[geeks] H.G. Wells

[Chris Hedemark]

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On Wednesday, November 27, 2002, at 07:23 AM, dave at cca.org wrote:

> "Movie"??? :-)
>
> The geek crowd doesn't read nearly enough H. G. Wells.
>
> 	http://www.cca.org/cm/sleeper.pdf

Agreed.  For those who are trying to get caught up, I found a nice 
collection of some of his most famous works at Barnes & Noble.

"Four Complete Novels" by H.G. Wells ($9.95, Barnes & Noble Publishing, 
about 517 pages)
Stories include:
* "The Time Machine"
* "The Island of Dr. Moreau"
* "The Invisible Man"
* "The War of the Worlds"

All of these have been made into big movies.  None of them are faithful 
to the original book.  I had high hopes for Time Machine after seeing 
one of the trailers, but was sorely disappointed at how much *ahem* 
"creative liberty" was taken in the storyline.  I mean, sure, it was 
loosely based on the original story.  Very loosely.  I think they spent 
their whole F/X budget on the morlocks though since the eloi looked 
like regular unevolved humans in the movie (possibly to keep Alex's 
love interest from seeming too freaky)

Chris Hedemark
Hillsborough, NC
http://yonderway.com


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