Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry

Every time you watch an episode of Star Trek, you see a piece of Gene Roddenberry. Now this fascinating book lets you see this many-sided man and his multifaceted life and mind in their enthralling entirety - and in doing so, gives you new focus and fresh feeling for the show that has soared beyond its time to reach the realm of legend and myth:

• Gene Roddenberry's real life inspiration for Mr. Spock
• The intriguing early TV series that stirred the public appetite for space adventure.
• How Roddenberry's background, including such unliterary professions as wartime flying and Los Angelos police work, put its subtle but significant stamp on Star Trek.
• The strange, dramatic actual genesis of the Star Trek series that was to take Roddenberry and so many others to popularity and a place in TV hstory beyond anyone's wildest dreams.
• The rich and revealing relationships that Roddenberry had with the extraordinary range of personalities among the colorful cast, and the wild pratical jokes that made the shooting set a minefield of mayhem.
• The inside stories of how some of the most unforgettable Star Trek episodes came into being.