boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) (10/26/85)
> From: hpfcla!mpm (Mike McCarthy) > I believe that the "Outer Limits" episode in question was based on > the book "The Duplicated Man" by James Blish (or maybe it was Murray > Leinster). As I remember, the TV episode was quite faithful to the plot > in the book. (I don't remember if the endings were the same.) > > I would be surprised if Clifford Simak EVER wrote anything like > this book. His reputation as the "pastoral novelist of SF" is no ac- > cident. His style of writing would result in a very different novel > if he were to start with the same theme of "personal duplication". Sorry, you're wrong. The episode in question, entitled "The Duplicate Man", was based not on the Blish & Lowndes novel of a similar title, but on a Clifford Simak short story entitled "Good Night, Mr. James". If you want to look up this story, it appeared in the following places: Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1951 THE OUTER REACHES (edited by August Derleth) [U.S. editions only; in Britain, it's in the derivative anthology, THE TIME OF INFINITY.] THE GALAXY READER OF SCIENCE FICTION (edited by H. L. Gold) ALL THE TRAPS OF EARTH AND OTHER STORIES (Simak collection) [U.S. editions only; in Britain, it's in the derivative collection, THE NIGHT OF THE PUUDLY. In fact, in this British edition, the story in question was retitled to be the title story.] --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...} !decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA <"Bibliography is my business">