January 12, 2003

Ring my bell

I see someone's been bitten. Myself, I am feeling like starting a Return of the King trailer countdown -- if I only had a date to count down to.

Posted by Andrea Harris at January 12, 2003 10:14 PM
Comments

Now!! Now!! Now!!

Sorry, couldn't contain myself.

Posted by: Ith at January 13, 2003 at 04:18 PM

I figured if you like J.R.R. Tolkein, you might like Orson Scott Card and Roger Zelazny too:

Ender Wiggin. . .

. . . noodles North Korea. (I always figured Ender was a Republican).

With thanks, as always, to Instapundit.

By the way, what is it with the blogosphere and Ender's Game anyway? That book has blogospheric references here and here, and those are just the ones I know about. (Plus, of course, yours truly).

What is the relationship between readers of pulp science fiction (very, very GOOD pulp science fiction) and the need to opine online?

Discuss.

Now if Peter Jackson would only make the movie . . .

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game Christmas 2004!

Then . . . Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber Christmas 2005!

That last one might actually happen:

From the Hollywood Reporter:

9:36pm ET, 8-October-98

Zelazny's Amber Headed To Film

Ed Neumeier, who adapted Robert Heinlein's classic SF novel Starship Troopers for the big screen, will next turn his hand to Roger Zelazny's fantasy novel Nine Princes in Amber, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Producer Mark Canton and Batman Forever writer Akiva Goldsman are teaming with Neumeier to turn Nine Princes into a feature film.

The story centers around a man who awakens one day with amnesia, only to learn that he is the prince of a powerful realm that exists on a greater plane than our own. He finds he must fight his way through political intrigues that would put the Greek gods to shame even as he struggles to regain his memory.

Where would they film the City of Amber - New Zealand again? Who would play Corwin? Hmmmm. I think I have material for my next several blogs . . .

(Sorry - you'll have to go to my homepage for all the links - I was too lazy to put them all in here. Keep up the good work - I'm ready for "The Return of the King" too!!)

Posted by: nikita demosthenes at January 14, 2003 at 12:17 AM