Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Shaping the Self through Memory, Narrative, and Love
Chapter One. Memory and Identity: Reading Minds and Replacing Narratives
Chapter Two. Programming Love, Art, and Loyalties: The Case of the Doctor
Chapter Three. Alien Attraction and Interspecies Romance
Part II: Examining the Past and Re-Creating the Self
Chapter Four. Trauma, Disability, and Seven of Nine: Working through the Past and Imagining the Future
Chapter Five. “I did not experience that timeline”: Time Travel and the Importance of Community
Chapter Six. From Ray-Guns to Costume Drama on the Holodeck: Technology, Nostalgia, and Losing Control
Part III: Community, Environments, and the Self
Chapter Seven. The Borg Collective and the Voyager Family: Building Communities
Chapter Eight. Redefining Leadership and Alliances
Chapter Nine. “There’s Coffee in That Nebula”: Energy, Exigency, and Ecosystems
Chapter Ten. Spiritual Encounters in the Delta Quadrant
Afterword. Star Trek: Discovery: Hybridity, Environments, and Multiverses
List of Episodes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Susan M. Bernardo is a professor emerita at Wagner College. She lives in Glen Gardner, New Jersey.