-=> BOB KLAHN wrote to ANDY ALT <=-

 AA> Millenium - by John Varley

 BK>  Yep.

 AA> Has anyone read any of these? I'm currently re-reading
 AA> Millenium; I first bought this book when I was about 14.
 AA> The movie came out in the early nineties or late eighties.
 AA> And of course, the movie wasn't as good as the book, as is
 AA> usually the case. :)

 BK>  I rented the movie just to see if it was the same book. It was,
 BK>  but, like you said, not as good. Also, as you said, as usual.

 BK>  OTOH, aside from the cheap special effects, I was surprised at
 BK>  how good the movie was. Ok, that's damning with faint praise,
 BK>  and the logic of the plot was weak, but still better than I
 BK>  expected. Ok, low expectations.

I haven't seen it for years; I'd like to rent it soon, so I probably will. 
:)

 AA> Memories is an excellent read, I highly recommend it.
 AA> Another book I bought when I was a teen. It is time-travel
 AA> based, with a very unique spin.

 BK>  Remind us.

A scientist/pychiatrist invents a drug in the future that has unintended 
"side-effects." She uses it to treat a patient who has been conditioned 
for war by her society. It causes him to "recall" the memories of his 
childhood, and his ancestors, one of whom is Napolean. He basically 
mentally inhabits Napoleans body. The scientist tries to bring him back, 
and can only accomplish this by reasoning for reasons mentioned in the 
book. She has to take the drug herself of course. She then enlists the aid 
of one of *her* ancestors, a psychiatrist from the late 20th century.

I think the book itself is very well done, and has a lot of surprising and 
interesting twists and turns. I don't really know anything about 
Napolean, and his history, or French History. if I did, it would have 
probably been even a *better* read for me.

 BK>  I saw the movie version of "Nightfall", which was not as bad as
 BK>  the reviewers said, but still not real good.

I Never saw that or read the book.

 BK>  I refuse to see the movie "I Robot" cause I know from the
 BK>  previews it has no more relationship to the book than just the
 BK>  name.

I might see it anyway; I never read the book. Though I've been more 
disappointed than satisfied with movies I've seen in the last 5 years.

 BK>  The movie Starship Troopers was a mistake.

Never saw that. I like the song though, by... that gal..Sarah Brightman, 
that's her name.

 BK>  I saw the previous movie version of the Lord Of the Rings. When
 BK>  I walked out of the theatre I thought the worst thing about this
 BK>  movie was that, after a disaster like that, no one will try for
 BK>  another 20 years. Well, it took 15 years, but this time they got
 BK>  it right.

The only previous version I know of is the animated one. I didn't care for 
Lord of the Rings, no matter how good a movie it was, or how many Oscars 
it won. :) I've never been much for that type of fantasy; always geared 
more toward sci-fi.
 
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