Things I Think About When Reading Old School Star Trek Books
- If outer space doesn’t look like these 1970’s painted covers, I’m not sure I’m interested in going.
- I like the idea of being a “friend of Star Trek” even more than being a fan.
- Being a Trekkie in the 70s WAS like being in a fun, friendly cult.
- Without all the Kool-Aid and going clear.
- I was always a Trekkie, not a Trekker, much to the dismay of my Trekker friends.
- It felt like Trekkies were so enthusiastic and hopeful in the mid-70s.
- Are we still? I can’t tell from the Interwebs.
- Many, MANY afternoons were spent after school next to my bedroom window, huddled over the heater vent eating brown sugar cinnamon Pop-Tarts, and reading The Making of Star Trek, the Concordance or the James Blish episode novelizations.
- I miss the old Foto-novels.
- Especially the ones with Shirtless Kirk®.
- Nichelle Nichols wrote a story in this anthology. Lieutenant Uhura! It’s like it happened for real because SHE WAS THERE ON THE ENTERPRISE!
- Until I moved to Hollywood, I didn’t connect the dots that human beings just like me actually WROTE these things. I am a little slow sometimes.
- I never wrote any Trek fan fiction, but I did write fan scripts. (I killed Dr. Crusher in one! Sorry, Gates McFadden!)
- On the other hand, my Doctor Who Fifth Doctor fiction with Tegan, Nyssa and Adric started awesome and then got Mary Sue within two pages.
- I’ve seen Nichelle Nichols several times, but was too shy to speak to her.
- I will never be shy again! Go boldly!