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From: rob@osiris.UUCP (Robert St. Amant)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Heinlein monsters in Star Trek
Message-ID: <352@osiris.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 28-May-85 18:17:58 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 28 18:17:58 1985
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In an episode I saw tonight, the aliens were jellyfish-like creatures
who attached themselves to humans and were able to control their
actions.  They seem very similar to the aliens in Heinlein's Puppet
Masters.  I didn't watch the credits too closely, but I believe that
the screenplay was written by someone else.  Does anyone know if
Heinlein was credited for contributions to the story?  I thought the
ending of The Puppet Masters was much more ingenious than the ST ending.

				Rob St. Amant