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.