Synopses & Reviews
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
Review
The stories in The Reel Stuff provide stark evidence that the written word is often superior to the movies it inspires...SF fans whove seen the reel things but never read these stories should get this anthology immediately and read the real things.
Science Fiction Weekly
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
Synopsis
An anthology of SF and horror stories which were made into films, including stories by Philip K. Dick, Clive Barker, George R.R. Martin, Donald A. Wollheim, Robert Silverberg, John Varley, Clive Barker, William Gibson, Barry Longyear and H.P. Lovecraft.
About the Author
Brian Thomsen was a founding editor of the Questar Science Fiction line of books, and served as managing fiction editor at TSR, Inc.; he also wrote over 30 short stories, and collaborated with Julius Schwartz on Schwartz's autobiography. He also worked as the publisher for TSR's Periodicals Department at one point. As an author he was a Hugo Award nominee. Martin H. Greenberg���was honored in 1995 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.