Gene Roddenberry

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was born in El Paso, Texas, USA, and spent his boyhood in Los Angeles, California. He is best known as the creator of the science fiction television series Star Trek, and was one of the first people to be buried in space.

Notes

See Gene Roddenberry: The Myth and the Man Behind Star Trek by Joel Engel, books by Star Trek Producer Herb Solow, science-fiction convention talks by Star Trek writer Dorothy C. Fontana, and books and articles by Harlan Ellison.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Interview in The Humanist, March/April 1991

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~