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Re: The Hall of Forgotten Fanac: The James Dixon Collection
DakotaSmith wrote:
Christopher wrote:
One can't take his conclusions seriously, but you can find occasional factoids in his chrono that aren't documented anywhere else.
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There's no question that James' knowledge of Trek lore was exhaustive. I'm a fan from 1967, and like James, I read everything I could get my hands on. I had read or at least vaguely remembered most of the sources James so obsessively cataloged.
It wasn't "Treknical" inaccuracy that was his problem. It was that he was a complete frak-head that couldn't get along with anyone.
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That's pretty much him in a nutshell.
I used to participate fairly heavily on the USENet rec.arts.startrek.tech (and other rec.arts.startrek groups), and got into some DOOZY flame wars with him.
(As did nearly everyone else- I can't remember a single person actually agreeing with anything he posted).
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May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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