![]() ![]() And Space was constantly broadcasting Star Trek. Since I had a bedtime back then, I neither retreated nor surrendered and settled for using the TV like a very big radio, just listening to TVO before falling asleep.) I was really excited to get cable in my room, because I knew I would be able to watch Space, Canada’s specialty science fiction/fantasy channel, whenever I wanted. (Shortly after I inherited it, the TV would begin to lose its picture after a few minutes of operation, and the picture would only come back after you turned it off to let the tube cool down. I can remember getting a shiny new 13” TV in my room after my first TV, which I inherited from the living room, finally stopped working completely. Connections I made on that community led to other communities-though not Goodreads, which I joined because an offline friend recommended it to me.īut my interest in science fiction, both literature and television, definitely started with Star Trek. The first online community I joined was a Star Trek roleplaying group. ![]() Aside from my interest in teaching (and even that might have been influenced by Star Trek’s love for exploration and knowledge), that TV show profoundly influenced my decisions. I don’t know how I first got into Star Trek, but I owe almost the entire trajectory of my life to it. ![]()
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