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Gunnm live action by James Cameron?!?
Jul 13th
Just learned about it (though the news seems to have been out since 2003) but apparently, Gunnm, a world renown manga, will be adapted as a live action movie by James Cameron! Also, if the movie is successful, it would end up as a trilogy (though each movie would stand on its own legs)… Apparently, Gally/Alita will be computer-generated since it would have been very difficult to reproduce Panzer Kunst battles in live action! Can’t wait for 2009!
Finally…
Jul 8th
I finished Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle a couple of weeks ago after started reading it over two years ago. It usually doesn’t take me so long to read books but I had trouble with keeping a required attention level with this one. The story is so… well, baroque that it’s quite a difficult book to read on and off when you don’t have that much time to devote to it. Anyway, I’m glad I sticked to it though I have to admit being a little disappointed with the end: I felt that the different, concurrent plots were ended somewhat too rapidly More >
Philip K. Dick’s correspondence
Jan 6th
A woman named Claudia is auctioning off a collection of 60 letters (186 pages) that surrealist science fiction author Philip K. Dick wrote to her over a span of nearly two decades. The starting bid of the eBay auction is $1,000.
I’m not sure I would pay that much to get my hands on these but I sure would like to read them… Especially the ones concerning Ubik!
Cory Doctorow on the Baroque Cycle.
Nov 21st
From Neal Stephenson’s System of the World concludes the Baroque Trilogy [Boing Boing Blog]:
For all that, these books are like a good curry. They’re mild and interesting when you first taste them, but after you’ve swallowed, they grow on you, spreading a warm fire throughout your digestive system, making beads of sweat appear on your forehead. Since finishing the first two books, I’ve been practically haunted by them. Ever time I spend money, or walk through London, or see a ship, or think about math and science, some snippet of those books springs to mind, a lens through which to reexamine my More >
Keanu stars in A Scanner Darkly
Mar 31st
Via Boing Boing Blog:
Dave Gill points us to news that Keanu Reeves will star in the Hollywoodization of A Scanner Darkly, based on Philip K. Dick’s masterpiece SF novel about drugs and schizophrenia. As Dave says, “uh-oh.” … I suppose it’s no surprise that Keanu was chosen for the role. After all, The Matrix was the ultimate PKD rip-off.
I discovered just recently (an example of synchronicity?) that Charlie Kaufman wrote a script for A Scanner Darkly but is no longer on the project. I wonder who ended up doing the script…
Gibson vs. Stephenson
Mar 27th
This entry was prompted by a comment by Daniel Wilson about how he considered William Gibson a better writer than Neal Stephenson based on Snow Crash.
First, a little disclaimer: I am no book critic. I also don’t have strong opinions either way as far as which writer is better than the other. I originally thought about answering in the comments directly but then thought that I had enough to say about this to justify a new entry. So bear with me while I indulge in ranting over a subject that might just be way over my head… and feel free to set me More >
