-=> Quoting Evil Doctor to Joseph Luna <=-
 JL> That makes me wonder though, since I've never seen it.  Has any
 JL> sci-fi story out there ever made references to Star Trek big or small?
 JL> Preferably maybe ones set in or near the same time period. :) 
 ED> In the Philip K. Dick short story "The Electric Ant" (1969), he 
 ED> uses the term `captain kirk' as slang for television set.  Could well
 ED> be  the first Star Trek reference in sci-fi history.
   This isn't quite the same thing, but one of the episodes of TAS was 
written by the author of the Ringworld saga using some of his own concepts 
and species, thus suggesting that all his stories are part of the Trek 
universe.
   That's probably one of the reasons TAS isn't considered canon. :)
Paul
... I was assimilated by the Borg and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.  
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