Thank God There's Not a "George's Journal" ...
September 2, 2009 8:32 PM 
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"
Hi. My name is Gene and this is my journal." Young Gene Roddenberry meets two Garfield-eyed aliens who proceed to take him everywhere in their exploration of this strange planet Earth. In the process, we see where Gene came up with the idea of a unified
borderless,
moneyless world that would allow
dashing starship captains to
seek out new life and new civilizations, boldly going
where no one has gone before. We see where Gene first met
tribbles,
Orion slave girls,
Organians, and the
Guardian of Forever, and how Gene came up with
phasers,
tricorders, the
Prime Directive,
food replicators (from which he orders
gagh),
Questor androids, and the
Enterprise design.
Some perennial
Star Trek secrets are finally revealed: why
redshirts always die, sometimes in
transporter accidents; the secret origin of
IDIC; a really
good use for warp nacelles; and
why there are no bathrooms on the Starship Enterprise.
The author even pays attention to the non-
Trek areas of Roddenberry's life: young Gene has a major crush on his teacher,
Miss Chapel, and would like to maybe be a
fighter pilot or
policeman when he grows up.
There's even
one or
two references to, ahem, the Distinguished Competition.
"
You're one weird kid, Gene Roddenberry."
posted by zarq at 8:55 PM on September 2