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

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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, with an upcoming one from Paramount arriving in 2016. 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.

ISBN-13: 9781250065841

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

Publication Date: 06-28-2016

Pages: 576

Product Dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.80(d)

EDWARD GROSS has an extensive history of covering film and television as a member of the editorial staff of a wide variety of magazines, including CINESCAPE, STARLOG, CINEFANTASTIQUE, SFX, FEMME FATALES, MOVIE MAGIC, LIFE STORY and SCI-FI NOW. He has written numerous non-fiction books and, along with THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION coauthor Mark Altman, has written more about Star Trek over the past 35 years than just about anyone else. MARK A. ALTMAN has been hailed as "the world's foremost Trekspert" by the LOS ANGELES TIMES. Altman is a former journalist for such publications as THE BOSTON GLOBE, CINEFANTASTIQUE and GEEK. He is also the writer/producer of the beloved romantic comedy, FREE ENTERPRISE, starring William Shatner and Eric McCormack as well as the hit TV series AGENT X, CASTLE, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS and FEMME FATALES.

Table of Contents

Foreword Seth MacFarlane xiii

What a Long Strange Trek it's Been Mark A. Altman 1

Reflections on the Trek of a Lifetime Edward Gross 7

Dramatis Personae 11

Birth of a (Trek) Nation "Let's make sure that history never forgets … the name … Enterprise" 31

Uncaged "It's like nothing we've encountered before." 54

These were the Voyages "Sometimes pain can drive a man harder than pleasure." 107

Family Feud "One day our minds became so powerful we dared think of ourselves as gods." 149

Boldly Going "In every revolution there is one man with a vision." 173

The End of the Beginning "To survive is not enough … to simply exist is not enough." 196

Life After Death "We've been through death … and life together." 225

Reanimated "You can no more destroy this ship than I can change color." 264

Lost in Space "Let me do something!" 283

The Next Phase "Aren't you dead?" 313

Slow Motion "I need you … badly." 333

Khan Game "I reprogrammed the simulation so that it was possible to save the ship." 388

In Search of "The word is no…. I am therefore going anyway." 442

A Whale of a Tale "There be whales here." 475

God Complex "What does God need with a starship?" 496

Up the Academy "I am a graduate of Starfleet Academy; I know many things." 519

The Final Roundup "Only Nixon could go to China." 527

Acknowledgments 557

About the Authors 559