Schuster Star Trek Conventions/1975 New York City Schuster Star Trek Convention

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The Fourth Annual International Star Trek Convention was held on January 10-12, 1975 at the Americana Hilton in New York City.
That Al Schuster called it the "Fourth International Star Trek Convention" was a bit of chutzpah as it was only the first under his complete purview; Schuster's title was a reference to the first three Star Trek Lives! cons as the first three "International Star Trek Cons," something that may have not sat well with that original comcon. 
That same year, the Star Trek Lives! convention was called "1975 Star Trek Convention" and was held at a different hotel a month later. Al Schuster was able to secure William Shatner's attendance even though the 1975 Star Trek Convention had booked him to appear at their event. Luckily, both events did well. Star Trek: The Complete Unauthorized History By Robert Greenberger.
=== Guests of Honor===
Guests of honor were Harlan Ellison, Isaac Asimov, William Shatner, Hal Clement, James Doohan, and Walter Koenig.
===Tidbits and Anecdotes===
The Dorsai Irregulars were employed at this convention; see one fan's account of the toe sock incident.
From some footage and commentary about this con, see Good Night America: Star Trek Special.
=="The Conning of a Con"==
The Conning of a Con (OR THE "OH MY GOD THE MUGATU WANTS TO PLAY GAMES!" Syndrome) is a zine with the subtitle: "A True Story."
 
It consists an interview with "Warlock," a male fan who dressed as a woman for this con's costume contest.
The interviewee was "Warlock," a pseud for Winston Howlett, who stated he decided to enter the costume contest as a female character. His entry card read: "Barbra Wheadon...New York City...as Dracona, the vampire queen of Ka-Lahn" 
The reason for his choice of costume: "Well, to put it quite bluntly... I don't like Al Schuster. I know what's really been going on, the con game he's been pulling. And when I first heard about 'Al Schuster's Fourth Annual International STAR TREK Convention', I said,"Okay, that's it!" I decided I wanted to "stick it to him" at his own con, in a way that was not illegal, not immoral, and nobody would get hurt."
===Flyers, Badges, Program Books===
File:Back Star Trek Committe Con Feb 1975 Pocket Program Guide.jpg|This newspaper article, detailing Al Shuster's removal of funds from the convention bank account, was printed on the back of the 1975 Committee Con program guide. Click to read.
 Image:internationalstartrekconvention1975.jpg| cover of the 1975 International Star Trek Convention, art by Steve Stiles 
 Image:alschuster1975con.jpg| cover of the 1975 International Star Trek Convention, art by Steve Stiles, this one has Star Trek Lives! on the cover 
File:4thIntlStarTrekFlyer1975.jpg|Flyer for "Al Schuster's 4th Annual International Star Trek Convention." The artist, Steve Stiles explains: "This was the first convention flyer I ever did, also the first piece of art I ever used duotone on. It was also about the time I had thoughts about trying to become a comic book illustrator."Steve Stiles' post to the Fanhistory Facebook group dated Oct 20, 2014.
File:1975 convention AlShuster.jpg|cover of Al Shuster's 1975 International Star Trek convention program guide: the entire book has been scanned here
File:1975 convention small.jpg|1975 convention program schedule (click to read)
 
=== Programming===
===Links to Photos===
*International Star Trek Convention – 1975
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==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Conventions
Category:1975 Conventions