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From: sbg@mhuxr.UUCP (Steven B. Goldsmith)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Plot Similarities
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Date: Mon, 30-Apr-84 22:05:20 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 30 22:05:20 1984
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The Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror" was very similar to the movie
"Run  Silent, Run Deep". In one seen, the submarine shuts of all  power
and send up debris; pretending to be hit.

Similarly, the episode "Arena" was based on a short story by the same
name, written by Fredric Brown. That story appears in "The Science
Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume I". In it, a man picked at random from the
Earth fleet by a powerful force battles a member of the opposing fleet
- a red spherical object one yard in diameter. Its very good story;
read it if you can.

I'm not sure about this one but I believe that "The Doomsday Machine",
by Norman Spinrad is supposed to be based on "Moby Dick".


					Steve Goldsmith
					AT&T Bell Laboratories
					Murray Hill Computer Center
					(201)582-7746, mhuxr!sbg