keesan%BBN-UNIX@sri-unix.UUCP (02/10/84)
From: Morris M. Keesan <keesan@BBN-UNIX> Asimov wrote only the novelization of Fantastic Voyage. He had nothing at all to do with the creation of the film. In fact, he tried to convince the powers that were that he was the wrong person to do the novelization, but when he suggested they give the job to someone else (Ted Sturgeon?), his motives were considered suspect, and he ended up with the job. As I recall, one of the reasons he didn't want to do the novelization was that he knew people would end up believing that he had written the original story for the movie. I forget where I read all of this -- probably in Isaac's autobiography.