Edward Gross, Mark A. Altman

The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years

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Produktbeschreibung

Volume one of a fifty-year oral history of Star Trek by the people who were there, in their own words, sharing never-before-told stories. This is the unauthorized, uncensored and unbelievable true story behind the making of a pop culture phenomenon. The original Star Trek series debuted in 1966 and has spawned five TV series spin-offs and a dozen feature films. The Fifty-Year Mission is a no-holds-barred oral history of five decades of Star Trek, told by the people who were there. Hear from the hundreds of television and film executives, programmers, writers, creators and cast as they unveil the oftentimes shocking story of Star Trek's ongoing fifty-year mission -a mission that has spanned from the classic series to the animated show, the many attempts at a relaunch through the beloved feature films. Make no mistake, this isn't just a book for Star Trek fans. Here is a volume for all fans of pop culture and anyone interested in the nuts and bolts of a television touchstone.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: St Martin's Press
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 618g
• ISBN-13: 9781250235336
• ISBN-10: 1250235332
• Artikelnr.: 54838442

Autorenporträt

Edward Gross & Mark A. Altman with a Foreword by Seth MacFarlane

Inhaltsangabe

FOREWORD
by Seth MacFarlane
WHAT A LONG STRANGE TREK IT'S BEEN
by Mark A. Altman
REFLECTIONS ON THE TREK OF A LIFETIME
by Edward Gross
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
BIRTH OF A (TREK) NATION
"Let's make sure that history never forgets . . . the name . . .
Enterprise."
UNCAGED
"It's like nothing we've encountered before."
THESE WERE THE VOYAGES
"Sometimes pain can drive a man harder than pleasure."
FAMILY FEUD
"One day our minds became so powerful we dared think of ourselves as gods."
BOLDLY GOING
"In every revolution there is one man with a vision."
THE END OF THE BEGINNING
"To survive is not enough . . . to simply exist is not enough."
LIFE AFTER DEATH
"We've been through death . . . and life together."
REANIMATED
"You can no more destroy this ship than I can change color."
LOST IN SPACE
"Let me do something!"
THE NEXT PHASE
"Aren't you dead?"
SLOW MOTION
"I need you . . . badly."
KHAN GAME
"I reprogrammed the simulation so that it was possible to save the ship."
IN SEARCH OF
"The word is no. . . . I am therefore going anyway."
A WHALE OF A TALE
"There be whales here."
GOD COMPLEX
"What does God need with a starship?"
UP THE ACADEMY
"I am a graduate of Starfleet Academy; I know many things."
THE FINAL ROUNDUP
"Only Nixon could go to China."
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS