I suppose I took note of this being the second "Star Trek fandom" book you've read recently, but I can't and won't complain; the whole "pick one or the other!" deal was old years ago. Too, I suppose I'm always interested in things I can think of as descriptions of "before I got involved in it," although sometimes it might feel a little as if I'm always missing out on assorted golden ages of civility and positiveness...
I've actually read "Star Trek Lives!" myself, when I found a copy at a local library years ago. I remember the "last days on set" and "fan fiction" parts... although not the Randian reference. (However, it particularly caught my attention now because I seem to recall a connection between complaints about the "postcapitalism" of The Next Generation and accusations that criticisms of that show's early days were due to Gene Roddenberry not "stepping back"... which is somehow familiar.)
I can actually imagine that Star Trek being a TV show might have something to with people not having "starting out stories"; it might be less dramatic to just tune in one evening than to see a movie at the movies... However, this does sort of make me wonder about those who just saw the Star Wars movies on video, and reminds me of the first Special Editions trailer.
It was probably not having cable that kept me from really starting to watch Star Trek, but I do understand the whole "optimism" angle even as I remember it having been mentioned before. There seems a lot of despair about the future these days, the only option being whether we die slowly and horribly when oil runs out or slowly and horribly through global warming... even a positive possible future or two (not built around denial) would be nice.
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Date: 2011-03-02 02:12 am (UTC)I've actually read "Star Trek Lives!" myself, when I found a copy at a local library years ago. I remember the "last days on set" and "fan fiction" parts... although not the Randian reference. (However, it particularly caught my attention now because I seem to recall a connection between complaints about the "postcapitalism" of The Next Generation and accusations that criticisms of that show's early days were due to Gene Roddenberry not "stepping back"... which is somehow familiar.)
I can actually imagine that Star Trek being a TV show might have something to with people not having "starting out stories"; it might be less dramatic to just tune in one evening than to see a movie at the movies... However, this does sort of make me wonder about those who just saw the Star Wars movies on video, and reminds me of the first Special Editions trailer.
It was probably not having cable that kept me from really starting to watch Star Trek, but I do understand the whole "optimism" angle even as I remember it having been mentioned before. There seems a lot of despair about the future these days, the only option being whether we die slowly and horribly when oil runs out or slowly and horribly through global warming... even a positive possible future or two (not built around denial) would be nice.