Harlan Ellison's the City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay That Became the Classic Star Trek Episode
by Harlan Ellison
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Read in August, 2000
As many people know and many more don't, Harlan Ellison has author credit for the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever," in which Kirk & Spock must go back to 1930s Earth to restore a timeline.
What many people don't know is that the original story was heavily edited in order to make it acceptable to the story editors and producers of Star Trek. Ellison has since famously complained about the job that was done to his work, and a good deal of that complaining can be...more
What many people don't know is that the original story was heavily edited in order to make it acceptable to the story editors and producers of Star Trek. Ellison has since famously complained about the job that was done to his work, and a good deal of that complaining can be...more
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This is the book to read if you're interested in just how long Harlan Ellison can hold a grudge and to see just how far he'll go to make a point.
"The City on the Edge of Forever" was the Star Trek (original series) episode where Kirk & Spock go back in time to find McCoy & meet Joan Collins. Widely considered the best episode of the series, it's development resulted in a falling out between Ellison & series creator Gene Roddenberry. This book contains all three draft...more
"The City on the Edge of Forever" was the Star Trek (original series) episode where Kirk & Spock go back in time to find McCoy & meet Joan Collins. Widely considered the best episode of the series, it's development resulted in a falling out between Ellison & series creator Gene Roddenberry. This book contains all three draft...more
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If they had filmed Harlan's script, the episode would have matched any other filmed SF, whether television or motion picture. Anything done at the time and anything done since then(about forty years).
Star trek fans that loved the aired, rewritten version(I'm one I'll admit) should read this and see what could have, should have been.
Alas, it wasn't. A loss for us all.
The man can write.
Star trek fans that loved the aired, rewritten version(I'm one I'll admit) should read this and see what could have, should have been.
Alas, it wasn't. A loss for us all.
The man can write.
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The actual teleplay included in this book is not half bad. Unfortunately, it's only half the book. The other half is Ellison's bitching and whining about he got shafted by Gene Roddenberry and how his deathless prose got mangled and blah, blah, blah. I mostly came out of this thinking, "Dude, get over it already."
Only worth reading for the most die-hard Ellison fans.
Only worth reading for the most die-hard Ellison fans.
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A behind the scenes look at Star Trek, Shatner, Nimoy, and Ellison.
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