From the cerebral 2001 to the B-grade It Came From Outer Space -- both of which are from stories by Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury, respectively, and are collected here -- sci-fi films have always drawn from the printed word. In addition to tales by Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Stephen King, and Clive Barker, several stories appear in book form for the first time, such as James Blish's Star Trek scenario, while others such as Werner von Braun's The Conquest of Space, are out of print or hard to find.
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When most folks think science fiction, they don't think of books: to the unread masses, the genre's most visible representatives are up on the screen, in countless movies and TV shows. But as true believers know, most of those screenplays started out as short stories and other works by familiar and often esteemed names like Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury.
U.K. editor Peter Haining has gathered 20 of these seminal works here--10 from the big screen, 10 from TV--along with introductory material that gives context and often little-known background for each. On the movie side, Haining goes as far back as Robert Heinlein's Rocket Ship Galileo, the basis for 1950's Destination Moon, a tale of a scientist and a robot racing to the moon, only to be beaten there by a band of renegade Nazis. The collection also includes a Werner von Braun-based screenplay (Conquest of Space), Clarke's "Sentinel of Eternity" (source material for 2001: A Space Odyssey), and Dick's "We'll Remember It for You Wholesale" (a.k.a. Total Recall). On the small screen, Haining's picks include a Jerry Sohl story for Outer Limits, an episode from U.K. phenom The Quartermass Experiment, and a Twilight Zone story from Emmy-winning scriptwriter Rod Serling. --Paul Hughes
About the Author
Peter Haining's most recent anthology for Carroll & Graf was The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Ghost Stories. He lives in England.
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This review is from: Vintage Science Fiction: Stories Inspired by Landmark Films (Paperback)
This book has two parts, the first deals with SF movies and the stories that inspired them, and the second with tv shows. The editor introduces each movie and story, and even mentions directors and actors etc. that might go on to do more famous things, such as Ridley Scott working in design on a British anthology SF show.
Vintage Science Fiction : Rocket Ship Galileo - Robert A. Heinlein Vintage Science Fiction : It Came from Outer Space - Ray Bradbury Vintage Science Fiction : Life On Mars - Werner Von Braun Vintage Science Fiction : Lot - Ward Moore Vintage Science Fiction : Sentinel of Eternity - Arthur C. Clarke Vintage Science Fiction : Logan's Run - William F. Nolan Vintage Science Fiction : The Unreal McCoy - James Blish Vintage Science Fiction : We Can Remember It for You Wholesale - Philip K. Dick Vintage Science Fiction : The Lawnmower Man - Stephen King Vintage Science Fiction : The Forbidden - Clive Barker Vintage Science Fiction : Superman - George Lowther Vintage Science Fiction : What Price Venus? - S. A. Lombino Vintage Science Fiction : The R.A.F. and the Sleeping Beauty - Nigel Kneale Vintage Science Fiction : The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - Rod Serling Vintage Science Fiction : Dumb Martian - John Wyndham Vintage Science Fiction : The Lost Ones - Bill Strutton Vintage Science Fiction : The Invisible Enemy - Jerry Sohl Vintage Science Fiction : Liar! - Isaac Asimov Vintage Science Fiction : I'll Not Look for Wine - Ray Bradbury Vintage Science Fiction : Final Reward - Terry Pratchett Moon Shot. 3 out of 5 A spot of alien people napping. 3.5 out of 5 Interplanetary mission finds locals a decent bunch. 3.5 out of 5 Getting out of town is very important. 3.5 out of 5 Moon machine. 4 out of 5 No old people allowed. At 21, they get rid of you, thanks to some fancy biometric tracking. If you don't think that is a great idea, then special operatives named Sandmen, armed with weaponry that discharges a variety of different ammuntion hunt you down. Logan is a Sandman, and he comes to realise what is going on is wrong. He ends up a runner, and encounters all sorts of bizarre things on his quest for Sanctuary. 4 out of 5 Deadly impostor. 3 out of 5 Brain alteration badness. 4 out of 5 Cat mower massacre prompts new gardening hire who has vegetarian and other disturbing habits. 3.5 out of 5 Wearing someone's name out can really hook you. 3.5 out of 5 An adaptation of the opening television series episode script. The Krypton journey part, he is found by Eben and Sarah Kent, and his adopted father dies after heart strain from an anvil lifting contest at the fair, telling him to use his power against crime, etc. 3.5 out of 5 Space conscripts find the whole vegie thing isn't so bad. 3 out of 5 Alien cave finds can be rather hazardous. 2.5 out of 5 Aliens go in for a bit of small scale divide and conquer experimentation. 4 out of 5 How do you spell the result of forced indenture of a really smart alien bride? W-i-d-o-w. 3.5 out of 5 The first Doctor spoils the show for a bunch of highly agressive antlike insectoids. 3 out of 5 Military space commander's strategy to stop slaughter of humans is directionally limited. 3.5 out of 5 Telepathic robot advice is caught in logic loop. 3.5 out of 5 Rival shooting scenario. 4 out of 5 Writer and barbarian hero character's role reversal. 3.5 out of 5
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There still exists in the vaults of the American Film Institutes in New York a faded print of a short, black and white movie with the intriguing title, Dream of a Rarebit Fiend. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Maple Street, Charlie Farnsworth, Ned Rosen, New York, Susan Calvin, Steve Brand, Harold Parkette, Don Martin, Miss Lang, Spector Street, Unit West, Doctor Snell, Earth Seven, Eben Kent, The Twilight Zone, Douglas Quail, Lieutenant Cheevers, Los Angeles, Star Trek, Commander Warrick, Santa Barbara, Alan Whint, Computer Corps, Milton Ashe, Outer Limits New!
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There still exists in the vaults of the American Film Institutes in New York a faded print of a short, black and white movie with the intriguing title, Dream of a Rarebit Fiend. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
metal apron, belly jets, lawnmower man, space movies, time for niceties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Maple Street, Charlie Farnsworth, Ned Rosen, New York, Susan Calvin, Steve Brand, Harold Parkette, Don Martin, Miss Lang, Spector Street, Unit West, Doctor Snell, Earth Seven, Eben Kent, The Twilight Zone, Douglas Quail, Lieutenant Cheevers, Los Angeles, Star Trek, Commander Warrick, Santa Barbara, Alan Whint, Computer Corps, Milton Ashe, Outer Limits New!
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- Space Movies -Op/075 by Stephen King on page 3, page 175, and page 201
- It Came from Outer Space by Ray Bradbury in Front Matter, page 15, and page 482
- Twilight Zone by Rod Serling on page 346, page 347, and page 369
- We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (Vol 2) by Philip K. Dick in Front Matter, page 174, and page 175
- The Adventures of Superman by George F. Lowther in Front Matter, and page 273
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- Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic: The Authorized Biography by Douglas E. Winter in Back Matter
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