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hi`ya i dont expect any body 2 ever read this but could any one tell me if DEATH SHIP was ever written as a novel? i love the movie,i love its isolation an hidden secerets,,,its a fantasy of mine where i like to go all by myself "can U step up to the bridge please" let me know if any body knows of a book......untouchable_bg@hotmail.com

I cannot find any reference to a novel version of this under the IMDB, nor in any of my reference books.  This might be one of those unrealized dreams...

Egad man, why would you want to read it?

Andrew

The ISFDB lists a novel titled Deathship (1993), by James Follett.  That could be it, but I suspect it will be hard to track down, and there's no guarantee that it's not just a coincidence of name.

It's such a generic title, a 1993 book on a 1980 movie has to be coincidence. I've seen two short stories and another cheap paperback with the same title (all spaceships.). It's only slightly less overused than "Night of the..."

Yeah, that's kind of what I figured, but on the off chance, I thought I'd post it up.  I had no idea when the movie came out.

Andrew asks a good question, not about "Death Ship," but why would anyone want to read a "novel version" of a film. I cannot speak for Untouchable, but I have several reasons to read a "novel version" of a film. (1) If I enjoy seeing a film, sometimes I enjoy reading it, too. (2) Reading it, sometimes gives me a different perspective on it, then seeing it. (3) Reading it, sometimes fills in plot holes. For example: "Star Trek V: the Undiscovered Country" fills in some of the plot holes found in the film. And (4) sometimes the book is better then the film (IMHO). I have always thought that "Star Trek: the Wrath of Khan" would have been a better movie, if they had thrown away the screenplay used for the movie and used the "novel version" of the film as the new screenplay. Now, if some one could only tell me if there is a "novel version" of "Lair of the White Worm." Not the original novel by Bram Stoker, I have read that--much to my regret, but a "novel version" of the screenplay for the film. Enjoy

I've only ever seen (or heard of) the original Stoker story in reference to The Lair of the White Worm.

Actually my question is:  "Why would someone want to read a novel adaptation of 'Death Ship?'"  I've often found that the book is far better than the movie through my experiences, but shudder to think about seeing "Death Ship" as a book.

It would probably be 1000 pages too, knowing my luck.

Andrew

Alan Dean Foster has done some pretty good movie-to-book novelizations (actually about a million of em), including Krull, Clash of the Titans, Alien, The Black Hole, the original Star Wars (as George Lucas) and many more.  (I get to meet Alan Dean Foster in three weeks!  He's the guest of honor at CONduit in Salt Lake City this year--May 18-20.  Cool.)

I quite liked the novelization of The Black Hole.  It worked better as a novel and the end made a lot more sense too.

Another one where the novelization filled in a lot more of the story was Isaac Asimov's Fantastic Voyage.

I agree with all of Gerry's comments. (EOM) As for Andrew, I do not want anybody to think I misread his question, I did not. I just wanted to broaden it, so I could provide some reasons as to why Untouchable wanted to read "Death Ship." And until we hear back from him, we will never know. It may be he just liked it. As
bad as the film was (though I have never seen it, I trust Andrew's opinion) as bad as a film is, there will be someone who likes it. (EOM) As for "Lair of the White Worm," Andrew's opinion could apply to that. The film being better then the book. But, if anybody out there wants to do a novelization of the film, I know where they could sell at least one copy. And I also think there might be some demand for a soundtrack from the film. (EOM) I think novelizations were more popular then than now. Of the films listed at this site, besides "Krull," I also have the novelizations for "Flash Gordon" and "The Mummy." Enjoy

The man who made this movie was sick, and for someone to write a book after the movie would make this person even worse.  Why was this movie made?  I need an explanation.  Good grief.

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