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Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek
The Original Cast Adventures
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2015
Summary
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.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-4987-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-4988-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
208
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
1 “Wagon Train to the Stars” No access Pages 1 - 12
2 Of Television in the 1960s No access Pages 13 - 24
3 From Milton to Roddenberry No access Pages 25 - 38
4 Boldly Unruly No access Pages 39 - 50
5 Warp Speed No access Pages 51 - 62
6 From the United States to the Federation of Planets No access Pages 63 - 72
7 Minimalist Interiors/Imagined Exteriors No access Pages 73 - 86
8 Decaying Orbits No access Pages 87 - 98
9 “The Matter of Gender” No access Pages 99 - 110
10 Captain Kirk 4-Ever No access Pages 111 - 120
11 Pragmatism and Meaning No access Pages 121 - 130
12 Belief Systems in Star Trek No access Pages 131 - 140
13 “What Does a Starship Want with God?” No access Pages 141 - 152
14 Always Bring Phasers to an Animated Canon Fight No access Pages 153 - 164
15 The Audience as Auteur No access Pages 165 - 174
16 Sarek’s Tears No access Pages 175 - 188
17 Authorial Primacy and Literary Adaptation No access Pages 189 - 198
Index No access Pages 199 - 202
About the Editors No access Pages 203 - 204
About the Contributors No access Pages 205 - 208
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