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STAR TREK THE LOST YEARS BOOK
RARE AND OUT OF PRINT!
For fans of the classic Science Fiction Television series STAR TREK! This is a vintage collector's item detailing the series that could have been between The Original Series and The Motion Picture.
Edward Gross (author)
Pioneer
121 pages
Blurb
Star Trek has the largest fan following of any television show ever created. There are dozens of books covering every aspect of the history of the television series and the movies. Except for one time period -- the lost years between the time the television series left the air and the day the first movie arrived in the theaters.
No book has ever detailed the incredible story of the second coming of Star Trek, the major attempt to revive the television series in the late '70s. Although new characters were created, an entire cast was signed, a creative crew was hired and scripts were written, not one episode was ever filmed. Just before shooting commenced, the decision was made to go with a feature film instead.
The story of this Star Trek that never was is one of creativity and backstabbing, heroism and tragedy... careful planning and last minute changes. The behind the scenes story was as exciting as any adventure ever filmed.
Author Edward Gross talked to all of the key players; from the story editor to the man that would have replaced Spock; he sorted through piles of production notes to learn the whole story. He presents the exciting events in very readable fashion and includes an analysis of the scripts and outlines that would have sent the Starship Enterprise and her crew on a whole new five year mission.
These are the adventures that could have happened if the feature films hadn't appeared instead. This is the lost chapter of Star Trek history, the complete tale of the lost years.
Contents
Introduction
The End of the First Series
The Future Arrives: Syndication, Conventions and Animation
Roddenberry's Role: The Decision is Made -- Let's Do a Movie
The Movie Falters: God Isn't Big Enough
The Space Shuttle Enterprise, Star Trek Fandom, It's Television
A TV Series is Born, the Team is Assembled, a Bible is Handed Down
The Original Cast is Rehired -- With One Exception
New Characters Are Added to the Brew
Upgrading the Enterprise, First Writers Progress Report
Spock's Replacement: David Gautreaux is Xon
A New Writer's Status Report, the Two Hour Pilot
The Earliest Story Treatments
Rumblings of Discontent, Rewrites
More Scripts Come In, Vejur's Progress
End of a Dream
It's a Film: Everything Changes
Epilogue
Appendix: The Scripts
The appendix includes summaries of "In Thy Image," "Star Trek II," "The Child" (later used as the basis of a Next Generation episode), "The Savage Syndrome," "Practice in Waking," "To Attain the All," "The Prisoner," "Tomorrow and the Stars," "Devil's Due" (another story later adapted for Next Generation), "Deadlock," "The Darker Side," "Lords of Limbo," "Skal," "Only a Mother," "Small War," "Marla," "Pandora's Planet," "Lord Bobby's Obsession," "Are Unheard Melodies Sweet?," and "Kitumba."
An EXTREMELY RARE item!! Item is in excellent condition.