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More successful has been Bantam Books' series of Star Trek novels that has about 3.4 million copies in print. Based on scripts from the show, six books have already been published and another is scheduled to go to press soon. The most popular book on the series, "The Making of Star Trek," describes many of the problems in creating the show. In its ninth printing, the book has sold 438,000 copies...
TRADE IN Star Trek memorabilia is brisk, and even the Smithsonian Institute has gotten into the game, securing a copy of the pilot show and several props. For the noninstitutional collector-investor, film clips are highly popular and those showing the usually stoic Mr. Spock smiling are worth their weight in Martian gold. (Publicity photos are also popular, but some of the more ambitious fans photograph the show for themselves while it's on their television screens. Another big seller is sound recordings of the show, and Trekies have been known to memorize entire scripts. Most popular, however...
...surprisingly, Star Trek fans have organized into clubs all across the country. The largest, STAR (Star Trek Association for Revival), started only last year but already has a membership of over 4000. "The majority of our members are under twenty-five," said Jan Donaldson, a member of the group, "but a lot of our members are doctors, lawyers and professors...
Besides meeting through clubs, Star Trek fans come together at mammoth Star Trek conventions. At a Star Trek convention in New York last year the sponsors expected 800 Trekies but after 3000 showed up they stopped counting. This weekend the city of Santa Barbara, Calif, is bracing itself for the onslaught of 10,000 Star Trek aficionados...
Conventions are devoted to discussion groups and lectures as well as to showings of Star Trek clips and episodes. Trading among fans takes place at the Trading Post area, named after a section of the Enterprise, and participants often dress as characters from the series...