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From: leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper)
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Subject: Re: SF movies [was Re: Emeny Mine]
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Date: Sat, 21-Dec-85 16:35:58 EST
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 >> 2001, by the way, is truly a special case.  Not only is it
 >>a film done at the same time as the novel, but I also
 >>nominate it as the only SF film that was BETTER than the
 >>book was.  Anyone else want to add new nominations?

QUEST FOR LOVE is better than the John Wyndham story "Random Quest" on
which it was based.

I assume you don't count books based on films which are often not as
good as the film, only rarely are they actually better (TARZAN AND THE
VALLEY OF GOLD and FANTASTIC VOYAGE as examples that it does happen).

				Mark Leeper
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