Christoper Priest, At Last, Gets The Movie Treatment.

If there is one under rated British SF author that comes to mind, it’s Christoper Priest. Being one of my favourite authors since reading The Affirmation, I have since collected all his books - A Dream Of Wessex, The Space Machine, The Glamour, The Extremes, Dream Archipelago, The Quiet Woman etc, numerous short stories and of course, The Prestige (some of the older and out of print ones which were suprisingly difficult to track down).

I particularly like the way his novels are cross-linked, where one story will link to another story. For example, The Dream Archipelago references The Affirmation which was read by a soldier, The Affirmation is a novel about a novel being written, which appears to be The Affirmation too. A very clever writing style.

So, I am pleased to find that at last one of his novels has been chosen to be produced as a movie. Let’s hope they pull it off. It is due out sometime in 2007. Pencilled in details are as follows: Director: Christopher Nolan. Cast: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman. Production Company: Disney/Warner Bros. Written By Jonathan Nolan.

You can read and catch up on the specifics on IMDB and The Z Review.

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