tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402747168517713466.post4013926345072413309..comments2023-08-14T11:45:27.531-04:00Comments on Marooned - Science Fiction & Fantasy books on Mars: 1950’s BBC telly: Quatermass and the PitPaul Twinzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12952806184192675532noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402747168517713466.post-32196516269580197632010-12-29T13:50:02.169-05:002010-12-29T13:50:02.169-05:00I quote like the cover art as well (although I fin...I quote like the cover art as well (although I find the character's right arm anatomically challenging...). What is does show well is something that isn't really conveyed properly in the actual TV production (which survives in its entirety, by the way, and is available in full on a beautifully restored DVD), namely the physical relation between the "bomb" in the pit and the houses up above.<br /><br />- Phil<br /><br />www.bradburymedia.co.ukPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216810702125906530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402747168517713466.post-37479303670715660312010-12-29T11:03:14.592-05:002010-12-29T11:03:14.592-05:00Thanks for the clarification, Phil! I've made ...Thanks for the clarification, Phil! I've made a correction.<br /><br />Love the Penguin cover art!Paul Twinzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12952806184192675532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402747168517713466.post-40628796037551086902010-12-29T10:35:50.856-05:002010-12-29T10:35:50.856-05:00A slight correction to your post: unless I am very...A slight correction to your post: unless I am very much mistaken, Kneale's book of QUATERMASS AND THE PIT is not a novelisation. It is the complete script of the serial, lightly edited to make it readable. I have never seen the Penguin edition pictured, but I do own a later paperback printing from another publisher.<br /><br />I believe the only Quatermass novel Kneale published was QUATERMASS, which was a novelisation of the 1980 revival of Professor Q (when he was played by John Mills). The other Quatermass serials - THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, QUATERMASS II and QUATERMASS AND THE PIT - were published as scripts, not novels.<br /><br />- Phil<br /><br />www.bradburymedia.co.ukPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216810702125906530noreply@blogger.com