For every Star Trek fan, Gene Roddenberry was more than just the creator of their beloved show. He was a visionary who dreamt ...

The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry" by David Alexander, he thought that humans might go to Mars within his lifetime, and obviously there would be no pointy-eared aliens waiting for them.

It can be hard, looking at Roddenberry’s contributions to Trek, to see where he isn’t taking credit for someone else’s work (Gene Coon ... of its many Earthly, alien and mixed forms ...