George Clayton Johnson
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George Clayton Johnson (born 10 July 1929; age 79) is a science fiction and fantasy writer, most famous for his work (with William F. Nolan) on the 1967 novel "Logan's Run" (later filmed in 1976).
For Star Trek, he wrote the episode which would be the series' aired premiere, "The Man Trap".
Gene Roddenberry purchased another story from him entitled, "Rock-A-Bye Baby – Or Die," which concerned an alien entity entering the Enterprise's computer system then growing to adulthood, with Kirk as a father-figure. Gene L. Coon never took a liking to the story, and it was never produced.
