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Post by legios on Oct 13, 2008 20:14:58 GMT
According to Variety, Ridley Scott has acquired the movie rights to Joe Haldeman's novel "The Forever War":- www.variety.com/article/VR1117993856.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1This does intrique me I have to say. I'm not entirely sure how well Scott as a Director would mesh with the social comment of the original, but if nothing else it should be visually interesting. It would certainly be nice to redress the balance by which "Starship Troopers" has had four films, a TV series and sundry other things based on it, whilst "The Forever War" has languished without quite so much profile. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 13, 2008 21:19:17 GMT
Good book. I liked the sequel too. The third one...less so.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Oct 14, 2008 20:56:57 GMT
Good book. I liked the sequel too. The third one...less so. -Ralph I take it you are refering to "Forever Peace"? I've not read that. I've always been meaning to but never got around to springing the cash for it. I'm very partial to "The Forever War" - it works both on the surface level and as a very good metaphor for the experiences people like Haldeman had as result of the Vietnam war. "Forever Free" I thought was pretty good as well - it went off in some very unexpected directions but it made for an interesting read. If you can track it down there is a novella "A Separate War", which serves as a companion piece to the first book - covering some of Marygay's experiences whilst the war separates her and William. It was done as the lead story for a collection a few years ago but I don't know if it has been reprinted anywhere else since. Their is a comic adaptation that was done a number of years ago as well. I don't remember much about it other than it looked quite good and the design work felt quite true to the universe. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 14, 2008 21:42:37 GMT
Good book. I liked the sequel too. The third one...less so. -Ralph I take it you are refering to "Forever Peace"? I've not read that. I've always been meaning to but never got around to springing the cash for it. I'm very partial to "The Forever War" - it works both on the surface level and as a very good metaphor for the experiences people like Haldeman had as result of the Vietnam war. "Forever Free" I thought was pretty good as well - it went off in some very unexpected directions but it made for an interesting read. If you can track it down there is a novella "A Separate War", which serves as a companion piece to the first book - covering some of Marygay's experiences whilst the war separates her and William. It was done as the lead story for a collection a few years ago but I don't know if it has been reprinted anywhere else since. Karl Damn it! There was no mention of that in the Forever War Omnibus! -Ralph |
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Post by legios on Oct 15, 2008 6:23:06 GMT
Damn it! There was no mention of that in the Forever War Omnibus! -Ralph Some research suggests that it has been collected in "Far Horizons" an anthology edited by Silverberg (which is where I read it) and also in an anthology of Haldeman's own shorts also called "A Separate War". Karl |
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