Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Barcelona Plaza & Janés 2001
Description
The title story, Supertoys Last All Summer Long, soon to be a major film directed by Steven Spielberg, tells of a young boy who, whatever he does, cannot please his mother. He is puzzled by this, not realising that he is an android, a cunning construct of artificial intelligence - as is his one ally, his teddy bear. It was a story that hugely affected Stanley Kubrick (director of 2001) and Steven Spielberg (who perhaps saw in his forthcoming movie AI (Artificial Intelligence) a complement to his ET!). The other stories in the collection, whether SF, utopian fantasy or dark fable show a master writer at the peak of his considerable powers.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Rosenectur
A very mixed bag. The stories that everyone seems to buy this book for are the first 3, which are the best of the bunch. After that some of the stories are just down right preachy about vegetarianism. Also I didn't realize that descriptions of settings could be classified as "short story." There
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was one very good and haunting story about life after death, and I enjoyed the forward and the insights into the writing attempts on the AI script. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2001
Physical description
234 p.; 23 cm
ISBN
9788401328756