The award-winning original teleplay that produced the most beloved episode of the classic Star Trek seriesmdash;with an introductory essay by the author. USS Enterprise Starfleet officers Capt. James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock escort a renegade criminal to a nearby planet for capital punishment; and they discover the remains of a city. This ancient civilization is inhabited by the alien Guardians of Forever; who are tasked with protecting a time machine. When the criminal escapes through the portal into the past; he alters Earthrsquo;s timeline; damaging humanityrsquo;s future role among the stars. Pursuing their prisoner; Kirk and Spock are transported to 1930s Depression-era New York Citymdash;where they meet pacifist Edith Koestler; a woman whose fate is entwined with the aftermath of the most devastating war in human history. A woman whom Kirk has grown to lovemdash;and has to sacrifice to restore order to the universe. In its original form; The City on the Edge of Forever won the Writers Guild of America Award for best teleplay. As aired; it won the Hugo Award. But as Harlan Ellison recounts in his expanded introductory essay; ldquo;Perils of the lsquo;City;rsquo;rdquo; the televised episode was a rewrite of his creative vision perpetrated by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and the showrsquo;s producers. In his trademark visceral; no-holds-barred style; the legendary author broke a thirty-year silence to set the record straight about the mythologized controversy surrounding the celebrated episode; revealing what occurred behind-the-scenes during the production. Presented here as Ellison originally intended it to be filmed; this published teleplay of The City on the Edge of Forever remains a masterpiece of speculative fiction; and a prime example of his uncanny ability to present humanity with all its virtues and faults.
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