The Go-Between (1971 film) envisaged Alec Guinness and Margaret Leighton in the leads and employed Nancy Mitford to write a script. L.P. Hartley later claimed Korda had no real intention to make a film of the book - he kept the rights hoping to re-sell them at a profit. Hartley says "I was so annoyed when I heard of this that I put a curse on him and he died, almost the next morning." Joseph Losey was interested in filming the novel. He tried to get financing for a version in 1963 after "The Servant" and says Pinter wrote "two thirds of a script".
The Web Between the Worlds The Web Between the Worlds The Web Between the Worlds is the first science fiction novel by Charles Sheffield. It was published as a hardback original by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd in 1980. The paperback edition was originally published by Ace Books in 1981, and was reissued by Baen Books. This novel and the simultaneously published novel "The Fountains of Paradise", by Arthur C. Clarke, are the first popularization of the space elevator. The novel tells the story of Rob Merlin, the best engineer who has ever lived. His machine, the "Spider," extrudes graphite cables of incredible strength. Darius Regulo