Trekkie
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Full disclosure, I am not a Trekkie, Trekker or any iteration.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
And in a 2019 interview with The New York Times, the self-described Trekkie revealed she's a huge fan of the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Shattered" and its leading lady, Kate Mulgrew's Captain Janeway.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2022
Mr. Bezos, after all, is a confirmed Trekkie who once competed with his fourth grade classmates for the right to play Kirk.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
Seems like neither Trekkie is living up to the show’s live-long-and-prosper credo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
Expecting some eager, socially awkward adolescent, Nichols instead found herself face-to-face with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: King was a Trekkie!
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Among Trekkies, the long-lost first starship model had attained a mythical status.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024
Anti-Stratfordians also offer what is, in effect, a shared-world fandom, like that among Trekkies or Baker Street Irregulars.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
The writers really embrace diving into telling deep, stand-alone stories that will satisfy Trekkies looking for a nostalgic, genuine Star Trek experience but with enough action and serialization of characters to build a new audience.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
Much as Trekkies can speak Klingon, many D&D obsessives will know the text by sight — and will no doubt be taking notes on what it means.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Nevertheless, I'd posit "Strange New Worlds" is giving Trekkies what they need in 2022, updating Roddenberry's meliorism with a bracing dose of realism, and serving it in a highly devourable form.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2022
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