On 2010-12-10 21:14:36 -0600, Andrew Swallow said:   
   > On 11/12/2010 00:59, Jan wrote:   
   > {snip}   
   >    
   >>> JMS:  Lensman is on hold at Universal, because they know it would cost a   
   mint   
   >>>> to produce and they're not certain about the name value, if it's well   
   enough   
   >>>> known to bring in an audience that will make the investment pay off.    
   {snip}   
   >    
   > Can anyone think of a way of measuring how well the Lensmen books are    
   > known?  Do they still sell?   
   I really love the Lensman series, but I consider it a guilty pleasure.    
   The books are horribly dated and Smith's writing is, frankly, not that    
   good.   
   I'd buy them again if they were available for the Kindle. (I have mass    
   market copies from the 1970s and trade paperbacks from Old Earth Books    
   that I purchased sometime this century.)   
   While I would certainly go see a movie production of the series, it    
   just seems a bit odd as a project to do. I have a hard time believing    
   that anyone raised after about 1980 could get into them.   
   -K   
   --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32   
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