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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: Space Adventure Question
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Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 20:20:30 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 31 20:20:30 1985
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> Question!!!  Does anyone remember a short lived show on tv that
> featured a group of young people who were stranded on a HUGE, I
> mean HUGE!!! spaceship that was supposedly going someplace to
> colonize another galaxy?  The ships control section had been wiped
> out by a meteor or somesuch.  There were huge pods attached to the ship
> with each one containing a different ethnic or social group representing
> the different cultures of earth.  The adventures of the main characters
> revolved around coming in contact with the different groups while they
> were trying to find the backup control section for the ship.  Many
> of their stories were very well done.  I just can't recall the
> name of the show.

This is the STARLOST.  A entirely botched show from an award winning
screenplay by Harlan Ellison.   Read "Pheonix Without Ashes" by Ed Bryant
and Harlan Ellison, which is a novelization of the screenplay and
"The Starcrossed" by Ben Bova, which is a spoof on the making of the
TV show.  I have a friend who has these on tape, I thought they were
really good back when I was 12 and the show was first on, now they are
really funny.

-Ron

May I be of assiatance.

Space Senility, must be some sort of blithering vacuum.