From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
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   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   In article ,   
    Merrick Baldelli  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:48:27 -0800, Dimensional Traveler   
   >  wrote:   
   >    
   > >If you're going to change the characters and background _that_ _much_,    
   > >why not just write something new?  It would probably be easier.   
   >    
   > .Not when you're inherently lazy.  It's far easier to write   
   > something from an established story/plot than it is to come up with   
   > something "new".   
      
   More importantly, it's easier to sell.   
      
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