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7	[[quoteright:312:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/night_2453.jpg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:312:This actually looks scary. And despite this book being an obvious parody of a particular genre and a specific fanbase, we are not joking about how scary that cover looks.]]
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10	''Night of the Living Trekkies'' by Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall adds a new twist to the usual {{Zombie Apocalypse}} story by throwing a bunch of {{Genre Savvy}} Franchise/{{Star Trek}} fanboys into the mix!
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12	This is not your typical {{Zombie Apocalypse}}. It's been blatantly stated that "This is an original work of fiction, horror, and [[AffectionateParody parody]]. and is not officially sponsored by, affiliated with, or endorsed by the owners of the Star Trek® brand."
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14	Jim Pike is an ex-Trekkie and Afghanistan war vet. Now discharged, he runs a hotel that gets overrun by Star Trek fans when a convention rolls into town. However, things [[FromBadToWorse things quickly go south]] when a [[TheVirus strange virus]] causes many of the fankids to turn into flesh-eating monsters! Jim and a small group of fan kids now have to find their way to safety!
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16	A trailer for the book can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyO2k-jApng here]].
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18	!!This novel provides examples of:
19	%%* AffectionateParody
20	%%* AscendedFanboy:
21	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Willy the RedShirt. Perhaps the most pointless death in the novel bordering on DiabolusExMachina]].
22	* EyeScream: Frequently [[spoiler:as bursting the zombies third eye will immediately kill them]].
23	* EvilGloating: [[spoiler: Dr. Sandoval explains to Jim how to save Leia]].
24	* {{Fanservice}}: The female lead spends half of the book dressed in a Slave Leia costume.
25	* GovernmentConspiracy: [[spoiler:A reasonable one for once, as they found alien rocks that will turn people into zombies and promptly stop messing around with them, locking them up without ever planning to touch it again]].
26	%%* HeroicSacrifice:
27	%%* MartyrWithoutACause: Jim.
28	%%* TheMole: [[spoiler:Dr. Sandoval]].
29	%%* NeverTrustATrailer
30	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Dr. Sandoval might have escaped without you Jim, but you did a very good job of saving him regardless. Pity he's TheMole]].
31	* PunnyName: [[RedShirt Willy Makit]], whose real name turns out to be [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Kenny Dyes]]]].
32	* RedShirt: Jim comes across the last survivor of a group of friends dressed as them, who had started falling prey to fatal accidents even before the zombies came along. [[spoiler:He doesn't make it either]].
33	%%* RightManInTheWrongPlace: Jim.
34	* ShoutOut: To start with, the chapter titles are Original Series episode titles.
35	%%* ZombieApocalypse: parodied.
36	%%* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler:T'poc, Leia, and Matt. T'poc and Leia admit it and are generally helpful. Matt not so much]].

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