Of glasses and robots

[lady.nymphaea at faerielands.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Tabouli" <tabouli at u...> wrote:
> As for American fantasy classics, I still dream that one day Tanith 
Lee will give permission for someone to film my teenage fantasy 
favorite: The Silver Metal Lover (the title of which still gives me a 
twinge of embarrassment).  Any author who can write a book about a 16 
year old girl falling in love with a robot and make it not only 
convincing but touching and disturbing has definite talent.  Of 
course, given the gruesome reports I have of A.I. (which I have not 
seen), such a film has the potential to be absolutely abominable.  
I'll just have to volunteer to help them with the casting and 
screenplay (she says hopefully)....
> 
> Has anyone else read this?

Me! I still have the book somewhere around here in a box. Supposedly 
there is a graphic novel of "The Silver Metal Lover" but I haven't 
seen it. Considering there is so much of Lee's work that either is 
exceedingly rare or doesn't hop the pond, that doesn't mean it 
doesn't exist.

My launch into the Potter fandom has caused me to neglect reading the 
Tanith Lee fan mailing list I subscribe to, which is a pity. She's 
one of my favorite fantasy authors of all-time.

Tanith Lee isn't an American author, by the way; she's British.

Meril