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Lessons from Star Trek are timeless

By David W. Shelton On March 9, 2019 · Add Comment · In General Commentaries
Star Trek's lessons for all of us are just as timeless as ever, even after over 50 years. Captain Kirk was more than a hero to all of us. He is a legend.
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David Shelton, circa 1988

Time Travel Conversations with My Teenage Self

By David W. Shelton On October 6, 2013 · 15 Comments · In General Commentaries, Humor

Every sci-fi nerd has the wild, crazy dream of time travel. For those of us who have held that fantasy, the one person we middle-aged geeks would love to meet is a younger version of ourselves. My blatherings today are of such a dream, and is the conversation that I might have should I ever ride along with a madman in a blue box or slingshot around the sun at high warp velocities.

My exact time would be October of 1988, twenty-five years ago. I would have been 17 then, filled with every bit of hope for a better life and all of the frustrations of being a teenager in the late 1980s. Let me tell you about this boy, the teenager named David Shelton.

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The Right Stuff about Writing

By David W. Shelton On May 23, 2012 · Add Comment · In General Commentaries
It's no secret that I'm a huge nerd. It's even less of a secret that I love space opera. Someone asked me once if I liked Star Trek, Star Wars, or Stargate. My response was succinct: "You had me at Star." Then there's the part of me that's a little bit Brit. I've always been a Doctor Who fan. The long-running BBC series was revived in 2005, and has been enjoying quite the revival in recent years. Especially from the perspective of a silly gay nerd here on this side of the pond. But it's not just the consumption of sci-fi that I enjoy, it's the back story that I look for. Who are the geniuses behind the universes that I love?
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‘Star Trek’ star Zachary Quinto comes out as gay

By David W. Shelton On October 16, 2011 · Add Comment · In I'm Gay, News
Zachary Quinto, famous for his role as Spock in the 2009 Star Trek film and as the deliciously evil Sylar in the hit TV show Heroes has come out as gay. This month’s New York magazine features an interview with the star where he unambiguously discusses his sexual orientation: For one thing, he’s willing to [...]
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