Who's Who in Star Trek

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You may be looking for Who's Who in Star Trek Fandom, which was fan-produced and not for-profit.

Zine
Title: Who's Who in Star Trek
Publisher: the zine was published by April Productions, the mass market book was by Star Publications
Editor(s): John Townsley
Type:
Date(s): 1980 (UK version), 1982 (US version), 1984 (reprinted with many more pages), 1988 (printed as a pro book)
Medium: print
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Language: English
External Links: cited here
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Who's Who in Star Trek is a show resource compiled by John Townsley.

cover of the 38-page fanzine
cover of US pro-book edition

This publication listed every gaffer, actor, stuntman, voice announcers, writer, production assistant, graphic designer, make-up people, production mixer, musicians, authors of the pro books, and just about everything else, including people who'd had jobs lined up for the "Star Trek movie project which was cancelled in 1977."

It also included the names of "super fans." These were fans who were chairs of the Star Trek Welcommittee, who had chaired the series of cons Star Trek Lives!, who were co-founders of Star Trek Association for Revival, and and who were authors in Star Trek: The New Voyages. There is even a professor listed as a super fan: Leo Strandeford, an astronomy professor who conducted the first one-credit course in Star Trek at Mankato State University in Minnesota.

It was originally a 38-page fanzine issued in 1980 in the UK, then in 1982 in the US. These two editions appear to be identical. Then the zine was issued in 1984, this time with 109 pages. In 1988 it was printed as a for-profit 112-page mass-market book.

The 38-page fanzine has several black and white publicity stills, and a single illo by Gee Moaven.

The Description from the 38-Page Zine

A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of everyone who has contributed to the Star Trek phenomenon... the actors... the writers... the directors... the authors.... the production people... the super fans... all who have made Star Trek what it is today.

Sample Pages

The "Super Fans" Listed

Note: Sondra Marshak's credits are four times longer than Leonard Nimoy's! In fact, only Gene Roddenberry's blurb is longer.

Fan Comments

This is a British book that was originally not published in North America. The April Publications version was, for all intents and purposes, a fanzine printing, while the Star Publications version was a mass market paperback. Each version of the book lists people involved with the show, sorted by surname, and lists their connection to the show. It also includes novelists and "high profile" fans. Both included a large number of black and white photos of the cast and crew. Neither edition was licensed by Paramount, and as such both were "unauthorized" printings. [1]

References

  1. ^ from [Alpha]