Light Into Ink A Critical Survey of 50 Film Novelizations

Guariento, S.M.

ISBN 10: 1687519110 / ISBN 13: 9781687519115

Published by Ideogram Press, 2019

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4to. 426 pp index and pls. very good in original black card covers with very light shelfwear, very good. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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• Title: Light Into Ink A Critical Survey of 50 Film Novelizations
• Publisher: Ideogram Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1687519110
• ISBN 13: 9781687519115
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Condition: Very Good
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From Children of the Damned to Liquid Sky: The Novel, LIGHT INTO INK is the first major critical survey of the film novelization, or movie tie-in. Taking 50 examples of the form – including titles as diverse as Forbidden Planet, Taxi Driver, Performance and Mad Max – LIGHT INTO INK examines each book in depth, evaluating their success both as cross-media adaptations and as ‘Alternative Histories’: prose reinventions of the film narrative, which reshape their source in sometimes startling new ways. Beginning with a detailed history of the phenomenon, charting its evolution from theatre to film (and beyond), LIGHT INTO INK explores the enduring appeal of the form and, in the process, seeks to answer that age-old question: is the film novelization inherently moronic?Including background data on authors and publishers, detailed analysis of exclusive content, and extensive extracts from the novels themselves – including some translated into English for the very first time – LIGHT INTO INK is extensively illustrated with reproductions of jacket art, film posters and more. Exhaustive and informative, LIGHT INTO INK is an indispensable addition to any film-lover’s bookshelf.The titles covered in this volume are as follows:1: Of Changelings, Antichrists and Devils (Incarnate) – Children of the Damned by A.V. Sellwood (1964)/Bedazzled by Michael J. Bird (1968)/The Omen by David Seltzer (1976)/Holocaust 2000 by Michael J. Robson (1978).2: Better Than the Film – Moon Zero Two by John Burke (1969)/The Incredible Melting Man by Phil Smith (1978)/Capricorn One by Bernard L. Ross (1978).3: This is the End – Part 1: Armageddon GB – The Day the Earth Caught Fire by Barry Wells (1961)/Survivors by Terry Nation (1976). Part 2: Armageddon USA – Conquest of the Planet of the Apes by John Jakes (1974)/Dawn of the Dead by George A. Romero & Susanna Sparrow (1978). Part 3: Armageddon Down Under – The Last Wave by Petru Popescu (1978)/Mad Max by Terry Hayes (1979)/Mad Max 2 by Carl Ruhen (1981)/Mad Max 2 by Philippe Manoeuvre (1983).4: Scritti Spaghetti: Italian Genre Cinema – Part 1: The Man With No Name – A Fistful of Dollars by Frank Chandler (1972)/For a Few Dollars More by Joe Millard (1967)/The Good, the Bad & the Ugly by Joe Millard (1967). Part 2: Two Films by Elio Petri – The 10th Victim by Robert Sheckley (1965)/A Quiet Place in the Country (1969). Part 3: Thrilling all’italiana – The Laughing Woman by Hadrian Keene (1970)/The Cat O’Nine Tails by Paul J. Gillette (1971)/Il gatto a nove code by Nanni Balestrini (1975)/The Case of the Bloody Iris by Michael Hudson (2015)/Suspiria by Nicola Lombardi (1997).5: Cult Filmmakers 1 – John Carpenter – Dark Star by Alan Dean Foster (1974)/Eyes of Laura Mars by H.B. Gilmour (1978)/Halloween by Curtis Richards (1979)/Halloween II by Jack Martin (1981)/Halloween III – Season of the Witch by Jack Martin (1982)/The Fog by Dennis Etchison (1980)/Escape from New York by Mike McQuay (1981)/The Thing by Alan Dean Foster (1982).6: Cult Filmmakers 2 – David Cronenberg – Rabid by Richard Lewis (1977)/The Brood by Richard Starks (1979)/Scanners by Leon Whiteson (1980)/Scanners II – The New Order by Professor Janus Kimball (1991)/Videodrome by Jack Martin (1983)/eXistenZ by John Luther Novak (1999).7: Dangerous Visions – X by Eunice Sudak (1963)/Performance by William Hughes (1970)/Zardoz by John Boorman & Bill Stair (1974)/Phase IV by Barry N. Malzberg (1973)/Sorcerer by John Minahan (1977)/Harlequin by Keith Hetherington (1980).8: Ne plus ultra; or, That’s How It’s Done – Forbidden Planet by W.J. Stuart (1956)/Monte Carlo or Bust by E.W. Hildick (1969)/Taxi Driver by Richard Elman (1976)/Quatermass by Nigel Kneale (1979)/Liquid Sky: The Novel by Anne Carlisle (1987).PRAISE FOR INCARNADINE (WINNER OF THE 2016 QUAGGA PRIZE FOR FANTASY):“Literary science fiction at its finest… a must buy for the serious Science Fiction reader.” – Mark Stockton, scifi365.net