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OT: The Demolished Man coming to big screen!

Tue Aug 5 02:05:43 PDT 2003

Alfred? Bester?   That's the name of that little creep who worked for 
Psycorp in Babylon5!  I don't suppose this is a co-incidence, is it?


At 01:31 PM 4/08/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>http://breezeway.blogspot.com/2003_08_03_breezeway_archive.html#106001674868797996
>I can't contain my excitement! The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester is one 
>of my favorite Sci Fi books of all time, and is the winner of the very 
>first Hugo award. Alfred Bester was a brilliant writer and I stumbled 
>across this book in  my Dad's library when I was growing up. This could 
>very well be Blade Runner for the paranormal if handled correctly.
>
>Here's the scoop from ComingSoon.net:
>"Andrew Dominik (Chopper) has come aboard to develop and direct Paramount 
>Pictures' The Demolished Man.
>
>Based on the late science-fiction author Alfred Bester's best-selling book 
>of the same name, the project is about a future society where telepaths 
>are a recognized group of society and often used to detect crimes before 
>they happen. Because of their existence, crime is at an all-time low, and 
>there hasn't been a murder in more than 70 years. When a wealthy 
>businessman decides to murder his rival, bribing a high-ranking telepath 
>to help him cover his tracks, a telepathic cop is brought in to 
>investigate. Figuring out who committed the crime is easy, proving the 
>businessman's guilt is more problematic and a battle of wits ensues 
>between the two.
>

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