These Are the Voyages

These Are the Voyages, the exhaustive, award-winning book series by Marc Cushman, continues, utilizing memos and letters from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, his colleagues, the studios, and the networks. Production reports, TV ratings, vintage press coverage, and interviews combine to document the events between the end of the Original Series and the beginning of the Trek movie franchise. It's the story of how Roddenberry sought to escape from Star Trek's shadow and stake new...
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These Are the Voyages, the exhaustive, award-winning book series by Marc Cushman, continues, utilizing memos and letters from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, his colleagues, the studios, and the networks. Production reports, TV ratings, vintage press coverage, and interviews combine to document the events between the end of the Original Series and the beginning of the Trek movie franchise. It's the story of how Roddenberry sought to escape from Star Trek's shadow and stake new ground. Meanwhile, the series stars discovered that their popularity, like Roddenberry's, was tied to a show which simultaneously typecast them. Volume 1 of this two-book set covers the first half of the 1970s, with coverage of Pretty Maids All in a Row, Genesis II, The Questor Tapes, Planet Earth, Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and much more. Volume 2 will examine the last half of the decade, including Spectre, "Star Trek Phase II," and 1979's Star Trek - The Motion Picture. The book is over 700 pages within a hardcover bound book.