title: Trouble with Tribbles: The Birth Sale and Final Production of One Episode (Star Trek)
author: David Gerrold
description: The story of a television script, where it came from, how it was written, how it was eventually filmed and finally got onto the air.
zlib_text: The Trouble With Tribbles
  
  the birth, sale, and final production of one episode David Gerrold
  
  Illustrations by Tim Kirk
  
   **BenBella Books**
  
   **Dallas, TX**
  
   **Copyright © 1973 by David Gerold** **All rights reserved.**
  
   **First BenBella Edition 2004**
  
   **BenBella Books**
  
   **6440 N Central Expy**
  
   **Suite 617**
  
   **Dallas, TX 75206**
  
  Contents
  
  Chapters 1-3 of _Blood and Fire_
  
  6
  
  the third book in the Star Wolf series, new from BenBella Books
  
  _“The Trouble With Tribbles”_
  
  20
  
  the birth, sale, and final production of one episode
  
  “David Gerrold knows _Star Trek_ better than anyone, and here’s his take at
  how it really should have been; the Star Wolf series is _Star Trek_ done
  right—moral conundrums, fascinating characters, and pulse-pounding action.
  Highly recommended.”
  
  Robert J Sawyer, author of _Hominid_ s
  
  Also by David Gerrold
  
  FICTION
  
  The Star Wolf Series
  
  _The Voyage of the Star Wolf_
  
  _The Middle of Nowhere_
  
  _Blood and Fire_
  
  The War Against the Chtorr Series
  
  The Di