SF Tidbits for 3/23/06
By John DeNardo |
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at
3:51 pm
- According to Variety, Universal has picked up the rights to adapt Alfred Bester’s sf classic The Stars My Destination. [via Cinematical]
- A Serenity system map.
- 42 Things You Should Know About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
- Ray Bradbury’s favorite Bradbury book is Dandelion Wine.
- H.P Lovecraft’s fantasies (including Cthulhu) have been turned into “a baroque musical cabaret named Mountains of Madness.” [Link via Mumpsimus]
- Alan DeNiro reviews Cordwainer Smith’s “Mother Hitton’s Littul Kittons” [See SF Signal's reviewlette. Link via Mumpsimus]
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away, I met Alfred Bester and had a long talk about the possibilities of either “The Stars My Destination” or “The Demolished Man” becoming movies.
His general opinion was he was happy to take their option money, but neither would make good movies.