A review by psteve
The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay by Harlan Ellison

4.0

I was dubious about this book and about Ellison's original screenplay for the Star Trek episode. I remember first seeing that episode when it was first broadcast in 67, and it is certainly one of the best. And reading this book, the long diatribes by Ellison, didn't really warm me to reading the screenplay; I thought he was too hard on Roddenberry and others. But the screenplay showed me otherwise; it's a smart, moving story that would have been somewhat different from other Star Trek episodes, but wouldn't have been that much of a stretch. I haven't read Ellison in a long time, and nor have I read many screenplays, but this is well worth the reading.