Star Trek Memories is the first of two volumes of autobiography dictated by William Shatner and transcribed by MTV editorial director Christopher Kreski . In the book, published in 1993, Shatner interviews several cast members of Star Trek: The Original Series and was surprised by the reaction of his fellow actors, who spoke negatively of their experiences with him on the show. James Doohan refused to be involved.
23-416: The book begins at the start of production on Star Trek: The Original Series , with the work on the original pilot, " The Cage ", and described the difficulties that some of the producers' decisions caused the production. Shatner goes on to describe the production of the show, and the aftermath of its cancellation. He interviews other members of the cast who on occasion speak negatively of their experiences on
46-546: A crew members in Star Trek: The Motion Picture , along with a contingent of other members of fandom who were allowed to serve as extras in full costume, portraying crew members (both human and alien) in the Recreation Deck scene (at the time, the largest number of persons ever appearing in a single Star Trek scene). Her other film credits include makeup design for Flesh Gordon ; and
69-420: A lot." Trimble helped revive a flagging Los Angeles Science Fiction Society (LASFS) in the late 1950s. In 1958, she put together the "Worldcon Futuristic Fashion Show" at Solacon, the 1958 16th World Science Fiction Convention . She ran once again in 1966 at Tricon, the 24th Worldcon , incidentally giving fandom a glimpse of three early Star Trek costumes. Trimble started and directed "Project Art Show",
92-491: A review of his later book, Get A Life! , while the Winnipeg Free Press described Star Trek Memories as a "masterpiece". Bjo Trimble Betty JoAnne Trimble (née Conway ; born August 15, 1933), known as Bjo ( / ˈ b iː dʒ oʊ / , BEE -joh ), is an American science fiction fan and writer, initially entering fandom in the early 1950s. Trimble's introduction to science fiction fandom
115-472: A role as 'Ma Cant,' a satirical version of Superman 's Martha Kent , in a film short called Superbman: The Other Movie . Trimble contributed to the first encyclopedic collection of data for Star Trek , the Star Trek Concordance , which contains cross-referenced details on every character, setting, event and device in every episode of the original Star Trek , and, in later editions of
138-412: A sample issue will be mailed on request; to receive further issues, a reader sends a "letter of comment" (LoC) about the fanzine to the editor. The LoC might be published in the next issue: some fanzines consisted almost exclusively of letter columns, where discussions were conducted in much the same way as they are in internet newsgroups and mailing lists , though at a relatively slow pace. Since 1955,
161-468: A separate category from fanzines in 1984 after Locus won the award for best fanzine several years running (See Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine ). Well-known semiprozines include Locus , Ansible , The New York Review of Science Fiction , and Interzone . Amateur press associations (APAs) publish fanzines made up of the contributions of the individual members collected into an assemblage or bundle called an apazine . The first science-fiction APA
184-563: A surprise to Shatner, and it was reported at the time that he was dismayed at the response. He conducted the interviews by phone in some cases, including the one with Trimble. One of the stories included in the book, which involved Shatner putting out a fire on the Paramount lot, was directly contradicted by George Takei in his autobiography To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei . Instead, Takei said that when
207-451: Is derived from the jargon of the fanzine fans. See fanzine , fanspeak . The fanzine movement is now well represented on the Web; see webzine . Fanzine readers and producers naturally gather at science fiction conventions , but there are also small conventions dedicated to fanzines. The first fanzine-only annual convention was Autoclave, held by a Detroit-based fan group for several years in
230-915: The Society for Creative Anachronism 's Order of the Laurel, an art award. Bjo and John are also both members of the SCA's Order of the Pelican for service. (She and John were Baron and Baroness of the SCA's Barony of the Angels [Los Angeles Chapter of the SCA] from September 2008 until January 2012.) She and John also received the International Costumers Guild's Lifetime Achievement award. The Trimbles were celebrity guests at InterCon in Utah, 1976. Trimble
253-753: The Star Trek Universe when he first started working at Paramount. In 1982, Trimble published a memoir of her experiences in Star Trek fandom entitled On the Good Ship Enterprise: My 15 Years with Star Trek . In 1974, Trimble was among the first group of winners of the Inkpot Award by Comic-Con International . Trimble received the Big Heart Award in 1964, and (in her persona of Flavia Beatrice Carmigniani )
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#1732793365933276-664: The annual Worldcon has awarded Hugo Awards for Best Fanzine ; awards for Best Fan Writer and Best Fan Artist were added in 1967 and have continued since then. During the 1970s and 1980s, some fanzines—especially sercon (serious and constructive) zines devoted to science fiction and fantasy criticism, and newszines such as Locus —became more professional journals, produced by desktop publishing programs and offset printing . These new magazines were labeled "semiprozines", and were eventually sold rather than traded, and paid their contributors. Some semiprozines publish original fiction. The Hugo Awards recognized semiprozines as
299-952: The book were published in the September 4 issue of TV Guide magazine in the United States. It was published in the autumn of 1993, followed in 1994 with Star Trek Movie Memories . He worked on both books with Christopher Kreski , with whom he later worked on the 1999 book Get a Life! . Star Trek Memories was converted into a video documentary featuring interviews with other Star Trek cast members in 1996. The review in trade magazine Publishers Weekly , said that "Fans of TV's 1960s science fiction series Star Trek will go into orbit over lead player Shatner's candid, captivating reminiscence, packed with stellar anecdotes and backstage lore." The Post-Tribune said that both Memories books by Shatner "were very well done and filled with interesting stories and insights into Shatner's thoughts" in
322-498: The book, its animated incarnation and the Star Trek films . The first edition of the book was self-published in 1969, followed by a supplement in 1973 and a mass-market printing in 1976 by Ballantine Books ; the work was subsequently updated for a new edition published by Citadel Press in 1995. According to former Trek archivist Richard Arnold, the Concordance was used as a primary source of official canon by writers of
345-406: The fire broke out, Shatner was driven by public relations executives to the site of the fire and posed with a hose for photographs. However, while Star Trek Memories contains a description of an incident while filming " The Naked Time " that Shatner described as Takei getting carried away with an épée and nearly disembowelling him – Takei's book instead makes no mention of it. Preview excerpts of
368-495: The first modern convention art show, in 1960. The success of Project Art Show led to art shows becoming a profitable part of most conventions, large and small. The Trimbles were part of the successful "Save Star Trek" campaign, generally credited with allowing the series to run for a third season rather than being canceled after two. They also helped with the campaign to have the first of NASA 's Space Shuttles named Enterprise . Their efforts earned them uncredited roles as
391-494: The show and also spoke to Bjo Trimble , one of the most famous Star Trek fans. James Doohan , who played Scotty on the series, refused to be involved in the project - he later accused Shatner of hogging the camera, adding: "I like Captain Kirk, but I sure don't like Bill. He's so insecure that all he can think about is himself." The negative reaction of some of the cast members to him when he wrote Star Trek Memories had come as
414-553: The spot." (She declined.) When it was discovered that she was an artist and cartoonist, she was recruited to contribute illustrations for science fiction fanzines . Trimble says that she met future husband John Griffin Trimble under Forrest J Ackerman 's piano, where several fans had taken refuge during a particularly crowded party. "John was in the Air Force, so he and I traded Stupid Office Stories and discovered we liked each other
437-627: Was TASFiC , the 1952 Worldcon . She was serving in the United States Navy at Naval Station Great Lakes and happened to see an announcement in Astounding Science Fiction about the upcoming convention that weekend. She met a number of other science fiction enthusiasts, including Robert Bloch , Willy Ley , and August Derleth ; and claims that Harlan Ellison , "this bespectacled young man who had just sold his first short story", "decided he liked me and proposed on
460-602: Was Guest of Honor at 1995's DragonCon , the 6th North American Science Fiction Convention , as well as at many other science fiction and Star Trek conventions around the world. Bjo and John Trimble were the Fan Guests of Honor at the 60th Worldcon , ConJosé . The Trimbles, who owned and operated the business Griffin Dyeworks & Fiber Arts until 2015, lived in Southern California . In April 2024, it
483-470: Was announced John had died. Science fiction fanzines A science-fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of science-fiction fandom , from the 1930s to the present day. They were one of the earliest forms of fanzine , within one of which the term " fanzine " was coined, and at one time constituted the primary type of science-fictional fannish activity ("fanac"). The first science-fiction fanzine, The Comet ,
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#1732793365933506-637: Was published in 1930 by the Science Correspondence Club in Chicago . The term "fanzine" was coined by Russ Chauvenet in the October 1940 issue of his fanzine Detours . "Fanzines" were distinguished from "prozines", that is, all professional magazines . Prior to that, the fan publications were known as "fanmags" or "letterzines". Traditionally, science-fiction fanzines were (and many still are) available for "the usual", meaning that
529-564: Was the Fantasy Amateur Press Association (FAPA) formed by a group of science-fiction fans in 1937. Some APAs are still active as hardcopy publications, and some are published as virtual "e-zines", distributed on the internet . The term "fanzine" is also used to refer to fan-created magazines concerning other topics: the earliest rock-and-roll fanzines were edited by science-fiction fans. A significant part of modern computer/Web/Internet slang, abbreviations, etc.
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