Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:39:57 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw@press.jhu.edu>
To: <wsfa-forum@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist@KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] Ridley Scott to direct "Forever War"
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist@KeithLynch.net>

> "Mike B." <yahoo@omniphile.com> 10/13/2008 12:40 PM >>>
>Michael Walsh wrote:
> > http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117993856.html?categoryId=13&cs=1

>
>I hope this quote doesn't represent his understanding of the book:
>
>"Book revolves around a soldier who battles an enemy in deep space for

>only a few months, only to return home to a planet he doesn*t
recognize
>some 20 years later, Scott said."
>
>If so, the chances that he'll completely miss the point and do
something
>unrecognizable are high...

The good news is that when the movie does arrive, it'll drive up sales
of the novel.

Couldn't happen to a nicer set of folks: Joe & Gay Haldeman.

mjw