Future Perfect: How Star Trek Conquered Planet Earth - Softcover

Greenwald, Jeff

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9780140277982: Future Perfect: How Star Trek Conquered Planet Earth

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ISBN 10: 0140277986 ISBN 13: 9780140277982

Publisher: Penguin, 2000

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Star Trek Future Perfect - Paperback Book. Released by Penguin Books in 1999, this fantastic Future perfect book is an exhilarating romp through the fellowship of Star Trek. Future Perfect is a Trek book like no others an insightful, irreverent, and sometimes hilarious look into the myth-making machinery behind the world's most enduring TV show. Bestselling travel and science author Jeff Greenwald has traveled the globe in search of Star Trek lore and signs of its influence, including attending a Klingon wedding in the Black Forest of Germany; interviewing Leonard Nimoy about his tempestuous relationship with his alter-ego, Mr. Spock; visiting NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where a new generation of aerospace engineers are living out their Star Trek-inspired fantasies; and speaking candidly with the Dalai Lama -- a longtime Trek fan. Future Perfect also provides a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of Trek's creators. With broad access to the sets and stages of both Voyager and Star Trek: First Contact, Greenwald conducts probing interviews with series stars Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn, and Kate Mulgrew -- as well as with the writers and producers charged with bringing Gene Roddenberry's vision to life. For anyone interested in how American pop culture has taken over the world, Future Perfect is fascinating reading. For Star Trek fans, it's indispensable. Brand New Shop Stock Room Find. Discovered in the store room of a closing down shop. Mint condition never sold and never read, but does have some minor shelf wear. Otherwise Perfect. All orders received before 4.00pm Monday to Fridays are shipped the same day.

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FUTURE PERFECT is an insightful, irreverent and often hilarious look into the myth-making machinery behind Star Trek, the world's most enduring TV show. Greenwald, bestselling travel and science author, has travelled the globe in search of Star Trek lore and signs of its influence. He attends a Klingon wedding in Germany's Black Forest, visits NASA's Jet propulsion lab, and speaks candidly with the Dalai Lama, a longtime Trek fan. The book also provides a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of Trek's creators and stars. Greenwald conducts probing interviews with Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn and Kate Mulgrew - and with the writers and producers who have brought Gene Roddenberry's vision to life.

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Originally published by Viking in 1999, a study of the STAR TREK series of television programmes. It includes interviews with the actors, writers and producers as well as fans of the series. It contains an appendix listing the websites and it is written by the author of SIZE OF THE WORLD and SHOPPING FOR BUDDHAS.

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