What he's up to lately and some history on the book, from a local newspaper, the Aurora, IL, "Beacon News":
David Alexander brings a touch of magic to Sci-Tech
MARIANNE MATHER / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
"Have you seen those commercials for Dos Equis, featuring The Most Interesting Man in the World? If you have, you know a little of what it's like to talk with David Alexander, quite possibly the most interesting man in Aurora.
(snip)
...6. How did you meet Gene Roddenberry?
I met him at either the second or third Star Trek convention, at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott, in the early '70s. I saw it advertised, and I thought, 'This would be kind of a hoot.' I enjoyed the show. Not a Trekkie by any stretch of the imagination, but I liked the show. I went over and paid my 10 bucks or whatever it was, and I was just walking around enjoying, and he comes walking through. I said, 'Hey you're Gene Roddenberry.' He says yes, and I say, 'David Alexander, nice to meet you, can I buy you a drink?' 'Sure!'... I found out much later that he was talking about me as his biographer several months before he bothered to tell me that I was his biographer...(Cont.)"
David Alexander brings a touch of magic to Sci-Tech
MARIANNE MATHER / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
"Have you seen those commercials for Dos Equis, featuring The Most Interesting Man in the World? If you have, you know a little of what it's like to talk with David Alexander, quite possibly the most interesting man in Aurora.
(snip)
...6. How did you meet Gene Roddenberry?
I met him at either the second or third Star Trek convention, at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott, in the early '70s. I saw it advertised, and I thought, 'This would be kind of a hoot.' I enjoyed the show. Not a Trekkie by any stretch of the imagination, but I liked the show. I went over and paid my 10 bucks or whatever it was, and I was just walking around enjoying, and he comes walking through. I said, 'Hey you're Gene Roddenberry.' He says yes, and I say, 'David Alexander, nice to meet you, can I buy you a drink?' 'Sure!'... I found out much later that he was talking about me as his biographer several months before he bothered to tell me that I was his biographer...(Cont.)"
