I Grew Up a Trekkie Before I Really Knew Star Wars
Previously on isoul.uk: We grew up in a house where the television was always on — older siblings, wrestling tapes, sci-fi reruns and films brought back from the video shop. Television wasn’t background noise. It was the recommendation engine. There is a slightly odd thing about my childhood relationship with science fiction: I remember Star Trek far more clearly than I remember Star Wars. That isn’t because Star Wars was obscure. It obviously wasn’t. It just wasn’t the centre of science fiction in our house. ...