The World of Star Trek
by David Gerrold
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Author: David GerroldEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1984-05
ISBN: 0312944632
Number of pages: 209
Publisher: Bluejay
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Summary: 5 Stars
David Gerrold chronicles the beginnings of Star Trek, as well as its growing pains, and its evolution up to and including "The Search for Spock."
This is an insider's look at the show, with a great deal of discussion on what Gene Roddenberry had in mind: the characters as they came to him, how the USS Enterprise came about, and the constraints that a commander would have to work under in deep space.
Just getting a show, any show past treatment form to the executives is tough enough; despite Roddenberry's proven track record as a creator and writer, this one was not an easy sell, as Gerrold points out. The network was not pleased with the creation of Spock, nor did they like the idea of a woman being First Officer (Majel Barrett, the later Nurse/Dr. Chapel and Mrs. Roddenberry). It was either the alien or the woman, and one had to go.
Gerrold also points out the scientific errors, such as people falling out of their chairs (MIT students can do a better than us of explaining it), and there's other holes big enough to drive Enterprise-E through, but Star Trek was also supposed to be fun in its own way.
Actors, writers, and many of the behind the scenes people speak openly and freely about their experience, and all agree it was one they'd trade for nothing.
Gerrold also pays tribute to the determined efforts of Bjo Trimble, the lady who pretty much single-handedly saved the show from extinction after season two. He looks into the fans themselves, and how their love of the show translated into their real lives.
All in all, a book I've read and enjoyed many times. The show will never die, no matter what.
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