"Late Star Trek explores the beloved science fiction franchise's repeated attempts to reinvent itself after the end of its 1990s golden age. By taking the spin-offs and tie-ins seriously as creative attempts to tell a new story within an established universe, Adam Kotsko highlights creative triumphs as well as the tendency for franchise faithfulness to get in the way of creating engaging characters and ideas"--
"Late Star Trek explores the beloved science fiction franchise's repeated attempts to reinvent itself after the end of its 1990s golden age. By taking the spin-offs and tie-ins seriously as creative attempts to tell a new story within an established universe, Adam Kotsko highlights creative triumphs as well as the tendency for franchise faithfulness to get in the way of creating engaging characters and ideas"--
Adam Kotsko teaches in the Shimer Great Books School at North Central College and is author of several books, including Neoliberalism’s Demons: On the Political Theology of Late Capital; Agamben’s Philosophical Trajectory; and What Is Theology? Christian Thought and Contemporary Life.
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Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Star Trek in the Twenty-First Century 1. Enterprise: The End of One Long Road and the Beginning of Another 2. The Novelverse: The Longest Star Trek Story Ever Told 3. The Kelvin Timeline: A Blank Slate 4. Discovery and Its Discontents 5. A Darker, Grittier Picard 6. Minor Triumphs: Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds Conclusion: From Myth to Franchise Appendix 1. Star Trek Seasons and Films by Airdate, 2001 to Present Appendix 2. Key Events in Star Trek’s Fictional History Notes Index
Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Star Trek in the Twenty-First Century 1. Enterprise: The End of One Long Road and the Beginning of Another 2. The Novelverse: The Longest Star Trek Story Ever Told 3. The Kelvin Timeline: A Blank Slate 4. Discovery and Its Discontents 5. A Darker, Grittier Picard 6. Minor Triumphs: Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds Conclusion: From Myth to Franchise Appendix 1. Star Trek Seasons and Films by Airdate, 2001 to Present Appendix 2. Key Events in Star Trek’s Fictional History Notes Index
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