The Big Sleep (1946 film) E. Jackson were completely eliminated. Because of the two versions created by the re-shooting, there is a substantial difference in content of some twenty minutes between them, although the difference in running time is two minutes. Novelist Raymond Chandler said Martha Vickers (Carmen) overshadowed Lauren Bacall (Vivian) in their scenes together, which led the producers to delete much of Vickers' performance to enhance Bacall's. The re-shot, re-edited and revised "The Big Sleep" was finally released on 23 August 1946. The cinematic release of "The Big Sleep" is regarded as more successful than the 1945 pre-release version (see below), even though
The Book of the War other parallels with "Doctor Who" characters and concepts can be found, but these links are not explicit. No familiarity with "Doctor Who" is required to appreciate "The Book of the War". Characters and settings from "The Book of the War" appear in later "Faction Paradox" novels including "Of the City of the Saved...", "Warring States" and "Newtons Sleep", and the short story anthology "A Romance in Twelve Parts". The otherwise unrelated novel "Dictionary of the Khazars" is a rare example of similar use of a non-linear encyclopedic structure for a work of fiction. The Book of the War The Book