David Gerrold

American science fiction screenwriter and novelist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1944 · age 82

David Gerrold is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the script for the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", created the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and wrote the novelette The Martian Child, which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was adapted into...

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A life in dates

2022“Every human being is unique. We can generalize at length, but every human being is an individual.”In their words20 September 2022Facebook postRead the whole statement

“The second time is by mutual consent.”In their words4 May 2022Facebook postRead the whole statement

2013Bram Stoker Award for Short FictionAward1995Hugo Award for Best NoveletteAwardLocus Award for Best NoveletteAwardNebula Award for Best NoveletteAward1979Edward E. Smith Memorial AwardAward1973“Life is full of little surprises. Time travel is full of big ones.”In their words(p. 46)Read the whole statement

“I also know that Christianity has held back any further advances in human consciousness for the past thousand years.”In their words(p. 73)Read the whole statement

“I wish I could change it all. I wish I could. But I can’t. Dammit. Now I know what it’s like to have an indelible past - one that can’t be erased and changed at will.”In their words(p. 100)Read the whole statement

“Death comes black and hard, rushing down on me from the future, with no possible chance of escape.”In their words(p. 109)Read the whole statement

1944Born24 January 1944

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David Gerrold

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Life must be a daring adventure or it is nothing at all. It's always a choice between joy and despair. I tried despair. Joy is more fun.
2 July 2022 · Facebook post, Own words
Love isn't what you get. It's what you create.
26 January 2019 · Facebook post, Own words
You aren’t really jumping through time, that’s the illusion; what you’re actually doing is leaving one timestream and jumping to - maybe even creating - another.
1973 · (p. 48), Own words

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Awards

Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction2013

Nebula Award for Best Novelette1995

Hugo Award for Best Novelette1995

Locus Award for Best Novelette1995

Edward E. Smith Memorial Award1979

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He wrote the script for the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", created the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and wrote the novelette The Martian Child, which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack.

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