Meanings
- slanguncountablelifestyleWritten fiction based on the Star Trek franchise, including both licensed stories and fan fiction.
A lot of people deserve a shout-out for this, starting with Marco Palmieri, who gave me my first Treklit assignment, On the Spot; […]
2011, David A. McIntee, “Acknowledgements”, in Indistinguishable from Magic, unnumbered page2 more examples
Fran Hitchcock, in a fanzine debate with Paula Smith (Archives 7), pointed out that while Treklit can be seen as a training ground for writers with professional aspirations, most Trekwriters do it for the love of it .
1984, Folklore Women's Communication, Issues 32-34, unnumbered pageEven men who actively participate in the fanwriting find it difficult to overcome the prejudice against the form in the masculine community. Humor bridges the uncomfortable gap between wanting to write in the fanzines and having expectations that real men don't write Treklit.
1992, Camille Bacon-Smith, Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth, page 153
Origin
From Trek + lit (“literature”).
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