The latest entry in the “…from Today’s Grown-Up Kids” series of essay collections from Becky Books is Galloping Around the Cosmos: Memories of TV’s Wagon Train to the Stars from Today’s Grown-Up Kids, edited by the mighty Jim Beard. This book, which just went on sale today, is full of reminisces by folks about growing up watching the original Star Trek. Among the contributors are assorted Trek fictioneers, including Greg Cox, Dayton Ward, Derek Tyler Attico, Robert Greenberger, Paul Kupperberg, John S. Drew, and, oh yeah, me! I wrote a piece with the overlong title of “This is What Happens When You Start Watching Star Trek from Birth.” It also had a long subtitle, but Jim rather sensibly cut that…
Here’s the full table of contents:
- My Star Track Will Go On Forever – An Introduction by Jim Beard
- An Obsession Most Welcome by Alex Segura
- Beach Blanket Chekov by Nancy Holder
- My Piece of the Action by Tom K. Mason
- The Home on the Edge of Forever by Jeff “Venture” Fournier
- Bob’s Personal Log by Robert Greenberger
- Growing Up in that Forgotten Space Sector: The Finger Lakes by Ed Catto
- Giant-Size Trek Thing by Rich Handley
- Mrs. Mallon’s Enterprise by John S. Drew
- My Early Treks with Captain Kurt by Alan J. Porter
- A Game for the Young by Bobby Nash
- I Wasn’t a Teenage Star Trek Fan by Tom Brevoort
- Captain’s Log, Star Date: Fourth Grade by John C. Bruening
- To Boldly Go by Ron Hill
- Scare Trek by Greg Cox
- And the Child Shall Trek Forever More by Dayton Ward
- A Voice in the Wilderness by Van Allen Plexico
- The Derek in the Dark by Derek Tyler Attico
- My Sunday Mornings at 10:00 AM by Gordon Dymowski
- Sunshine and Sci-Fi by Corrina Bechko
- Saturdays and Starships by Aaron Smith
- This is What Happens When You Start Watching Star Trek From Birth by Keith R.A. DeCandido
- Confessions of a Star Trek Non-Fan Fan by Paul Kupperberg
- The Tapestry of Trek by Andrew Leyland
- The Enterprise Influence by Michael A. Gordon
- Boldly Bits and Pieces by Sorella Smith
The book is available in trade paperback and eBook from the fine feathered finks at Amazon. Check it out!
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