Mythic Elements
Stephen Bann, 30 December 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
by William Kotzwinkle, based on a screenplay by Melissa Mathison.
Arthur Barker, 246 pp., £6.95, November 1982,0 213 16848 0 Show More
by William Kotzwinkle, based on a screenplay by Melissa Mathison.
Arthur Barker, 246 pp., £6.95, November 1982,
Tales of Afghanistan
by Amina Shah.
Octagon Press, 128 pp., £6.50, November 1982,0 900860 94 4 Show More
by Amina Shah.
Octagon Press, 128 pp., £6.50, November 1982,
The Masque of St Eadmundsburg
by Humphrey Morrison.
Blond and Briggs, 228 pp., £7.95, October 1982,0 85634 127 4 Show More
by Humphrey Morrison.
Blond and Briggs, 228 pp., £7.95, October 1982,
Collected Stories: Vol. III
by Sean O’Faolain.
Constable, 422 pp., £9.95, November 1982,0 09 463920 5 Show More
by Sean O’Faolain.
Constable, 422 pp., £9.95, November 1982,
Work Suspended and Other Stories
by Evelyn Waugh.
Penguin, 318 pp., £2.75, November 1982,0 14 006518 0 Show More
by Evelyn Waugh.
Penguin, 318 pp., £2.75, November 1982,
“... softly in response to the scaly protuberances of the extra-terrestrial being. Put yourself in William Kotzwinkle’s shoes. How do you actually go about making a novel from the screenplay of a colossally successful film? Who on earth (or in intra-terrestrial space) is your public? Is it the people who, by some quite unexplainable oversight, have ... ”
