“Space Skimmer” is a 1972 science fiction novel by award-winning “hard science” fiction American writer David Gerrold, who also contributed to the original Star Trek TV series as the writer of the famous “The Trouble with Tribbles” episode, wrote episodes of the Star Trek animated series, Star Trek the Next Generation, and wrote several books about the creation and production of the original series. Ballantine Books published “Space Skimmer” as a mass market paperback June 1972. This copy is from that June 1972 first edition paperback release. (Publisher’s I.D.: 345-02644-6-095, 218 pages, originally sold at $0.95.)