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Escape Pod => Science Fiction Discussion => Topic started by: alllie on June 11, 2010, 07:33:57 PM
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"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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This is really cool.
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That's awesome. Can't believe he took the time to write it.
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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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That's awesome. Can't believe he took the time to write it.
He was extremely out of work at the time.
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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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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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.