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Summary: A MUST FOR MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS
Review: If you are a manager in charge of personnel you will get some good advice out of this tape and laugh a bit in the process. This would be a good one for management trainees.
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Summary: This was a fun book
Review: If you enjoy Star Trek, and alternative viewpoints, give this one a try. Social commentary/words of wisdom from a Star Trek point of view. This book definitely made me laugh.
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Summary: This was a fun book
Review: If you enjoy Star Trek, and alternative viewpoints, give this one a try. Social commentary/words of wisdom from a Star Trek point of view. This book definitely made me laugh.
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Summary: A must-read, even if you aren't into Star Trek.
Review: Mr. Marinaccio serves up a great read that starts with Star Trek and goes into some unexpected places. This should be required reading for anyone who plans to go into advertising or any other communications field.Witty, wise, charming, and just plain fun-- sort of Mark Twain meets Groucho Marx meets James Thurber. You'll love it, and learn from it.
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Summary: An amusing little book...
Review: Okay, I confess: I was amused by this book, and since I suspect that that was most of its intention, perhaps I'm being too harsh in giving it only two stars. And yes, there were some legitimately thought-provoking ideas to be found...but only a few. If you can find this book used, cheap, as I did, it's definitely worthwhile for a lark. But there is DEFINITELY NOT enough book here to be worth list price. It is grossly overpriced to capitalize on the Star Trek market, and that's the source of my dissatisfaction.
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Summary: Gene Roddenberry Would Have Approved!
Review: One does not have to be a "Trekker" to appreciate Marinaccio's book. It is filled with humorous comparisons between fantasy events of the Star Trek "world" with appropriate events in our day-to-day existence. The book is an easy-read "primer" to introduce the uninitiated as to why millions follow the fictional exploits of the various inhabitants of one starship Enterprise. Might not revolutionize the opinions that many have of "Trekkers" for the work is obviously written by someone who has analyzed and re-analyzed episode after episode of the series. But, that aside, the book is highly entertaining and reflective at the same time.
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Summary: Gene Roddenberry Would Have Approved!
Review: One does not have to be a "Trekker" to appreciate Marinaccio's book. It is filled with humorous comparisons between fantasy events of the Star Trek "world" with appropriate events in our day-to-day existence. The book is an easy-read "primer" to introduce the uninitiated as to why millions follow the fictional exploits of the various inhabitants of one starship Enterprise. Might not revolutionize the opinions that many have of "Trekkers" for the work is obviously written by someone who has analyzed and re-analyzed episode after episode of the series. But, that aside, the book is highly entertaining and reflective at the same time.
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Summary: Gene Roddenberry Would Have Approved!
Review: One does not have to be a "Trekker" to appreciate Marinaccio's book. It is filled with humorous comparisons between fantasy events of the Star Trek "world" with appropriate events in our day-to-day existence. The book is an easy-read "primer" to introduce the uninitiated as to why millions follow the fictional exploits of the various inhabitants of one starship Enterprise. Might not revolutionize the opinions that many have of "Trekkers" for the work is obviously written by someone who has analyzed and re-analyzed episode after episode of the series. But, that aside, the book is highly entertaining and reflective at the same time.
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Summary: Why We Are Attracted to Star Trek
Review: The book questions what it is about Star Trek that inspires the people who watch it to be so ... inspired? I think it cools us to newspaper headlines that purport to announce that which is important, but appears less important on a larger stage (i.e., space). Perhaps this is why dictators forbid unapproved reading matter - so the subjects will not be able to conceive of a universe outside of the state. Secondly, writers who want to make us feel beauty, awe or terror have always used places on the earth secluded from the everyday experience of the reader, as the backdrop to their stories. As science and communications have replaced the wonder with detailed knowledge, other worlds have become necessary to produce such feelings. Thirdly, we wish to understand each of the qualities that make us what we are. Unfortunately, we can't capture the essence of each quality because of the interplay of the qualities. Spock helps us focus on our own logic by itself, while Dr. McCoy shows us the humanist within each of us. Fourthly, many viewers (including myself), view a given episode of "Star Trek" more than once. Clearly, during the viewer's second and subsequent viewings of a given episode, he (or she) is not watching for the excitement, but for a certain "flavor" of unknown worlds. Children understand this when they demand to hear the same fairy tale they have heard so many times before. The meaning of "Star Trek" is not its plot. The plot is only a net to catch something else - a state or quality.
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Summary: Why We Are Attracted to Star Trek
Review: The book questions what it is about Star Trek that inspires the people who watch it to be so ... inspired? I think it cools us to newspaper headlines that purport to announce that which is important, but appears less important on a larger stage (i.e., space). Perhaps this is why dictators forbid unapproved reading matter - so the subjects will not be able to conceive of a universe outside of the state. Secondly, writers who want to make us feel beauty, awe or terror have always used places on the earth secluded from the everyday experience of the reader, as the backdrop to their stories. As science and communications have replaced the wonder with detailed knowledge, other worlds have become necessary to produce such feelings. Thirdly, we wish to understand each of the qualities that make us what we are. Unfortunately, we can't capture the essence of each quality because of the interplay of the qualities. Spock helps us focus on our own logic by itself, while Dr. McCoy shows us the humanist within each of us. Fourthly, many viewers (including myself), view a given episode of "Star Trek" more than once. Clearly, during the viewer's second and subsequent viewings of a given episode, he (or she) is not watching for the excitement, but for a certain "flavor" of unknown worlds. Children understand this when they demand to hear the same fairy tale they have heard so many times before. The meaning of "Star Trek" is not its plot. The plot is only a net to catch something else - a state or quality.
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