Long story short: The project met with Arthur C. Clarke’s approval, but producer Phil DeGeure could not get Universal to put up the huge budget needed to start production. DeGeure was a fan of Adams, who did not disappoint with his conceptual designs.
The article is from Starlog #42 (January, 1981).
Hat tip Martin Kennedy.
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Good find. The article mentions a mini-series adaptation of “Lucifer’s Hammer” – as far as I know, that never happened in any media. Am I wrong?
I don’t recall any Lucifer’s Hammer adaptation. And Niven isn’t exactly politically correct, so I don’t see it happening…
There is that. Too bad, though – PC thought will be the first social convention to be discarded after we get hit by an apocalyptic comet.
Good point.
You got me thinking, and I found this: “If [Lucifer’s Hammer] has one really major theme it is that in the face of global disaster we’re not going to need group hugs and we’re not going to be able to indulge in emotional posturing.” –
Ha!