All the recent comments about Starship Troopers made be think of the
question regarding books and movies of books, movies and books of
movies. Which is better?
In general it seems to be that whichever comes first is better - the
movie of ID4 is better than the book, the book of Starship Troopers is
better than the movie. The question is, is this universal, or are can
anyone cite an exception? One I can think of off hand is "The Princess
Bride", where (IMO) the movie and the book were pretty much equal - and
where the movie did a very good job of capturing the atmosphere of the
book. Another is "Fantastic Voyage", where Asimov's novelisation is an
improvement on a B-grade movie.
Any others?
Barry Haworth.
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