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Author : Joel Engel
Publisher : Hyperion
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995-04-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786880880
A no-holds-barred look at the complex and driven visionary who created Star Trek gives a backstage portrait based on inside sources that reveals the whole man, alcoholic, self-promoting, womanizing, yet intensely creative.
Author : Gene Roddenberry,Harold Livingston,Alan Dean Foster
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Interplanetary voyages
ISBN : 9780671253240
Author : David Alexander
Publisher : Roc
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0451454405
This fascinating portrait presents the many sides of Gene Roddenberry, creator of the phenomenally popular Star Trek and all its spin-offs--and in so doing, gives readers new focus and fresh feeling for the show that has soared beyond time to reach the realm of legend and myth. Includes a complete filmography and 16 pages of photos.
Author : Lance Parkin
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781781314821
A biographer goes in search of Gene Roddenberry, creator of the world’s most successful science fiction franchise. This book reveals how an undistinguished writer of cop shows set out to produce “Hornblower in space” —and ended up with Star Trek, an optimistic, almost utopian view of humanity’s future that has been watched and loved by hundreds of millions of people around the world. Along the way, Lance Parkin examines some of the great myths and turning points in the franchise’s history, and Roddenberry’s particular contribution to them. He looks at the view that the early Star Trek advanced a liberal, egalitarian, and multi-racial agenda; charts the various attempts to resuscitate the show during its wilderness years in the 1970s; explores Roddenberry’s initial early involvement in the movies and spin-off Star Trek: The Next Generation (as well as his later estrangement from both), and sheds light on the colorful personal life, self-mythologizing, and strange beliefs of a man who nonetheless gifted popular culture one if its most enduring narratives.
Author : Yvonne Fern
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Science fiction television programs
ISBN : 0006384293
Author : James Van Hise
Publisher : Movie Publisher Services
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1556983182
Author : A.J. Black
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476681696
Since 1966, the Star Trek television franchise has used outer space and the thrilling adventures of the crews of the U.S.S. Enterprise to reflect our own world and culture. Kirk and Spock face civil rights issues and Vietnam war allegories while Picard, Data, and the next generation seek an ordered, post-Cold War stability in the Reagan era. The crews of Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise must come to terms with our real life of war, manifest destiny in the 21st century, and the shadow of 9/11. Now, as the modern era of the franchise attempts to portray a utopia amidst a world spinning out of control, Star Trek remains about more than just the future. It is about our present. It is about us. This book charts the history of Gene Roddenberry's creation across five decades alongside the cultural development of the United States and asks: are we heading for the utopian Federation future, or is it slipping ever further away from reality?
Author : Yvonne Fern
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1335922170
Author : Gene Roddenberry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743412087
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Trek: The Motion Picture with this classic movie novelization written by legendary Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry! The original five-year mission of the Starship Enterprise to explore strange new worlds and to seek out new life and new civilizations has ended. Now James T. Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy, and the rest of the crew of the Enterprise have separated to follow their own career paths and different lives. But now, an overwhelming alien threat—one that is ignoring all attempts at communication and annihilating all opposition in its path—is on a collision course with Earth, the very heart of the United Federation of Planets. And the only vessel that Starfleet can send in time to intercept this menace is a refitted Enterprise, with her old crew heeding the call to once again boldly go where no one has gone before….
Author : Douglas Brode,Shea T. Brode
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442249882
When it premiered on NBC in September 1966, Star Trek was described by its creator, Gene Roddenberry, as “Wagon Train to the stars.” Featuring a racially diverse cast, trips to exotic planets, and encounters with an array of alien beings who could be either friendly or hostile, the program opened up new vistas for television. Along with The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, Star Trek represented one of the small screen’s rare ventures into science fiction during the 1960s. Although the original series was a modest success during its three-year run, its afterlife has been nothing less than a cultural phenomenon. To celebrate the show’s debut fifty years later, it’s time to reexamine one of the most influential programs in history. In Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek: The Original Cast Adventures, Douglas and Shea T. Brode present a collection of essays about the series and its various incarnations over the years. Contributors discuss not only the 1960s show but also its off-shoots, ranging from novels and graphic novels to toys and video games, as well as the films featuring Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and the rest of the Enterprise crew. Essays address the show’s religious implications, romantic elements, and its role in the globalization of American culture. Other essays draw parallels between the series and the Vietnam War, compare Star Trek II to Milton’s Paradise Lost, posit Roddenberry as an auteur, and consider William Shatner as a romantic object. With its far-reaching and provocative essays, this collection offers new insights into one of the most significant shows ever produced. Besides television and film studies, Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek—a companion volume to The Star Trek Universe—will be of interest to scholars of religion, history, gender studies, queer studies, and popular culture, not to mention the show’s legions of fans.
Author : Joel Engel
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1994-04-14
Category : Star Trek television programs
ISBN : UCSC:32106010308986
A biography of the man who created Star Trek and thus changed the face of entertainment in America.
Author : David Gerrold,Robert J. Sawyer
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781942952169
Rereleased for Star Trek: The Original Series ' 50th Anniversary, this in-depth analysis of the groundbreaking TV show features an updated introduction by Robert J. Sawyer and foreword by David Gerrold Trekkies and Trekkers alike will get starry-eyed over this eclectic mix of essays on the groundbreaking original Star Trek, one of the most culturally impactful TV shows of the last 50 years. Star Trek scriptwriters D. C. Fontana, David Gerrold, Norman Spinrad, and Howard Weinstein, science fiction writers including Allen Steele and Lawrence Watt-Evans, and various academics share behind-the-scenes anecdotes, discuss the show's enduring appeal and influence, and examine some of the classic features of the series. Inside: Communications and media theorist Paul Levinson shows how the unprecedented success of the "seventy-nine jewels" in syndication changed the way we look at television forever. Star Trek writer D. C. Fontana remembers Gene Roddenberry and what it was like on the set and behind the scenes. Hugo Award–winning author Allen Steele explores the strong science fiction tradition that made the show so great. Cultural theorist Eric Greene details the show's complex dialogue with the Vietnam War, highlighting the evolving stances on interventionist politics. Science fiction novelist DON Debrandt contends that the famously logical Spock isn't quite as rational as Star Trek's writers would have you believe. Scientist Robert A. Metzger proves that Scotty's ability to lie makes him the most valuable member of the Enterprise crew. Fanfiction author Melissa Dickinson explains why we still feel compelled to write our own stories about Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the show's memorable characters.
Author : Marc Cushman,Susan Osborn
Publisher : Jacobs Brown Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Science fiction television programs
ISBN : 0989238105
Revised Second Edition. History of Star Trek TOS
Author : James Van Hise
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-19
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 1511803738
"In this intimate and fascinating biography, James Van Hise reveals Roddenberry's career as never before: its triumphs, failures, resurrections and the pivotal decisions that preceded them. More importantly, it tells the story of the man behind the single biggest phenomenon in media history--and one of the 20th century's most universal myths"--Back cover
Author : Herbert F. Solow,Robert H. Justman
Publisher : Pocket Books/Star Trek
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0671896288
A history of the classic television series describes the 1964 collaboration of the authors and Gene Roddenberry and chronicles the personalities, production methods, and special effects that resulted in the show's phenomenal legacy