Slow day at work today, so I read through the sample pages more carefully. Some comments.
On the few instances when two fan sites either claimed credit for the restoration of an image or legal justification to contribute the image to this work, both sites have been listed.
As far as I know, the sample pages don't contain any of the images taken from
Star Trek History. I would be interested to know which images now credit the site, and if any images have been removed from the second edition.
Of course, "few instances" underplays the whole issue, and makes it clear that Cushman knows about it. Happy to be corrected on this point, but as far as I know the publisher still hasn't sought permission from the two sources that were not "The Collector."
Some errors were also found in regard to copy editing.
More underplaying of the issue, although this revised edition appears to have been properly proofread.
Even before any of the lovers went public, the rumors were rampant and quite a few made it back to the network. It was a touchy subject in 1963, so much so that executives at MGM and NBC were nervously not seeing, not hearing and, except behind close doors, not speaking about these matters. Regardless, Roddenberry was assumed guilty with 'one strike' against him.
I'd like to know how Cushman knows what happened behind closed doors at MGM and NBC.
In 20 years of broadcasting, the network [NBC] had never aired anything even remotely resembling science fiction.
Cushman's point, that a sf program like
Star Trek was pretty far afield from what NBC was broadcasting in the mid-1960s, is spot on, but this statement is far from accurate. Science fiction programs NBC aired include:
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (January to September, 1951 and December 1954 to June 1955)
Atom Squad (July 1953 to January 1954)
Commander Cody (a 1953 theatrical serial, was syndicated to television on NBC in 1955)
Operation Neptune (June to August, 1953)
Fireball XL5 (1963 - September 1965)
James Goldstone, a well-regarded TV director, was offered the job...But Goldstone had a 'scheduling conflict.' A man with no reputation could find one at Star Trek. An established reputation, however, could be ruined with a job like this. The search continued.
Does
Inside Star Trek: The Real Story have anything to say about Goldstone's "scheduling conflict" being a lie? That rings false to me.
The price is also a lot more appealing.
