cultureâforever torn between her lovingly human McCoy and her ever-logical Spock.
Alice L. George fell in love with Star Trek (and Captain Kirk) as a young journalist working odd hours and taping middle-of-the night TV episodes in the late 1970s. Her favorites then and in the later Star Trek incarnations were time-travel talesâperhaps an indicator of her later career as a historian. Time travel always seemed more alluring than space travelâa lesser chance of motion sickness and a greater chance of meeting Teddy Roosevelt or Cleopatra. She was captivated by the thought-provoking idea that a single good deed could have disastrous effects on history. She wondered what might have happened if a time traveler had waylaid Lee Harvey Oswald or if an unexpected sneeze had alerted security guards to the Watergate burglars before they had a chance to break the law. Today, she is an independent historian.
Elizabeth Baird Hardy is a senior instructor of English at Mayland Community College in western North Carolina. In high school, she annoyed her teachers by pointing out connections to Star Trek in history and literature. Now she annoys her students with the same information. There have even been accusations that she makes her selections for student reading based on whether or not a piece was used as an allusion in a Star Trek film or episode. She lives on a side of a mountain with her husband, the award-winning historian Michael C. Hardy, and their two children; they are all avid readers, history fans, and stargazers.
Dolly Jørgensen became intimately familiar with Star Trek dialogue and sound effects listening to episodes recorded on cassette tapes during childhood car trips. Coming from a dedicated Trekkie familyâher parents were planning to name their second child Losira ( TOS , âThat Which Survivesâ) if it was a girl and did name their last son Scott after the miracle-working engineerâshe jumped at the chance to look at Star Trek from an environmental history perspective for this volume. She has a PhD in history and has written on a wide variety of environmental topics, from eleventh-century forestry practices to beaver reintroduction efforts in the twenty-first century.
Alan âSizzlerâ Kistler is an author and actor who regularly transports between New York City and Los Angeles. He is considered a comic book historian by publishers and major news media and has spoken at the Paley Center about the evolution and influence of Star Trek on science fiction television shows. He believes that Isaac Asimov should be required reading in schools. His fictional counterpart âAgent Alan Kistlerâ can be found in the Star Trek: Destiny novels.
Michael Lewis delighted in discovering the original Star Trek series in reruns, and he has since been waiting for beaming technology to be used on Earth so that he doesnât have to waste time in airports or driving to work. As a sociologist, he is deeply envious of the Enterprise computerâs sociological database, as it would be very helpful to his own research on social movements and politics in American history. He is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.
Lori Maguire is professor of British and American Studies at the University of Paris 8 (VincennesâSt. Denis), an outpost of the Klingon Empire. She received her doctorate at St. Antonyâs College, Oxford University (close enough to Stratford to see Patrick Stewart in numerous Royal Shakespeare Company productions before he commanded the Enterprise ) and her habilitation (advanced doctorate) at the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne). She has published a large number of articles and books on the political history of Great Britain and the United States, notably on their foreign policy. She has made it her mission to turn her French students into Star Trek fans, and she has
Alice L. George fell in love with Star Trek (and Captain Kirk) as a young journalist working odd hours and taping middle-of-the night TV episodes in the late 1970s. Her favorites then and in the later Star Trek incarnations were time-travel talesâperhaps an indicator of her later career as a historian. Time travel always seemed more alluring than space travelâa lesser chance of motion sickness and a greater chance of meeting Teddy Roosevelt or Cleopatra. She was captivated by the thought-provoking idea that a single good deed could have disastrous effects on history. She wondered what might have happened if a time traveler had waylaid Lee Harvey Oswald or if an unexpected sneeze had alerted security guards to the Watergate burglars before they had a chance to break the law. Today, she is an independent historian.
Elizabeth Baird Hardy is a senior instructor of English at Mayland Community College in western North Carolina. In high school, she annoyed her teachers by pointing out connections to Star Trek in history and literature. Now she annoys her students with the same information. There have even been accusations that she makes her selections for student reading based on whether or not a piece was used as an allusion in a Star Trek film or episode. She lives on a side of a mountain with her husband, the award-winning historian Michael C. Hardy, and their two children; they are all avid readers, history fans, and stargazers.
Dolly Jørgensen became intimately familiar with Star Trek dialogue and sound effects listening to episodes recorded on cassette tapes during childhood car trips. Coming from a dedicated Trekkie familyâher parents were planning to name their second child Losira ( TOS , âThat Which Survivesâ) if it was a girl and did name their last son Scott after the miracle-working engineerâshe jumped at the chance to look at Star Trek from an environmental history perspective for this volume. She has a PhD in history and has written on a wide variety of environmental topics, from eleventh-century forestry practices to beaver reintroduction efforts in the twenty-first century.
Alan âSizzlerâ Kistler is an author and actor who regularly transports between New York City and Los Angeles. He is considered a comic book historian by publishers and major news media and has spoken at the Paley Center about the evolution and influence of Star Trek on science fiction television shows. He believes that Isaac Asimov should be required reading in schools. His fictional counterpart âAgent Alan Kistlerâ can be found in the Star Trek: Destiny novels.
Michael Lewis delighted in discovering the original Star Trek series in reruns, and he has since been waiting for beaming technology to be used on Earth so that he doesnât have to waste time in airports or driving to work. As a sociologist, he is deeply envious of the Enterprise computerâs sociological database, as it would be very helpful to his own research on social movements and politics in American history. He is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.
Lori Maguire is professor of British and American Studies at the University of Paris 8 (VincennesâSt. Denis), an outpost of the Klingon Empire. She received her doctorate at St. Antonyâs College, Oxford University (close enough to Stratford to see Patrick Stewart in numerous Royal Shakespeare Company productions before he commanded the Enterprise ) and her habilitation (advanced doctorate) at the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne). She has published a large number of articles and books on the political history of Great Britain and the United States, notably on their foreign policy. She has made it her mission to turn her French students into Star Trek fans, and she has
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