Nick Carter
Spider9137
missed:
STEEL by J.D. Masters
In the post-apocolyptic battleground of New York City, SWAT commander Donovan
Steel is critically injured and reborn as a half-man halfcyborg. Though the
premise sounds like Robocop, the similarities end there. There's a massive
conspiracy underway, involving both the police and the underworld. Donovan
Steel uses his arsenal to blast his way to the truth, meanwhile agonizing over
his condition: Am I still human? Am I just a machine with no soul? There's an
undercurrent of religion and philosophy here, as Steel (and his collegues) cope
with his "rebirth." The first six books are individual adventures which link
into a wild six-part storyline. For those who enjoy good plotting and
characters, not to mention far-out computer technology and Spider-like action,
STEEL is an adventure series par excellence.
THE OWL by Robert Forward
Seems this guy suffers from a bullet wound that leaves him unable to sleep. He
wears a kevlar coat that is loaded to the gills with weapons. He's another hero
in the Shadow/Spider cloth. There was only one novel ... but there was a
TELEVISION MOVIE called The Owl ... same character, but a different adventure,
and written by Robert Forward. Was this novel meant to be a tie-in to the film,
or was the film written afterward? It starred the actor who recently starred in
the Highlander television series.
BritReid
<<THE OWL by Robert Forward
Seems this guy suffers from a bullet wound that leaves him unable to sleep. He
wears a kevlar coat that is loaded to the gills with weapons. He's another hero
in the Shadow/Spider cloth. There was only one novel ... but there was a
TELEVISION MOVIE called The Owl ... same character, but a different adventure,
and written by Robert Forward. Was this novel meant to be a tie-in to the film,
or was the film written afterward? It starred the actor who recently starred in
the Highlander television series.>>
That would be Adrian Paul, also of Dark Shadows and War of the Worlds.
When and where did "The Owl" air?
-B
Mark S. Halegua
company, etc.?
DHawk0948
known SF author). Simon used to live here in Denver and once told me that a
editor had contacted him looking for something along the lines of RoboCop. He
went a step further with some really unique twists in plot and character. Far
above the norm.
Doug
Spider9137
>company, etc.?
I'll have to dig ... Sometime around the 1989-1991 time period for the book and
the tv-movie.
Curt Ladnier
I don't recall the publisher at the moment (and I lost my copy of the
book in a divorce awhile back, so I can't consult it), but I do know
that it was released around 1984 or '85. I picked it up new because the
hero was being billed as a modern day incarnation of The Shadow. This
is a bit of an overstatement, but I do see the comparison. Anyway, it
was an interesting read, and I even managed to convince my professor to
let me do a report on it for my freshman Psych class. The television
incarnation came along several years later (around 1991, I believe). It
was not exactly a tv movie as has been reported, but a failed one-hour
pilot for a proposed CBS action series. It did, indeed, star Adrian
Paul, and was scripted by the character's creator, Robert L. Forward.
It had its flaws, but the pilot showed promise, and I hate that CBS
didn't pick it up. If anyone is interested in seeing it, I do have a
decent copy of video, and am willing to come to trading terms with
others in search of neat stuff to watch. Drop me a line if you'd like
to check out this bit of "pulp television".
Brian McMillan
Curt Ladnier wrote in message
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In regards to THE OWL, it was an original paperback book first. Sorry,
I don't recall the publisher at the moment (and I lost my copy of the
book in a divorce awhile back, so I can't consult it), but I do know
that it was released around 1984 or '85.
Pinnacle, 1984. THE OWL II: SCARLET SERENADE, (also by Forward) was also a
PBO, printed by NEL in 1990.
Brian McM.