Fighting for the Future

'From the philosophy of time travel and alternate dimensions to the fraught politics of representation in contemporary film and television, Fighting for the Future sets scholarly coordinates for the series that has redefined Star Trek for the twenty-first century.'
Gerry Canavan, Marquette University
'This volume is a solid addition to the literature of Star Trek. As Discovery continues to chart its course alongside the other CBS productions... Scholars will reach for this book as the first collection of analyses of the new era, which had meaningfully differentiated itself from previous entries in the franchise.'
Cait Coker, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
'The editors achieve a remarkable feat in this collection by providing a comprehensive look at a series still in development. ... Mittermeier and Spychala end their text confident that the series has left the past in the past, while holding on to the franchise's belief in a positive future.'
Justice Hagan, Science Fiction Film and Television
'Fighting for the Future is an interesting and engaging collection of essays that examines Star Trek: Discovery as a piece of media in and of itself, as well as a piece of a much larger cultural legacy. Like other essay collections of its type, it draws on scholars from diverse disciplines who put their own spin and flavor on their scholarship.'
Jessica Seymour, Ancillary Review of Books
'Fighting for the Future: Essays on Star Trek: Discovery is full of interesting, engaging, well-argued, and well-written chapters, and it should be considered an effective work of scholarship from which the fields of media, English, and American studies should get considerable worth.'
Graham Minenor-Matheson, Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research