My research leads me to believe that Asimov had to be talked into adapting the movie’s script for the printed page and that he agreed to do it if he could be allowed to at least bring some put some science in the science fiction of the plot and premise.Īnd you can certain see Asimov trying to put some credible science into the concept of miniaturizing a top-secret, top-of-the-line submarine with five people inside down to the point where they can be injected into the body of an injured man. But a quick clicks of the keyboard quickly helped me discover that Isaac Asimov’s adaptation of the 20th Century Fox blockbuster hit the shelves a few weeks before the movie opened, so I felt comfortable in my decision to read the book first and then see the movie.Īnd I think it all worked out for the best. The novel is a tie-in into the movie and it’s likely the book wouldn’t exist without the movie. But in the case of Fantastic Voyage, it isn’t necessarily that simple. You’ll find some great stuff!īeing a bibliophile (aka literary snob), I generally like to read the book (or short story as the case may be) before I see the movie.

If you want to read what others have done for the month, check out Red’s page. It’s Isaac Asimov’s adaptation of Fantastic Voyage. However, I was able to pull a book off the TBR pile and read it, as well as watch the movie.

I had intended to read a few more vintage sci-fi novels during the month to participate, but the best laid plans often go astray…. January is the Vintage Science-Fiction Non-Challenge month hosted by Little Red Reviewer. Sharp and bright.Better late than never, I guess. Slipcase with a hint of shelfwear, tiny bump to front edge. Yellow printed slip with description of Fratz provenance laid in. Signed by Asimov and numbered 377 of 450 to limitation page. Original red leather binding with gilt lettering. His writing, publishing, and reviews earned him 5 Hugo nominations over his career. Douglas Fratz founded the 'energetic' (Clute and Nichols, 451) science fiction news and reviews journal THRUST in 1973, which was renamed QUANTUM in 1990.

Isaac Asimov reflects on his 1966 novel FANTASTIC VOYAGE - based on the film of the same name - in his introduction to this sequel of sorts: 'I was never quite satisfied with the novel I never felt it to be entirely mine.' In FANTASTIC VOYAGE II, he makes the concept of miniaturization his own, placing much more emphasis on the scientific concepts behind the technology. Signed limited first edition of this reboot of the story of miniaturized scientists venturing inside the human body - from the library of Hugo-nominated SF author and reviewer D.

The fantastic voyage by isaac asimov