Posted: 21 March 2008 at 9:24am | IP Logged | 12
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Actually a "homage" to a sci-fi story I read when I was a kid. Title and author long since forgotten, but the concept scared the willies out of me. When the same thing turned up on STAR TREK I though "Wonder if Roddenberry read that story, too!"
Often, my "sources" will be older than the ones you think you recognize.
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I actually didn't watch ALL the original Star Treks until a the mid to late 80s (just prior to TNG beginning).
I remember watching Menagerie and (oh crap, I can't recall the title --) the episode your Romulans comic comes from (Balance of Terror?) and instantly thinking --- "holy cow! That line is from Alpha Flight #25 and that line is from Man of Steel #4"
I think I've caught a couple others over the years -- but those two were directly from a couple favorite episodes.
About sources often being earlier than many realize...I find that all the time with modern sci-fi -- I've read a lot of early Arthur C Clarke --- and he's "borrowed from" quite often with no credit.
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