werkin on that ster trak

From Letters of Note: in which it is revealed that space husbands exists at least in part because Gene Roddenberry was like, Jeez Isaac Asimov how do I make Kirk more likeable? And Asimov was like, You should probably make him really obsessed with Spock. Yeah, people will like that. And have them save each other’s lives more? And dress up in weird outfits. For mission reasons. I don’t know just make sure that it’s impossible to think about one of them without thinking about the other. Now go do what I said I’m the master of hard science fiction I know what I’m talking about.

(Also, in which many jokes are made at the expense of William Shatner[’s ego].)