EDWARD GROSS is a veteran entertainment journalist who took his childhood passion for film and television and turned it into a career. As a student at Hofstra University, while most of the staff of The New Voice was interviewing the likes of student senators and faculty members, he was speaking to people like playwright Neil Simon (awarded an honorary degree by the school), Curtis Sliwa of New York's Guardian Angels, Dr. Daniel Schwartz, the police psychiatrist who interviewed both David Berkowitz and Mark David Chapman; and James Bond director John Glen. Early on he sold pieces to New York Nightlife, Starlog and Filmfax magazines and was on his way.

Over the years he would not only become a correspondent for Starlog, but part of the editorial staff of Fangoria, Cinefantastique, SFX, Cinescape, Sci-Fi Now, Not of This Earth, RetroVision, Life Story, Movie Magic, Film Fantasy and TV Magic. Online he was Executive Editor, US for Empire Online, Film and TV Editor at Closer Weekly, Life & Style, and In Touch Weekly, and Nostalgia Editor for DoYouRemember? Currently he is senior editor at Geek magazine, and editor and podcast host for Voices from Krypton (devoted to the superhero genre), TV RetroVision (classic television) and Vampires and Slayers (the name says it all).

In addition to the oral history books he's written with Mark A. Altman, Gross' other titles include Secret File: The Making of a Wiseguy and The Unofficial 25th Anniversary Odd Couple Companion; X-Files Confidential; Spider-Man Confidential; Planet of the Apes Revisited with Joe Russo and Larry Landsman; Rocky: The Ultimate Guide; and Stargate: SG1 - In Their Own Words.

FOREWORD
by Seth MacFarlane

WHAT A LONG STRANGE TREK IT'S BEEN
by Mark A. Altman

REFLECTIONS ON THE TREK OF A LIFETIME
by Edward Gross

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

BIRTH OF A (TREK) NATION
"Let's make sure that history never forgets . . . the name . . . Enterprise."

UNCAGED
"It's like nothing we've encountered before."

THESE WERE THE VOYAGES
"Sometimes pain can drive a man harder than pleasure."

FAMILY FEUD
"One day our minds became so powerful we dared think of ourselves as gods."

BOLDLY GOING
"In every revolution there is one man with a vision."

THE END OF THE BEGINNING
"To survive is not enough . . . to simply exist is not enough."

LIFE AFTER DEATH
"We've been through death . . . and life together."

REANIMATED
"You can no more destroy this ship than I can change color."

LOST IN SPACE
"Let me do something!"

THE NEXT PHASE
"Aren't you dead?"

SLOW MOTION
"I need you . . . badly."

KHAN GAME
"I reprogrammed the simulation so that it was possible to save the ship."

IN SEARCH OF
"The word is no. . . . I am therefore going anyway."

A WHALE OF A TALE
"There be whales here."

GOD COMPLEX
"What does God need with a starship?"

UP THE ACADEMY
"I am a graduate of Starfleet Academy; I know many things."

THE FINAL ROUNDUP
"Only Nixon could go to China."

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS