The Impossible Has Happened: The Life and Work of Gene Roddenberry, Creator of Star Trek - Couverture rigide

Parkin, Lance

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1781314462 ISBN 13 : 9781781314463

Editeur : Aurum, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

8 September 2016 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the debut of the worlds most successful science fiction television series: Star Trek. In this new biography Lance Parkin, author of Aurums acclaimed Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore, will go in search of the shows creator, Gene Roddenberry. This book will reveal how an undistinguished writer of cop shows set out to produce Hornblower in space and ended up with an optimistic, almost utopian view of humanitys 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 franchises history, and Roddenberrys 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 its wilderness years in the 1970s, explore Roddenberrys 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. 

Biographie de l'auteur :

LANCE PARKIN is a highly respected author and well known in Doctor Who fan circles. He has written many notable books on the Doctor including the novella Snare, The Doctor Who Chronology, A History of the Universe, The Dying Days, The Infinity Doctor and The Gallifrey Chronicles. Lance also writes a regular column in the Doctor Who fanzine Enlightenment published by the Doctor Who Information Network.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Aurum
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1781314462
• ISBN 13: 9781781314463
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400