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Captain Kirk and his die cast shuttle craft!77

Collecting in the Star Trek Universe: the Old and the New

Captain Kirk and his die cast shuttle craft!   From a late 1960s television series canceled after three measly seasons, Star Trek has grown over the decades to include eleven full length feature films...

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Grace Lee Whitney wearing a modern Star Trek communicator badge.78

The Rise, Fall, And Return Of Grace Lee Whitney

Grace Lee Whitney wearing a modern Star Trek communicator badge. Grace Lee Whitney was born as Mary Ann Chase on April 1, 1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She began a music career when she was fourteen which led...

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Five Moral Dillemas in Star Trek

Moral dilemmas have been one of the fundamental cores of Star Trek. Rather than a mere space adventure series, Star Trek from its inception had been concerned with questions of morality, debates over...

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Profiles in Leadership of Five Captains, Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway and Archer

The age old or rather decades old debate has raged over which is the superior Star Trek Captain, Captain James Tiberius Kirk or Captain Jean Luc Picard. But of course as the decades wore on, the debate wore...

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Human Races in a Multispecies Universe

In a previous hub the question of Race in Star Trek was discussed. In Star Trek Deep Space Nine's "Far Beyond the Stars", the issue of race was truly introduced into Star Trek. But the question of race in Star...

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Besides being home to 'wide open spaces', Texas is home to many inventors and their inventions.74

Texas Inventors

When one considers where would the world be without Texans, there are some surprising answers. Many modern inventions and products that we use daily are due to the work of Texans. Consider what the world...

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Born  William Jefferson Blythe III71

Famous Birthday Listings: August 19

Born on this day? HAPPY BIRTHDAY!Below are some very famous celebrities (81 names) past and present who have their birthday today. Some of them you will have heard of and others you may not have! These Famous...

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Original AMT model of the U.S.S. Enterprise built by one ardent Trekkie back in the early 1970s. Now if I'd left it in the box, it'd be worth around $200-300 or so. I lost a lot of potential fortunes that way as a kid. I preferred to play with my toy68

The Star Trek Movie of 2009 and the Original Star Trek: Signs of Their Times

 Star Trek became one of the first blockbuster movies of 2009. As science fiction always does, it reflects the times in which it is made. When Star Trek the original series appeared on the small screen in...

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Gene Roddenberry69

Gene Roddenberry

Gene Roddenberry, screenwriter, film and television producer, is best known as the creator and executive producer of Star Trek, one of the most popular and enduring television series of all time.

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USS Enterprise blasts its way through an asteroid belt68

The Star Trek Philosophy

Have you ever wondered why the Star Trek original series and films are so popular and have so many devoted fans worldwide? I have a theory about this phenomenon that I'd like to share. I'll outline my theory...

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