"A defecting Russian sailor steers his submarine for American shores, but will the Americans assume an attack? Filmed, starring Sean Connery. Written by a guy whose eyes let him down."
"Set at the end of World War II, written by a guy whose eyes got bust in one personal battle too many (me.) When Stuart finally escapes from his eastern prison, he may write it all down."
"The story rotates around the horrific fire bombing of Dresden in Germany, where Billy Pilgrim, a soldier, is held captive. Vonnegut was in fact a captive soldier in Dresden at the time of the attack."
"Deighton served in the Royal Air Force at about the end of world War II, and is best known for his novels featuring the down at heel spy, Harry Palmer, played several times by Michael Caine."
"This lesser known author was capturedby the Japanese during The Burma Campaign, and was forced to work on the infamous railway that needed this well-known bridge...."
"....but Boulle didn't restrict himself to wartime and military novels; he also wrote the novel from which this classic Hollywood Sci-fi movie was made."
"....and neither have I stuck to wartime themes, but made my own foray into the future with this story of a teenager's bid for adulthood in the much changed world of 2035."
