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eShirl

(20,036 posts) Thu Dec 18, 2025, 10:15 AM Thursday

leukemia gofundme for scriptwriter of The Trouble With Tribbles (and much more), David Gerrold

https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-gerrolds-health-and-leukemia-fundraiser

(David Gerrold got his start in the original 1960s Star Trek series when they bought an unsolicited script from an unknown young writer, which would become one of the most beloved episodes of all time. )

his page on Internet Movie Database: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314775/?ref_=fn_t_1

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They were already in production when someone noticed that Gerrold's rsdsharp Thursday #1

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1. They were already in production when someone noticed that Gerrold's

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:39 PM

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tribbles were lifted from the Martian flat cats in Robert A Heinlein’s The Rolling Stones. Heinlein authorized the use of his work — for free — but regretted doing after seeing the response to the episode.

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