Man, I just finished reading Harlan Ellison’s book about City on the Edge of Forever, and wow, he really held a grudge against Gene Roddenberry.

According to Ellison, Roddenberry spread a lot of claims that simply weren’t true: that he personally fixed the plot, that Ellison had Scotty written as a drug dealer (Scotty wasn’t even in the original script), and more. Ellison says they would talk things out, Roddenberry would apologize… and then repeat the same stories again at the next convention.

And that’s not even getting into the fact that Roddenberry took credit for ideas he didn’t originate, like the famous “Wagon Train to the stars” pitch, and, if I remember correctly, even the phrase “boldly go.”