MM> RM> history of ignoring and contradicting what has become "common 
knowledge"
MM> RM> among Trekkies, and this is just one more example of how TPTB ignored
MM> RM> and flouted all that had become "true."
MM>Sorry, I don't subscribe to the "Slap in the face of fandom" mindset.
MM>The people at Paramount have creative control over Star Trek.  I often
MM>do not like what they do, but they have no obligation to research fan
MM>fiction -- or even Pocket Books fiction -- FASA role playing games, or
MM>anything else before writing their scripts.
Precisely right -- as uncomfortable a reality as it may be for
some folks, the Simple Fact is, like it or don't, that it's not
the fans who own Trek, any/all whining about "who kept it alive"
notwithstanding.  Some people whine farrr about this somewhat
inconsequential fact too much for their own good, IMNSHO....
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