The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay (Harlan Ellison Collecton) - Softcover

Ellison, Harlan

3.82

1,548 ratings by Goodreads

9781497642904: The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay (Harlan Ellison Collecton)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497642906 ISBN 13: 9781497642904

Publisher: Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy, 2014

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

The original teleplay that became the classic Star Trek episode, with an expanded introductory essay by Harlan Ellison, The City on the Edge of Forever has been surrounded by controversy since the airing of an "eviscerated" version-which subsequently has been voted the most beloved episode in the series' history. In its original form, The City on the Edge of Forever won the 1966-67 Writers Guild of America Award for best teleplay. As aired, it won the 1967 Hugo Award. The City on the Edge of Forever is, at its most basic, a poignant love story. Ellison takes the reader on a breathtaking trip through space and time, from the future, all the way back to 1930s America. In this harrowing journey, Kirk and Spock race to apprehend a renegade criminal and restore the order of the universe. It is here that Kirk faces his ultimate dilemma: a choice between the universe-or his one true love. This edition makes available the astonishing teleplay as Ellison intended it to be aired. The author's introductory essay reveals all of the details of what Ellison describes as a "fatally inept treatment" of his creative work. Was he unjustly edited, unjustly accused, and unjustly treated?

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:

Harlan Ellison (1934–2018), in a career spanning more than fifty years, wrote or edited one hundred fourteen books; more than seventeen hundred stories, essays, articles, and newspaper columns; two dozen teleplays; and a dozen motion pictures. He won the Hugo Award eight and a half times (shared once); the Nebula Award three times; the Bram Stoker Award, presented by the Horror Writers Association, five times (including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996); the Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Mystery Writers of America twice; the Georges Melies Fantasy Film Award twice; and two Audie Awards (for the best in audio recordings); and he was awarded the Silver Pen for Journalism by PEN, the international writers’ union. He was presented with the first Living Legend Award by the International Horror Critics at the 1995 World Horror Convention. Ellison is the only author in Hollywood ever to win the Writers Guild of America award for Outstanding Teleplay (solo work) four times, most recently for “Paladin of the Lost Hour,” his Twilight Zone episode that was Danny Kaye’s final role, in 1987. In 2006, Ellison was awarded the prestigious title of Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Dreams with Sharp Teeth, the documentary chronicling his life and works, was released on DVD in May 2009. He passed away in 2018 at the age of eighty-four.

Review:

''Ellison's numerous fans along with the general clamoring for all things Trek are bound to put this book in high demand.'' --Library Journal

''What makes this the ST book of the year (maybe all time) is Ellison's sputtering, raging, fuming introduction in which he sets the record straight, by God!'' --Booklist

''For the first time, science fiction maverick Harlan Ellison's first-draft ''Star Trek'' script is performed in its entirety, with ace voice talents John Rubinstein and Scott Brick gleefully taking on the major roles. A desperate Dr. 'Bones' McCoy dives into a time portal and changes the course of human history, while Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock are right behind, bent on reversing the damage. So begins one of the most popular episodes of the original ''Star Trek'' television series. It's also the most controversial. Reading from a number of interviews and essays, the outspoken Ellison re-voices his battles with ''Star Trek'' creator Gene Roddenberry over the direction of the story. Both Ellison's original script and the aired ''edited'' version received major awards. So, listen and decide which version you prefer.'' --AudioFile

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.