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by Marc Cushman


These Are the Voyages:  Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 70's, Volume 1 (1970-1975)

by Marc Cushman
Edited by Mark Alfred and Susan Osborn
Foreword by D. C. Fontana

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The long-awaited fourth, fifth and sixth books in Marc Cushman’s Saturn Award-winning These Are the Voyages series are now available for orders directly from the publisher and signed by the author.

​These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 1 (1970-75
), in hardback and 768 pages in length, with hundreds of pictures, is the first in a two-book set chronicling the period in Star Trek history spanning the cancellation of the original series and continuing through the making and release of 1979’s Star Trek – The Motion Picture. In between these two events, Star Trek became a worldwide phenomenon. Factors in this renaissance were a boom in syndication, the coming of the conventions and fanzines, and an unparalleled expansion in merchandising. As the number of fans multiplied in massive proportions, and the reruns of the “Classic 79” episodes topped the ratings for their time slots in cities across America and around the world, curious developments were taking place behind the scenes.
Volume 1 opens with a foreword by the legendary D.C. Fontana (Star Trek writer extraordinaire, Original Series story editor, and Animated Series associate producer). It focuses on the first half of the decade, including Roddenberry projects Pretty Maids All in a Row, Genesis II, The Questor Tapes, Planet Earth, Strange New World, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and much more. Volume 2 (scheduled for Summer 2019) picks up the story with the second half of the 1970s. It will narrate Roddenberry’s final pilot film of the decade, Spectre, plus the aborted “Phase II” Trek series, the numerous starts and stops for a movie version, and, lastly, Star Trek – The Motion Picture. No stone is left unturned.
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​​These Are the Voyages: 
Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s
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 Volume 2 (1976-1977) 


By Marc Cushman
Edited by Mark Alfred and Susan Osborn
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Foreword by Susan Sackett



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Volume 2  picks up the story with the second half of the 1970s. It will narrate Roddenberry’s final pilot film of the decade, Spectre, plus the aborted “Phase II” Trek series, along with the numerous starts and stops for a movie version.
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​​These Are the Voyages: 
 Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s
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Volume 3 (1978-1980)


  By Marc Cushman
  Edited by Mark Alfred 

  Foreword by Walter Koenig

                                                                      
 
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Volume 3 is the culmination of Gene Roddenberry's quest to see his creation    make it to the big screen. Years of research by Marc Cushman yield the most comprehensive, behind-the-scenes look at all the trials, set-backs and near-misses that finally, miraculously, produced the international phenomenon that not only endures, but continues to expand to this very day.


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Irwin Allen's  Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Authorized Biography of a Classic Sci-Fi Series, Volume One

by Marc Cushman and Mark Alfred
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Released May 30, 2018 through Jacobs Brown Media Group, LLC
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​Irwin Allen’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Volume One
documents the creation and production of the most challenging TV series up to its time. Voyage was distinctive due to its recurring cast, special-effects-driven action, futuristic sets, and expensive miniature photography. The show elevated the TV science-fiction genre and demonstrated what could be accomplished on a TV budget, within a tight production schedule, while appealing to a mass audience. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea set the stage for the success of Allen’s Lost in Space and The Time Tunnel, as well as Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek.

Here also is the rags-to-riches story of Irwin Allen, from his tenement upbringing in the Bronx to his later incarnations in Hollywood. Allen was an entertainment journalist, radio and television host, and literary agent – all before becoming a successful Academy Award-winning motion-picture producer and director.

Irwin Allen’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Volume 1 makes you a witness in the production offices, writers’ conferences, and on the soundstages. You will become immersed in the making of the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961 feature film, the 1963 TV pilot, and all 32 episodes from the 1964-65 television series. Included are hundreds of memos among Allen, his staff, and the network; production schedules; budgets; TV ratings; and more than 300 photos, many never shared with the public before.
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Volume 2, epic in scope at 800 pages, covers all three color seasons, with a chapter for each of the 78 episodes!

​Find out what went on behind closed doors regarding the writing and production of each!


Volume 2 will be published in September 2020. Watch for an announcement telling how you can pre-order your copy, hand-signed by author Marc Cushman, and receive it weeks before the book becomes available elsewhere. 

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This is your ticket for a journey into the Private Papers Collection and Photo Vault of Irwin Allen, and to take the ultimate voyage to the bottom of the sea!





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Irwin Allen's  Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Authorized Biography of a Classic Sci-Fi Series, Volume 2

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Long Distance Voyagers 
The Story of the Moody Blues

Volume 1 (1965 - 1979)

     Long Distance Voyagers released January 2018, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the release of Days of Future Passed. 
     The startling and endearing stories behind the Moodies rich musical past are now in your future.  This meticulously researched book is over 800 pages with hundreds of photos and interviews.
     This is a beautifully bound, hardcover book with a dust jacket.
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Nominated for the
2019 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for
Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.

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Long Distance Voyagers 
The Story of the Moody Blues

Volume 2 (1980-2018)


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​Long Distance Voyagers
, Volume 2, released October 6, 2021,
picks up the band's story with the continued success of the group,
changes in lineup, the expansion of tour dates, the 50th Anniversary
in 2017 of Days of Future Past, all culminating in the Moody Blues
being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

This concluding volume, published solely in softcover, brings
the journey of one of the most celebrated groups of the rock
​era to the pinnacle achievement of their amazing career.

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Softcover and Signed by the Author when you purchase through Jacobs Brown Press - Released August 2016

Irwin Allen's Lost in Space

The Authorized Biography of a Classic Sci-Fi Series, Volume One

by Marc Cushman
edited by Mark Alfred
foreword by Bill Mumy
Irwin Allen's Lost in Space documents the early career of Irwin Allen.  It is a true rags-to-riches story, as Allen ventures from a humble beginning in the Bronx to his later incarnations in Hollywood as an entertainment journalist, radio and television host, 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 and, one year later, Lost in Space.

Lost in Space was the prime time weekly 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 book you’ll be 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 Allen and his staff; production schedules; budgets; fan letters; more than 300 rare behind-the-scene images; and the TV ratings for every episode.
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Softcover and Signed by the Author when you purchase through Jacobs Brown Press - Released November 2016

Irwin Allen's Lost in Space

The Authorized Biography of a Classic Sci-Fi Series, Volume Two

by Marc Cushman
edited by Mark Alfred
forward by Angela Cartwright
  Lost in Space went through changes far beyond a switch to color when its Second Season premiered 50 years ago in the Fall of 1966.  You will finally know the reasons why. 
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  • Read the documents which accompanied the changes
  • See how the TV ratings were affected by this shift in the series (with a Nielsen TV ratings report for every episode)
  • Get access to the production schedules
  •  Budgets for each episode
  •  Vintage CBS promotion and reviews from TV critics
  •   Plus hundreds of photos....many never seen before
With this book series, author Marc Cushman has built a time tunnel to take you back to the mid and late 1960s so that you may witness and experience the making of this iconic television series.



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Softcover and Signed by the Author when you purchase through Jacobs Brown Press - Released February 2017

Irwin Allen's Lost in Space

The Authorized Biography of a Classic Sci-Fi Series, Volume Three
by Marc Cushman
edited by Mark Alfred
forwards by Mark Goddard and Marta Kristen
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    Now, in this final volume: the production of the third broadcast season on CBS, Allen’s difficult discussion to end the series, and the cast reunions spanning the years, including the TV productions The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen and Lost in Space Forever. Also covered:  the attempts to bring the cast together for a feature film in the 1980s and a TV movie and pilot film in 2002. Most recently, Lost in Space gets a makeover for the 1998 feature film from New Line Cinema, a TV pilot for NBC, and the new series in production for Netflix.   

     Experience the time tunnel that will take you back to the final chapter of the making of this iconic television series.


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HARDCOVER and
signed by Marc Cushman

when you buy through Jacobs Brown Press

These Are The Voyages: TOS, Season One
by Marc Cushman with Susan Osborn
foreword by John D.F. Black and Mary Black

In the late 1980's Gene Roddenberry and Robert H. Justman gave Marc Cushman permission to write the definitive history of Star Trek.  They backed their stamp of approval by providing documentation never shared with anyone before.  After more than two decades of in depth research and interviews, this extraordinary work is ready to be shared with the galaxy.

"This is going to be the bible to Star Trek and how it was made.  This is a book that I am going to keep near and dear, and utilize throughout my life." - Rod Roddenberry
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These Are The Voyages: TOS, Season Two
by Marc Cushman with Susan Osborn
foreword by Walter Koenig

The incredible, in depth behind-the-scenes story of the making of the original Star Trek gets more interesting. Marc Cushman's These are the Voyages -- TOS ("The Original Series"): Season Two, from Jacobs Brown Press.

For Gene Roddenberry and his talented staff and crew, launching Star Trek was nearly an impossible task. Keeping it on the air for a second season was even harder.

Uncover secrets and surprises about favorite episodes like The Troub
le with Tribbles, Amok Time, and Journey to Babel.


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These Are The Voyages: TOS,
Season Three

by Marc Cushman with Susan Osborn
foreword by David Gerrold
    "Perhaps the reason I like Season Three the most is that it has more new information - more surprises - than even the other two. And that says a great deal, because Season One and Two were filled with new insights. 
    With all three seasons, I experienced the thrill of discovery as I did my research, and I was happy to know that others like myself could experience it through the books. But I always had more questions about Season Three - about the choices that were being made. I wanted to know what they were thinking.  And, just as important, how they felt.   And now I know.   And you will soon know  too."  
~ Author, Marc Cushman
HARDCOVER and signed by Marc Cushman when purchased through Jacobs Brown Press.
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The Star Trek Research Index
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I SPY:
A History and Episode Guide to the Groundbreaking Television Series
by Marc Cushman and Linda J. LaRosa
forward by Robert Culp

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.
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