Poised on the eve of its 50th anniversary, this dissertation offers an original, synoptic and decidedly transatlantic critique of Star Trek, exposing a hidden British maritime 'world' underneath a veneer of 'Americanness'. Being a popular culture artifact of the New Frontier/Space Race era, Star Trek is often mistakenly seen as a Space Western; a 'Wagon Train to the stars'. However, the western format is not what governs the actual worldbuilding paradigm of Star Trek, which was, after all, also pitched as 'Hornblower in space'. It is the resulting transatlantic double consciousness which not only makes Star Trek for what it 'really' is but which also represents the central novum in this project. Primary production material, such as series b...
In Deep Space and Sacred Time: Star Trek in the American Mythos, Jon Wagner and Jan Lundeen identify...
The generation starship concept represents a solution to the problem presented by our inability to b...
Today's media, cinema and TV screens are host to new manifestations of myth, their modes of sto...
When it premiered on NBC in September 1966, Star Trek was described by its creator, Gene Roddenberry...
Stefan RabitschKlagenfurt, Alpen-Adria-Univ., Master-Arb., 2009KB2009 11(VLID)241297
Part II of this article acquaints the reader with the Star Trek universe, both as a mirror of Wester...
This paper is an examination of the ways in which the science fiction series Star Trek of the 1960s ...
Ethical considerations have successfully transitioned from considering humans exclusively, to specif...
Star Trek became one of the most popular television series, not only in the United States but the wo...
Interstellar and even intergalactic spacecraft have been a prominent aspect of Science Fiction since...
Living with Star Trek investigates the connections between Star Trek fandom and the Star Trek text. ...
2012 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.In this paper, I will argue that science fiction (sf...
Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) in a time of great social and po...
The original television series STAR TREK (1966–69) enacted the social turmoil of the American sixtie...
In this paper, I consider how Robert Heinlein\u27s Starship Troopers (1959) and Orson Scott Card\u27...
In Deep Space and Sacred Time: Star Trek in the American Mythos, Jon Wagner and Jan Lundeen identify...
The generation starship concept represents a solution to the problem presented by our inability to b...
Today's media, cinema and TV screens are host to new manifestations of myth, their modes of sto...
When it premiered on NBC in September 1966, Star Trek was described by its creator, Gene Roddenberry...
Stefan RabitschKlagenfurt, Alpen-Adria-Univ., Master-Arb., 2009KB2009 11(VLID)241297
Part II of this article acquaints the reader with the Star Trek universe, both as a mirror of Wester...
This paper is an examination of the ways in which the science fiction series Star Trek of the 1960s ...
Ethical considerations have successfully transitioned from considering humans exclusively, to specif...
Star Trek became one of the most popular television series, not only in the United States but the wo...
Interstellar and even intergalactic spacecraft have been a prominent aspect of Science Fiction since...
Living with Star Trek investigates the connections between Star Trek fandom and the Star Trek text. ...
2012 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.In this paper, I will argue that science fiction (sf...
Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) in a time of great social and po...
The original television series STAR TREK (1966–69) enacted the social turmoil of the American sixtie...
In this paper, I consider how Robert Heinlein\u27s Starship Troopers (1959) and Orson Scott Card\u27...
In Deep Space and Sacred Time: Star Trek in the American Mythos, Jon Wagner and Jan Lundeen identify...
The generation starship concept represents a solution to the problem presented by our inability to b...
Today's media, cinema and TV screens are host to new manifestations of myth, their modes of sto...