David A. Goodman, Executive Producer, Family Guy; Co-Executive Producer, Futurama; Consulting Producer, Star Trek: Enterprise
"Before I read Marc Cushman's "These Are The Voyages: Season One" I was sure there was nothing I didn't already know about Star Trek, and I am so glad I was wrong! This book is filled with one revelation after another, and isn't just the final word on the making of Star Trek; it's an incredibly detailed historical document on how dramatic television series were created and produced in the 1960's. A fascinating read! I hope Cushman lives long enough and prospers so that he can cover the history of the entire franchise!" -- March 2014
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Mark A. Altman, writer/producer, Free Enterprise."If you thought Marc Cushman's exhaustive follow-up volume about the making of Star Trek's second season, These Are the Voyages, couldn't improve on the previous tome, you'd be wrong. This landmark work of Trek scholarship manages to supercede the previous edition, offering even greater insights and heretofore unrevealed details about the making of the original Trek's benchmark sophomore year. There is extensive exploration of the myriad unproduced episodes, the Shatner/Nimoy feud and salary dispute, extremely cogent observations by story editor D.C. Fontana, the acerbic wit of Robert H. Justman, and extensive exploration of Gene L. Coon's unsung genius in shepherding the series. Plus, if you've been wondering why the Trek misfire "The Omega Glory" was chosen by Viewmaster to represent the series, you'll finally get your answer - and it's a doozy..." -
Mark A. Altman, writer/producer, Free Enterprise. March 2014 |
GRACE LEE WHITNEY (Yeoman Janice Rand) says,
"This book started me down a road of memories. It is so well researched and written that, as I read, all those memories started flooding back for me. I had to call Leonard Nimoy to ask him if I was really that emotionally bad off when the end came for me on Star Trek. He said that I was..... I told him, you have got to read this book!... For anyone reading [These are the Voyages - TOS: Season One], it will put you exactly right where we were and help you understand what the original cast went through and what Gene Roddenberry went through. We fought for Star Trek. We tried so hard to make the character real and the relationships between them real. And this book catches that. It took me back. And it will take you there." |
[These are the Voyages - TOS: Season One] took me instantly back in time, and I relived much of the shooting. It's amazing how writing can transport you to another time and place. I've always had a good memory of things past, but while reading [the] detailed descriptions of events, memories kept jumping into my mind, and I was "on the set" once again! If that happened to me, just think what it will do for the thousands of Trekkies that [the author] lovingly and interestingly walks through the shooting of each show! [Marc Cushman has] allowed them to experience what we did as participants. Wonderful! There is no question that these three volumes will forever be the definitive version of how the original Star Trek phenomena was created.... Hats off and three cheers to you Marc. You've made an awesome statement in the Star Trek world by just being who you are. - Bruce Mars
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Bruce Mars
(Finnegan in Season One episode "Shore Leave") |
Stewart Moss
These are the Voyages-TOS-Season One is a tremendous piece of work. Scholarly, Entertaining, Revealing. You will feel like Gene Roddenberry, John D.F. Black, the rest of the producers and writers and the actors, regulars and guests, are whispering secrets in your ear.
I guested on two shows 40 some years ago and this book brought it all back. If you've never heard of Star Trek (you'd have to be under 5 years of age) this book would still be fascinating on the level of the trials and tribulations of putting a classic TV show together. You are in for a great read. Whenever you see a rerun you'll go back to the book. - Stewart Moss |
Winston de Lugo
(Timothy in Star Trek episode "Court Martial") |
"For me it was a miracle. Such an honor to be even a small part of the most phenomenal achievement in the universe of Star Trek writings. It may be light years before anyone approaches this level of thorough Trek lore research again. Perhaps Bruce Mars put it best: 'Marc, You've made an awesome statement in the Star Trek world by just being who you are.' And I say: Marc has set himself quite a challenge; he's got to try to 'top' THESE ARE THE VOYAGES - TOS - Volume One, with the next two volumes....... Good Luck!!!" - Winston de Lugo
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A BOOK EVEN THOSE OF US WHO WERE IN IT LOVE!!!
"As one of the guest stars on the original Star Trek series, (I was the Goddess in “Who Mourns for Adonais”) I have been thrilled and amazed reading this brilliant, detailed reconstruction of the creation of this ground-breaking series! I feel I am there all over again ― on the Desilu lot with the visionary Gene Roddenberry and his associates ― and the great stars of TOS, who became dear friends. Marc Cushman’s research, which I know took six years of intensive work, is impeccable. This is the book that everyone who loves Star Trek, with its awesome insights into the future ― inventions which are present in our lives today! ― will love!!! It sweeps you up in the massive effort it took to create a series so filled with vision, hope, brilliance ― and longevity! Marc Cushman deserves credit and thanks from all who read this spectacular work!!!" July 27, 2013 - |
Leslie Parrish in Star Trek episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?"
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David Frankham, who played Dr. Larry Marvick in the TOS episode "Is There in Truth No Beauty?", offered the following praise for "These Are The Voyages - TOS: Season One":
"Marc Cushman has most certainly and boldly gone where no man has gone before -- through all the files and quotes from the talented folk who gave us the classic Star Trek. He leads us through a compelling obstacle course of crises, deadlines, and last-minute resolutions that is a treasure trove for Trekkers -- and which, for me, brings into focus again many old friends and faces from both sides of the camera. The first volume has sent me back to my Blu-rays, working through the first season again, and I can hardly wait for Volumes Two and Three." |
Dr. Larry Marvick in episode "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
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Ralph Senensky Director of seven episodes of TOS.
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"Books have been written about STAR TREK before. Books have been written about almost every successful television series, but never has there been a chronicle like [THESE ARE THE VOYAGES - TOS: SEASON ONE].... I have been completely blown away by the enormity of the challenge Marc [Cushman] faced. The first 78 pages (and they are oversized pages) present in minute detail the development of the series from a seed of an idea in Gene Roddenberry's head through the filming of TWO pilots. When he gets to the actual voyages, Marc is just as meticulous. For each voyage he presents THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY “ the arduous struggle from the contributing writer's original pitch through the multiple Story Outlines... [and] the original author's Draft Teleplay. Marc presents in detail the voluminous notes to the writer for script changes that came from the network (NBC), from Robert Justman concerning production problems and from Gene Roddenberry, always concerned with keeping the script in line with his vision of STAR TREK.... Marc's microscopic eye then continues as the scripts move through PRE-PRODUCTION, a PRODUCTION DIARY and finally POST-PRODUCTION.... All of this would be commendable if it were merely presented Jack Webb-DRAGNET style “ just the facts. ma'am". But it's more. Marc has dramatized the events. He takes his readers into the offices where the pre-production activities occurred, onto the sound stages and locations for the filming and into the editing rooms and optical houses for the post-production. It's an exciting and hair-raising ride. - Ralph Senensky Read more
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