Star Trek and the British age of sail : the maritime influence throughout the series and films / Stefan Rabitsch.

Author/creator Rabitsch, Stefan, 1983- author.
Format Book
PublicationJefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2018]
Descriptionviii, 269 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction. These are the voyages -- Logical, or at least plausible -- Space. the final frontier -- Maritime histories -- "Off the starboard bow" : Star Trek's naval corpus -- "All I ask is a tall ship" : sailing the ocean of space -- "Captain's prerogative" : Star Trek's hornblowers in space -- "Take her out" : nautical traditions and re-imagined nautical life in space -- "The benevolent empire of good intentions" : Star Trek's neo-enlightenment -- Conclusion. What you leave behind.
Abstract "Star Trek is modeled on the world of the 'British Golden Age of Sail' as it is commonly found in the genre of sea fiction. This book re-historicizes and remaps the origins of the franchise and subsequently the entirety of its fictional world--the Star Trek continuum--on an as yet uncharted transatlantic bearing"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2018050119
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