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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.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction - Star Trek: In the Beginning, Roddenberry Said . . . Douglas Brode Chapter One - “Wagon Train to the Stars”: Star Trek, The Western Frontier, and American Values John Wills Chapter Two - Of Television and the 1960s: Star Trek, Vietnam, and the Transformation of the United States H. Bruce Franklin Chapter Three - Milton and Rodenberry: Structural Parallels between Star Trek II and Paradise Lost Shari Hodges Holt Chapter Four - Boldly Unruly: Star Trek in Play Scott Duchesne Chapter Five - Warp Speed: The Physics of Star Trek Phil Kesten Chapter Six - From the United States to the Federation of Planets: Star Trek and the Globalization of American Culture Lane Crothers Chapter Seven - Minimalist Interiors/Imagined Exteriors: Spatial Complexity in the Star Trek Saga Mervyn Nicholson Chapter Eight - Decaying Orbits: Men, Women, and Fear of Extinction in TOS Ina Ray Hark Chapter 9 - The Matter of Gender in “Metamorphosis”: Women, Romance, and the Queerness of Desire David Greven Chapter 10 - Captain Kirk 4-EVER: William Shatner as Romantic Object Victoria Amador Chapter 11 - Pragmatism and Meaning: Assessing the Message of TOS Anne Collins Smith and Owen M. Smith Chapter 12 - Belief System in TOS: Secular Humanism, Traditional Religion, and Cultural Imperialism Sara Boslaugh Chapter 13 - “What Does a Starship Need With God?”: Divinization, Deicde, and the Re-Affirmation of Faith in Star Trek I-VI Michael Smith Chapter 14 - Always Bring Phasers to an Animated Canon Fight: Trek’s Saturday Morning Original Cast Adventures David S. Silverman Chapter 15 - The Audience as Ultimate Auteur: Female Fans and Early Trek ‘Vidding” Francesca Coppa Chapter 16 - Sarek’s Tears: Classical Music, Star Trek, and the Exportation of Culture Daniel Sheridan Chapter 17 - Of Authorial Primacy and Literary Adaptation: TOS and William Shatner’s “Captain’s Trilogy” Alexis Finnerty Index About the Editors and Contributors


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781442249875
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Depth: 25
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Original Cast Adventures
  • Width: 161 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1442249870
  • Publisher Date: 14 May 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 234
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Weight: 510 gr


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