Star Trek Magazine – July 2019

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[01]Me(right)atage 14

in 1967.Thewallsare

festoonedwithStarTrek,

andespeciallyLeonard

Nimoy.That’smybuddy

Mitchontheleft.We’re

buildingmodelkits.He’s

gota PanAmClipper

there.Thefighttosave

StarTrekis abouttobegin.

[02]February1,1968.

ThefighttosaveStarTrek

wasunderway,asI formed

TheCentereachSave

StarTrekCommittee.

Thenewspaperhadme

pulledoutofclassfor

theinterview,andI was

a celebrityatschool.

Everyteacherreadthe

articlealoudin class.I

justcouldn’tbelievethat

IsaacAsimovwastalking

aboutme.

[03]Thisis whatyouget

forwatchingStarTrek.

[04]MeattheFederation

TradingPost,ourStarTrek

storeat53rdand3rdin

Manhattan.Checkoutthe

MattJefferiesdoorI cut

in thewallwhichwasthe

portaltoourTre kMuseum.

Ontheleftyoucansee

someofourfanzineson

consignment.TheTre k

internetoftheday.

[05]October,1979.Throw

methetickets,I’llthrow

youthewhip!It mightjust

aswellhavebeentheArk

oftheCovenent.Tickets

totheWorldPremiere

ofStarTrek:TheMotion

Picture, in Washington,

DC.Thisunusedticketis

stillin mycollection.

[06]Meaftersleepingon

thesidewalkallnightto

befirstin lineatColumbus

Circlein Manhattan.

[07]Linedupforthefirst

showingin Manhattanand

brandishingourticketsfor

thenewspapers.That’sme

farleft.

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