{"product_id":"9781781314470","title":"The Impossible Has Happened: The Life and Work of Gene Roddenberry, Creator of Star Trek","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn May 2017, after waiting over a decade, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e fans worldwide will be glued to their screens watching the debut of the new series, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Discovery\u003c\/i\u003e. In this biography, newly released in paperback, Lance Parkin, author of Aurum's acclaimed \u003ci\u003eMagic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore\u003c\/i\u003e, will go in search of the show's creator, Gene Roddenberry, revealing new and fascinating facts about both the man and the franchise he created.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will reveal how an undistinguished writer of cop shows set out to produce '\u003ci\u003eHornblower\u003c\/i\u003e in space' and ended up with an optimistic, almost utopian view of humanity's future that has been watched and loved by hundreds of millions of people around the world.\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way Lance will examine some of the great myths and turning points in the franchise's history, and Roddenberry's particular contribution to them. He will look at the truth in the view that the early \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e advanced a liberal, egalitarian and multi-racial agenda, chart the various attempts to resuscitate the show during it's wilderness years in the 1970s, explore Roddenberry's initial early involvement in the movies and spin-off \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: The Next Generation\u003c\/i\u003e (as well as his later estrangement from both), and shed light on the colourful personal life, self-mythologising and strange beliefs of a man who nonetheless gifted popular culture one if its most enduring narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aurum Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050992779504,"sku":"9781781314470","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781314470_p0.jpg?v=1763715559","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781314470","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}