Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek : The Original Cast Adventures.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781442249882
- 791.45/72
- PN1992.77.S73G46
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "Wagon Train to the Stars" -- 2 Of Television in the 1960s -- 3 From Milton to Roddenberry -- 4 Boldly Unruly -- 5 Warp Speed -- 6 From the United States to the Federation of Planets -- 7 Minimalist Interiors/Imagined Exteriors -- 8 Decaying Orbits -- 9 "The Matter of Gender" -- 10 Captain Kirk 4-Ever -- 11 Pragmatism and Meaning -- 12 Belief Systems in Star Trek -- 13 "What Does a Starship Want with God?" -- 14 Always Bring Phasers to an Animated Canon Fight -- 15 The Audience as Auteur -- 16 Sarek's Tears -- 17 Authorial Primacy and Literary Adaptation -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.
This collection of essays looks at the groundbreaking impact of the original Star Trek series (1966-1969) and the various themes that the show conveyed, not only during its run but in the subsequent film and cartoon versions featuring the original characters and cast members.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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