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The Hologram's Handbook

From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference

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(written from a Production point of view)
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Author(s): The Doctor "as told to Robert Picardo"
Illustrator(s): Jeff Yagher
Publisher: Pocket Books
Pages: 112
Reference: ISBN 0743437918

The Doctor (aka Robert Picardo) goes into depth about how he felt about various experiences while aboard USS Voyager, such as feeling "betrayed" by Kes when she extended the length of his bout with the flu, as well as genuine and helpful advice for any holograms finding it hard to fit in with 'organics'.

[edit] Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Foreword
  • Basics
  • Initial Activation
  • Real vs. Better
Or, Why Organics Resent Holograms
  • Ordinary Tasks and Other Humiliations
  • Pros and Cons of Hololife
  • Etiquette
Watching Your A.I. p's and q's
  • What's in a Name?
  • Dress for Success
Reprogramming Your Appearance Parameters
  • Expanding Your Program
  • Anatomical Correctness
The Program Upgrade of Kings
  • The Dread D's
Deactivation, Decompilation, Deletion
  • Any Place I Hang My Holoemitter
  • User Friendly
Advice for Intimacy Between Humans, Holograms, and Other Hopefuls
  • The Road to Selfhood
  • Afterword
Song of Hologram
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