The Big Sleep (1978 film) The Big Sleep (1978 film) The Big Sleep is a 1978 British neo-noir film, the second film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The picture was directed by Michael Winner and stars Robert Mitchum in his second film portrayal of the detective Philip Marlowe. The cast includes Sarah Miles, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, and Oliver Reed, also featuring James Stewart as General Sternwood. The story's setting was changed from 1940s Los Angeles to 1970s London. The film contained material more explicit than what could only be hinted at in the 1946 version, such as homosexuality, pornography
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