Nicholas Meyer has done a lot of awesome things besides Star Trek, including writing &quot;The Seven-Percent Solution&quot; which is still my favorite Sherlock Holmes derivative story.  He basically wrote Star Trek II in a couple of weeks without knowing much about the show before he began, having been hired by Paramount which was up against hard deadlines and hadn&#x27;t been able to get a usable story or script.  He also wrote ST IV and ST VI, and is basically responsible for the rule that only the even-numbered Trek movies were good.  His memoir, &quot;The View from the Bridge&quot; (if I recall the title correctly) is a really fun read.