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- A remake of the sci-fi classic Metropolis is in the works.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows made Time's list of Top 10 Fiction Books, compiled by Lev Grossman.
- Fantasy Book Critic interviews Terry Goodkind. "The destruction of values leaves young people no outlet for how to learn about life, to learn about overcoming challenges. As a consequence, they turn away from reading because it doesn't fulfill that basic human need. They turn to things like video games."
- Brandon Sanderson will be completing the final novel in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series. [via SF Scope]
- New free fiction at ManyBooks.net: "Almuric" by Robert E. Howard.
- The results are in for a survey about book reviewing ethics. [via A Progressive on the Prairie]
- Penguin Blog will be enumerating sub-genres of science fiction. This week: Hard Science Fiction.
- Nancy Kress lists things readers look for when they read.
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Posted by John DeNardo at Tuesday December 11, 2007 at 12:02 AM
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A re-make of Metropolis. Really.
My prediction:
1) They're going to ruin it.
2) I'm going to see it anyway.
3) No One will appreciate the point of the story... if, in fact, enough of the point survives to even be noticed in the remade version.
At the very least there will be some renewed interest in the original version.
Posted by DarkIcon on Tuesday December 11, 2007 at 7:58 AM at 7:58 AM
To: Hollywood studio executives
From: Those who paid for your Bentley.
RE: Metropolis
Dear Hollywood,
Why on earth would you want to fuck up perfection by doing a remake of Metropolis? Seriously, you need to just put down the Oxycontin and step away from the table. You will be searched for comic books by security as well when escorted from the building.
sincerely,
-Sanity
Posted by tditto on Tuesday December 11, 2007 at 9:33 AM at 9:33 AM