I was in the college bookstore at Cornell a couple of months ago, and was tempted by a big, heavy paperback of stories that had been made into films and TV shows. They were all suspense, horror, noir, and dated from quite recent (the book’s pretty new) back to at least the 1920s.
It’s not No but I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made into Film, but it’s along the same lines. I’ve been feeding keywords into Amazon’s search engine for days, but am coming up blank.
Thanks!
I can offer no assistance in your quest, Eve, but I will mention that I used to work at that bookstore.
–Cliffy
I’ve always heard that it isn’t cool to wear a band’s t shirt to a concert put on by that band is not cool, but I’ve never really heard the explaination of why. Is it seen as an attempt to be “a bigger fan than thou?” Is it just considered too obvious?
Also, last night I went to a Led Zepagain concert, a Led Zeppelin tribute band(great show BTW), and I noticed a lot of people in Led Zeppelin t-shirts. Would this violate the rule? I mean, whatever explanation there is for not wearng a band’s shirt to their concert surely applies to wearing a bands shirt to a tribute band. I saw a few Led Zeppagain t-shirtsm which I thought waas pretty cool, because it’s just kind of out there to have a t-shirt of a cover band
crap, sorry, meant to start a new thread
Might have been “Reel Future”, which I read some years ago; it included “Who Goes There?” (the base for The Thing). Was that in the collection you saw?
A similar collection on my shelves now is “The Reel Stuff”, but it’s much more recent, no older stories. Another similar collection is called “Cinemonsters”.
If you can remember a specific story title from the collection, try a search on the Locus Index to Science Fiction (www.locusmag.com/index).
So I clicked on Eve’s link to Amazon. And I figured I’d try to look myself. The first thing I did was click on the link to other books in the category: Books > Subjects > Entertainment > Movies > Adaptations. You go directly to this page.
I’m surprised to learn that there have been movie adaptations of Sign Babies ASL Flash Cards, Set One: First Words, the Spanish-English English Spanish Medical Dictionary, My Big Book Of Stickers: ABC, and The Very Best Wedding Planner & Organizer. These must have been some interesting movies. I’m sure Eve wishs they had been around when she was doing her Bottom Shelf column.
No, it wasn’t Reel Future; it was a more recent book, and not just sci-fi. I had the same damn trouble with Amazon: what the hell is up with their search function?!
Shoulda bought the book when I first saw it, I’ll never find it again . . .
P.S. I loved the film adaptation of My Big Book Of Stickers: ABC. Keira Knightley and Freddie Prinze, Jr., made me laugh and cry!
Eve, at the risk of stating the obvious, have you called the Cornell college bookstore and asked them?
Their numbers are (607) 255-4111 or (800) 624-4080 (Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm EST) and their email address is general_books@cornell.edu
Hey, I used to work just across the walkway there!
I thought of that, but then figured I would just be annoying the hell out of a clerk by asking for a book when I don’t have the vaguest idea the title or the author.
Neat. When were you there?
–Cliffy
If it wasn’t “Reel Future” then I’m sure it wasn’t “Reel Terror” either. Or “The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives and Screen Crimes”. I hope you do find this thing, because it sounds like something I’d like to read.
Searching on Amazon has gone to hell in a handbasket since they added that “Search inside the book” function. They need to add a way to turn that the hell off. Try searching on Alibris, you may have more luck.
1993 - '97. You?
I’d say go for it - you’re not calling to be annoying; asking about a book you know they have is a legitimate question. But if you’re really that concerned, send an email instead.
On an unrelated note, what the heck were you doing in Ithaca anyway? You’re not the kind of woman I associate with the phrase “let’s take a long drive in the country.”
One last bump . . . ring a bell with anyone?