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Originally Posted by Karellen
Started reading Crimson Tide, but am a little bit confused about the source of the story.
The cover states...
A novel by RICHARD P. HENRICK
Based on the screenplay by MICHAEL SCHIFFER
from a story by RICHARD P. HENRICK and MICHAEL SCHIFFER
I am finding the source of this confusing. It is a story (novel?) by two authors that turned it into a movie screenplay, then that screenplay was turned into a novel? What happened to the original story?
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That is a novelization my friend. A novel based on a screenplay. So Henrick and Schiffer came up with the concept together (story by), then Schiffer wrote the screenplay (likely with input from Henrick, but there are complicated rules for credits in Hollywood) and then Henrick fleshed it out into a novel for a few bucks extra.
I have a real soft spot for them (in fact, I believe I have a digital scan of Crimson Tide on my Kobo).