That's interesting. I started reading the novels almost as soon as I discovered the show, so I've always been overexposed to the written forms of all the proper nouns. I can't imagine them being spelled any other way.
@tstrike78 My exposure to the shows has been fairly recent, up to season 5 of Voyager currently. I mean, they show some of the names in the preroll credits but otherwise I only find out if I happen to look something up on the Memory Alpha wiki
I started with TNG when I was twelve; by that Christmas, I was so enthusiastic about it that my parents got me a novel ("Masks") for Christmas, which started my lifelong love of Star Trek books. That was 34 years ago, so all things Trek have been part of my vocabulary for most of my life.
@tstrike78 That's cool, the novels would be kind of fun to check out when I'm caught up on the shows. Do you have any recommendations? My partner and I are always talking about how certain side plots would make good extended universe books
It really depends on what interests you most. If you're a Voyager fan, I would (first) recommend Mosaic by Jeri Taylor. Taylor was a co-creator and executive producer on the show and wrote the novel to develop Janeway's backstory. She later did the same for the other characters in Pathways. I really enjoyed both of them despite not being a huge Voyager fan.
@tstrike78 I like all the '90s shows, Voyager has been enjoyable but I think DS9 remains my favorite. I've lamented the fact that backstories aren't visited as much as they maybe should be, at least in Voyager. I will add those to my list, thanks
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