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I consider reading the greatest bargain in the world

The creator of Star Trek sends some words of encouragement to a fan

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Shaun Usher
Sep 02, 2022
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Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry at his typewriter in the 1970s. (Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo)

In April of 1975, a teacher at a New York school wrote to Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, and told him about Roger, a teenage pupil with severe learning difficulties who had been making great progress when reading science fiction storie…

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