Is There a 12-Step Program for Science Fiction Addicts?

Joel Eisenberg
Nov 4 · 7 min read

First horror, and now this. No wonder why I wasn’t the world’s greatest student.

“Star Wars” (pre-”A New Hope”) 1977 theatrical program book

INTRODUCTION

My Bar-Mitzvah was pending in 1977. I was required to learn the usual Jewish prayers, in Hebrew, to sing aloud to a group of friends and family, most of whom would surely have no idea what I was saying. Or singing.

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Joel Eisenberg

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Joel Eisenberg is a writer and producer, and partner in Council Tree Productions, a television development company.

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