Lost in Space was the first prime time weekly television series to take viewers into outer space’s strange new alien worlds – something the networks believed impossible on a TV budget and schedule. In this exciting new book series, you are whisked back in time to the production offices, writers’ conferences, and sound stages for the making of this iconic series. Included are hundreds of memos between creator/producer Irwin Allen and his staff; production schedules; budgets; fan letters; more than 500 rare behind-the-scene images in each volume; and the TV ratings for every episode. In Volume 1, author Marc Cushman documented Irwin Allen's early career – a true rags-to-riches story, as Allen ventured from a humble beginning in the Bronx to his later incarnations in Hollywood as an entertainment journalist, radio and television host, and a literary agent – all before becoming a successful motion picture producer and director. After winning an Academy Award in 1954, Allen entered the fantasy genre with films such as The Lost World and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He then rolled the dice again with a move into television, creating and producing Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea for the fall of 1964 and, one year later, Lost in Space. Now, in Volume 2, the story continues with Lost in Space's second season and a switch to color. But it has a tough new rival in space – NBC-TV's Star Trek. On Wednesday nights opposite Space, the red-hot Batman provides formidable competition in the ratings game. Paradoxically, CBS seems intent on sabotaging Allen, pressuring him to make the series more cheaply and change it from science fiction, action/adventure to camp/fantasy. Remarkably, the most dangerous monsters of Lost in Space lurked behind the scenes … and wore business suits. The story of the making of the classic Lost in Space is rich with conflict, drama and surprises. And now you can be there, to see it unfold.

Irwin Allen's Lost in Space: The Authorized Biography of a Classic Sci-Fi Series, Volume 2

Humor & Entertainment

Marc Cushman

Television

Jacob Brown Media Group

One of the most popular and award-winning television series of the sixties, I Spy was the first weekly broadcast to star both a white and a black actor. In 1964, though, producer Sheldon Leonard had, with heavy risk, financed the show himself, and his idea for a racially incorporated cast had earned his show the moniker "Sheldon's Folley." Pairing established white actor Robert Culp with Bill Cosby, a black comedian with barely an acting credit to his name, certainly turned some heads at NBC, and many wondered whether affiliates in the South would ever air the show. Only two years later, Cosby accepted the Emmy for leading actor-and I Spy cemented its role in history. This is a complete history of I Spy and the profound change it evoked in broadcasting, social ideals and racial equality. Rich with interviews and photographs, it discusses I Spy's unique approach to race, co-starring interracial actors as equals. It also describes how the show became the template for popular "buddy genre" shows and films that followed, covers the show's significance as the first series to shoot episodes around the world, and puts I Spy in context with other works within the spy genre at a time when spy books, shows and films exploded in popularity. A complete episode guide includes writers, directors, cast, crew, plot synopsis and commentary.

I Spy: A History and Episode Guide to the Groundbreaking Television Series

Linda J. LaRosa

McFarland Company

THIS BOOK IS NOT THE REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION OF 'THESE ARE THE VOYAGES, TOS: SEASON ONE'. THE BOOK DISPLAYED ON THIS IS NO LONGER IN PRINT, BUT THE REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION, WITH A NEW COVER, ADDED TEXT AND PICTURES IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM ON A SEPARATE AMAZON DETAIL PAGE. SEARCH UNDER "THESE ARE THE VOYAGES, TOS: SEASON ONE". THIS NEW VERSION OF BOOK ONE / "SEASON ONE" CAN BE PURCHASED IN HARDBACK, SOFTBACK AND KINDLE.

These are the Voyages: TOS, Season 1

Susan Osborn

Jacobs/Brown Press

With "These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 2 (1975-77)," author Marc Cushman’s groundbreaking research covering the history of "Star Trek" continues. Using memos and letters from "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, his colleagues, the studios, and the networks, you will witness pop-culture history being made. Included are production reports, TV ratings, vintage press coverage, and interviews, as Cushman documents the "Trek" events from 1975 through 1977, including Gene Roddenberry’s 1977 TV pilot film "Spectre," and Roddenberry’s other sci-fi projects from this period, such as “The Nine” and “Battleground: Earth.” Also covered in definitive detail, the efforts throughout 1975 and ’76 by Paramount Pictures and Roddenberry to make a "Star Trek" movie, which gave way to the development of a new television series in 1977, the aborted “Star Trek Phase II.” While the series never became a reality, this book covers how it’s the script for its two-hour premiere episode became the template for 1979’s "Star Trek – The Motion Picture." This is your boarding pass to go behind the scenes as a TV series and its creator become a worldwide phenomenon and achieve legendary status. “Cushman’s attention to detail is astounding, and he does fans a great service by recounting not only the Star Trek-related happenings of [the 1970s], but also what the folks involved in Star Trek were doing at that time. Do yourself a favor and pick this up.” – Kyle Hadyniak, Treknews.net.

These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 2 (1975-77)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Jacobs/Brown Media Group

Volume 1 of These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s covered the first half of the 1970s, with Roddenberry’s pilot films from that time, the expansion of Trek fandom, the coming of the conventions, and the making of Star Trek: The Animated Series. Volume 2 continued with Roddenberry’s TV pilot Spectre, his other sci-fi projects from the mid-1970s, such as “The Nine” and “Battleground: Earth,” and the aborted “Star Trek Phase II” TV series. Now, in Volume 3, Cushman documents the resurrection of Star Trek and the beginning of its movie franchise. Using memos, letters, as well as excerpts from treatments and scripts from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, his colleagues, and the studio, plus production reports, vintage media coverage from the era, and new interviews, you will witness pop-culture history in the making: the writing, production, and release of 1979’s Star Trek – The Motion Picture. This is your boarding pass to go behind the scenes – as a TV series and its creator become a worldwide phenomenon and achieve legendary status.

These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 3 (1978-1980)