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May 10, 2004
Speaking of Writers Who Hated
the Movie of the Book...
by Ron Hogan
Stanislaw Lem talks politics with a Russian newspaper, and touches briefly upon the two cinematic adaptations of Solaris (which once inspired your humble editor to make up new words to 'Volare," along the lines of "It's floating, way up there in space..." and yet are still not quite as bad as my lyrics to the theme from The Great Escape).
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Lem may complain all the way to the bank, but the fact is the movie versions of Solaris have helped sell his novel -- TWICE. Not many SF writers got that privilege.
-A.R. Yngve
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