Star Trek IV: Zurück in die Gegenwart

A presentation at Buchclub in September 2026 in Berlin, Germany by Gunnar Bittersmann

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Zurück in die Gegenwart

Foto: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Zurück in die Zukunft

Foto: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0

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The Voyage Home

Foto: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0

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The Voyage Home original book cover

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Zurück in die Gegenwart

Foto: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0

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„Science fiction“ in Schriftart Marvin Visions

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„Spacing Oddity“ in Schriftart Marvin Visions

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Album-Cover Human Touch und Lucky Town von Bruce Springsteen

“IF YOU’D ONLY BUY ONE ALBUM THIS YEAR, YOU’D BUY THESE TWO!”

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Zurück in die Gegenwart

Foto: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Timelines of Star Trek by Trek on the Tube

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Es gibt für alles zwei Zeitpunkte, den richtigen und den verpassten.
—Sten Nadolny, Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

Warming stripes Ed Hawkins, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Zurück in die Gegenwart

Foto: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0

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BUCHCLUB: DER ZORN DES KHAN So. 11.10. 11:00 HumasHeimatHafen Florastr. 13, Pankow

Foto: Heather Shevlin/Unsplash

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Nichelle Nichols bei der NASA

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Woman in Motion – Filmposter

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Mae Jemison während ihrer Space Shuttle Mission

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The aliens aren’t really what Star Trek is about. The space ships aren’t really what Star Trek is about. Ultimately, Star Trek is about us and our world right now and our potential to make it and ourselves better. — Steve Shives

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For Nichelle
who was first through the door
and showed us the stars.

Hailing frequencies forever open…

(Widmung in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 2.1)