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:::::Obviously, none of the addresses in this message should be taken as current, so don't go mailing money to anyone mentioned. When you have time, you might want to read all the messages in the thread. It's a fascinating, almost archaeological, look at how DW fandom used to be. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 19:19, 8 May 2009 (UTC) | :::::Obviously, none of the addresses in this message should be taken as current, so don't go mailing money to anyone mentioned. When you have time, you might want to read all the messages in the thread. It's a fascinating, almost archaeological, look at how DW fandom used to be. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 19:19, 8 May 2009 (UTC) | ||
:::::::And here's a bit of relevant text from the excellent [http://www.well.com/~sjroby/lcars/index.html Complete Starfleet Library], which has been on a ten-year, um, ''trek'' to catalogue every single ''Star Trek'' book, authorized or not: | |||
It's worth noting that the book is different from Airey's approved version, as every Trek character's name has been removed and replaced | |||
by his or her rank or title. Kirk is called Kirk in Airey's original, but is always called The Captain in this edition. | |||
Airey also says that "The story was not intended to be a satire, it was intended to be an honest representation of what might happen if these two particular universes met." | |||
Pioneer's edition is positioned as a parody, through the use of that word in the blurb, the ugly caricature on the cover, | |||
and the MAD Magazine-style illustrations throughout the book. Given that unauthorized Star Trek fiction cannot be legally published, | |||
but parody is legally protected, it appears that Pioneer did everything they could to make sure this book was seen as parody. | |||
:::::::Obviously, Pioneer didn't '''reprint''' Airey's work, so much as use the then-fan-famous title and basic plot to sell a '''version''' of the work that wouldn't get them into trouble with TPTB. '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 19:32, 8 May 2009 (UTC) | |||
