"G. D. Akin" wrote:
> > Wait a minute, I read _Fantastic Voyage_. It was
> > a year or two before the film came out. Does that count?
> Not sure. The Star Wars and Star Trek (and the like) are franchises. Not
> really the same as novels that eventually become movies.
But it wasn't. Here's my understanding of what happened,
from:
http://www.sciflicks.com/fantastic_voyage/facts.html
> Isaac Asimov was approached to write the novel from the script. He
> perused the script, and declared the script to be full of plot holes.
> Receiving permission to write the book the way he wanted, delays in
> filming and the speed at which he wrote saw the book appear before
> the film. Asimov fixed several plot holes in the book version, but this had
> no effect on the film.
---David
e.g. In the film, they leave the (rapidly growing) submarine
inside the patient!
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