My fannish history UNCOVERED

I was digging through some 3-ring binders of my father's the other day, emptying and recycling the contents, when suddenly I came across one that had my name written in it, and the name of my junior high school. Based on the handwriting, I took myself to have been in the 7th grade.

I closed it up and was turning it over in my hands, musing, and I suddenly realized there was WRITING on it. Very, very faint ancient writing on the back cover!

The first words I made out (the biggest) were I LOVE UNCLE. Oh, yes, I started loving The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in grade school, so no surprise that I was expressing that love.

And then I made out the smaller letters written above that: I Love Star Trek. The September I started 7th grade was the September Star Trek premiered.

Now I had the clue to help me decipher the smallest writing, scattered all over the back cover: Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy... and the one I couldn't read had to be Doctor McCoy.

I turned the binder over and took a closer look at the front cover.

( under the cut for those of you not yet bored )