Title

Smith on Hanley, 'The Metaphysics of Star Trek

Authors

Anne Collins Smith, Stephen F Austin State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

6-30-1998

Abstract

Review by Anne Collins Smith on the H-PCAACA mailing list, June 1998.

The Metaphysics of Star Trek by Richard Hanley. New York: Basic Books, 1997. xviii + 253 pp. $18.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-465-09124-9.

Richard Hanley's The Metaphysics of Star Trek is an engaging examination of certain philosophical issues raised within the Star Trek universe. Its title, however, is overly broad; it would be more correctly titled, The Twentieth-Century Applied Metaphysics of Star Trek. The earliest reference in the bibliography is an article written in 1950; the next earliest, 1960. The vast majority of sources are from the 1980's and 1990's. There is nothing wrong with this focus; it is simply a limitation that should be noted.

Comments

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Repository Citation

Smith, Anne Collins, "Smith on Hanley, 'The Metaphysics of Star Trek" (1998). Faculty Publications. 12.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/multidisciplinary_facultypubs/12