It Came From ...The Stories and Novels Behind Classic Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction Films
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How many times have you said,
the book was better?
And how many times was that actually
true? \nThe cinema of the fantastic has benefitted from literary adaptations on a level unlike any other genre. With such brilliant authors as Mary Shelley, Robert Bloch, Pierre Boulle, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert Louis Stevenson to choose from, it's no surprise that fantastic film shares its pedigree with literary fiction.\nBut do films never live up to their literary inspirations? Or are some movies just ... better than the books that inspired them?\nJoin genre critics Jim Nemeth and Bob Madison for a rule-busting examination of 21 classic - and not so classic - horror, fantasy and science fiction films, and the classic - and not so classic - books that inspired them.\nIt Came From...The Stories and Novels Behind Classic Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction Films
will delight legions of movie buffs along with devoted readers of cherished fantastic fiction.
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