Science-fiction writer Harlan Ellison, one of the creators of the Star Trek series, has died in the United States.

American science fiction writer Harlan Ellison, who wrote the script for the episode "City on the Edge of Forever" of the television series Star Trek, died on June 28 in California at the age of 85.

The official Star Trek website, citing the writer's wife Susan, reported that "Ellison, who turned 84 last month, died in his sleep this morning at his home in California."

Ellison is one of the leaders of the "new wave" of American authors who came to science fiction in the 1960s. He was born on May 27, 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio, and during his life he wrote over two thousand stories, essays, sketches and articles. One of his most famous stories is the post-apocalyptic dystopia “A Guy and His Dog,” which takes place after a large-scale war. In 1974, the story was filmed.

Another famous Ellison story is “I Have No Mouth, But I Must Scream” (1967). Its plot also describes a dark future in which supercomputers have destroyed all of humanity except five people. The story was awarded the prestigious Hugo Award.

Ellison also wrote the script for the film “I, Robot” (1994), based on the works of the American writer Isaac Asimov.

The writer also accused the creators of the film "Terminator" of borrowing the plot from his stories "Soldier" and "Demon with a Glass Hand." Ellison filed a lawsuit and won the case.

As the World of Fantasy portal notes, on June 30, Harlan Ellison's new book "Blood's River" will go on sale, the main characters of which will again be the characters from the story "A Guy and His Dog." Ellison and his editor Jason Davis have collected under one cover an expanded version of the original story, a script for a comic book adaptation, and completely new stories.