Trekland Supplemental #12 -Congrats Walter & All of Us

What a week this has been in Trekland, eh?Another anniversary celebrated on franchise premiere airdate, Sept. 8… and a Star for our own Walter “Chekov” Koenig on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

For one thing, the fans who made it to Walter’s weekend festivities remind me anew that this is not a stagnant phenomenon we spend our time with. Fans from as far as Australia, the UK and Germany, Trek’s traditionally strongest and oldest foreign markets, made it to honor Walter—but they weren’t the only ones. Even though travel and fees do require a certain amount of coin, the crowd was still full of newer fans. Coupled with the folks I met in Vegas who were rookies at not only that event but to any convention at all—even their hometown, multi-genre bash—Star Trek fandom is a healthy and vibrant thing. And those worries about franchise stagnation a decade ago seem far away indeed.

Larry Nemecek, author of The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, Star Trek Magazine columnist and longtime editor of Star Trek Communicator, is currently producing The Con of Wrath, a documentary about the most “glorious failure” convention ever. He will also host the 2013 return of the “Hollywood to Vegas: Trek Film Sites” tour for Geek Nation Tours; click HERE for details. Larry shares his years as Star Trek author, historian, consultant and insider at conventions and on larrynemecek.com.  His posts and original video chats with all your favorites are at Treklandblog.com, plus @larrynemecek on Twitter and Larry Nemecek’s Trekland on Facebook.