Master of Space and Time by Rudy Rucker http://tinyurl.com/dnvsx is being made into a movie! I never read the book, but I've been wanting to read some of his stuff. He's a computer scientist, mathematician, humorist type. The previews and reviews I've read are awesome. ANYWAY, this is not the book forum!
This is being made into a movie by one of my favorite directors Michel Gondry. His collection of videos are on DVD. Priceless. I mean that.
This is one to look forward too. No question everyone will be out to see this movie when it debuts.
Another pretty cool note is that Jack Black is set to star. That sounds great to me. Anyone acting with him can't help but be inspired by his energy. He's just crazy.
Anyway, this should be a treat. Read the first four or so pages of the book on the Amazon page. It's wacky fun.
I've read a lot of his stuff. I read this a year ago when I read a Jack Black interview where he said he was reading it since they wanted him to be in a movie version of it.
it's pretty good. pretty classic Rudy Rucker. the beginning is amazing.
while writing this i totally forgot what spurred this post to begin with! danny clowes is set to write the screen play, which is a weird decision. he's a comic book writer. s'done some underground type stuff. i don't know if that's a good fit, but i guess we'll see. this ones been in the chute for a long while--can't wait to finally see it.
I'm pretty excited to see this movie as well.
heres a light example of some of the weird stuff that michel gondry is capable of. http://www.partizan.us/musicvideos/mg/kanye.html