Book 47 of 2026: The Making of the Trek Conventions by Joan Winston.
⭐️⭐️⭐️: Sits right in the center of a Venn diagram with “Star Trek Fans” and “Convention Goers/Conrunners”, which just so happens to be right where I sit too, so…yeah, this was fun. A breezy memoir of the earliest Star Trek fan conventions (except for the first, which is discussed in Star Trek Lives!), with lots of fun details of the behind-the-scenes adventures in putting on the conventions. All long before my convention going time (these cons were held between 1973 and 1976, and I was born in 1973), but even if time and technologies have changed, a lot of the conrunning shenanigans sounded very familiar. Anecdotes about the various Trek stars and other personalities who were the guests of the con mix in, and the whole thing is quite enjoyable.
