Trekland, Extra #15: Oscars Remember "Charlie Star Trek"

One of my favorite moments of the Academy Awards broadcast each year, though bittersweet, is the “memorial reel” of those of distinction in the film industry — household name, or not — who have...

February 23, 2013

Trekland, Extra #14: Tribble True-Love Is Tremendous

My daughter-in-law-to-be opened one of her presents Christmas morning and discovered …. a pair of tribble slippers. That right there tells you just about all you need to know about the impact of those ever-h...

December 28, 2012

Trekland Supplemental #12 -Congrats Walter & All of Us

What a week this has been in Trekland, eh?Another anniversary celebrated on franchise premiere airdate, Sept. 8… and a Star for our own Walter “Chekov” Koenig on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.A big chu...

September 15, 2012

Trekland, Supplemental #11 - Celebrating Fandom

Remembering those who truly went where none (in the living room) had gone before. By Larry Nemecek How’s your Star Trek summer going? Well, I’m trying really hard to be upbeat today. It’s taking ...

June 08, 2012

Star Trek Supplemental #9: Con Season Eve Reflections

Trekland, Supplemental #9:  Con Season Eve reflections: a big new STARTREK.COM people database! By Larry Nemecek In which the coming of con season reminds me how I spent my winter vacation — right here at...

March 17, 2012

Trekland, Supplemental #9: A Tale Of Two "Gifts"

It was the best of gifts, it was the worst of gifts—i.e., those unsent. Standing just inside the B. Dalton Bookseller’s store in then-gleaming-new Crossroads Mall… little did I know I was about to ...

December 21, 2011

Trekland, Supplemental #8: Is TNG Due For Its "Comeback"

By: Larry NemecekIs another pendulum swing about to hit?I’m talking about the whole Star Trek pendulum thing. You know—that big sucker, the one that takes a new, loping swing every 8-10 years or so over al...

October 06, 2011

Trekland, Supplemental #7: Make History—Record It!

Remember our last log entry, and exploring the meaning of what it means to be a fan? Well, disputed definitions aside, here’s one sure way to tell if fandom is in your DNA: history. History! What I mean is, yo...

July 07, 2011

Trekland, Supplemental #6 - When Is a Fan Not a Fan?

Can there be such a thing as a fan who’s not “fan” enough? Or better yet, to steal an old philosophical poser: “If a fan fell in the forest and there was no one to hear it, would he/she still ...

May 19, 2011

Trekland, Supplemental #5 - Birthdays: Don't Forget 1986!

As Star Trek fans, we luv us some anniversaries. Of course, the immortal date of Sept. 8, 1966, has long been accepted and used as “the” anniversary of all things Trek—since that’s the airdate...

March 03, 2011

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