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alllie

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on: June 11, 2010, 07:33:57 PM
"I think the one thing that characterizes all of them no matter whatever their age is youth. It is important to the typical STAR TREK fan that there is a tomorrow..." Gene Roddenberry

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/06/science-fiction-should-be-mainly-about.html


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Reply #1 on: June 11, 2010, 07:39:01 PM
This is really cool.


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Reply #2 on: June 12, 2010, 09:44:32 PM
That's awesome.  Can't believe he took the time to write it.

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.    -  Carl Sagan

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Reply #3 on: June 13, 2010, 09:22:07 AM
Quote from: Darwinist on June 12, 2010, 09:44:32 PM
That's awesome.  Can't believe he took the time to write it.

He was extremely out of work at the time.


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Reply #4 on: June 14, 2010, 03:25:36 PM
Quote from: Ocicat on June 13, 2010, 09:22:07 AM
Quote from: Darwinist on June 12, 2010, 09:44:32 PM
That's awesome.  Can't believe he took the time to write it.

He was extremely out of work at the time.

Quote from: Gene Roddenberry
Dear Miss Thomases:

Forgive my delay in answering your last letter. Yes, my schedule has been very tight with two television movie-pilots on their way.

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Reply #5 on: June 16, 2010, 04:05:08 AM
Wow. That's awesome.

I always had a soft spot for Gene Roddenberry. He was a different sort of science fiction writer: he had faith in humanity. He completely bought into that wonderful, insane, Space Age American Optimism, and it influenced him tremendously. It's nice to know he was a pretty cool guy too.


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Reply #6 on: July 06, 2010, 01:48:30 AM
He changed the face of science fiction.  As cheesy as the original Star Trek was in some ways, it challenged the prevailing sentiment that SF had to be dire predictions and monster hunts, and that its appeal was to the intellectually shallow.

The Great Bird of the Galaxy loved the human spirit and potential, and respected his audience's intelligence.


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