The Impossible Has Happened The Life and Work of Gene Roddenberry Creator of Star Trek
Quarto Publishing
In May 2017 after waiting over a decade Star Trek fans worldwide will be glued to their screens watching the debut of the new series Star Trek Discovery In this biography newly released in paperback Lance Parkin author of Aurum s acclaimed Magic Words The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore will go in search of the show s creator Gene Roddenberry revealing new and fascinating facts about both the man and the franchise he created 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 humanity s 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 franchise s history and Roddenberry s 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 it s wilderness years in the 1970s explore Roddenberry s 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
