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Boarding The Enterprise: Transporters,Tribbles & The Vulcan Death Grip by David Gerrold PDF



It's hard to imagine what our lives would be like had the Enterprise never boldly gone where no man and no television show had gone before. Forty years after Star Trek TOS premiered. the show still looms large in our cultural imagination, shaping our image of the televison past and our view of the real world future.



Now, Star Trek writers and the generation of writers and scientists they inspired, remember the show and it's influence on society with a mix of nostalgia, humour, analysis and delight.



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 Evans, and various academics share anecdotes, discuss the show’s enduring appeal and influence, and examine some of the classic features of the series.



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