Cover of Gene Roddenberry: The Myth and the Man Behind "Star Trek"

Gene Roddenberry: The Myth and the Man Behind "Star Trek"

A no-holds-barred look at the complex and driven visionary who created Star Trekgives a backstage portrait based on inside sources that reveals the whole man, alcoholic, self-promoting, womanizing, yet intensely creative.

Themes
movies
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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