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Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 16:08:57 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  9 16:08:57 1984
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From:  Morris M. Keesan 

Asimov wrote only the novelization of Fantastic Voyage.  He had nothing at all
to do with the creation of the film.  In fact, he tried to convince the powers
that were that he was the wrong person to do the novelization, but when he
suggested they give the job to someone else (Ted Sturgeon?), his motives were
considered suspect, and he ended up with the job.  As I recall, one of the
reasons he didn't want to do the novelization was that he knew people would end
up believing that he had written the original story for the movie.  I forget
where I read all of this -- probably in Isaac's autobiography.