universe.

• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, by Stephen J. Sansweet, Pablo Hidalgo, Bob Vitas, and Daniel Wallace.
• Star Wars: The New Essential Chronology, by Daniel Wallace with Kevin J. Anderson, would seem to be perfect for listing here, but I don't like the narrative format they chose very much because it is (quite deliberately) lacking in specifics.
• Star Wars: The Essential Atlas, by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry, does for the geography of a galaxy far, far away what many of these other books do for its history.
• Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters, by Daniel Wallace, with "all new full-colour illustrations" by Michael Sutfin, includes information through Attack of the Clones.
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia, by Jason Fry.
• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (3rd Edition), by Bill Slavicsek. The previous edition of this work is often considered definitive in the study of Star Wars pseudohistory. (For one, it was the origin of the BSW4/ASW4 dating system now used by historians of things that never were.) This latest edition incorporates information through The Phantom Menace.
• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, by Dr David West Reynolds, James Luceno, and Ryder Windham, covers all six live-action feature films in detail. Archaeologist Reynolds studies the Star Wars universe in the Visual Dictionaries as if it were a complete culture from another place and time...which is right in keeping with the goals of this site. If you prefer to look at episodes separately, however, the individual volumes are also available:
  • Star Wars Episode I: The Visual Dictionary, by David West Reynolds, with illustrations by Hans Jenssen and Richard Chasemore.
  • Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary, by David West Reynolds.
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide, by Jason Fry.
  • Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary, by James Luceno.
  • Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, by David West Reynolds, with illustrations by Alexander Ivanov, covers The Original Trilogy.
• Star Wars: The Comics Companion, by Ryder Windham and Daniel Wallace.
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace: The Illustrated Screenplay, by George Lucas.
• Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays, edited by Laurent Bouzereau.
• The Art of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones by Mark Cotta Vaz.

• Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual, by Lee Brimmicombe-Wood.
• The Blair Witch Project: A Dossier, compiled by D. A. Stern.
• Blair Witch: The Secret Confession of Rustin Parr, by D. A. Stern.
• Blair Witch: Book of Shadows, by D. A. Stern.
• Fast & Furious: Spy Racers: From Gears to Gadgets: A Companion Guide, a title with many colons by Jordan Gershowitz.
• Tobin's Spirit Guide: Official Ghostbusters Edition, by "Dr. Ray Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler, and" Erik Burnham.
• The Godfather DVD Collection, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The description of the various features on this release of Coppola's masterpiece includes the promise of a Godfather Timeline.
• The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones, "by Henry Jones."
• From Star Wars to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives (hardcover), by Mark Cotta Vaz and Shinji Hata.
• From Star Wars to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives (paperback), by Mark Cotta Vaz and Shinji Hata.
• James Bond: The Secret World of 007, by Alastair Dougall, with illustrations by Roger Stewart. Although James Bond timelines are to be found in the Books section of my site, this details the world of the cinematic James Bond, in a similar style to the Star Wars Visual Dictionaries listed above.
• James Bond Encyclopedia, by John Cork and Collin Stutz.
• Timeline of the Planet of the Apes: The Definitive Unauthorized Chronology, by Rich Handley, is a greatly-expanded version of the timeline he originally created online, which was once linked from this site.

You can, of course, jump straight to the Book Timelines.

• Books Home Page
• Literature & Fiction

• By far the most definitive guide to this world is The History of Middle-earth, the twelve-volume series by J.R.R. Tolkien's son and literary executor, Christopher Tolkien, who undertook an epic task of his own by bringing together his father's unpublished stories and notes on Middle-earth to greatly expand what we know of this world.
  • The Book of Lost Tales 1 begins the story of Aelfwine's voyage to the Lonely Isle and the true history of the Elves revealed to him there.
  • The Book of Lost Tales 2 continues these early accounts, as well as providing background information on the Elvish languages.
  • The Lays of Beleriand centres on two crucial stories of Middle-earth, The Lay of the Children of Húrin and The Lay of Leithian.
  • The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta and The Annals chronicle the development of a chronology for the First Age, as well as including the original version of The Silmarillion.
  • The Lost Road and Other Writings: Language and Legend Before the Lord of the Rings examines the legend of the Downfall of Númenor (amongst others) and includes the incomplete time-travel story The Lost Road, while the "language" side of it consists of an etymological dictionary tracing the history of Elvish.
  • The Return of the Shadow (The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part One) begins examining of the creation of The Lord of the Rings itself by explaining, amongst other things, how Bilbo's magic ring from The Hobbit evolved into the One Ring to rule them all.
  • The Treason of Isengard (The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Two) shows how the tale expanded into new realms of Middle-earth, and the many new characters encountered along the way.
  • The War of the Ring (The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three) continues the story with a description of the war in Gondor, the discourse between Gandalf and the ambassador of the Dark Lord at the Black Gate of Mordor, and more.
  • Sauron Defeated: The End of the Third Age concludes this examination, including a different version of the Scouring of the Shire and the unpublished Epilogue to The Lord of the Rings.
  • Morgoth's Ring - The Later Silmarillion, Part One: The Legends of Aman examines the problems faced by Tolkien when he returned to the Matter of the Elder Days and tried to reconcile new ideas he had introduced in his mythology.
  • The War of the Jewels - The Later Silmarillion, Part Two: The Legends of Beleriand continues the account and contains the Grey Annals, the primary record of this conflict between the High Elves and the Dark Lord.
  • The Peoples of Middle-Earth traces the evolution of the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings, and concludes the History of Middle-earth with The New Shadow, an abandoned story set during the Fourth Age, and The Tale of Tal-elmar, another unfinished story set in the Dark Years.
• The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare, by Chris Smith, seems (at first glance) to be focussed on the film adaptations, but it actually treats all of the materials at hand as if it were a true archive, presenting a full historical account of the War of the Ring.
• The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: From the Hobbit to the Silmarillion, by Robert Foster.
• The Hobbit Companion, by David Day, with illustrations by Lidia Postma, is actually not a companion to The Hobbit proper, but rather a guide to hobbits as creatures, making it much more appropriate to this site.
• A Tolkien Bestiary, by David Day.
• The Atlas of Middle-earth (Revised Edition), by Karen Wynn Fonstad.

• The World of Shannara, by Terry Brooks and Teresa Patterson, with illustrations by David Cherry.
• Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World (Volume 1), by Win Scott Eckert, is an updated and expanded version of his Wold Newton Universe Crossover Chronology, linked from this site.
• Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World (Volume 2), by Win Scott Eckert, continues that chronology from the middle of the 20th century to the far future.
• Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe, edited by Win Scott Eckert.
• Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke, by Philip José Farmer, in a revised edition with a new foreword by Win Scott Eckert.
• Shadowmen: Heroes and Villains of French Pulp Fiction, by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier.
• Shadowmen 2: Heroes and Villains of French Comics, by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier.
• The Outlandish Companion, by Diana Gabaldon.
• The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time (hardcover), by Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson.
• The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time (paperback), by Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson.
• Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance, by Robin Furth.
• Companion to Narnia, by Paul F. Ford.
• The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana: A Guide to Lovecraftian Horror, by Daniel Harms.
• The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern, by Jody Lynn Nye, with Anne McCaffrey.
• The Discworld Companion: An Invaluable Guide for the Discerning Discworld Traveller, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs.
• The Discworld Mapp, "devised by" Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs.
• A Tourist Guide to Lancre, also "devised by" Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs.
• The Vampire Companion: The Official Guide to Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, by Katherine Ramsland, "in cooperation with" Anne Rice.
• The Witches' Companion: The Official Guide to Anne Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches, by Katherine Ramsland, also "in cooperation with" Anne Rice.
• Quidditch Through the Ages & Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them are J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter "textbooks," published under the names Kennilworthy Whisp and Newt Scamander, respectively.

You can, of course, jump straight to the Game Timelines.

• Video Games
• PC Games
• Roleplaying & Fantasy Games

Please note: Unless stated otherwise, all CD-ROM's, PC games, and video games can only be shipped by Amazon.com within the United States.

• Dungeons & Dragons is the original roleplaying game, and as such, it has the most elaborate history to its name. Since the license to D&D went to Wizards of the Coast, the three core rulebooks for the game have been released in new editions:
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Player's Handbook.
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Master's Guide.
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Monster Manual.
• Final Fantasy XI Atlas, by Ed Kern.
• Metroid
  • Metroid: Zero Mission, for the Game Boy Advance, is kind of a "special edition" of the original Metroid, with new levels and material tying into the overall Metroid continuity--something I really appreciate.
• White Wolf's (Original) World of Darkness
  • Vampire: The Masquerade (Third Edition).
  • Vampire: The Dark Ages.
  • Vampire: Gehenna forms the core of the Time of Judgement series which marks the conclusion of the original World of Darkness game line.
  • Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
  • Werewolf: The Wild West.
  • Mage: The Ascension.
  • Wraith: The Oblivion.
  • Changeling: The Dreaming.
  • Hunter: The Reckoning.
  • Mummy: The Resurrection.

You can, of course, jump straight to the Comics Timelines.

• Comics

• Crisis on Infinite Earths, the history-making (or rather, -remaking) miniseries by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez.
• After the Crisis, Wolfman and Pérez attempted to outline the single timeline that remained by putting together the History of the DC Universe.
• The Essential Batman Encyclopedia, by Robert Greenberger.
• Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight, by Scott Beatty.
• Catwoman: The Visual Guide to the Feline Fetale, by Scott Beatty.
• JLA: The Ultimate Guide to the Justice League of America, by Scott Beatty.
• Superman: The Ultimate Guide to the Man of Steel, by Scott Beatty.
• The Daily Planet Guide to Metropolis, by Matt Brady, Fred Jandt, and Nikola Vrtis.
• Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide to the Amazon Princess, by Scott Beatty.
• The Sandman Companion, by Hy Bender, "featuring in-depth interviews with" Neil Gaiman.
• Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, by Jess Nevins, with an introduction by Alan Moore.
• A Blazing World: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Volume Two), by Jess Nevins, again with an introduction by Alan Moore.
• Impossible Territories: An Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier, by Jess Nevins, once again with an introduction by Alan Moore.

• Hulk: The Incredible Guide, by Tom DeFalco.
• Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide, by Tom DeFalco.
• X-Men: The Ultimate Guide (Updated Edition), by Peter Sanderson.
• Marvels, by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross.

• The A-Z of Judge Dredd: The Complete Encyclopedia from Aaron Aardvark to Zachary Zziiz, by Mike Butcher.

• 24: The House Special Subcommittee's Findings at CTU, compiled by Marc Cerasini, is a very detailed look at Jack Bauer and his world, in the form of a Congressional investigation into the events of the series' first season.
• The World of Austin Powers, by Andy Lane, has everything you could want in a guide to that groovy International Man of Mystery, including a shagadelic Austin Powers Timeline. Yeah, baby, yeah!
• James Cameron's Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora, by Maria Wilhelm and Dirk Mathison.
• Farscape: The Illustrated Companion, by Paul Simpson and David Hughes.
• The Animatrix is probably the most significant of the works expanding on the world of The Matrix and its sequels.
• Oz - Behind These Walls: The Journal of Augustus Hill is just what it says it is--writings about events in the series from the perspective of its narrating character.
• Creating a Simpsons Timeline is probably all but impossible, even though The Simpsons is, of course, filled with continuity references, as these guides prove so well:
  • The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family, edited by Ray Richmond. (The Shorts & Seasons 1-8)
  • The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family...Continued, edited by Scott M. Gimple. (Seasons 9 & 10)
  • The Simpsons Beyond Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family...Still Continued, edited by Jesse L. McCann. (Seasons 11 & 12)
  • The Simpsons Guide to Springfield, by Matt Groening.
• The Sopranos: A Family History, by Allen Rucker, would seem (at first) to be a normal episode guide, but it is actually structured like a true crime exposé of the family that never was, making it an excellently subtle example of fictional history.
• With the release of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, as well as my own work on a Terminator Timeline, I decided to highlight some of the more recent releases related to the Terminator franchise:
  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, directed by Jonathan Mostow, has a number of inherent continuity problems when compared to the first two films, so it would be interesting to see how the Terminator Timeline promised on the DVD is laid out.
  • Terminator: Dawn of Fate, for the PlayStation 2, is a prequel story, where your mission is to make sure Kyle Reese can successfully travel back to 1984 in order to save Sarah Connor's life. (N.B. Like all other video games available from Amazon.com, this title can only be shipped within the United States.)
  • Terminator: Dawn of Fate is also available for the Xbox. (The same limitation for video game shipping also applies, unfortunately.)
  • Dark Futures, by Russell Blackford, is the first book in "The New John Connor Chronicles," and picks up where Terminator 2 left off.
  • T2: Infiltrator, by S. M. Stirling, also picks up after Judgment Day, but it is unknown if this novel is consistent with either Dark Futures or Terminator 3.
  • T2: Rising Storm, also by S. M. Stirling, continues the story started in his first Terminator novel.
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Tech Manual by Michael Jan Friedman.

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