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Live Long And Prosper: How Gene Roddenberry (And Fans) Turned A Tv Series Into A Worldwide Phenomenon, Elizabeth Thomas
Live Long And Prosper: How Gene Roddenberry (And Fans) Turned A Tv Series Into A Worldwide Phenomenon, Elizabeth Thomas
Elizabeth Thomas
In 1964, Gene Roddenberry, an ex-WWII bomber pilot, ex-commercial pilot, ex-police officer-turned-writer, genuinely, passionately believed in television. He believed it had the power to bend minds and capture imaginations. He believed that he and a small band of creative souls could harness the newest telecommunications marvel to draw all of humanity together in a free exchange of ideas, art and knowledge. In creating and producing Star Trek, he proved to himself (and the world) that people are willing to think beyond those petty beliefs “which have for so long kept humanity divided.” 1