The NIGHTFLYER Flies Again

[grrm]

I spent some time in LA the week before Thanksgiving, as mentioned below in my "City of Angels" post. Meetings, meetings, and more meetings... along with some get-togethers with old friends

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[ext_2171750]

Shae is coming back...to space!

GOT actors elsewhere

[ext_4126652]

Haha. I still think of Frontier as "Khal Drogo in Canada."

Excitement... rising

[judibatt]

While I am disappointed at the, " While it departs considerably from my novella in certain details," that was actually something I expected. I couldn't see how they would get a series out of this story, as noted in the info above, most everyone was dead (or on death's wing) by the end of the story.

I absolutely love this GRRM story. My second favorite behind Meathouse Man, but only by a minuscule skosh. And the fact that the main theme to this story was carried over into a bigger story later was an incredibly satisfying read.

I am looking forward (still curiously) to watching this story.

I have to go through Dreamsongs again.

[sourbillytipton]

It's been too long. I especially loved The Fortress and it's sic-fi companion Under Siege.

And Meathouse Man should be made into a movie. One that the whole family cannot enjoy!

[kalimac]

Congratulations. Sounds good. If it'll be on Netflix, I can see it easily, and I'm looking forward to it.

I agree with that critic insofar as SF and horror are fundamentally different things, but that does not mean a sufficiently clever author can't combine them, and you're far from the first clever author to have done so. It'd already been done, as far back as Lovecraft at the least, and the critic was out of date. But I wouldn't be without your further confirmations of the thesis.

[lisakay1]

Hi GRRM!

I'm Lisa from Chicago, and I'm looking to write my first fictional book. At one point, I thought I wanted to be a news reporter/ journalist, so I got the degree, but that desire has drastically changed.

Even though I no longer want to live my life in a newsroom, I still want to write. Would you have any advice to offer a newbie like myself?

Also, I offer my sincerest apologies for not stayingon topic. But, I'm starving for some good advice. Please forgive me.😣

[grrm]

I have a FAQ on my website. Check that out for advice to new writers.

[ext_4405176]

As long as we're off-topic, I just wanted to thank you for everything that you do. I really enjoy your work and appearances.

Alien is a great movie

[darthvladjad]

"FWIW, the inspiration for both of those stories was a statement I read somewhere by a critic, to the effect that SF and horror was opposites, and fundamentally incompatible."

Clearly the critic who said this never saw the brilliant 1979 Alien film by Ridley Scott...

Actually Nightflyers does share some similarity with that film in that both take place in an isolated spaceship. George, was this a coincidence or were you inspired by that film?

Re: Alien is a great movie

[sdschaffer]

I'd actually be very curious to hear what the critic's argument was. And how they were defining Science Fiction. As it stands, the potential for a story to involves both speculative technology and things that scare the crap out of people seems so obvious that I have difficulty seeing the counter-argument.