Phasers on stun! : how the making (and remaking) of Star Trek changed the world /
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.
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New York :
Plume, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
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Table of Contents:
- Spock stole his own brain : the creation of Star Trek: the original series
- Space cowboys : the writing of The original series
- Infinite diversity, finite genes : the progressive politics and diversity of Star Trek in the '60s
- The trouble with Trekkies : the death of The original series and the birth of Star Trek fandom
- An almost totally new enterprise : the animated series and the fusion of Star Trek and NASA
- Killing Spock : the motion picture, the wrath of Khan, and the mainstreaming of Trek
- Colorful metaphors : the search for Spock and the voyage home, and Star Trek of the 1980s
- Undiscovered generations : the saga of the three Saaviks and the desperate need for The next generation
- You will be assimilated : The next generation assumes command
- The dreamer and the dream : deep space nine finally delivers on the promise of The original series
- There's coffee in that Nebula! Voyager tears down the Starfleet boys' club
- Magic carpet rides : Star Trek's obsession with time travel, First contact, and Star Trek's first prequel-Enterprise
- It's sabotage! The Star Trek reboot films and the redefining of twenty-first-century blockbusters
- Disco inferno : Star Trek: discovery and the twenty-first-century renaissance of Trek on TV
- The pride of Starfleet : Trek's long road to LGBTQ representation
- Choose to live : Picard and Lower decks flip the script on Star Trek's definition of success
- The human adventure is just beginning : Strange new worlds and imperfect secret to Star Trek's immortality.
- Which Star Trek is which? A brief guide to all the Treks, ever.