From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!dennis
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Title: Re: Truffles
Article-I.D.: duke.2571
Posted: Sun Sep 26 10:57:21 1982
Received: Thu Sep 30 07:19:43 1982
References: sdchema.157

In David Gerrold's book about the Tribbles episode, he says that
he DID read Rolling Stones years back, but he didn't consciously
take the idea.  He realized he must have done so unconsciously
when someone pointed out the similarity.

I've never heard anyone really accuse him of stealing the idea;
after all, there aren't THAT many new ideas around, and a writer
writes out of his/her own experience.