Urth Digest, Vol 56, Issue 37

James Wynn · 16 Apr 2009, 20:27 · from 2009-April.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:27:19 -0500
Subject: (urth) Urth Digest, Vol 56, Issue 37
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> Which short story of Wolfe's do you think would be the easiest to
> film, where some of the moral ambiguity and complexity of Wolfe could
> show through on screen?

Counting Cats in Zanzibar would receive as little or as much FX as one chose 
to receive and the story could be told in 15 minutes. The dialog could be 
converted directly to the adapted screenplay. It utilizes scifi concepts 
already well understood much of the audience, so very little exposition is 
necessary.

Perhaps a short scene could be added to dramatize the three laws of 
robotics.

J.

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