Apparently one of my favorite sci-fi books of all time (for its deft multilayering that appeals to both children and adults) is coming to the big screen: Ender's Game. The director is Wolfgang Petersen, and apparently Orson Scott Card is going to writing the screenplay. Sounds like it might actually do the book justice. More news here.[The .NET Guy]
Finally, Big Media Hollywood is going to actually do a True Literary Science Fiction book. This is one of my top 20 SF books of all time. They're haven't been many outside of 2001, Blade Runner, A.I. ( based on Brian Aldiss great short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long, the British production of Ursula LeGuin's masterpiece "The Lathe of Heaven" (shown on PBS) and now another great Philip K Dick story Minority Report. Of course, many naive people wrongly equate Star Wars with Science Fiction. David Brin takes them to task here and here where he he talks about what we already know: A Joseph Cambell type myth fused with Lucas sense of morality: right & wrong shoved down your throat.
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