Written originally in 1978, we can see that celebrity has not changed all that much. Yet again, concept, style and prose have moved rather substantially.


One might think that innovations in cancer treatment would be welcome always. Ask Dr. Burton about that, though, and you might be shocked … and a little sad.

Retrospect always makes things much easier to figure out. In that way, Gene Roddenberry and his Star Trek vision makes him look quite prescient and wise.