Author Rikki Lee Travolta Celebrates Star Trek Alumni in New Book

Unbecoming Travolta Pays Homage to Star Trek Fans

In his popular new book Unbecoming Travolta: A Memoir of Mania and Multiple Personalities, Rikki Lee Travolta dedicates an entire chapter to describing the surreal experience of accompanying a former Star Trek performer to a Star Trek Convention.

Over the course of my lifetime, or at least my existence as Rikki Lee Travolta, I have been fortunate to call several members of the Star Trek television universe friends. On one occasion one of my Star Trek friends was kind enough to invite me to attend a Star Trek Convention with them. It was the most surreal experience of my life.

Travolta goes on to describe such events as going out to dinner with costumed fans, and how the fans viewed the non-costumed patrons of the restaurant as the odd ones. He also describes how each of the fans he met had a Star Trek universe species identity including Cardassians, Borg, Ferengi, Bajorans, and Klingons.

However, no matter how surreal the experience was, Travolta praises Star Trek fans, describing them as “warm and accepting.”

Unless I miraculously get cast in a Star Trek vehicle myself, I will probably never again have the chance to witness firsthand, the hoopla of a Star Trek Convention. But what I will say about the Star Trek fans (whether they call themselves Trekkies or Trekkers) is that they were some of the nicest people I have ever met in my whole life. I was, and remain, honored to be a guest in their unique world.                 

As a performer, Travolta is credited as the first celebrity guest star for the Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding stage franchise. In 2005 he was named alongside Donny Osmond and Patrick Cassidy as one of the top three headliners in the world of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. At one point betting houses in England were laying 20:1 odds that Travolta would replace Pierce Brosnan in the James Bond film franchise.

Star Trek The Next Generation star Michael Dorn was at one point attached to direct and star in a feature film – Hero Before Dawn – that Travolta penned and was attached to co-star in. Travolta also received a Production Manager credit on the feature film Yesterday Was A Lie starring and produced by Star Trek Deep Space Nine star Chase Masterson. Nichelle Nichols of the original Star Trek cast was one of the first to send Travolta words of elation at the birth of Travolta’s youngest son.

In 2008, however, Rikki Lee Travolta suffered a nervous breakdown. While hospitalized he learned the truth – that he was not in fact a member of the famed Travolta entertainment family, but rather a young man broken by physical and psychological traumas prompting Dissociative Identity Disorder (what was once called Multiple Personality Disorder), Paranoid Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Borderline Personality Disorder. The book, Unbecoming Travolta, was published in 2013 to set the record straight.

Unbecoming Travolta is available through www.Amazon.com, www.BarnesandNoble.com, and www.TravoltaNet.com. The ebook is only $1.99.

Chicago Bulls Fan Rikki Lee Travolta Cheers for the Cheerleaders

Luvabulls Hopefuls Get Support of Unbecoming Travolta Author

The Chicago Bulls will hold auditions for its popular Luvabulls dance team on Saturday, August 10 at the United Center. Although the auditions will be closed to the public, one Chicago notable will be rooting on the contenders in spirit.

Actor turned author Rikki Lee Travolta has a long standing friendship with the Chicago Bulls organization, and is a particular fan of the Luvabulls dance team. Travolta is both a former ambassador for National Dance Week and an outspoken fan of the Chicago Bulls organization.

“Basketball is a great passion of mine, as is dance. So, it’s natural that the Chicago Luvabulls, who combine these two passions, would be a favorite of mine,” says Travolta.

Travolta is currently promoting his biographical book Unbecoming Travolta: a memoir of mania and multiple personalities.

As a performer, Travolta is credited as the first celebrity guest star for the Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding stage franchise. In 2005 he was named alongside Donny Osmond and Patrick Cassidy as one of the top three headliners in the world of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. At one point betting houses in England were laying 20:1 odds that Travolta would replace Pierce Brosnan in the James Bond film franchise.

In 2008, however, Rikki Lee Travolta suffered a nervous breakdown. While hospitalized he learned the truth – that he was not in fact a member of the famed Travolta entertainment family, but rather a young man broken by physical and psychological traumas prompting Dissociative Identity Disorder (what was once called Multiple Personality Disorder), Paranoid Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Borderline Personality Disorder. The book, Unbecoming Travolta, was published in 2013 to set the record straight.

Unbecoming Travolta is available through www.Amazon.com, www.BarnesandNoble.com, and www.TravoltaNet.com. The ebook is only $1.99.

Unbecoming Travolta an ebook Phenomenon

Rikki Lee Travolta Memoir Racks Up ebook Sales

Rikki Lee Travolta’s Unbecoming Travolta: a memoir of mania and multiple personalities has become an ebook phenomenon. Over 92% of the book’s skyrocketing sales have been ebooks.

“ebooks are pure profit. There is no cost of shipping. There are no printing costs. It’s just a simple Internet transfer. So, my team decided to make the ebook version of Unbecoming Travolta affordable to the masses. It’s priced at just $1.99 and the public has responded in droves. People appreciate a good book at a bargain price,” says Travolta.

Unbecoming Travolta is the true story of a young man who suffered multiple traumas (both physical and psychological), spawning multiple personalities, paranoid schizophrenia, and manic depression. One personality, Rikki Lee Travolta, gained fame throughout the world as John Travolta’s nephew – convincing even John Travolta’s management and security of the legitimacy of the fake relationship.

As a performer, Travolta is credited as the first celebrity guest star for the Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding stage franchise. In 2005 he was named alongside Donny Osmond and Patrick Cassidy as one of the top three headliners in the world of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. At one point betting houses in England were laying 20:1 odds that Travolta would replace Pierce Brosnan in the James Bond film franchise.

In 2008, however, Rikki Lee Travolta suffered a nervous breakdown. While hospitalized he learned the truth – that he was not in fact a member of the famed Travolta entertainment family. The book, Unbecoming Travolta, was published in 2013 to set the record straight.

“Finding out your life isn’t what you thought it was, that you have suffered a distorted vision of reality is a hard thing to wrap your mind around. It makes you humble. But I strive every day to make strides toward bettering myself, towards being a better person – a more humble and down-to-earth person. Part of getting a second chance is taking responsibility for your mistakes the first time around,” says Travolta.

Travolta is a former journalist for some of the world’s leading trade publishing companies including CMP Media, Cahners, Reed Elsevier, Miller Freeman, Business News Publishing, Chartwell Communications, and James Informational Media. His 2002 fiction novel My Fractured Life was named an Amazon Top Ten Recommendation and was optioned for feature film development by Port Magee Pictures.

Outside of the literary trenches, Travolta is the former public relations manager for one of the Top 200 U.S. brands.

Unbecoming Travolta is available through www.Amazon.com, www.BarnesandNoble.com, and www.TravoltaNet.com.