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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: September 12, 2016
LMC science fiction studies professors Jay P. Telotte and Lisa Yaszek were recently interviewed for Wired Magazine's article, "What If Star Trek Had Never Existed?"
The article explores a “ A universe, where the next 50 years of sci-fi TV and movies look much different. So does the cultural breadth of television casts. So does your yearly pilgrimage to Comic-Con International. And, how our lives would be very different without Trek. ”
To learn what Telotte and Yaszek, experts in film and print science fiction, respectively, have to say about Star Trek's impact on art and society, please click through to: https://www.wired.com/2016/09/imagining-a-world-without-star-trek/.