I remember being told that the quality of his books went down after his first books were made into movies as he started writing the books as potential screenplays.
Yep - I read only the occasional book after "Ice Station Zebra".
Posts from Stumpy in thread „The Guns of Navarone (1961)“
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Hi Mike ,
you got me thinking about that list,
apparently there was 17
Filmography
1. Night Watch (1995) (TV) (story)
2. The Way to Dusty Death (1995) (TV) (novel)
3. River of Death (1989) (novel)
4. The Hostage Tower (1980) (TV) (novel) (story)
5. Bear Island (1979) (novel)
6. Force 10 from Navarone (1978) (novel)
7. Golden Rendezvous (1977) (novel)
8. Breakheart Pass (1975) (novel) (screenplay)
9. Caravan to Vaccares (1974) (novel)
10. Fear Is the Key (1972) (novel)
11. Puppet on a Chain (1971) (novel) (screenplay)
12. When Eight Bells Toll (1971) (novel) (uncredited) (screenplay)
13. Where Eagles Dare (1968) (novel) (uncredited) (story and screenplay)
14. Ice Station Zebra (1968) (novel)
15. The Satan Bug (1965) (novel) (as Ian Stuart)
16. The Secret Ways (1961) (novel "The Secret Ways")
17. The Guns of Navarone (1961) (novel) (as Alistair Maclean)
I haven't seen but about 6 of those movies. -
Alistair MacLean used to be one of my favorite authors. I really liked his story "The Satan Bug" too.
