{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"14-18 Exploring Gene Roddenberry\u2019s Star Trek: The Motion Picture Novel Preface","description":"Writer\/producer Mike Sussman returns to The Trek Files with a personal favorite: the creative and very meta preface to Gene Roddenberry\u2019s novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. In it, Gene (writing as himself and as Admiral Kirk) casts the original Star Trek series as a fictionalized dramatization of real events. Wait\u2026 what? Join Mike and Larry Nemecek as they unpack Roddenberry\u2019s playful (and possibly defensive) retcon of Trek canon, written at a time when Gene was emerging as a sci-fi thought leader in the post-Star Wars, post-lecture-circuit era. It\u2019s Roddenberry as revisionist historian, spinning group consciousness, mind control revolts, and alternate human evolution\u2026 all in the introduction to his own movie tie-in novel. You may never look at the \u201creal\u201d Kirk, or Trek canon, the same way again. Documents and additional references: Admiral Kirk's Preface, Star Trek: The Motion Picture novelization by Gene Roddenberry (1979) Reference: Star Trek: The Motion Picture novelization \u2013 Memory Alpha The Trek Files Season 14 on Memory Alpha All episodes and documents: The Trek Files on Memory Alpha Visit the Trekland site for behind-the-scenes access and exclusive merchandise. The conversation continues on Discord with live chats and the Roddenberry Podcasts community! Join today! ","author_name":"The Trek Files: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/thetrekfiles.com","html":"