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9781932100877

Boarding the Enterprise : Transporters, Tribbles and the Vulcan Death Grip in Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek

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  • ISBN13:

    9781932100877

  • ISBN10:

    1932100873

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2006-08-01
  • Publisher: Benbella Books
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $17.95

Summary

Trekkies and Trekkers alike will get starry-eyed over this eclectic mix of essays on the groundbreaking original Star Trek series. Star Trek writers D. C. Fontana and David Gerrold, science fiction authors such as Howard Weinstein, 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 show, including Spock's irrationality, Scotty's pessimism, and the lack of seatbelts on the Enterprise. The impact of the cultural phenomenon on subsequent science-fiction television programs is explored, as well as how the show laid the foundation for the science fiction genre to break into the television medium.

Author Biography

David Gerrold is the author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated The Man Who Folded Himself, When Harlie Was One, and the Chtorr, Dingillian, and Star Wolf series. He also wrote "The Trouble with Tribbles" episode of Star Trek, which was voted the most popular Star Trek episode of all time. He lives in Northridge, California. Robert J. Sawyer is the author of several science fiction novels, including the Nebula Award-winning The Terminal Experiment and the Hugo Award-nominated Calculating God.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION WELCOME ABOARD THE ERTERPRISE 1(4)
Robert J. Sawyer
FOREWORD THE TROUBLE WITH TREK 5(12)
David Gerrold
STAR TREK IN THE REAL WORLD 17(16)
Norman Spinrad
I REMEMBER STAR TREK... 33(8)
D.C. Fontana
ALL OUR TOMORROWS 41(16)
Allen Steele
THE PRIME QUESTIOR 57(30)
Eric Greene
WE FIND THE ONE QUITE ADEQUATE 87(14)
Michael A. Burstein
WHO AM I 101(14)
Lyle Zynda
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH SPOCK'S BRAIN?!? 115(10)
Don DeBrandt
LOST SECRETS OF PRE-WAR HUMAN TECHNOLOGY 125(10)
Lawrence Watt-Evans
EXAGGERATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE 135(18)
Robert A. Metzger
TO BOLDLY TEACH WHAT NO ONE HAS TAUGHT BEORE 153(1)
David DeGraff
WHO KILLED THE SPACE RACE? 153(6)
Adam Roberts
ALEXANDER FOR THE MODERN AGE 159
Melissa Dickinson
HOW STAR TREK LIBERATED TELEVISION 155(42)
Paul Levinson
BEING BETTEA 197(14)
Howard Weinstein
APPENDIX
EPISODE REFERENCE
211

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