Future Perfect: How Star Trek Conquered Planet Earth
by Jeff Greenwald
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Future Perfect is a Trek book like no other: 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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Some of Jeff Greenwald's interviews--with amazing subjects, ranging from the Dalai Lama to Kurt Vonnegut to Leonard Nimoy--are really terrific. I especially liked his discussion with Kate Mulgrew. However, most of his other conversations with women are way, way too focused on their anatomy. There's a sleezy, out-of-place quality to his writing that's often far from respectful. When talking to international Trek fans, he seems to straddle the line between respect and mocking; ultimately, I'm not really sure which side he's on.
Away missions:
* London
* Manchester with rocketeer Steven Bennett
* Klingon festival in back country Germany
* Hungary
* Italy
* Sri Lanka with Arthur C. Clarke
* India
* Japan
* India with the Dali Lama
* London
* Manchester with rocketeer Steven Bennett
* Klingon festival in back country Germany
* Hungary
* Italy
* Sri Lanka with Arthur C. Clarke
* India
* Japan
* India with the Dali Lama
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- Canonical title
- Future Perfect: How Star Trek Conquered Planet Earth
- Original publication date
- 1998
- Epigraph
- "Pehaps I am not the one to make a prediction, Sungo, but I think the noble will have its turn in the world."
-Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King - Dedication
- For
Celia Lesh
and Jack Betterly-Kohn - First words
- Several years ago, during an interview with scince fiction writer and futurist Arthur C. Clark at his home in Sri Lanka, I'd asked if there was anything about the present age that he could never have predicted, say, four deca... (show all)des ago.
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- Genre
- Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 791.4375 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Two or more films
- LCC
- PN1995.9 .S694 .G74 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
- BISAC
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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