Tranquility Press

June 1st, 2392

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW BERLIN, LUNA

The Tranquility Press announces the 200th anniversary republication of “SAN FRANCISCO 2161: 47 Days That Changed the Galaxy and Created the United Federation of Planets” by author Aubrey B. Marincola, originally published in 2192. This remarkable story of the birth of the Federation is another important text largely lost to history found by our resident literary archaeologist, Xander Malingowski. Says Malingowski, “This text, most forgotten now, provides direct insight into the minds of our Federation Founders with direct interviews and observations from Marincola, who covered the conference as a reporter. On a personal note, I am pleased to share this piece of personal history with our readers.” Malingowski is the great-great-grandson of the author.    

The San Francisco Conference of 2161 occurred on Earth between June 26 and August 12, 2161 C.E. During this time, fifteen delegations, fresh from the bloodiest war many of them had ever seen, met to discuss the future. What might such a future look like? What values from more than a dozen delegations representing thousands of political, economic, societal, and scientific traditions would be enshrined in a single, static document? How would bad actors attempt to disrupt the proceedings? Why wouldn’t the Justice Committee let outside folks sit at their lunch table? Most importantly, how do we continue to define and redefine our utopia? 

Author of “San Francisco: The First 500 Years” and “NOT ME, US; the Biography of Grethe Zhor”, Aubrey B. Marincola covered the San Francisco Conference as a reporter for the San Francisco Tribune, 2158-2171, communications director for Federation Councillor Lydia LIttlejohn (217) and Camila Benso (2173) before beginning his successful and long running “A Night with…” lecture series through Marquette-Beloit University. During this series, he interviewed dozens of delegates to the San Francisco Conference and more than one hundred observers and attendees. 

These nearly two decades of work, and his own personal notes of the conference, provide the bulk of new insights in this electrifying, fresh telling of the conference that birthed the Federation. Through anecdotes, recently declassified documents, and personal insight, Marincola helps us understand the personalities and characters that provided the blueprint for the United Federation of Planets. Though it ended in a small compromise, it began in large dreams. 

Find “SAN FRANCISCO 2161: 47 Days That Changed the Galaxy and Created the United Federation of Planets” at a Literary Collective near you or at www.nascentnovice.com.

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