These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 3 (1978-1980)

Volume 1 of These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s covered the first half of the 1970s, with Roddenberry’s pilot films from that time, the expansion of Trek fandom, the coming of the conventions, and the making of Star Trek: The Animated Series. Volume 2 continued with Roddenberry’s TV pilot Spectre, his other sci-fi projects from the mid-1970s, such as “The Nine” and “Battleground: Earth,” and the aborted “Star Trek Phase II” TV series. Now, in Volume 3, Cushman documents the resurrection of Star Trek and the beginning of its movie franchise. Using memos, letters, as well as excerpts from treatments and scripts from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, his colleagues, and the studio, plus production reports, vintage media coverage from the era, and new interviews, you will witness pop-culture history in the making: the writing, production, and release of 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.