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The City on the Edge of Forever

Harlan Ellison

First published 1995
Publisher Borderlands Press
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
ISBN 1880325020
Cover art Kent Bash
Pages 269

Notes

Includes two treatments and the final draft of a teleplay for the first Star Trek TV series (it was altered in production).

  • Cover artist credited on back flap of dustjacket.
  • "Perils of the "City"" is referred to simply as "Introduction" in the TOC.
  • Scripts and afterwords are all lumped together in the TOC. The listing below breaks them out individually.
  • Copyright title is "The City on the Edge of Forever (original author's version, not rewritten shooting script as aired)".
  • Art on page 47 is a "Foxtrot" cartoon.
    Other interior art consists of reproductions of pages from various trade magazines.
    Frontispiece is a signed photo of Leonard Nimoy, Ellison and William Shatner on the set.
  • Limited to 1,000 numbered copies signed by Ellison and enclosed in a black slipcase.
  • Dustjacket also lists a price of $25.00 for a trade edition.
  • A trade hardcover and a trade paperback were originally announced but not produced.
  • The trade paperback was eventually published by White Wolf Publishing

Awards

Year Award Category Status
1997 Hugo Award Best Non-Fiction Book Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay That Became the Classic Star Trek Episode Cover 1996 Borealis Legends / White Wolf Publishing Trade Paperback Collection Michael Scott Cohen vii+276+[16]
The City on the Edge of Forever Cover 1997 White Wolf Publishing / SFBC Hardcover Collection 15097 Michael Scott Cohen 277
The City on the Edge of Forever Cover 2012 Gateway / Orion eBook Collection
The City on the Edge of Forever Cover 2014 Open Road Integrated Media eBook Collection
The City on the Edge of Forever Cover 2014 Open Road Integrated Media Trade Paperback Collection 309