THX 1138

by Ben Bova

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446897116
• ISBN13: 9780446897112
• Release Date: February 1978
• Publisher: Warner Books 89-711
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.

Customer Reviews

There is an ending but it is omitted......

This really is a great novelization of a George Lucas story but only the first edition printing has the ending to it! For some reason the subsequent editions cut the final two or three pages of the story. Good luck finding a copy of the 1st edition paperback, I haven't seen it since I was in high school 25 years ago!

This review was completed 7.5% under budget

Wow! I expected a typical 1970s hack job, but this novelization really adds to the experience of this film. Ben Bova's vision is ultra-violent where George Lucas' savagery is implied...but it's compelling because it's believable. We understand the nature of the hologram (I thought that they were humans that thought of themselves as computer images). We understand a little more about the sad fate of LUH, and what was eventually planned for THX. And the rapes...ugh.Special note for SF Bay Area residents - check out the BART cameo towards the end!