Several organizations, such as the American Association of Variable Star Observers and Center for Backyard Astrophysics, exist to help coordinate these contributions.

Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion, and American Culture, State University of New York Press, ISBN 0-585-29190-X

American tabloids began consolidating in 1990, when American Media bought Star from Rupert Murdoch.

The rise of comic book specialty stores in the late 1970s created / paralleled a dedicated market for " independent " or " alternative comics " in the U. S. The first such comics included the anthology series Star Reach, published by comic book writer Mike Friedrich from 1974 to 1979, and Harvey Pekar's American Splendor, which continued sporadic publication into the 21st century and which Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini adapted into a 2003 film.

* Rappers Rapp Group, later known as Dark Star, an American hip hop group

* Dark Star ( horse ), an American Thoroughbred racehorse

* My Sister's a Pop Star ( 2006 ), I'm SO Not a Pop Star ( 2008 ), and the third book in the series, My Life on TV ( 2010 ), by American author Kimberly Greene, use blog posts to move the plot along and introduce key changes in the protagonist's thinking.

The wreck of the American Star ( SS America ) seen in July 2004 from land side.

On 18 January 1994 the SS American Star ( former America, USS West Point, Australis ) was beached in Playa de Garcey during a storm.

Lucas was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Directing and Writing for American Graffiti, and Best Directing and Writing for Star Wars.

In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the Greatest Male Star of All Time.

* 1966 – Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions )

* 1972 – Ara Babajian, American drummer and songwriter ( The Slackers, Leftöver Crack, and Star Fucking Hipsters )

Billed as " The Pride of the American People, A Star of the First Magnitude ", the critics were equally enthusiastic.

* 1861 – American Civil War: The " Star of the West " incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.

* 1971 – Russell Allen, American singer-songwriter ( Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob, Allen-Lande, and Star One )

The city hosted the American Football League All Star Game in 1967 and 1968, but after the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, Jacksonville was shut out.

He is well known for using influences from American comics, television, and films in his work, and describes himself as a big fan of Batman and Star Wars.

The Motion Picture Patents Company ( MPPC, also known as the Edison Trust ), founded in December 1908, was a trust of all the major American film companies ( Edison, Biograph, Vitagraph, Essanay, Selig, Lubin, Kalem, American Star, American Pathé ), the leading film distributor ( George Kleine ) and the biggest supplier of raw film stock, Eastman Kodak.

* The Wagon and the Star: A Study of American Community Initiative co-authored with Muriel Whitbeck Brown, 1966

* Manu Intiraymi, American actor, best known as " Icheb " on the television series Star Trek: Voyager

* 21-Walter M. " Matt " Jefferies, American art director ( Star Trek series ); designer of the Starship Enterprise.

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew, led by Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), first officer Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ), and chief medical officer Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ), in the 23rd century.

Star Trek: Generations is a 1994 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures.

As with all Star Trek series, the episodes were subsequently telecast in countries throughout the world, in both American English and also translated into several different languages.

Star Trek: First Contact is a 1996 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures.

Hoshi Sato, played by Korean American actress Linda Park, is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise.

However, the eventual cancellation of Star Trek led to a decline in science fiction on American television.

Although the series continued to receive low ratings and was canceled a year later, the enduring popularity of the series resulted in Paramount creating a set of movies, and then a new series Star Trek: The Next Generation, which by the early 1990s had become one of the most popular dramas on American television.

In place of Leiji Matsumoto, American artist Syd Mead (∀ Gundam, Blade Runner, Tron and Star Trek: The Motion Picture ) provided the conceptual art.

The first major American television series to showcase virtual reality regularly was Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The most prominent American TV series of the 1960s include: The Ed Sullivan Show, Peyton Place, Star Trek, I Dream of Jeannie, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, The Andy Williams Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Wonderful World of Disney, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza, McHale's Navy, Laugh-In, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive, The Tonight Show, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, The Flintstones, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Lassie, The Danny Thomas Show, The Lucy Show, My Three Sons, The Red Skelton Show and Bewitched.

* September 14 – Walter Koenig, American actor ( Star Trek )

* August 19 – Gene Roddenberry, American television producer ( Star Trek ) ( died 1991 )

* February 23 – Majel Barrett, American actress ( Star Trek ) ( d. 2008 )

** Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer ( Star Trek )

The device has also appeared in the American television series Star Trek: The Next Generation as the Klingon practice of discommendation ; as a threat in Ancient Greek and Persian culture in Frank Miller's 1998 comic book series 300 and its 2007 film adaptation ; and in the 2004 role playing game Vampire the Requiem.

Her notable guest appearances on American television during the 1960s and 1970s included Batman, The Virginian, Mission: Impossible, Police Woman and the notable Star Trek episode, " The City on the Edge of Forever ".

Jackson DeForest Kelley ( January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999 ) was an American actor known for his iconic roles in Westerns and as Dr. Leonard " Bones " McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television and film series Star Trek.

Charles William " Bill " Mumy, Jr. (; born February 1, 1954 ) is an American actor, musician, pitchman, instrumentalist, voice-over artist and a figure in the science-fiction community.

* 1947 – Brian Daley, American science-fiction writer ( d. 1996 )

The first popular science-fiction program on American television was the children's adventure serial Captain Video and His Video Rangers, which ran from June 1949 to April 1955.

Lewis's diverse sources for this work include the works of St. Augustine, Dante Aligheri, John Milton, John Bunyan, Emanuel Swedenborg and Lewis Carroll as well as the American science-fiction author whom Lewis mentions in his preface whose name he had forgotten.

For a time White Dwarf also contained material for those American RPGs for which Games Workshop had the UK licence, competing directly with TSR's own UK publication, Imagine, and various other mainstream UK and imported fantasy and science-fiction gaming magazines.

WarGames is a 1983 American Cold War science-fiction film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham.

** Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author ( d. 1935 )

* December 14 – Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author ( b. 1902 )

Reviews for The Andromeda Strain were overwhelmingly positive, and the novel was an American Bestseller, establishing Michael Crichton as a respected novelist and science-fiction writer.

* Robert A. Heinlein's 1949 science-fiction novel Sixth Column describes the work of a " sixth column ," a hidden resistance movement fighting an oppressive occupying force of Asians on American soil.

The American / Australian science-fiction television series Time Trax aired from 1993-1994 featured time-traveling police detective Darien Lambert from two centuries in the future, traveling back to present day to apprehend fugitives plotting misdeeds with 22nd-century technology and return them to their proper time.

* Fritz Leiber, American author of fantasy, horror, and science-fiction

* Jonathan Shipley ( writer ) ( b. 1951 ), American science-fiction author

After a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Bana gained Hollywood's attention by playing the role of American Delta Force Sergeant Norm " Hoot " Hooten in Black Hawk Down ( 2001 ), the lead role as Bruce Banner in the Ang Lee directed film Hulk ( 2003 ), Hector in the movie Troy ( 2004 ), the lead in Steven Spielberg's Munich ( 2005 ), and the villain Nero in the science-fiction film Star Trek ( 2009 ).

The Dominion War is an extended plot concept developed in a number of story arcs of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an American science-fiction television series produced by Paramount Pictures.

Brian Stableford, in Scientific Romance in Britain: 1890-1950 argued that early British science-fiction writers who used this term differed in several significant ways from American science fiction writers of the time.

While his previous works such as ... And Call Me Conrad and The Dream Master cast science fiction themes into a mythic mold, Lord of Light is the first to use Zelazny's technique of " anachronistic myth ," in which a mythical or legendary story has science-fiction underpinnings and features occurrences of 20th century American vernacular and culture: Hindu deities smoke cigarettes, characters refer to Marxism and old drinking songs like " It's a Long Way to Tipperary ", and two characters engage in an " Irish Stand-down ," in which they take turns punching each other until one collapses.

* Judgment Day ( 1999 film ), a 1999 American science-fiction / action film

* Paul O. Williams ( 1935 – 2009 ), American science-fiction author and poet

" Like Kneale, he contrasted this to American science-fiction productions, where the alien adversary would be defeated by " it being blown up or electrocuted, or having the entire firepower of the army turned against it.

Jack Carroll " Jay " Haldeman II ( December 18, 1941-January 1, 2002 ) was an American biologist and science-fiction writer.

The award has been described as one of " the most important of the American science fiction awards " and " the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent " of the Emmy Awards.

The award has been described as one of " the most important of the American science fiction awards " and " the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent " of the Emmy Awards.

The award has been described as one of " the most important of the American science fiction awards " and " the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent " of the Emmy Awards.