Star Trek: The 40th Birthday

Forty years ago today, Star Trek went on the air with the episode “The Man Trap” (the one with the salt vampire) – followed by 78 more episodes, The Animated Series, the movies, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise. While it hasn’t all been great stuff, there’s enough good stuff there to make them some of my favorite shows. (The Original Series and The Next Generation, anyway!) :)

I was going to buy a Star Trek book at the Salvation Army today to mark the occasion, but the one I found turned out to be a Bible with the cover to “Bloodthirst” glued on…

4 responses to “Star Trek: The 40th Birthday”

  1. Shawn says:

    Voyager was the sweet spot.

    Why, you ask?

    1.Kirk.
    2.Boring optimism.
    3.(SWEETSPOT)
    4.Deep space Nine (No explanation needed)
    5.It should have ended sooner.

  2. kerinbot says:

    That’s just weird. Who on earth pastes a star trek cover on a bible? So you can read it surreptitiously
    at recess? To fool heathen SF lovers into reading it (like we aren’t clever enough to stop reading after a very short time, as we figure out that the plot is random, the characters unconvincing, and the morals / ethics throughout frequently fairly repugnant?)

  3. Tom says:

    Shawn: Glad you like the comic! I didn’t watch Voyager regularly when it was on, and didn’t care much for some of the episodes I did see – but I did see a few good ones, so I figure eventually I’ll get around to watching it. :)

    Kerinbot: “Fool heathen SF lovers into reading it” was my guess!

  4. DrAtomic says:

    LOL, scammed by the salvation army…

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