Trekkie


 
 
Trekkie

Trekkie (or Trekker) is a term that in recent decades has been used to describe a fan of the Star Trek science fiction franchise.

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The term 'Trekkie' has actually been with us for some time. In the 1934 book The Great Trek by E. A. Walker, about South Africa in 1836-37, the word trekkie was used several times:

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:"The little trek party, the trekkie, was the unit." (Chapter IV: Umsilikazi, Page 106)


 

Fan: Fan can mean the following:...

Star Trek: Star Trek collectively refers to six science fiction television series spanning 726 episodes, ten motion pictures, and hundreds of novels, video games, and other works of fiction, all set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the early- to mid-1960s....

Science fiction: Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology upon society and persons as individuals. In common with most fiction, science fiction is written mainly to entertain people. The borders of this genre are not well defined, and the...


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Introduction
Origins
The word "Trekkie"
Activities
Well Known Trekkies
Parodies
Trekkie debates
References
 


 

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