boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) (02/25/86)
> From: reed!ellen (Ellen Eades) > I just saw "The Big Sleep" with Bogey & Bacall tonight at Reed > and the credits for the script are William Faulkner, Leigh > Brackett and someone else. Is this the same Leigh Brackett who > writes science fiction? How very peculiar. Yes, it is the same Leigh Brackett (though "writes" is not the operative term any more; she died in 1978). Why is it peculiar? In addition to science fiction, she's written a handful of mysteries (including ghost-writing one published under the by- line of the actor George Sanders) and won an award one year for best Western novel. She's also (co-)written a few screenplays, among them one under current discussion in net.movies (RIO BRAVO) and a rather obscure sf cult film (THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK). --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...} !decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.DEC.COM