1976 Star Trek Fans
In the 1970s, Star Trek fans would write introductions and have them printed in their local Star Trek Club newsletter. Here are nine bios summarized from an East Coast Star Trek fan club:
* a 14-year old fan who has made a flexible foam rubber model from the beast in 20,000 Fathoms, hopes to animate the beast for a stop-motion movie with his own camera
*a 30-year old fan who says she has read over 800 books
* a fan who loves Star Trek because it offers “an optimistic view of the future in these times of negativism"
*a fan who wants to "into the field of weather” as his profession
* a man who is married and “trying to get her interested in ST”
* a 16-year old fan who loves sports and mountain climbing and wants to “become the first lady astronaut and the Red Sox’s first lady pitcher. ST is proof that if we all cooperate and live together as one world, then the future won’t be so bad… would also like to be a professional writer.”
* a 13-year old fan who says she “works with horses during the summer. Used to want to be an astronaut, but since she hates math, plans have been altered to that of policewoman. A fanatic over our country, horses, and Star Trek”
* a fan who is a freshman in college, “interests include ST, horseback riding and trying to prevent the needless slaughter of animals (for fur coats) and the whales and any other senseless torture. Also likes needlepoint, sewing, reading, square-dancing and school (yes, it’s true).”