Phasers on Stun!: How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World - Couverture rigide

Britt, Ryan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0593185692 ISBN 13 : 9780593185698

Editeur : Plume, 2022

Synopsis

An Esquire Best Book of 2022!

Written with inside access, comprehensive research, and a down-to-earth perspective, Phasers on Stun! chronicles the entire history of Star Trek, revealing that its enduring place in pop culture is all thanks to innovative pivots and radical change.
 
For over five decades, the heart of Star Trek’s pro-science, anti-racist, and inclusive messaging has been its willingness to take big risks. Across thirteen feature films, and twelve TV series—including five shows currently airing or in production—the brilliance of Star Trek is in its endless ability to be rethought, rebooted, and remade.
 
Author and Star Trek expert Ryan Britt charts an approachable and entertaining course through Star Trek history; from its groundbreaking origins amid the tumultuous 1960s, to its influence on diversifying the space program, to its contemporary history-making turns with LGBTQ+ representation, this book illuminates not just the behind-the-scenes stories that shaped the franchise but the larger meaning of the Final Frontier.
 
Featuring over 100 exclusive interviews with actors and writers across all the generations, including Walter Koenig, LeVar Burton, Dorothy Fontana, Brent Spiner, Ronald D. Moore, Jeri Ryan, and many more, Britt gets the inside story on all things Trek, like Spock’s evolution from red devil to the personification of logical empathy, the near failure to launch of The Next Generation in 1987, and how Trekkie outrage has threatened to destroy the franchise more than once. The book also dives deep with creators like Michael Chabon (co-creator of Star Trek: Picard) and Nicholas Meyer (director, The Wrath of Khan). These interviews extend to the bleeding edge of contemporary Star Trek, from Discovery to Picard to Lower Decks, and even the upcoming highly anticipated 2022 series, Strange New Worlds.
 
For fans who know every detail of each Enterprise bridge, to a reader who has never seen a single minute of any Star Trek, this book aims to entertain, inform, and energize. Through humor, insight, archival research, and unique access, this journey through the Star Trek universe isn’t just about its past but a definitive look at its future.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ryan Britt is the author of Luke Skywalker Can’t Read and Other Geeky Truths (Plume 2015), and writes about Star Trek weekly for Den of Geek! and Inverse, and has covered Star Trek for SyFy Wire, Tor.com, and Star Trek.com, extensively. Lev Grossman has said about him, “Ryan Britt is one of nerd culture’s most brilliant and most essential commentators.” Ryan's Non-Star Trek writing of his has appeared in Vulture, VICE, CNN Style, and The New York Times. He’s also the senior entertainment editor at Fatherly.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Written with inside access to writers, cast, and crew and the perfect perspective, PHASERS ON STUN! both charts a history of Star Trek and explains its enduring place in popular culture, celebrating the show's past as well as sharing new, exclusive insight on its very current and relevant journeys.







As author Ryan Britt writes, Star Trek has captivated imaginations for more than 50 years, though twelve feature films, nine television series (three of which are currently running), with another movie and three additional television series planned for 2022, along with hundreds of novels, short story collections, and comic books. In his follow up to 2015's LUKE SKYWALKER CAN'T READ, Ryan Britt charts a course through Star Trek history, illuminating the bold choices that have allowed Star Trek to help shape the world that watched it, including stories about making history with LGBTQ representation, the sequence of decisions that turned Spock from a red devil to the personification of logical empathy, the significance of the Starfleet uniforms, Star Trek's surprising history with fan outrage, and more.







Including extensive interviews with current Star Trek showrunner Michael Chabon, and actors William Shatner and Jonathan Frakes, Ryan Britt has all the right access and the right connections to publish a definitive yet totally modern book on what Star Trek means today.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Plume
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0593185692
• ISBN 13: 9780593185698
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible