New Book of Essays Brings Together OG Trek Fans
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OCTOBER 2, 2023 – We are out here. Whatever Generation-Blank we might be, more importantly, we are Star Trek fans of a certain age. We grew up watching The Original Series during its original broadcast or in reruns. Kirk was our captain, if only because he was the only option. We are Trek Kids. Now some of us have gathered in a new book to talk about what that means.
Out now from Becky Books is Galloping Around the Cosmos: Memories of TV’s Wagon Train to the Stars from Today’s Grown-Up Kids, a collection of essays from Star Trek authors and other writers "wax[ing] nostalgic about their memories from a time well before Star Trek became a full-on 'franchise,'" as one of those Trek Kids, Star Trek novelist and consultant Dayton Ward, puts it in his blog post about the book, in which he has an essay. Ward goes on to say, “I’ve never made a secret of being a Star Trek fan. In particular, I’ve always confessed to being a fan of the original series and the influence it had on me as a young lad. Little did I know at the time how it would eventually shape my career path and, ultimately, the literal course of my life.”
No doubt this is true of all the writers who appear in the new volume, including Star Trek novelists Derek Tyler Attico, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Greg Cox, and Robert Greenberger, as well as many other Trek Kid essayists.
The collection is edited and introduced by Jim Beard, whose own recent post reflects on thirteen things he loves about The Original Series and “[t]hat great feeling when everything was new and fresh, and there was an entire galaxy out there to discover and explore, [which] just can’t be beat.”
The cover, featuring the iconic Spock Helmet, is by caricaturist and illustrator Ron Hill.
Galloping Around the Cosmos is available now from Amazon or wherever you buy your books.
David is a contributing writer for Daily Star Trek News on the Roddenberry Podcast Network. He is a librarian, baseball fan, and book and movie buff. He has also written for American Libraries and Skeptical Inquirer. David also enjoys diverse music, but leans toward classical and jazz. He plays a mean radio.
