Star Trek–ian

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1. alternativeAlternative form of Star Trekkian.

   But the opportunity to partake in this sweeping Star Trek–ian future might depend on our behavior in just the next few decades.

   2017, Peter Brannen, The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions, Oneworld Publications, →ISBN

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   It shoots out Star Trek–ian transporter light beams, pumps thermonuclear colors, whirls up raging bubbles, sucks coffee grounds dry, and then extracts every particle of flavor to produce a $6 cup just for you.

   2012, Karen Brooks, Gideon Bosker, Teri Gelber, The Mighty Gastropolis: Portland: A Journey Through the Center of America’s New Food Revolution, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 169, column 1

   Police were guys in cars who passed through like tourists, but they were told not to violate the Star Trek–ian prime directive—Don’t interfere—even when provoked.

   2017, Matt Taibbi, I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street, New York, N.Y.: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, page 66

   The show’s run its course; it’s never going to be the ten-year or twelve-year Star Trek–ian type of show, so let’s end it now.

   2018, Mark A. Altman, Edward Gross, So Say We All: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Battlestar Galactica, Tor Books, →ISBN