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Gene Roddenberry

Gene Roddenberry

Author Biography & Works

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later, he joined the Los Angeles Police Department and began to write for television.

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Books by Gene Roddenberry

Star Trek: The Next Generation (cover not available)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

(Star Trek)

Yes, Next Generation before The Original Series. Why? Because what they were doing with NextGen was so much more interesting and artfully done than with TOS. As Pickard, the brilliant...

Star Trek Tos (cover not available)

Star Trek Tos

(Star Trek)

The idea was simple - Wagon Train to the stars! It's not quite that easy, but Gene Roddenberry had the idea for a western-style science fiction program using elements from...

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