Star Trek Summary

Star Trek In the daunting arena of space exploration, there is a tendency to wonder where the path that humankind is taking will lead us. Does the future hold the promise of fantastic new technologies... Read more

Critical Essay by Robert Lewis Shayon Star Trek is a space version of Wagon Train. There's the crew, there's the encountered. The problems arise now from the in-group, now from the out.... Read more

Critical Essay by Steve Simels If you've seen Star Trek—The Motion Picture …, then you already know that whatever else it may be (or may have aspired to be), what it is basically... Read more

Critical Essay by David Gerrold Star Trek neatly fulfils all of the requirements for a good TV series: a broad-based format allowing a wide variety of stories, an interesting hero, an unusual set of ... Read more

Critical Essay by Wm. Blake Tyrrell Star Trek is consistent but often childish science fiction, engaging but often belabored drama. (p. 711) Star Trek never had high ratings; it did have in scienc... Read more

Critical Essay by Betsy Caprio Star Trek appeals to us so much because Captain Kirk's story and Mr. Spock's story and the Enterprise's story is our story too…. The tale... Read more

Critical Essay by Ellen M. Kozak [Star Trek: The Motion Picture] generally merits praise rather than knocks, and although prose fiction is not Roddenberry's medium, he does a very creditable job wit... Read more

In the following essay, Selley focuses on the relationship between Captain Kirk and Dr. Spock in the television, film, and literary series Star Trek, identifying it in the tradition of mythic male fri... Read more