iju , 1 month ago

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Stranger in the Strange Land came in 1961. Seems suprisingly late.

Was thinking who might have come first: first was going to say Jules Verne, but then remembered the early English translations were rubbish, and thus didn't sell. But surely Conan Doyle's Lost World in 1912? The first film came out in in 1925!

But apparently the NYT-list became national only in 1940s, and there might have been some editorial decisions to limit pulp outside it.

BonnettsBooks OP , 1 month ago

I was a bit surprised, too.

I had considered writing about their influence on other works and in the world. Instead, I chose to stick with just the two.

"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating... and it gets everywhere." – Anakin Skywalker.

Without Jodorowsky's attempt to make Dune, key players behind the making of ALIEN might not have been united: Dan O'Bannon, Moebius, & H.R. Giger.

Without ALIEN we might not have Blade Runner.

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greybeard , 1 month ago

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Both excellent novels in my opinion. Been a long time so I'll have to to the Library to freshen my memories of them. #reading

yperiwn , 1 month ago

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Both great reads !
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