Bibliograph

The impossible has happened, the life and work of Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek : a biography, by Lance Parkin

Type

Label

The impossible has happened, the life and work of Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek : a biography, by Lance Parkin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The impossible has happened

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

956677632

Responsibility statement

by Lance Parkin

Sub title

the life and work of Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek : a biography

Summary

This book reveals how an undistinguished writer of cop shows set out to produce 'Hornblower in space' and ended up with an optimistic, almost utopian view of humanity's future that has been watched and loved by hundreds of millions of people around the world. Along the way Lance will examine some of the great myths and turning points in the franchise's history, and Roddenberry's particular contribution to them. He will look at the truth in the view that the early Star Trek advanced a liberal, egalitarian and multi-racial agenda, chart the various attempts to resuscitate the show during it's wilderness years in the 1970s, explore Roddenberry's initial early involvement in the movies and spin-off Star Trek: The Next Generation (as well as his later estrangement from both), and shed light on the colourful personal life, self-mythologising and strange beliefs of a man who nonetheless gifted popular culture one if its most enduring narratives

Target audience

adult

Classification