A few things that did start to bother me, however, particularly in the second half of the book: - One of the performers sounds very bored when it's his turn to read, which I suppose is understandable after such a long book but it comes across in the reading. Some of them make for uncomfortable listening when it becomes pretty clear that people you'd admired and/or defended aren't quite so great after all. Some of the stories I'd heard before, many of them I had not. Overall, I've enjoyed both parts of this book and would definitely recommend them for any die hard Star Trek fans, or people curious to know what might have been and what goes on behind the scenes. The full list of narrators includes: Aaron Landon, Alex Hyde-White, David Stifel, Eric Martin, James Cronin, Jason Olazabal, John Rocha, Julie McKay, Martin Hillier, Nate Aldrich, Steve Marvel, and Susan Hanfield.įascinating insight, with some frustrations The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years includes the voices of hundreds television and film executives, programmers, writers, creators, and cast who span from the beloved The Next Generation and subsequent films through its spin-offs: Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise as well J. Abrams is an incisive, no-holds-barred oral history telling the story of post-Original Series Star Trek, told exclusively by the people who were there, in their own words - sharing the inside scoops they've never told before, unveiling the oftentimes shocking true story of the history of Star Trek, and chronicling the trials, tribulations, and tribbles that have remained deeply buried secrets until now. The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From the Next Generation to J. Having covered the franchise for over three decades, they've assembled the ultimate guide to a television classic. There have been many books written about Star Trek but never with the unprecedented access, insight, and candor of authors Mark A. This is the true story behind the making of a television legend.

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