The Reel Stuff

by Brian M. Thomsen (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)

Overview

The stories that launched money-making blockbusters, 'almost any of the stories is worth the price of the whole volume.'

The Reel Stuff collects thirteen memorable-and in some cases award-winning, tales from legendary names in science fiction, fantasy, and horror that inspired some of Hollywood's greatest successes on the silver screen, or found rabid followings as cult classics.

Features the stories that inspired:

Minority Report - Total Recall - The Thing - Johnny Mnemonic - Re-animator - Candyman - Millennium - Enemy Mine - Mimic - Screamers - Nightflyers - Amanda and the Alien - The Outer Limits: Sandkings

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440637964
Publisher:	Astra Publishing House
Publication date:	06/03/2008
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	777 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

In 1995 Martin H. Greenberg was honored by the Mystery Writers of America with the Ellery Queen Award for lifetime achievement in mystery editing. He is also the recipient of two Anthony awards. Mystery Scene magazine called him "the best mystery anthologist since Ellery Queen." He has compiled more than 1,000 anthologies and is the president of TEKNO books. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

The Reel Stuff: Equally Good Things That Are Not Quite Interchangeable   Brian Thomsen     1
Mimic   Donald A. Wollheim     4
Second Variety   Philip K. Dick     11
Amanda and the Alien   Robert Silverberg     57
Sandkings   George R. R. Martin     73
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale   Philip K. Dick     113
Air Raid   John Varley     134
The Forbidden   Clive Barker     148
Johnny Mnemonic   William Gibson     191
Enemy Mine   Barry Longyear     209
Nightflyers   George R. R. Martin     270
Herbert West-Reanimator   H. P. Lovecraft     333
Who Goes There?   John W. Campbell     363
The Minority Report   Philip K. Dick     418

Editorial Reviews

These stories are among the best of the genre... Enjoyable on many levels: for the stories themselves, for reviving the images of a number of memorable films...These stories are all worth reading...for the authors are a group of outstanding writers...This is a much more interesting collection than the usual ‘Best of...' anthology.

SF Site

The stories in The Reel Stuff provide stark evidence that the written word is often superior to the movies it inspires...SF fans who've seen the ‘reel things' but never read these stories should get this anthology immediately and read the ‘real things.'

Science Fiction Weekly