Zeke Newbold
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NOTE: This line of discussion was spun off from the Hopkinsville 'Goblins' thread.
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There's a short story by Isaac Asimov - one of his earlier ones (so probably published in the fifties) - called (if I recall rightly) `The Alien Way`.
In this, a young boy rescues a small alien who crashlands on the earth, befriends him (unknown to his parents) and then helps him return to space. (This is all from memory. I read it when I was about nine and it has stayed in my mind ever since then).
If my recollection is accurate, then I am surprised that no-one else has noticed the remarkable similarity between this story and the plot of `E.T` - and why Asimov didn't try to sue Spielberg!
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The story about ET & the goblins. ET is based on the goblins, but Close Encounters is not. It was a separate project after CEOTTK, and I believe the title was Dark Skies. The plot was supposed to follow the the cruel goblins night of destruction, but there was going to be one curious and gentle goblin unlike the rest who befriended and helped some kids during the assault. The screenwriter lost interest in the horror angle, but was interested in the friendly alien storyline, and got permission to work on that... and it became ET.
There's a short story by Isaac Asimov - one of his earlier ones (so probably published in the fifties) - called (if I recall rightly) `The Alien Way`.
In this, a young boy rescues a small alien who crashlands on the earth, befriends him (unknown to his parents) and then helps him return to space. (This is all from memory. I read it when I was about nine and it has stayed in my mind ever since then).
If my recollection is accurate, then I am surprised that no-one else has noticed the remarkable similarity between this story and the plot of `E.T` - and why Asimov didn't try to sue Spielberg!
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