Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 11:36:20 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: More on "I, Robot" - WETA
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 10:18 AM 7/18/2004, N Lynch wrote:

>If you listen to "Weekend Edition Sunday" on WETA, you
>just heard an article on why "I, Robot" wasn't
>strictly according to Asimov.  If you're not a morning
>radio person, it was the last article on the show this
>morning.  And very nicely done with some commentary by
>several people involved, including Harlan Ellison on
>what happened with his script of "I, Robot".  Very
>entertaining!  He did turn it into an illustrated book
>that is known as "the best screenplay never produced"
>so it wasn't a complete loss.  The director of "I,
>Robot" said he read it, but it wasn't the movie he
>wanted to make.
>
>The article ended directing people to the WETA website
>for more from Ellison.  I'm guessing you might find
>the whole article there is you missed it.  As someone
>interested in fan history, it was old news to me, but,
>hey, it was worth listening to.  Check it out!

It's actually the NPR website, and the link is

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3444025

The transcript isn't up yet - those take some time - but this is where to
start.

Elspeth