Well, I was raised on Star Trek and 50's b-movies, and to me there's nothing like starships and blaster fights. I invented my own space exploration universe when I was in my early teens, and by my late teens had a whole list of story ideas and had actually written a number of them. About the time I graduated high school I realized it was too Star Trek like, so I made major changes in the character list and the universe they lived in -- only to see a lot of those ideas incorporated into Star Trek -- The Next Generation. Great minds think alike?

Anyway, someday I'd like to dust off those old stories and see how much of that universe and which of the stories (if any) can be salvaged ...