A three-volume series that, between them, massively expands and updates on the acclaimed 2016 book of the same name.
Beyond the Mirror Image Volume One: The Original Series
770 pages
“Theorising that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator… and vanished.”
Join Sam Beckett as he leaps through time putting right what once went wrong, with this indispensable armchair guide to the series from researcher Matt Dale, co-host of the Quantum Leap Podcast and author of the acclaimed 2016 edition of this guide, massively updated and revised here.
Featuring interviews with over 100 key personnel from the show, this episode-by-episode look through the series highlights important themes and will take you behind-the-scenes of this classic series like never before.
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1st Edition (Sep 2023): Limited to 180 via Kickstarter, now out of print.
2nd Edition (Nov 2023): Print-on-Demand
Beyond the Mirror Image Volume Two: The Revival
262 pages
“Dr.Ben Song risked everything when he used the Quantum Leap accelerator to travel back in time.”
Join Ben Song on a journey through the first season of this groundbreaking relaunch, from the author of Beyond the Mirror Image, the acclaimed guide to the original series of Quantum Leap, and co-host of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Matt Dale.
Featuring interviews with dozens of the key people involved, along with analayses and in-depth guides, this celebration of the new series of Quantum Leap is accompanied by details of the relaunches that never were: A Bold Leap Forward, Time Child, and more…
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Beyond the Mirror Image Volume Three: The Appendices
Approx 600-700 pages
“With a million-gigabyte capacity, I’m quite capable of rubbing my tummy, patting my head, and doing a trillion floating point operations at once.”
With a thoroughness and bredth that exceeds Ziggy herself, Volume Three of the Beyond the Mirror Image trilogy takes you to all the unexplored corners of the Quantum Leap Universe.
In-depth coverage of the official novels and comics, a complete chronology of the fictional QLverse, an exhaustive merchandise guide, and dozens of other essays features make up this must-have conclusion to the BTMI series.
Written by Matt Dale, acclaimed researcher and author of the first two books in the series, and co-host of The Quantum Leap Podcast, this is a leap you won’t want to miss…
Author Matt Dale died suddenly in December 2023, whilst writing and planning the contents for Volume Three.
In his absence, there’s a small team of his friends who are going to take a look at the drafts he shared and see whether they can fulfil his vision and complete the trilogy. There’s no timeline for this yet, but you can register your interest by emailing qlbtmi@gmail.com, or keeping an eye on the Facebook page and Twitter account for the original edition, as well as checking back here for updates.
Volume One unboxing videos
Beyond the Mirror Image: The Observer’s Guide to Quantum Leap
Now out of print
This 800-page book is now out of print. The first 400 pages have been expanded to form the new Volume One, the second 400 pages will be expanded to form the new Volume Three.
Behind the scenes stories
Observations and nitpicks
A full chronology of the Quantum Leap universe
The unmade tales
All this and more in the most comprehensive celebration of Quantum Leap ever…
Initially available as a limited edition hardback via Kickstarter in 2016, this is now available as a print-on-demand and eBook product through popular demand.
WHAT BACKERS SAID:
“Amazing… so much material to go through. Fantastic job!”
“I never expected quite the amount of information it holds… Would almost be criminal for the lovers of QL out there not to have the opportunity to enjoy this book.”
“A thing of beauty!”
“This FAR exceeds what I was expecting. You did a fantastic job with this and I am over the moon for it!”
1st Edition (Nov 2016): Kickstarter Limited to 91 copies, contained some colour pages
2nd Edition (2017-2023): Print-on-Demand, monochrome