Editing The Starlost (section)

== Reception and impact==
On March 31, 1974, Ellison received a [[Writers Guild of America Award]] for Best Original Screenplay for the original script (the pilot script as originally written, not the version that was filmed). A novelization of the script by [[Edward Bryant]], ''Phoenix Without Ashes'', was published in 1975 and contained a lengthy foreword by Ellison describing what had gone on in production. In 2010, the novel was adapted into [[comic book]] form by [[IDW Publishing]].

[[Ben Bova]], in an editorial in ''[[Analog Science Fiction]]'' (June 1974) and in interviews in fanzines, made it clear how disgruntled he had been as science adviser. In 1975, he published a novel entitled ''The Starcrossed'', depicting a scientist taken on as a science adviser for a terrible science fiction series.

From contemporary reviews, Michael Walsh  in ''[[The Province]]'' commented on the first episode, writing that he found the model work on the show impressive while concluding it was "written, directed, acted, lit, photographed, recorded and edited like a church basement production".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Province]]|title=Science Fiction Rockets Fizzle|last=Walsh|first=Michael|date=September 21, 1973}}
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''The Starlost'' has received a generally negative reception from historians of science fiction television: ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]'' described ''The Starlost'' as "dire",<ref>''Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', edited by [[John Clute]] and Peter Nicholls, Orbit Books, 1993, {{ISBN|1857231244}} (pgs. 1154).</ref> while ''The Best of Science Fiction TV'' included ''The Starlost'' in its list of the "Worst Science Fiction Shows of All Time".<ref>John Javna, ''The Best of Science Fiction TV: the critics' choice''. New York: Harmony Books, 1987. {{ISBN|0517566508}} (p. 76-77).</ref>