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'''Leigh Brackett''' was a writer, particularly of SF, but also of mysteries and screenplays. Her work in Hollywood included the [[noir]] film "The Big Sleep" (1946) (written with William Faulkner) and the screenplay for "The Empire Strikes Back" (arguably the best of the Star Wars movies). | '''Leigh Brackett''' was a writer, particularly of SF, but also of mysteries and screenplays. Her work in Hollywood included the [[noir]] film "The Big Sleep" (1946) (written with William Faulkner) and the screenplay and novelization for "[[The Empire Strikes Back]]" (arguably the best of the Star Wars movies). | ||
==Commentary== | |||
Brackett was described by [[Damon Knight]]: | |||
: Leigh Brackett's ''The Long Tomorrow'' is a startling performance from the gifted author of so much, but so entirely different, science-fantasy. Miss Brackett is celebrated among fans for her intense, moody, super-masculine epics of doomed heroes on far planets, all extremely poetic and fantastical, and all very much alike.<ref>''In Search of Wonder'', 2d Ed., p.262</ref> | |||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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Revision as of 11:09, 4 August 2007
Leigh Brackett was a writer, particularly of SF, but also of mysteries and screenplays. Her work in Hollywood included the noir film "The Big Sleep" (1946) (written with William Faulkner) and the screenplay and novelization for "The Empire Strikes Back" (arguably the best of the Star Wars movies).
Commentary
Brackett was described by Damon Knight:
- Leigh Brackett's The Long Tomorrow is a startling performance from the gifted author of so much, but so entirely different, science-fantasy. Miss Brackett is celebrated among fans for her intense, moody, super-masculine epics of doomed heroes on far planets, all extremely poetic and fantastical, and all very much alike.[1]
Bibliography
- "Martian Quest" (1940 in Astounding Science Fiction; her first published SF story)
- The Citadel of Lost Ships (1943)
- No Good from a Corpse (1944 novel; a hard-boiled detective mystery)
- Screenplay with William Faulkner for The Big Sleep
- Shadow Over Mars (1944 novel SF)
- Lorelei of the Red Mist (started by Brackett, finished by Ray Bradbury)
- Enchantress of Venus (1949)
- Queen of the Martian Catacombs (1949; first Eric John Stark)
- The Long Tomorrow (1955)
Notes
- ↑ In Search of Wonder, 2d Ed., p.262
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