 The first adaptation of " Space Seed " was as a re @-@ working into a short story by author James Blish as part of the novelization Star Trek 2 . This book contained seven short stories , each based on an episode of The Original Series and was published in 1968 . The adaptation of " Space Seed " appeared as the final story in the book . The first home media release of " Space Seed " was on a single @-@ episode VHS cassette in 1982 by Paramount Home Video . It was one of the episodes of The Original Series published on Capacitance Electronic Disc , alongside " The Changeling " , released on November 1 , 1982 . A LaserDisc of the episode , alongside " Return of the Archons " was released in 1985 . Further releases of all episodes of the series were made on VHS and Betamax . These releases reverted to a single episode tape as in the original 1982 version . 
