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From: adolph@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark Adolph)
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Subject: What about a [mini-]series based on...
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Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 20:44:33 EST
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*** YOUR MESSAGE ***

..."Lucifer's Hammer" by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle?  It seems to me
that this book has exactly what tv is looking for: a large cast of characters,
several sub-plots that eventually interweave, flashy special effects (all
of LA being destroyed; what could be more enjoyable to watch than that?), 
and an open ending.

Now, I would hate to see this wonderful book maimed in the name of tv,
but there must be AT LEAST one other Gene Rodenberry floating around
out there somewhere.

For those who haven't read it, the book concernes a huge comet that
hits the earth and the resulting cataclysmic climatic changes that 
destroy society.  It tells the story by following such characters as
a housewife, a senator, three astronauts who watch it all from space and
then must land themselves, etc.

					-- Mark A.
					...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!adolph

	"We'll cross out that bridge when we come back to it later."