The Trouble With Tribbles

I was watching "The Martian Child" on DVD. It's of course nothing to do with outer space and instead is about the relationship between a young boy and his adoptive father. When the movie was over I decided to watch some of the special features. In all honesty, I just wanted to hear the child actor in the movie talk like a normal kid for once. What I discovered instead was that the writer of The Martian Child is David Gerrold who wrote the episode for the original Star Trek Series, The Trouble With Tribbles. He also worked on Star Trek Next Generation and has many other writings. How amazing that he was able to cross genres so successfully.