Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek debuted September 8, 1966, billed by its creator Gene Roddenberry as "a Wagon Train to the stars". Considered ground-breaking for its era, Star Trek showed a multinational, multiracial cast crewing the U.S.S. Enterprise, a starship devoted to exploration.Curiously enough, a series with an almost identical concept premiered in Germany on September 17, 1966. Raumpatrouille Orion (Space Patrol Orion) was the first German science fiction series. It also had a multiracial, multi-ethnic cast, including women in command positions. It lasted only seven episodes, but has had a lengthy afterlife in novelizations. Fan critic/blogger Josh Marsfelder in Vaka Rangi calls Raumpatrouille the show Star Trek should have been in its first season. The series was saved from cancellation by fan effort after its second season, but was then cancelled after the third season. 
Despite this, Star Trek survived, first in the form of an animated series, later as a series of major motion pictures. A second television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, debuted in 1987. The original 1960s series became known as Star Trek: The Original Series, frequently abbreviated ST:TOS, or simply TOS by fans. For an overview of the whole franchise, see the Star Trek page.
Star Trek: The Original Series originally ran for three seasons on television. It has a very active fanbase that started from nearly the moment the show debuted and still flourishes today. Fans have not only kept this series alive after it was nearly canceled after its second season, but also kept it going through many years where there was no new material with their production of fanworks, their organization of conventions and their devotion to their fandom. The popularity of the show in reruns eventually brought about its resurrection as one of the large media franchises. 
Gene Roddenberry was the producer and heavily involved in the first two seasons, and was replaced by Fred Freiberger. It was finally canceled in 1969 after what many fans and critics felt to be disappointing and unsatisfying changes made to both the scripts and characterizations. See some October 1980 remarks by Fred Freiberger in an interview with Starlog #39. 
Star Trek was revived as Star Trek: The Animated Series (abbreviated TAS) in 1973 by Filmation & Norway Corp., and as a series of films in the 1980s and 1990s by Paramount. A Star Trek movie had been proposed years before, but was rushed into production soon after 1977's Star Wars. Far more successful than the TV series, the blockbuster Trek films funded the creation of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG).
A current trend as viewed on Fanfiction.net, as well as through other sites, is that ST:TOS is being discovered by a number of people from countries outside of the United States. Many new fans have found it through the internet, international syndication or by buying the DVDs and other media.
Another attractor to the fandom are the reboot films, Star Trek AOS.
== Canon ==
Although Star Trek featured a large (and diverse) supporting cast, the main characters were the triad -- Captain James T. Kirk, First Officer Spock and Dr. Leonard (Bones) McCoy. They serve on the starship Enterprise, exploring the furthest parts of the galaxy and protecting the United Federation of Planets from hostile aliens. A product of the 1960s, the premise of Star Trek blends the then-popular Western show -- in which gunslingers traveled from town to town each week solving local problems -- with modern concerns like civil rights and the morality of war. Through science fiction, these things could be addressed in a mostly non-controversial fashion.
The U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of James Kirk, is on a five-year mission of exploration in deep space: 'to boldly go where no man has gone before'. Her crew often faces new phenomena, cultures, and planets, of the both friendly and unfriendly varieties.
There are seven major characters, although only three were ever listed in the main title credits of the show: Captain Kirk, his executive officer Spock, Doctor McCoy, Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, Lieutenant Uhura, Helmsman Sulu, and Ensign Chekov. Other recurring characters include Nurse Chapel (played by Majel Barrett), Yeoman Rand, and various admirals. Spock's parents, Sarek and Amanda, are also popular characters; they appear in only one TOS episode, but return in the animated series (TAS), the movies and tie-in novels.
===Sample of Second Season Marketing===
 
Image:collage17-3.jpg|inside page from #17 of Collage #17, "from a pamphlet issued by the sales planning division of NBC to promote the coming of Star Trek's second season" 
Image:collage17-4.jpg|inside page from #17 of Collage #17, "from a pamphlet issued by the sales planning division of NBC to promote the coming of Star Trek's second season"
Text of the second season promotion pamphlet:
Much more information and original material on Star Trek can be found at the blog My Star Trek Scrapbook, demonstrating just how influential this series was to viewers of all ages and interests, not just to those already involved in science fiction/fantasy fandom. In fact, to many of its devoted viewers, this was the show responsible for awakening an interest in these genres.
The series counted numerous distinguished science fiction authors among its screen writers, including Harlan Ellison, Jerome Bixby and Theodore Sturgeon, as well as fostering new talent like David Gerrold. Several later shows were written by fan contributors. Guest stars included revered actors of stage and screen, while beginners who are well-known today appeared on the show early in their career. Many speak of how they are recognized primarily for the part they played in the show, however small. 
==Fandom==
This is the fandom where modern slash was born. This is also the fandom where media fandom split from science fiction fandom and became its own force to reckon with. 
Star Trek: The Original Series has a very active fanbase that was born nearly the moment the show debuted and still flourishes more than fifty years later. Fans have not only kept this series alive after it was nearly canceled after its second season, but also kept it going through many years where there was no new material through their production of fanworks, their organization of conventions and their devotion to their fandom.
			
A current trend as viewed on Fanfiction.net, as well as through other sites, is that ST:TOS is being discovered by a number of people from countries outside of the United States where it originated. Many new fans coming into the fandom have found it through the internet, international syndication or by accessibility to buying the DVDs and other media through large media-selling websites. The series was Remastered remastered on television and DVD in 2006 with added CGI effects, to give Star Trek: The Original Series a more authentic feel and look which would be acceptable to modern audiences.
Another potential attractor to new fandom are the new movies, which were billed as a series "reboot" and may prompt curiosity about the original television show.
=== Brief Fandom History ===
There is a wealth of information about Star Trek fandom. The first media fanzine was Spockanalia, which started publishing in 1967, while the show was still on the air. The second, ST-Phile, put out the first of two issues in January 1968. Inside Star Trek, considered at the time to be the "official" Star Trek fan club zine, began publishing in the fall of that year.
The first large-scale Trek media convention or "con" New York Times: Joan Winston, ‘Trek’ Superfan, Dies at 77 was in 1972 (they'd hoped 500 people would come -- they had to turn people away after the first 3,000). Committee member Joan Winston gave a detailed account of that first guest convention in Star Trek Lives!.Memory-Alpha Star Trek Wiki: Star Trek conventions The first media fan con (i.e., run by fans, for fans, with no guest stars) was August Party, in August 1975, chaired by Rich Kolker. The following year, the American Midwest's first media fan con was held: SeKWester*Con (pronounced "sequester con") in Kalamazoo, Michigan.Boldly Writing: A Trekker Fan and Zine History, 1967 - 1987 (Go figure.) At the second SeKWester*Con, the Fan Q awards were started to recognize Quality in Star Trek fan fiction, filks and art. (At some point, they started being given to K/S content as well. Year?). Starting in 1981, the FanQ awards have been given out at MediaWest*Con.List of Fan Q Winners each year, archived on WayBack Machine March 06, 2007 Beginning in 1984, and again in 1998, K/S fan writers, feeling that their slash contributions were not getting enough recognition, began holding their own awards: the K/Star Award and the Philon awards respectively.
Like the idea of zines, and conventions, the Star Trek Welcommittee (which lasted from 1972 until the web finally made it unecessary) was based on existing science fiction fandom practice; in this case, the National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F) Welcommittee. Wikipedia.org:Star Trek Welcommittee
As of 2008, there are still Trek guest cons and fan cons held every year. When Joan Winston died, her obit showed up in the New York Times as the Trek Superfan. Star Trek fandom is still going strong.
As mentioned above, the first media fanzine was Spockanalia, which started publishing while the show was still on the air, as did ST-Phile; they both sent copies to the production staff and actors. In issue four of Spockanalia, the first romantic story featuring Spock appeared, "Time Enough" by Lelamarie S. Kreidler. The story concerns Spock's next pon farr and how he seeks out and mates with Lian Jameson, a part-Vulcan woman who is the head of the ship's Alien Research section. The two part amicably without bonding or any form of commitment when she is called back to Vulcan.
===Fans, Merchandise, and Profit=== 
For more, see Star Trek Fandom and Profit.
The producers of Star Trek had been a little slow in realizing the profit that could be made from fans. It wasn't until Equicon 1974 that Paramount Studios began taking notice of some of the merchandising opportunities beneath the Star Trek franchise. From a notice in the pocket program: 
The official marketing people's slow responses to fan demand regarding Star Trek merchandise was evident to Franz Joseph, a fan who had created a set of detailed blueprints. Before the 1974 convention, Joseph had attempted to get permission to sell his creation he had titled Booklet of General Plans. These plans later became the Star Fleet Technical Manual:
Gene Roddenberry, however, realized the untapped market early on, and it was what propelled the very successful Lincoln Enterprises. 
Once TPTB observed the voraciousness of fans' desire to buy all things Trek, they swung into action. This led to a common topic in newsletters and other fan correspondence -- that of the gullible fan who'd buy anything. From a fan in 1976: "I'm sure we all shudder when we stop to think about the sheer amount of $$ we put into our collections of ST memorabilia. Yes, I know it's for love or whatever, but it's still $$$... There are dealers at all the cons selling garbage... [such as] very poor quality offset or litho photographs... I stood and talked to dealers who have admitted that... Trekkies will buy anything and they are out for the big bucks." The Halkan Council #14 (January 1976) From a fan in 1979: "This month several professional magazines, which are often referred to as prozines as the opposite of fanzines, will be the target for discussion. It is an indication of Star Trek's endurability that some of these attempts are only suitable for lining birdcages - the assumption is that Trek fans will buy anything, no matter how simple-minded the content. The brevity of their appearance is eloquent testimony as to the fallacy of this opinion. [("All About Star Trek Fan Clubs" (dreadful), "Media Spotlight" (not too bad), "Science Fantasy Film Classics" (very good)." TREKisM #3 (January 1979 From a fan in 1988: "It is true that many fans will buy anything that has the words "Star Trek" on it, and that is sad, for in their zeal to own everything Trek-ish, people are getting ripped off." Beyond the Farthest Star #3 (July 1988) 
It was also profit that changed the nature of conventions. No longer did the celebrities attend cons for the cost of their travel, or for a very nominal fee. Instead, convention guests demanded large fees, something that propelled all sorts of other changes in how fans interacted with each other -- socially in person, via zines and other fanworks, and visibility.
Star Trek fans fast became known for buying anything to do with the show, something that for-profit companies, as well as fan-run and many fellow fans capitalized upon. 
In 1990, a fan wrote of Star Trek merchandising in the United Kingdom and bemoaned the slickness and lack of quality: 
See: 
* Tie-in Novels
* Fandom and Profit
Image:clipper11-6.jpg|inside page from The Clipper Trade Ship #11 (1976), a parody of an ad, making fun of Star Trek fans who will buy anything having to do with the show
File:Star Trek Original Fabric small.jpg|You too, could buy a yard of the original fabric used for Star Trek uniforms!
===The Generally Unpopular Third Season===
Fans' victory in getting the show back for a third season was, for many, a classic "be careful what you wish for" situation, or as Spock told Stonn, his rival in Amok Time, "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting.".
In 1970, Leonard Nimoy said: 
In 1979, D.C. Fontana wrote about her decision to leave after the second season, and she referenced the never-filmed episode, "Joanna," which was planned to feature McCoy's daughter: 
===Romantic and Sexual Pairings===
In the initial years of the fandom, not all fan fiction focused on romance. Fans wrote stories that could play out in the reader's head as an ordinary series episode. Some were in screenplay form and printed that way in fanzines. Some amateur and semi-pro authors submitted their original scripts to the show's producers, and a handful were picked up and produced ("The Empath" by Joyce Muskat, "The Trouble With Tribbles" by David Gerrold, "Is There In Truth No Beauty?" by Jean Lisette Aroeste and "The Tholian Web" by Judy Burns). Others including Jacqueline Lichtenberg continued to send scripts even after the series was canceled in the hope that if another network picked up the show their work could be used. 
All published romantic fan fiction in those days was "het" (heterosexual), often focusing on Spock's need to find a suitable mate since his canon divorce from his affianced bride at his last pon farr as shown in "Amok Time". Common het pairings in these very early stories are Kirk/Uhura, and Spock/Chapel. (The practice of naming a story's pairings in this fashion was not used. In fact, romantic relationships in stories weren't called "pairings". That word wasn't in common use until the early 1990s.) There are also numerous stories in which, similar to the canon episodes, the male leads have romance with original female characters, many of them quite well written. This took place before the Mary Sue panic began to influence amateur writing. 
Spock/Uhura in TOS fanworks exists, but is relatively rare, especially compared to the "reboot" ST:XI where their romance was made canon. There were also some Spock/Saavik stories after Saavik appeared in canon, some McCoy/Chapel stories, and, again, pairings with original characters were more common than they are today. 
The labeling conventions of "het", "slash", "gen", etc. were unknown; in fact, "gen" had an entirely different, possibly several meanings.According to K.S. Langley, "gen" was used to describe zines with no adult content; according to user:KTJ, in the 1960s and 1970s, "gen" meant a story taking place in the Star Trek universe but with none of the established characters. See Genzine for this and other uses of the word. Fans would sometimes rate their stories according to the MPAA film rating system. There were no fanzine publishing houses in those days; each amateur editor put out her own zine, and usually most would not print explicitly sexual material. (User:KTJ speculates that these policies were because of the many fans at the time who were 12 or younger, but according to K.S. Langley Star Trek fandom was composed of people in high school or older and that anyone younger would not have had the money required to actively participate in fandom.personal communication with user:aethel, 25 May 2015.Children were avid viewers of Star Trek. In those days, even young children often earned and saved money via after-school jobs or received a parental allowance ("pocket money") they could use to buy fanzines. They might also read fanzines bought by a parent or older sibling, as mentioned in Regina Marvinny's Tricorder Readings.Children were frequent contributors to Tricorder Readings and Marvinny specifically mentioned child fans in explaining why she would not run R- or X-rated material. There were also Karen Flanery's brood, and especially the several fan clubs run by Sarah Cornelie "Sam" Cole.) Sending explicit material through the mail was a felony, still is a misdemeanor in most states, and a Class D felony if anyone under legal age sees the material. 
Some adult fans also disliked "dirty" stories (for example, Laura Harris' "The Alternate" in Spockanalia 3, which takes place during a poetically described sexual encounter; or Lelamarie Kreidler's "Time Enough" in Spockanalia 4, in which all the action is offstage), and had to be reminded that "psychiatrists say this is normal". Stories in which Spock established a matrimonial bond with a female but no consummation was shown (Jacqueline Lichtenberg's "Spock's Affirmation"In T-Negative 8, 1970. and "Spock's Argument" In T-Negative 12, 1970., and Judith Brownlee's "To Seek Thee Out" In Eridani Triad 1, 1970. were not objectionable, only descriptions of sexual activities, which were considered obscene by many at that time. When the first X-rated zine, Grup, appeared, it was highly controversial, particularly for its first-issue nude centerfold of Mr. Spock.
Non-explicit het stories thus had no label, while explicit tales are called adult, so especially with brief fanzine descriptions it can be difficult to tell whether a story would be counted as gen, especially if it is not only a romance.
The dominant slash ship by far is Kirk/Spock. There is also some Spock/McCoy, and a little Kirk/McCoy. Because Kirk/McCoy is a huge ship in ST:XI the latter has recently gotten some boost also in TOS as new fans discover TOS and bring their own slash goggles over. The occasional Kirk/Spock/McCoy threesome can also be found. There is a little Sulu/Chekov, but again less than in ST:XI. (I think?) But overall most non-K/S slash pairings can be considered somewhat rare in TOS.
=== Online Fandom=== 
Star Trek discussion groups and lists have existed since the earliest days of computer networks. The PLATO system had several Star Trek notesfiles and a Star Trek game. Computer bulletin boardsFor those interested in today's bulletin board systems, there is The BBS Corner. and Usenet counted Star Trek among their earliest forums. 
In 1982 net.startrek The first post to this newsgroup was posted August 1982, net.startrek, about this group, Google Groups, (Accessed October 10, 2008). was created as one of the first 20 or so Usenet newsgroups. As part of the Great Usenet Renaming -- a restructuring of existing groups to make their names easier to categorize -- it became rec.arts.startrek in 1986.
In 1990, alt.startrek.creative appeared. Soon after, alt.tv.star-trek.tos started, and almost from the start, the k/s-ers and gen fans pushed back and forth. One prominent k/s fan got tired of the same arguments being used against k/s over and over, and created the K/S Retort sometime after 1990.K/S Retort, also known as "The official alt.tv.star-trek.tos K/S FAQ".
The main archive for fanfiction posted to Alt.startrek.creative, Alt.startrek.creative.all-ages, and Alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (ASCEM) is Trekiverse and was established in 1991 and has been continuously maintained since then. Better Living Through TrekStories is an archive for the mailing list of the same name, as well as archiving stories posted to other Trek mailing lists, fanfiction.net and LiveJournal. It was initially called Better Living Through Treksmut.
For an overview of Star Trek fandom's online activities from the early 1990s, including show commentary, episode guides and fan fiction, visit the textfile directory. See also the Star Trek: Points of Interest which covers online Trek fandom for the period 1996-1998.
==Star Trek Fandom In Context==
Joan Marie Verba writes in Boldly Writing that she was aware of...
===As a Symbol and Vision of Optimism===
Image:apota15-1.jpg|the artist is Janice Scott, printed in A Piece of the Action #15 (1974)
===Within Fandom Migration Patterns===
To some, being part of Star Trek fandom means being part of a 50+ year tradition. With that comes with it a sense of continuity, of being part of something so much bigger than oneself.
Writing in 2011, Kathy Resch points out: "There was always overlap. Some fans would get in, stay a few years, and leave – often for other fandoms. By that time, new fans had come in, met the people already there, jumped in and started writing, drawing and publishing. This process kept going, and kept the continuity...(There was a fairly major exodus of old-time fans in the mid to late 80s into Starsky/Hutch and Bodie/Doyle (The Professionals). Many of these people are still in fandom, just an entirely different fandom than what they started out in.)
And then there were people who got into K/S and stayed there for decades, like myself, and the editors of Merry Men Press and Mkashef Enterprises. I published my first issue of T’hy’la in 1981, and am working on # 31 right now.
The letterzines also maintained that continuity and sense of community. They included On the Double, Come Together, The LOC Connection, and the still-published The K/S Press.
The continuity was also fueled by the fact we got to know each other in RL [real life], meeting at conventions, local fan parties and other meetups, talking on the phone, writing postal letters, etc. That’s one thing I hope internet fans can also share, because there’s nothing like getting together with other fans in our own fannish space talking talking talking about our interests."Recollection posted in 'The Pages Two and Three K/S-zine heaven (My trip to the University of Iowa Fanzine Archives)', dated March 3, 2011, quoted with permission.
===Star Trek, NASA, and Science===
Star Trek's popularity was deeply enmeshed in many fans' interest in space exploration, travel, and NASA. Many zines contained news, photos, and updates regarding the current news regarding this subject. See Star Trek and NASA.
Star Trek also sparked and stoked an interest in science with many fans. Many people today recount how the show caused them to go on to study and have careers in science. The show is often cited as a reason by many women such as Mae Jemison and Candy Torres who have gone on to become scientists. [need more quotes and examples]
Where there are fans, there is profit to be had.
===An International Phenomena===
While Star Trek was eventually broadcast in numerous countries, sometimes dubbed, sometimes subtitled, its growth was slowed by the fact that TV series syndication rights were complex and took time to negotiate. In contrast, Star Wars, which was a single movie (and then later a series of movies) was easier to distribute globally. And, while many people in the 1960s and 1970s lacked a television, there was wider access to movie cinemas which gave the Star Wars franchise the edge.
In 1976, a German fan wrote a letter to Menagerie explaining the difficulty Star Trek fans in Germany faced in accessing the aired episodes: 
In that same issue Australian fan Diane Marchant reported:
And last in issue #10, French Canadian Fan Susan Armstrong wrote: 
=== Non-American Fandom Activities ===
==== Conventions ====
* ViennaCon - Austria
==Fanworks==
=== Fanfiction ===
* The Antipatees Factor by Gordon Cowden (Gen) (1980)
* The Genesis Flaw by Jaynee Emerson (Gen) (1983)
* In the Circle of Time by Potts Family (Spock/OFC, Kirk/OFC) (1999)
===Fanzines===
:For a list of TOS fanzines see: :Category:Star Trek TOS Zines and List of Star Trek: The Original Series Fanzines and List of Star Trek: The Original Series Slash Zines. Also see: List of Star Trek TOS Zines Published While the Show First Aired.
*Spockanalia (1967-1970)
*Isotope (early 1970s)
*Love in Lonely Places (1972)
*ST Cartoons (1973)
*King to King's Level One (? - 1975)
*Intergalactic Corporation of Quadrotriticale Quirks (1975)
*The Guardian of Forever Newsletter (1976) (German language)
*The Exosphere (1976)
*Alpha Continuum (1976 - 1980)
*Live Long and Prosper: The Star Trek Phenomenon (1977)
*The Kahn-Ut-Tu People (1978)
*Matter/Antimatter (1978-1995)
*Mirror, RorriM (1979-1980)
*Space Log (1970s) -- in Japanese
*A Relatively Close Encounter (before 1980)
*Fleet News (1980s)
*Gempath (1982)
*The Illuminary Starship (1985)
*Inspired Lunacy (1986)
*Kohamel (1988)
*Counterpoint (1989-1993)
*Short Treks (1980s-1990s)
*Inside Love Call (1990s) -- in Japanese
*From the Krewe's Quarters (1992)
*Fleet Status Update (n.d.)
*Get Sirius (n.d.)
*Legends by Stories (n.d.)
*Mission 2: The Second Five-Year Voyage of the U.S.S. Enterprise (n.d.)
*Ship Recognition (n.d.)
*Star Trek & Star Street (n.d.)
*Star Trek Years (1970s)
*Drake's Drum UK gen (1980s or 1990s)
*Weihnachtssonderbände (German-language Christmas anthology)
*Wink of an Eye: A Magazine For SF Sentients
*Star Trek: Terms of Service Zine (2023)
===Meta===
:See also: :Category:Star Trek Meta or :Category:Star Trek TOS K/S Meta
*Spock: Teenage Outcast by F.C. and Leonard Nimoy (1968)
*The Development of the Kirk/Spock Relationship: Its Foundation in Fan-Fiction by April Valentine and Shanon Schildknecht (1978)
*I Know It's Awful, But What Is It? by Bonita Kale (1991 or 1992)
*Trek: The Printed Adventures by James Van Hise (1993)
*Just for the record, I always assumed Sulu was gay. That was a lot more fun than assuming Kirk and Spock were lovers. by David Gerrold (2016)
*Remembering My Spock by Tamar Wyschogrod (2018)
*Klingon Battle Cruiser Blueprints
*Sexism in TOS: Worst Offender, of Progressive in Retrospect in Comparison? by One Shirt Two Shirt Red Shirt Dead Shirt - Tumblr thread discussing sexism in TOS, in comparison with the later Trek series. (Wayback capture, Aug 29/23) (2023)
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===Vids===
:See also: :Category:Star Trek Vids
*What Do You Do With a Drunken Vulcan? by Kandy Fong (1975)
*Closer by TJonesy and Killa (2003)
*Star Trek: Tik Tok by MissSheenie (2010)
==Example Art Gallery==
:See also: :Category:Star Trek TOS Art
File:Nutsandbolts13-2.jpg|Art by Kathi Lynn Higley from Star Trek Nuts and Bolts #13 (1977)
File:Mindmeld4art6.jpg|Art from Mind Meld #4 (1987)
File:Mccmoystoy1art1.jpg|Art by Sue Keenan from McCoy's T.O.Y. #1 (1989)
File:CommonGround.jpg|Front cover of Common Ground by Lorraine Brevig (2009) 
==Archives and Communities==
===Archives===
*Sarek and Amanda Archive, the archive for the Sarek and Amanda newsgroup
*Ad Astra :: Star Trek Fanfiction Archive, the (mostly) quality-controlled Trek fanfic archive for all series, including a very active Expanded Universe group.
*1001 Trek Tales (archive)
*The Star Trek Archive at simegen.com, home of Kraith Collected online. Reprints of Sharon Emily's Showcase and Alternate Universe 4 are also found there.
*Star Trek: The Original Series on Fanfiction.net
*Star Trek: The Original Series tag at the AO3
===Communities and Fan Clubs===
see List of Star Trek Fan Clubs, List of Actor-Centric Star Trek: TOS Fan Clubs and :Category:Star Trek Fan Clubs
*st_tos_kink a TOS kink meme
*issenterprise link
*The Captain Kirk Page, Kirk fansite from 2001-ongoing. Includes a link to the "Bring Back Kirk" fan campaign.
===Mailing Lists===
*1001 Trek Tales (Star Trek: TOS mailing list)
*Better Living Through Treksmut
*BonesLives
*COCO Channel
*Star Trek One: Beyond Discovery (1998-2019)
*Trek Creative
 
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==External Links==
*Forgotten Trek, a Fan Encyclopedia about the Trek Universe
*My Star Trek Scrapbook Blog by Frederick, a lifelong fan of the show, with many scans of contemporary magazine and newspaper articles, rare photos and interviews.
*Star Trek entries on Ralph's Trek Blog by Ralph Senensky who directed several episodes and relates his memories here.
*Star Trek Fact Check Blog by researcher Michael Kmet, dedicated to untangling fifty years of fact and legend about Star Trek's production history.
*Star Trek Rewatch on the Viewscreen Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers go through the original series and part of The Next Generation 40+ years down the road. One of the first rewatch blogs.
*Original series and film reviews on The Movie Blog by Darren Mooney with an eye to both historical facts and mythology.
*Star Trek posts on Vaka Rangi Josh Marsfelder's post-structuralist analyses and critiques of the show in all its iterations. See also Vaka Rangi at Eruditorum Press.
*SF Debris: Star Trek Charles Sonnenberg's video blog covers all the Star Trek series and many other series and films.
*Alternative Universes Fanfiction Studies
*Notes for a Star Trek Bibliography: Fanzines!, from Stevereads, accessed 12.1.2010
*Agent with Style sells vintage Star Trek fanzines.
*New and used fanzines are found at Jim and Melody Rondeau's "Ugly Website."
*The Foresmutters Project manifesto Collection of early slash writings transcribed from print fanzines to preserve a history of slash.
*Kelly Communique Long-running newsletter from a fan club.
*Notes for a Star Trek Bibliography: The First Ladies of Fandom! Article on gender and ST: TOS fandom, especially in the 1970s.
==Notes==
==References==
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