Preface<br > One of the most frequent requests I receive in the<br > mail is to be supplied with the address of a local or nation-<br > al Star Trek fan club. There are so many of these， and they<br > multiply so rapidly， that I can t keep track of them. How-<br > ever， sombody can， and does: the Star Trek Welcommittee.<br > This describes itself as a central information center to<br > answer fans questions about Star Trek， and to provide new<br >fans with complete information about Star Trek and Star<br >Trek random. It is a nonprofit service organization--not a<br >club to joinmwith 105 volunteer workers in 23 states (plus<br >representatives in three other countries) who devote their<br >time and efforts to answering such questions. They add:<br > "Few fans realize all that is really available in the<br >world of Star Trek: over 100 dubs， about 80 fan maga-<br >zines， 14 books， 5 conventions annually， and many prod-<br >ucts.* That s where STW comes inmwe can give you infor-<br >mation on all of them， plus ST technology， penpals， trivia，<br >fans in your area， ST actors， details of the making of ST<br >(live actor or animation)， revival efforts， details of the<br >various episodes... Whatever your question on Star Trek<br >or Star Trek fandom， chances are we ve got the answer--<br >or can get it for you. Write us. Please enclose a self-ad-<br >dressed stamped envelope when requesting information."<br > * These figures are as of Sept. 26， 1973. They must be much<br >larger now; certainly there are more booksl<br >11<br ><br >