all things star trek

[Julsey]

14 hours ago, computerwiz said:

 

Go to an actual comic store. I have not had that experience.

 

Fan fic is going to go all over the place. "Real" comics tend to stay close to canon. 

It never used to be that way. With all the successive Trek iterations, canon really did fly out the window, though. 😞 

[Julsey]

4 hours ago, Shawnster said:

 

There's your problem right there 🤣

 

I'm kidding. OK, not much as many a truth is said in jest. Fanfic, especially today, is going to be influenced by the fans writing it. Fans that do not answer to editors or what the audience will purchase with money. 

 

There are plenty of good Trek novels out there from before the LGBT days. There are plenty of stinkers, too 🤣. Of course, this doesn't help if you've alr read all of them. 

 

I like that suggestion about comics. Might find quality digital downloads for a reasonable price. 

 

There are some gems in the fanfic world, but you gotta be patient and have endurance in looking for them. 

 

I do like some fan films like Continues and their 11 episode series on YouTube. Same with a few others like Star Trek Exeter. 

I was reading it over 40 years ago, and you are right. I have several zines, but you never knew whether what you bought would be any good. The really good stories - then and now - are, as you say, gems, and they really are few and far between. Otoh, we were all in sync on certain things. We all knew what canon was. In later Trek iterations, it was clear that Berman, Braga, and others couldn’t have been TOS fans. 
 

Novels. Yeah, I started off with the James Blish books in the early 70’s and moved on from there. I was never anything other than a TOS girl, though, so when the TNG stuff started coming out, I kind of drifted away. I did read ‘Strangers from the Sky,’ though, and enjoyed it, and I have a couple of audiobooks on my iPad that I have yet to get through.
 

Star Trek Continues was *amazing.* It’s the only fan production I have ever watched that felt true to the series, and if you looked at Vic Mignona from a certain angle, you’d swear he was Shatner. I think “What Ships Are For” was my fav episode. 

[bobby]

i have a autographed picture  Walter Koenig some gave me 

[bobby]

i have some of the TOS movie comic book 

 and have met a few of the TNG actors at Star Trek conventions 

Edited December 18, 2024 by bobby

[Julsey]

Has anyone read this?

 

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Year-Deluxe-Book/dp/B0BX9C8Q58/ref=pd_sim_hxwPM2_sspa_dk_detail_p2_og_dN?pd_rd_w=2ACBz&content-id=amzn1.sym.8731cf14-a5af-469f-9ca4-1f4799dd0e7c&pf_rd_p=8731cf14-a5af-469f-9ca4-1f4799dd0e7c&pf_rd_r=BM9NS3NY463NZBSYPET2&pd_rd_wg=uRhBl&pd_rd_r=00f4f7b0-ae3a-493f-8f72-308c2fdebd3b&pd_rd_i=B0BX9C8Q58&psc=1#customerReviews

[Julsey]

Oops. Never mind. We already talked about this! 

[computerwiz]

57 minutes ago, Julsey said:

Has anyone read this?

 

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Year-Deluxe-Book/dp/B0BX9C8Q58/ref=pd_sim_hxwPM2_sspa_dk_detail_p2_og_dN?pd_rd_w=2ACBz&content-id=amzn1.sym.8731cf14-a5af-469f-9ca4-1f4799dd0e7c&pf_rd_p=8731cf14-a5af-469f-9ca4-1f4799dd0e7c&pf_rd_r=BM9NS3NY463NZBSYPET2&pd_rd_wg=uRhBl&pd_rd_r=00f4f7b0-ae3a-493f-8f72-308c2fdebd3b&pd_rd_i=B0BX9C8Q58&psc=1#customerReviews

 

I will read it, but haven't yet. I skimmed through it and it looks like a very good read. 

 

I got a 2nd copy so I can read it and not worry about messing up the copy I'm gonna get signed. 😁

[Julsey]

1 hour ago, computerwiz said:

 

I will read it, but haven't yet. I skimmed through it and it looks like a very good read. 

 

I got a 2nd copy so I can read it and not worry about messing up the copy I'm gonna get signed. 😁

Nearly all the reviews I read said that the stories harkened back to original Trek, so that’s definitely a good sign. 

[computerwiz]

Just now, Julsey said:

Nearly all the reviews I read said that the stories harkened back to original Trek, so that’s definitely a good sign. 

 

I'll let you know for sure when I read it. I'm finishing up a Mirror War comic first. 😉