The Man Who Created Star Trek: Gene Roddenberry


Blurb
Gene Roddenberry was both a man and a creative genius, a good friend and an often hardheaded opponent. He knew what he wanted and pursued his vision with almost ruthless single-mindedness. He made friends and enemies, always with large gestures. Even those whose careers he made viewed him with mixed feelings; those who he fought still respect him.

This is the story of an almost larger-than-life man who created one of America's and the world's enduring myths, Star Trek, from the birth of the vision through development and up to the voyages of .

Years in Hollywood as a police officer and writing experiences on The Lieutenant and Have Gun Will Travel helped form the man and the way in which he worked. Struggles and early cancellation of Star Trek affected him. Later failures of his most cherished projects Police Story, Genesis II, The Questor Tapes, Planet Earth, Spectre and Tarzan changed him once again. But final redemption came with the rebirth of Star Trek on the movie screen and proving lightning can strike twice by creating The Next Generation.

The Man Who Created Star Trek reveals Roddenberry's career as never before, in both its triumphs and failures. More importantly, it tells the story of the man behind the public figure.

Contents
Introduction: The Worlds of Gene Roddenberry
In the Beginning
Television
Creating Trek Frontier
Classic Trek
After Star Trek… Sex, Marriage & Tarzan
Pilots and Projects
The Trek Revival
Trek on the Big Screen
Gene Gets His Star
The Next Generation
Honors for Roddenberry and Trek
Final Bow
Appendix One: Television Writing and Producing Credits of Gene Roddenberry
Appendix Two: Original Star Trek Proposal Dated March 11, 
Appendix Three: Press Release of January 6, 
Appendix Four: Episode Guide: Have Gun, Will Travel
Appendix Five: Episode Guide: The Lieutenant
Appendix Six: Episode Guide: Classic Star Trek
Appendix Seven: Bibliography

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