The stories, myths, and colossal spheres and regions (and timelines) the Star Trek franchise has generated so far, to a large extend are based on the show’s clever usage and reinterpretation of ancient Greek myths, epic stories of exploration, warfare, politics, and adventure often already familiar to audiences from (classic) storytelling or archaic tales. It […]
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Star Trek and the British Age of Sail: The Maritime Influence … by Stefan Rabitsch (2019)
The overwhelming success of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek stories to a large part is based on his good instincts to tell adventure stories in ways familiar to audiences, in this case man against nature (or the incalculable risks) while cruising uncharted regions not of the Pacific, but space. Author Stefan Rabitsch in eight chapters advocates […]