GENE RODDENBERRY: THE LAST CONVERSATION: A DIALOGUE WITH CREATOR OF STAR TREK (Star Trek Series) - Softcover

Fern, Yvonne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067152299X ISBN 13: 9780671522995

Publisher: Star Trek, 1996

Synopsis

Based on interviews with Gene Roddenberry in the last months of his life, a portrait of the creator of Star Trek describes the creative spirit that brought the television series to life. Reprint.

About this title

From the Publisher

The creator and driving force behind both the original Star Trek® and Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Gene Roddenberry created a mythology for the twentieth century. One of the most enduring cultural phenomenons of our time, Star Trek was from the beginning a forum where its creator, its writers and its viewers could explore the fundamental questions of life: What does goodness mean? Where does duty end and morality begin? And most often: What does it mean to be human?

In the last months of his life, Roddenberry offered to share his views on life with Yvonne Fern. The result is a probing dialogue that serves as a portrait of both the man and his ideas. Roddenberry's creation opened a window into the human condition and has stirred the dreams of an entire generation. Now, reading this final message, we are moved a little closer to the luminous future that Star Trek showed was already within us.

From Publishers Weekly

It is Roddenberry's time in the book world, as witnessed by Gene Roddenberry by Joel Engel (Nonfiction Forecasts, Mar. 21) and Star Trek Creator by David Alexander (Nonfiction Forecasts, May 16)--and now this volume, which is the most reverential. The tone is set by the book's inclusion in a new UC series, Portraits of American Genius. Fern, an ex-nun and a Trekkie, lived with Roddenberry and his wife during the last year of his life (1990-91) and views him as a visionary. Their discussions dealt with questions like "What is life," "What is the role of faith in human existence?" and other staples of pop metaphysics, plus a bit about Roddenberry's psychology. The book will appeal primarily to the most devoted Trekkies, who will not be daunted by such terms as "mind-meld," "Borgs," "IDIC" and "pon farr." $30,000 ad / promo; author tour.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Star Trek
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067152299X
• ISBN 13: 9780671522995
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240