When Jacobs Brown first boldly went where no man has gone before:

THESE ARE THE VOYAGES: THE ORIGINAL SERIES, SEASON 1

Revised and Expanded Edition - 680 pages
By Marc Cushman with Susan Osborn
Foreword by John D.F. Black and Mary Black

​Do you think you know Star Trek​?

Until you've read the These Are the Voyages series... you don't.

In the 1980s, Gene Roddenberry and Robert H. Justman gave Marc Cushman rare access to write the definitive history of Star Trek’s first season.
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With their full support and never-before-shared documentation, These Are The Voyages: The Original Series, Season One takes you deep behind the scenes of the historic launch of the original series. The journey begins here as you step into the writers’ room, producers’ offices, and soundstages during the creation of the “Classic 79.”

This revised and expanded edition is packed with hundreds of internal memos between Roddenberry and his team, production schedules, budgets, fan letters, rare behind-the-scenes photos, and detailed A.C. Nielsen ratings for every episode of Season One.

​Experience firsthand how the groundbreaking series was conceived, written, and fought for — one episode at a time.​

It's a deal!
    Jacobs/Brown Director of Operation's Steven Kates and Roddenberry.com's Trevor Roth finalize arrangement allowing author Marc Cushman to utilize materials from the Gene Roddenberry private papers archive for the book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s.

Author Marc Cushman, 2015,
from taping of CBS Special Features documentary on Star Trek

Quotes of Praise


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​“The level of research is astounding... an incredible job... The reviews are wonderful and well-deserved.”
 — Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek's Spock)

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“This is going to be the bible to Star Trek and how it was made. This is a book I am going to keep near and dear and utilize throughout my life.” 
— Rod Roddenberry (son of Gene Roddenberry)


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“It is so well written and researched that, as I read, all those memories started flooding back to me. It took me back and it will take you there.” 
— Grace Lee Whitney, ​(Star Trek​'s Yeoman Janice Rand)
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“Puts any other book [on Star Trek] to shame - including my own.” 
— David Gerrold, ​​(TOS writer of "The Trouble with Tribbles")
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​“Everything there is to know about TOS Season 1. Great read. I guarantee it.” 
— Walter Koenig, ​​(Star Trek's Ensign Chekov)



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​“The best book ever written on Star Trek.” 
— Scott Mantz, ​Access Hollywood
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“Trek fans will die and get beamed up to heaven!” 
— Billy Heller, ​New York Post
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“Entertaining and informative in more ways than there are stars in the cosmos.”
— Kevin Lauderdale, ​Author Magazine
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About the Author

Marc Cushman is widely regarded as one of the leading historians of classic Star Trek​ and television production.