Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 234
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Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-4422-4985-1 • Hardback • May 2015 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4422-4986-8 • eBook • May 2015 • $105.50 • (£82.00)
Douglas Brode is a screenwriter, playwright, novelist, graphic novelist, film historian, and multi-award-winning journalist. He is the coauthor (with Carol Serling) of Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone: The Official 50th Anniversary Tribute (2009) and coeditor (with Leah Deyneka) of Sex, Politics, and Religion in Star Wars, Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars, and Dracula’s Daughters.
Shea T. Brode has an MA in Literature and Cultural Studies from the University Autonoma in Madrid.
Douglas and Shea are the coeditors of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek: The Original Cast Adventures (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Douglas BrodeChapter One: Supernatural Trek?: Science Fiction and the Re-Enchantment of the WorldMurray LeederChapter Two: Holodock History: The Past as Present on the Final FrontierCynthia J. Miller and Bowdoin Van RiperChapter Three: Stark Trek and the Information Age: How the Franchise Inspired Future TechnologyAnthony RotoloChapter Four: Forward to the Past: Miscegenation Constructs in the Star Trek MythosC. Denise Alessandria HurdChapter Five: Science Fiction as Social Consciousness: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Star Trek: The Next GenerationBrian L. Ott and Eric AokiChapter Six: Radically Borg? Gender Identity vs. Narrative Paradigms in Star TrekTama LeaverChapter Seven: Manifest Destiny in Deep Space: New Frontiers, Old Colonialism, and Borg AssimilationLynette Russell and Nathan WolskiChapter Eight: “Resistance is Futile”: Cyborgs and The BorgDavid Gunkel Chapter Nine: Shakespeare in Space: Bardolatry in Star TrekMelanie LörkeChapter Ten: Toward a Non-Dystopian Future: Romance and Realism in TNGRebecca Barrileaux Chapter Eleven: “An Original”: TNG and Emersonian TranscendentalismApril SelleyChapter Twelve: Harmonies: Star Trek’s Universe and the Galaxy of GamingDouglas BrownChapter Thirteen: The Making of a Star Trek Video Game: Voyager – Elite Force and Creative CollaborationBrian PelletierChapter Fourteen: Plastic Bodies/Lost Accessories: TNG’s Action Figures and the TV SeriesJonathan AlexandratosChapter Fifteen: Fantastic Licensing: The Ongoing Mission of Trek Comic BooksStefan HallChapter Sixteen: When Times Are Hard: Bereavement and Star Trek Fan LettersLincoln GeraghtyChapter Seventeen: Rebooting Utopia: Re-Imagining Star Trek for Post-9/11 AmericaNorma Jones IndexAbout the Editors and Contributors
This fascinating collection of essays . . . boldly takes readers where they’ve never gone before. . . .Douglas Brode’s brilliant introduction will immediately immerse you in the book’s frame of mind. And you’ll find yourself poring through the pages, enthralled, absorbing perspectives on the Star Trek universe you might never have otherwise contemplated.
— Pop Culture Classics
[This book is] one of the more accessible academic explorations of Star Trek that I’ve read, meaning that Trek fans don’t need to have an academic background to appreciate the ideas raised. . . .You should still boldly go and seek out this book. Reading something that leaves you hungry for more can be a very good thing. Sample the ideas on offer in The Star Trek Universe: Franchising the Final Frontier, let them spark conversations and inspire you to dig deeper on the topics that most interest you.
— Trekkie Feminist