the fandom." One fan wrote a scathing review in a letter to The Halkan Council (1975), saying they felt cheated since "I would much rather have [read] an analysis of the fans of Star Trek … than of the show itself." Lichtenberg agreed with the reviewer's feelings that many fans felt a true anthropological study of "the fandom [was] rare and invaluable" In subsequent interviews, she admitted that "Star Trek Lives! was not perfect." Other fans reflected differently on the book. Sue Bursztynski wrote in her review of Harry, A History (2008) that Star Trek Lives! "let me know that this sort of thing was going on, and what kind of activities fans got up to." Patricia Poole said in Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over The World (2014) she was "stunned" to find things she had written "transformed into pages in a real book." Poole had previously corresponded with Lichtenberg on what became known as "the discovery effect." Poole said she was inspired by her experiences at a Detroit-area Star Trek convention. Gary McGath wrote, in an issue of the MIT student-run editorial Ergo (1975), that Star Trek was far from the perfect "romantic drama," but Star Trek Lives! "does the best job thus far of showing just what the series accomplishes." Likewise, Winston Howlett wrote in an issue of fanzine Probe that readers should not be deterred from "picking up and reading this very well-written[,] and very entertaining book." And that it belongs on every fan's shelf, "for it makes up a large, healthy chunk of the [Star Trek] saga, telling where we've been, where we are now, and where we hope to be going." Lichtenberg, Marshak and Winston, were named the "foremothers of fanfiction scholarship" by Francesca Coppa in The Fanfiction Reader (2017), due to their work on Star Trek Lives!, and the catalyzing effect the book had on fan scholarship. Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman lauded Star Trek Lives! as a "seminal" work in the first volume of The Fifty Year Mission (2016). In her fandom history Boldly Writing (2003), J. M. Verba credited Star Trek Lives! for increasing "fanzine recognition far beyond the wildest dreams of any editor." See also Trekkie Fanzine Fan fiction Kirk/Spock Star Trek (Bantam Books) References External links Bantam Books books Books about Star Trek Books based on Star Trek Books by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Books by Sondra Marshak Books by