The Double Vision of Star Trek: Half-Humans, Evil Twins, and Science Fiction

Star Trek is an unavoidable presence in contemporary culture; one which many have tried to explain away as modern mythology, juvenile fantasy, or futuristic morality plays. What most commentators have missed is the striking aspect of Trek’s vision: its doubleness. This vision of a brighter tomorrow is tom by internal conflicts, a double-mindedness its own creator would not admit of logic vs. emotion, body vs. soul, individual vs. community, tolerance vs. morality, reality vs. holodeck, knowledge vs. mystery, science vs. fiction Author Mike Hertenstein plots a course to examine the alternative and parallel universes of Star Trek.