These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 2 (1975-77)

With "These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 2 (1975-77)," author Marc Cushman’s groundbreaking research covering the history of "Star Trek" continues. Using memos and letters from "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, his colleagues, the studios, and the networks, you will witness pop-culture history being made. Included are production reports, TV ratings, vintage press coverage, and interviews, as Cushman documents the "Trek" events from 1975 through 1977, including Gene Roddenberry’s 1977 TV pilot film "Spectre," and Roddenberry’s other sci-fi projects from this period, such as “The Nine” and “Battleground: Earth.” Also covered in definitive detail, the efforts throughout 1975 and ’76 by Paramount Pictures and Roddenberry to make a "Star Trek" movie, which gave way to the development of a new television series in 1977, the aborted “Star Trek Phase II.” While the series never became a reality, this book covers how it’s the script for its two-hour premiere episode became the template for 1979’s "Star Trek – The Motion Picture." This is your boarding pass to go behind the scenes as a TV series and its creator become a worldwide phenomenon and achieve legendary status. “Cushman’s attention to detail is astounding, and he does fans a great service by recounting not only the Star Trek-related happenings of [the 1970s], but also what the folks involved in Star Trek were doing at that time. Do yourself a favor and pick this up.” – Kyle Hadyniak, Treknews.net.