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A fascinating oral history of Star Trek, the first 25 years.

August 2, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is a long book: 500 plus pages of behind the scenes drama gleaned from new and historical interviews from the cast, crew, and creative minds behind the making of Star Trek for the first twenty-five years of its history. It didn’t really read like that long of a book, though. I’ve always loved behind the scenes stories, and oral histories are a particularly good format for that. So much room for conflicting opinions. Lots of insight and drama. Lots of gross stories about Gene […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: behind the scenes, edward gross, mark a. altman, narfna, Non-Fiction, oral history, Star Trek, star trek 50th anniversary, Star Trek: The Original Series, television, the fifty-year mission, the first 25 years

narfna's CBR10 Review No:85 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: behind the scenes, edward gross, mark a. altman, narfna, Non-Fiction, oral history, Star Trek, star trek 50th anniversary, Star Trek: The Original Series, television, the fifty-year mission, the first 25 years ·
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