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Below is a partial list of news articles, academic papers, books, journal articles and web sources that deal with Star Trek, the show and the Star Trek fandom.

• Alexander, David. "The Humanist Interview: Gene Roddenberry--Writer, Producer, Philosopher, Humanist." The Humanist (March/April 1991): 5-38.
• Amesley, Cassandra. "How to Watch Star Trek." Cultural Studies 3.3 (1989):323-339.
• Anderson, Steve. "Loafing in the Garden of Knowledge: History TV and Popular Memory." Film & History, Special Focus: Television as Historian, Part 1 30.1 (2000): 14-23.
• Aul, Billie, and Farah Mendlesohn. "Popular Science, Rewriting and Utopia; or, the Revolution Will Not Take Place in a Fanzine." Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction 74 (Autumn 1998): 80-94.
• Bacon-Smith, Camille. Enterprising Women Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania P, 1992.
• Bacon-Smith, Camille. "Spock Among the Women (Star Trek Fanzine Writers)." The New York Times Book Review. V. 91 (November 16, 1986), pages 1-.
• Baker, Djoymi. "Every Old Trick Is New Again": Myth in Quotations and the Star Trek Franchise." Popular Culture Review 12.1 (2001): 67-77.
• Batchelor, David Allen. "The Science of Star Trek." Space Science Data Operations Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (1993). Available at: [Accessed 15 May 2002].
• Beaulieu, Lovell. "Planetary Apartheid in Star Trek Plot" in the Des Moines Register. The Des Moines Register, Inc. December 19, 1998, Saturday. Section: Main News, Page 13.
• Benford, G. (1996, January). Alt.fans: the Internet is recapitulating science fiction fandom. Reason, 27, 43-44.
• Berkwits, Jeff, ed. Asterism: The Journal of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Space Music #6, Evanston, IL, (Winter 1997).
• Berman, A. S. (2001, February 22). Fans add own scenes to fictional favorites. USA Today, p. 3D.
• Bernardi, Daniel. Star Trek: History, Racing toward a White Future. Rutgers University. ISBN: 0813524652. 1998.
• Bernardi, Daniel Leonard. "The Wrath of Whiteness: the Meaning of Race in the Generation of Star Trek" in Dissertation Abstracts International, Vol. 56/10-A, 1995, University of California at Los Angeles. Page 3776.
• Bick, Ilsa J. "Boys in Space: Star Trek, Latency, and the Neverending Story." Cinema Journal 35.2 (1996): 43-60.
• Bjorkland, Edi. "Women and Star Trek Fandom: From SF to Sisterhood." Minerva: The Journal of Women in the Military 24.2 (1986): 16-65.
• Blair, Karen. "The Garden in the Machine: the Why of Star Trek" in the Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 13, Fall 1979, pages 310 - 319.
• Braine, F.S. "Technological Utopias: The Future of the Next Generation." Film & History 24.1-2 (1994): 2-18.
• Brotman, Barbara. "'Weirdos' Strike Back." Chicago Tribune 11 Oct. 1981.
• Brown, Scott. "Scott Brown on Sherlock Holmes, Obsessed Nerds, and Fan Fiction." Wired 20 Apr. 2009. 28 Apr. 2009 <http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-05/pl_brown>.
• Buhler, Stephen M. "Who Calls Me Villain?": Blank Verse and the Black Hat." Extrapolation 36.1 (1995): 18-27.
• Byers, Thomas B. "Commodity Futures: Corporate State and Personal Style in Three Recent Science Fiction Movies." Science Fiction Studies 14.3 (1987): 326-339.
• Byrd, Patricia. "Star Trek Lives: Trekker Slang." American Speech: A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage 53 (1978): 52-58.
• Loyd Case "The Death of Fandom". ExtremeTech. August 2007. FindArticles.com. 03 Dec. 2007. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdext/is_200708/ai_n19427213
• Cashmir, Viviane. "Data and Dick's Deckard: Cyborg as Problematic Signifier." Extrapolation 38.4 (1997): 278-291.
• Casper, Monica J., and Lisa Jean Moore. "Inscribing Bodies, Inscribing the Future: Gender, Sex, and Reproduction in Outer Space." Sociological Perspectives 38.2 (1995): 311-333.
• Charland, Louis C. "Is Mr. Spock Mentally Competant? Competence to Consent and Emotion." Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 5.1 (1998): 67-81.
• Cherny, Lynn, and Elizabeth Reba Weise. Wired Women Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace. Emeryville, CA: Distributed to the Trade by Group West, 1996.
• Collins, Stephanie Anne. "The Philosophy of Star Trek: Popular Culture as Hermeneutical Springboard." Teaching Philosophy 18.4 (1995): 295-300.
• Cranny-Francis, Anne. "Sexuality and Sex-Role Stereotyping in Star Trek." Science Fiction Studies 12.3 (1985): 274-284.
• Cranny-Francis, Anne. "Different Identities, Different Voices: Possibilities and Pleasures in Some of Jean Lorrah's Star Trek Novels." Science Fiction Studies 24.2 (1997): 245-255.
• Cumberland, Sharon. "Private Uses of Cyberspace: Women, Desire and Fan Culture." Paper presented at the MIT Media-in-Transition Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (October 1999). Available at: [Accessed 22 May 2002].
• Dadds, Kimberley. "Harry Potter Fan Fiction Phenomenon." Digital Spy 9 July 2007. 10 July 2007 <http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a63822/harry-potter-fan-fiction-phenomenon.html?rss>.
• Decherney, Peter. "Race in Space: A survey of new books on how Star Trek reflects racial attitudes in the U.S." Cineaste 26.3 (2001): 38-43.
• Dery, Mark. "Slashing the Borg: Resistance is Fertile." 21 *C: Scanning the Future 4 (1996): 74-76.
• deSouza, Allan. "Sushi Deluxe: Star Trek, Oedipus and the Native Informant." New Observations 107 (July-August. 1995): 26-27.
• Dutta, Mary Buhl. "'Very Bad Poetry, Captain': Shakespeare in Star Trek." Extrapolation 36.1 (1995): 38-45.
• Ellington, Jane Elizabeth, and Joseph W. Critelli. "Analysis of a Modern Myth: The Star Trek Series." Extrapolation 24.3 (1983): 241-250.
• Fan Fiction Critics Association. <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fca-l/>.
• Farkas, Michael Eugene. "The Final Frontier: Critical Theory and The Star Trek Phenomenon" in Masters Abstracts, Vol. 32/02, 1993, University of Windsor, Canada. Page 381.
• Felner, Julie. "Where No Woman Has Trekked Before." Ms. 5.6 (1995): 80-81.
• Foote, Stephanie. "We Have Met the Alien and It Is Us" in The Humanist, Vol. 52 No. 2, March/April 1992, pages 21 - 33.
• Franklin, H. Bruce. "Star Trek in the Vietnam Era." Film & History 24.1-2(1994): 36-46.
• Fulton, Valerie. "An Other Frontier: Voyaging West with Mark Twain and Star Trek's Imperial Subject." Postmodern Culture 4.2 (1994): 1-24. Available at: [Accessed 15 May 2002].
• Galdieri, Christopher J. "Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America and the American Enterprise." Extrapolation 42.1 (2001): 65-74.
• Garlington, Phil. " 'Star Trek': enterprise that discriminates?" in The Orange County Register. April 19, 1998. Sunday, Morning Edition. Section: News. Page A37.
• Geraghty, Lincoln. "Creating and Comparing Myth in Twentieth-Century Science Fiction: "Star Trek" and "Star Wars"" Literature/Film Quarterly 33 (2005): 191-200.
• Geraghty, Lincoln. "Neutralising the Indian: Native American Stereotypes in Star Trek: Voyager." Film & History, CD-ROM Annual 2001 (March 2002).
• Geraghty, Lincoln. "'Carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives': Reality and Star Trek's Multiple Histories." Paper presented at the British Association of American Studies Postgraduate Conference, University of Kent, Canterbury (May 2002).
• Geraghty, Lincoln. "'For we must Consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us': The American Jeremiad and Star Trek's Puritan Legacy." Paper presented at the Science Fiction Research Association Conference, New Lanark, Scotland (June 2002).
• Golumbia, David. "Black and White World: Race, Ideology and Utopia in Triton and Star Trek." Cultural Critique (Winter 1995-1996): 75-95.
• Goulding, Jay. Empire, Aliens and Conquest: A Critique of American Ideology In Star Trek and Other Science fiction Adventures. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sisyphus Press, 1985.
• Graham, Jean E. "Holodeck Masquing: Early Modern Genre Meets Star Trek." Journal of Popular Culture 34.2 (2000): 21-27.
• Gray, Lisa. "The Fangirl's Crush." Houston Chronicle 12 Mar. 2008. 18 Mar. 2008 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/gray/5611220.html.
• Greenberg, Harvey. "In Search of Spock: A Psychoanalytic Inquiry." Journal of Popular Film & Television 12.2 (1984): 53-65.
• Grenz, Stanley J. "Star Trek and the Next Generation: Postmodernism and the Future of Evangelical Theology." Crux 30.1(1994): 26.
• Gunkel, David J. "Lingua ex Machina: Computer-Mediated Communication and the Tower of Babel." Configurations 7.1 (1999); 61-89.
• Handelman, Russell J. "A Galactic Great Game: Deep Space Nine and the Kipling Tradition." Niekas 44 (1994): 36-37.
• Hardy, Sarah, and Rebecca Kukla. "A Paramount Narrative: Exploring Space on the Starship Enterprise." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 57.2(1999):177- 191.
• Hark, Ina Rae. "Star Trek and Television's Moral Universe." Extrapolation 20.1 (1979): 20-37.
• Harmon, Amy. (1997) “In Dull TV Days, Favorites Take Wing Online”, New York Times, August 18 1997. http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/3142/fanficart.htm
• Harris, Cheryl, and Alison Alexander. Theorizing Fandom Fans, Subculture, and Identity. Cresskill, N.J: Hampton P, 1998.
• Hegarty, Emily. "Some Suspect of Ill: Shakespeare's Sonnets and "The Perfect Mate.'" Extrapolation 36.1 (1995): 55-64.
• Helford, Elyce Rae. "Reading Space Fictions: Representations of Gender, Race, and Species in Popular Culture" in Dissertation Abstracts International, Vol. 53/11-A, 1992, The University of Iowa. Page 3908.
• Heller, Lee E. "The Persistence of Difference: Postfeminism, Popular Discourse, and Heterosexuality in Star Trek: The Next Generation." Science Fiction Studies 24.2 (1997): 226-244.
• Henderson, Mary. "Professional Women in Star Trek, 1964-1969." Film & History 24.1-2 (1994): 47-59.
• Hills, Matt. "To boldly go where others have gone before . . . ? Star Trek and (academic) narratives of progress." Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies (November 2000).
• Houlahan, Mark. "Cosmic hamlets? Contesting Shakespeare in federation space" in Extrapolation. Spring 1995, Vol. 36 No. 1, page 28.
• Hurd, Denise A. "The Monster Inside: 19th Century Racial Constructs in the 24th Century Mythos of Star Trek." Journal of Popular Culture 31 (1997): 23-35.
• Jamelia. Online interview.
• Jenkins, H. (1998). Star Trek Rerun, Reread, Rewritten: Fan Writing as Textual Poaching. Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 5, 85-107.
• Jenkins, Henry. Textual Poachers Television Fans & Participatory Culture. New York: Routledge, 1992.
• Jenkins, H. (1996, June). The politics of fandom. B. Adams, the alternate juror in the Whitewater trial in Arkansas who wore a Star trek uniform to court. Harper's, 292, 23-24.
• Jenkins, H. & Dancer, G (1995). "How many Starfleet officers does it take to change a lightbulb?": Star Trek at MIT. In J. Tulloch & H. Jenkins, Science fiction audiences: Watching Doctor Who and Star Trek (pp.213-236). London: Routledge.
• Jensen, Jeff. "Spoiler Nation: Secrets About Movie/TV Secrets Revealed!" Entertainment Weekly. June 2008. 16 June 2008 <http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20203864,00.html>.
• Jindra, M. (1994). Star Trek fandom as a religious phenomenon. Sociology of Religion, 55(1), 27-51.
• Kapell, Matthew. "Speakers for the Dead: Star Trek, the Holocaust, and the Representation of Atrocity." Extrapolation 41 (2000): 104-114.
• Kaplan, Anna. "Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Far Beyond the Stars" in Cinefantastique. Vol. 30 No. 9/10. November, 1998. Page 63.
• Kreitzer, Larry. "The Cultural Veneer of Star Trek." Journal of Popular Culture 30 (1996): 1-28.
• Lagon, Mark P. "We Owe It To Them To Interfere: Star Trek and U.S. Statecraft in the 1960s and the 1990s" in Extrapolation, Kent State University Press, Vol. 34 No. 3, Fall 1993, pages 251 - 264.
• Lancaster, K. Journey of the Media Hero, immersion into imaginary media environments of science fiction and fantasy. (2001, January). Retrieved December 1, 2002, from http://www.dawn-joy.com/sf/
• Langley, Katherine. Telephone interview.
• Lichtenberg, Jacqueline, Sondra Marshak, and Joan Winston. Star Trek Lives. London: Corgi, 1975.
• Loertscher, David. "Science Fiction Timeline." SLIS Home Page. 7 Aug. 1998. 6 Apr. 2006 <http://www.davidvl.org/262WebFilesSpring04/w8a.html>.
• Macbeth, Edna R. Compelling Communication: Understanding the Appeal of Fan Fiction. Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2005, Dept Sociology, U Virginia. 9 June 2006 <Sociological Abstracts>.
• Marsalek, Kenneth. "Star Trek: Humanism of the Future" in Free Inquiry, Vol. 12 No. 4, Fall 1992, pages 53 - 56.
• Martindale, David. "Star Trek Became a Challenge for Nichols" in The Houston Chronicle. The Houston Chronicle Publishing Company. December 27, 1998, Sunday 2 Star Edition. Section: Television, Page 6.
• Michaelides, John M. Welcome to the "Frequently Asked Questions" List from rec.arts.startrek.misc. The World of Star Trek. Copyright 1994. Bp http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/SciFi/StarTrek/FAQ.html#19
• Moran, Kathleen and Joe Sartelle. "A Kiss is Still a Kiss...or is it? : Forbidden Love in the Star Trek Universe" in The Ready Room. 1996. T
• Nicholas, Karen. Fan Fiction on the Internet. Copyright 1996-1999. Bp http://members.aol.com/ksnicholas/fanfic/index.html
• Ochieng, Eric. "Star Trek: Yet Another Generation of Negative Images" in Howth Castle, University of Massachusetts, 1992-1993. Page 48. The author compares the roles and presence of African Americans between Classic Trek and TNG.
• Penley, Constance. NASA / Trek: Popular Science and Sex in America. New York: Verso. 1995.
• Plotz, David. "Luke Skywalker is Gay? Fan Fiction is America's Literature of Obsession." Slate 14 Apr. 2000. 9 June 2006 <http://www.slate.com/id/80225/>.
• Poison Pen Press. Zines, Etc. Poison Pen Press. Copyright 1999. bp http://www.poisonpenpress.com/fanzines%20.html
• Pounds, Michael C. Race in Space: The Representation of Ethnicity in Star Trek and Star Trek, the Next Generation. Scarecrow Printers. Hardcover. 1999. ISBN: 0810833220.
• Roberts, Robin. "Rape, Romance, and Consent in Star Trek: the Next Generation." Extrapolation 40 (1999): 21-35.
• Roddenberry, Majel Barrett. "The legacy of Star Trek" in The Humanist. July - August 1995, Vol. 55 No. 4, page 9.
• Roush, Matt. "Star Trek Focuses Upon Sexuality" in USA Today, March 18, 1992, page 3D.
• Rousselet-Blanc, V. (1994). Les fans les dieux de nos nouvelles mythologies : ils vénérent Bruel, Hallyday, Dalida, Presley, Piaf, Michael Jackson, Star Trek, Le prisonnier, Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir. Paris: J.C. Lattès.
• Russ, J. (n.d.). Another Addict Raves About K/S. Nome, 8.
• Scodari, Christine. "Resistance Re-Examined: Gender, Fan Practices, and Science Fiction Television." Popular Communication 1 (2003): 111-130. Communication & Mass Media Index. EBSCO. Northern Illinois University. 9 June 2006. Keyword: Scodari.
• Selley, April. "Transcendentalism in Star Trek: The Next Generation" in The Journal of American Culture, Vol. 13 No. 1, Spring 1990, pages 31 - 34.
• Spelling, Ian. "Voyage to a New Frontier" in Hispanic. April, 1995. Vol. 8 No. 3, page 14.
• Thien, Scott. "Trek Actress Nearly Kissed It all Goodbye" in The Indianapolis News. The Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc. November 27, 1998 Friday. Section: Weekend. Page E1.
• Vaughan, Theresa A.Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion, and American Culture (review)

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• Verba, Joan Marie. Boldly Writing a Trekker Fan and Zine History 1967-1987. Minnetonka, Minn: FTL Publications, 1996
• Vierria, Dan. "An Alien Adventure Propels Star Trek Star to Capital Event" in the Sacramento Bee. McClatchy Newspapers, Inc. November 3, 1995, Final Edition. Page TK 16.
• Ulaby, Neda. "Vidders Talk Back To Their Pop-Culture Muses." National Public Radio 25 Feb. 2009. 26 Feb. 2009 <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101154811>.
• Waters, Harry F. with Jeanne Gordon. "Star Trek Sets a Bold New Course" in Newsweek, January 4, 1993, Page 40.
• Wilcox, Clyde. "To Boldly Return Where Others Have Gone Before: Cultural Change and the Old and New Star Treks" in Extrapolation, Kent State University Press, Vol. 33 No. 1, Spring 1992, pages 88 - 100.
• Wilcox, Rhonda V. "Dating Data: Miscegenation in Star trek: The Next Generation" in Extrapolation, Kent State University Press, Vol. 34 No. 3, Fall 1993, pages 251 - 264.
• Wilson, David L.. "The Many Roles of a Theatre-Arts Professor" in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Vol. 40 No. 40, June 8, 1994, page A5.
• Winegarden, Alan D. and Marilyn Fuss-Reineck and Lori J. Charron. "Using Star Trek: The Next Generation to Teach Family Concepts in Persuasion, Family Communication, and Communication Ethics" in Communication Education, Vol. 42 No. 2, April 1993, pages 179 - 188.

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