On 02-15-98 Zorch Frezberg wrote to All... 
 
 ZF> Now that the 'spoiler alerts' are over, I would like to express my 
 ZF> appreciation to the Trek offices for their two-fold tribute in the 
 ZF> last episode of DEEP SPACE NINE. 
 ZF> Not only did the Mark Scott Zicree episode pay homage to the struggles 
 ZF> of Negro writers in the 1950s, and in an interesting way... 
 ZF> It also paid homage to the 1930s and 1950s versions of STAR TREK in 
 ZF> radio and pulp fiction, as many long-time readers here are aware of 
 ZF> the history of Trek. 
 ZF> 
 ZF> Kudos for a well-written script. 
 
 It was excellent, although I think I'll have to watch it a 
 couple more times to try to put it all together - not entirely 
 sure, though, that this one can be "tidied". 
 
 ZF> There were a few 'temporal anomalies'..."cool" didn't enter into the 
 ZF> American 'slanguage', mainstream or ethnic, until about 4-5 years 
 ZF> later when the advent of air-conditioning became available; I happen 
 ZF> to have the same model of refrigerator as "Ben Russell" had in his 
 ZF> flat, and it wasn't made until 1954...and in any event would have been 
 ZF> too expensive for a rented apartment. 
 
 Webster's Collegiate puts that use of "cool" at 1951 - I believe 
 the usage came out of jazz slang rather than air conditioning. 
 
 As for the fridge, the newsboy refers to FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 
 (1953) as a film that everyone has seen.  Too expensive, okay, 
 but it doesn't seem to be from the wrong time. 
 
 The Galaxy office didn't seem likely with a regular staff of 
 writers, and the pulping of a printed issue seemed like 
 financial suicide for the publisher.  But I'm not sure how 
 accurate this aspect was supposed to be. 
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