I'm with you guys. I use "Trekkie" or just "Star Trek fan".
Trekkies or Trekker
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I'm with you guys. I use "Trekkie" or just "Star Trek fan".
So what's with the Khan obsession? I bet Freud would come up with some interesting theories to explain it.Did I mention the Khan bobble-head?A Khan shrine?!I give up Greg, you are definitely the saddest Trekkie of us both!
Writing three (!) novels about him may have had something to do with it . . . .
I was eating, breathing, sleeping Khan for a few years there.
So what's with the Khan obsession? I bet Freud would come up with some interesting theories to explain it.
Writing three (!) novels about him may have had something to do with it . . . .
I was eating, breathing, sleeping Khan for a few years there.
the first two were awesome by the way!
(the third probably is too, but I haven't read it yet)
So what's with the Khan obsession? I bet Freud would come up with some interesting theories to explain it.
Writing three (!) novels about him may have had something to do with it . . . .
I was eating, breathing, sleeping Khan for a few years there.
the first two were awesome by the way!
(the third probably is too, but I haven't read it yet)
Thanks!
I was wondering who came up with that idea. Were you asked to write about Khan or did you pitch the idea yourself? I have no idea how these things work...
Roddenberry was asked about it and he said it was Trekkie. He said he invented the thing and he could name what the fans are. I'm sure one of the Trekkies here wll give you the exact quote and where to find it.
With no disrespect intended to anyone here, there is a significant distinction that goes beyond loving fun or being too serious. Trekkers enjoy Star Trek for its entertainment value. They are just as enthusiastic as Trekkies, but in the end, its just entertainment to them. Trekkies adopt Roddenberry's utopian philosophy as a role model for their lives and testify in court in their star fleet uniforms. Trekkers watch the shows and the movies, read the books and even collect some of the toys, but it's just a hobby. Trekkies move to Los Angeles so they can live near the actor they worship.
With no disrespect intended to anyone here, there is a significant distinction that goes beyond loving fun or being too serious. Trekkers enjoy Star Trek for its entertainment value. They are just as enthusiastic as Trekkies, but in the end, its just entertainment to them. Trekkies adopt Roddenberry's utopian philosophy as a role model for their lives and testify in court in their star fleet uniforms. Trekkers watch the shows and the movies, read the books and even collect some of the toys, but it's just a hobby. Trekkies move to Los Angeles so they can live near the actor they worship.
Honestly, it came about by accident. I had made a throwaway reference to Khan in a previous Trek book, implying that Gary Seven had been instrumental in his overthrow. As God is my witness, it was just meant to be a cute little bit of continuity porn. I had no intention of doing anything beyond that, but then my editor called me up and asked me if I wanted to write that story . . . .
Somehow or another, this ended up being three more books!
Trekkies,...Trekkers...:IMHO
You say tomato,..I say tomaHto...
You say potato,... I say potaHto
Well, when they tried tap dancing they kept falling into the sink.
Gene Roddenberry himself deliberately used the term "Trekkies" and thought it was amusing when some fans would write to him and insist on being addressed as "Trekkers". He once said, "Well, I should know, I invented the thing."
I have to respectfully disagree. All fans have the right to self identify in the way that they like.
I have been an enthusiastic fan since I watched TOS reruns while I was in elementary school. I was a Trekkie as a child and I remain one today.
I personally don't like the word Trekker. It sounds far too serious and no where near as fun as Trekkie. I have attended 2 conventions, but I have no plans to stalk any actors.
I am a happy Trekkie. Others may not agree...but I say to each their own!
Don't feel too bad. In all my years as a Star Trek fan (how the hell is that boring??), I've only been to one, and it wasn't the best thing that ever happened to me, although, I will admit it was a pleasure to have Robin Curtis lead the entire convention in singing "Happy Birthday" to me.
My mom took me on my 24th birthday in 1994. I haven't been to one since.
It was a joke. I deliberately put the wink smiley there to make that clear. Alas, my sense of humour appears to be lost on many fellow posters.
Thanks for explaining, Greg.
I guess this series is your opus magnum?It's going to be my own interpretation of the Moogie character, so who knows.At least we know you won't be nekkid since it's our beloved Feminist Moogie
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No disrespect taken, but then again, maybe that's just because you're wrong. Your preconceived notions overtook you there for a moment. That's all right, though, it happens a lot.
Slut?
Hey we should have a Slut Walk for Spock!!! Everyone dress in TOS uniforms, out and proud baby.
I too went only once to a convention. BUT would love too attend many more Trek orientated or even a Comic-Con event. But alas there are not many in the northwestern section of Pennsylvania where I live.
On the note of your mother taking you, my mother suggested we go to one of the last ones they had in Erie, Pa., and although she was handicapped in spent %100 of the rest of her life in a wheelchair. I was touched by the main headliner, Marc Leonard, coming up behind us with must have been the event chairman and giving me a hand in lifting the wheelchair up the steps. I was so star struck and flabbergasted that he would do such a thing I didn't even ask for an autograph!
Sorry, all the fans I know -- most of whom started out as fans of TOS in its orginal run -- call themselves Trekkies. None of us wear Star Trek uniforms anywhere, and none of us live within 3000 miles of LA.
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