Boarding the Enterprise: Transporters, Tribbles, and the Vulcan Death Grip in Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek

A Hugo and Nebula award winner, David Gerrold is the author of more than 50 books, several hundred articles and columns, and more than a dozen television episodes.His books include When HARLIE Was One, The Man Who Folded Himself, The War Against the Chtorr septology, The Star Wolf trilogy, The Dingilliad young adult trilogy, and the award-winning autobiographical tale of his son's adoption, The Martian Child. TV credits include episodes of Star Trek (The Trouble With Tribbles,” The Cloud Minders”), Star Trek Animated (More Tribbles, More Troubles,” Bem”), Babylon 5 (Believers”), Twilight Zone (A Day In Beaumont,” A Saucer Of Loneliness”), Land of the Lost (Cha-Ka,” The Sleestak God,” Hurricane,” Possession,” Circle”), Tales from the Darkside (Levitation,” If the Shoes Fit”), Logan's Run (Man Out of Time”), and more. David Gerrold is a figment of his own imagination.Robert J. Sawyer is one of only eight writers ever to win all three of the science-fiction field's top awards for best novel of the year: the Hugo (which he won in 2003 for Hominids), the Nebula (which he won in 1996 for The Terminal Experiment), and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (which he won in 2006 for Mindscan). According to the Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards, he has won more awards for his novels than anyone else in the history of the science-fiction and fantasy genres.The ABC TV series FlashForward was based on Rob's novel of the same name. His other novels include Starplex, Frameshift, Factoring Humanity, Calculating God, Humans, Rollback, and Wake, all of which were Hugo Award finalists. His online home is at sfwriter.com and his physical home is in Toronto.