Red Alert
by Peter Bryant, Peter George · first published 1958
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…Dr. Strangelove by the same studio. Directed by Sidney Lumet, it’s also about nuclear war. It’s a fine movie in its own right. From the Wikipedia: > Fail Safe so closely resembled Peter George's novel Red Alert, on which Dr. Strangelove was based, that Dr. Strangelove screenwriter/director Stanley Kubrick and George filed a copyright infringement lawsuit. The case was settled out of court. The result of the…
on “The Making of Dr. Strangelove (2013) [video]” ↗…decision by the President, or other person empowered to act in his stead.” Unbeknownst to both Kubrick and George, a top official at the Department of Defense had already sent a copy of “Red Alert” to every member of the Pentagon’s Scientific Advisory Committee for Ballistic Missiles. At the Pentagon, the book was taken seriously as a cautionary tale about what might go wrong.…
on “In Nuclear Silos, Death Wears a Snuggie (2011)” ↗They weren't based on the same novel -- but the novels "Fail Safe" and "Red Alert" were similar enough, and the release dates of "Fail Safe" and "Dr. Strangelove" were so close that Peter George and Stanley Kubrick sued the author and production of Fail Safe over copyright. In the…
on “Nukes, nubs and coners: The unique social hierarchy aboard a nuclear submarine” ↗…access to a hydrogen bomb could theoretically kill billions. People have been predicting this possibility ever since H-bombs existed. It's been a common trope in fiction -- Peter George's 1958 novel "Red Alert" featured a mad US general who starts WWIII (it's the novel that Kubrick adapted to make his Dr. Strangelove, although he made it a comedy and George was being serious).
on “I'm a Luddite (and So Can You)” ↗