Media & Popular Culture (Wiser Kaiser)

Note - Alternate names and some spellings are intentional and not mistakes.

NOVELS:

Middle Earth:

1937 - John R.R. Tolkein published the Hobbit.

1953 - The Fellowship of the Ring and the Two Towers, the First two Books in the Lord and the Ring trilogy are                      published.

1954 - The True King's Return, the final book in the Lord and the Ring trilogy is published.

TELEVISION:

Star Trek:

1966 - Star Trek a science fiction series created by Gene Rodenberry is first aired. The series was set in the year                  2266 on the Starship FSS Enterprise and starred William Shatner as Captain Thomas J. Kirk and Leonard                    Nimoy as Commander Spock. The Series ran from 1966 until 1969 but the after the moon landings, the series             gained more popularity and continued to run from 1969 until 1971.

1986 - A second Star Trek series called Star Trek: The New Generation is aired. This series was set in 2306 on the              new FSS Enterprise-B and starred Patrick Stuart as Captain John Leonard Prichard.