The Best of Trek Fanfic Interview with Tracy Hemenover
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| Interviews by Fans | |
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| Title: | The Best of Trek Fanfic Interview with Tracy Hemenover |
| Interviewer: | The Best of Trek Fanfic |
| Interviewee: | Tracy Hemenover |
| Date(s): | October 1999 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Star Trek: DS9 |
| External Links: | An Interview with Tracy Hemenover, Archived version |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
The Best of Trek Fanfic Interview with Tracy Hemenover was conducted in 1999.
It is part of a series of nineteen interviews, see The Best of Trek Fanfic.
Excerpts
[How long have you been a Trek fan?]: Since the early '70's, when I was about ten, and TOS was just entering widespread syndication. I know I was a fan before fall 1973, when the animated series premiered. I grew up with the TOS crew, and still have a lot of affection for Spock, Bones, Scotty, Chekov, and the rest.
[Have you done any other type of writing?]: I have occasionally written reviews for local fanclub zines; essays and the like. Then, of course, there is my DS9 Encyclopedia, which was and still is very fun to work on.
[Anything else?]: Just that the reason I write Odo and Kira is that I find them the most fascinating romantic pairing in Trek. They have an incredibly complex and compelling bond that evolved naturally out of the characters' interactions. The fact that he is a changeling and she a solid gives it a bittersweet, mythical depth that is unmatched by any other Trek couple. And the fact that the relationship was "canonized" sends the powerful message that you are worthy of love, and you can find love, even if you're different.