I don't see any credit for a story which is a direct adaptation of Kornbluth's "Marching Morons".
His story, though, wasn't anything resembling a comedy.
The average Joe, the suspended animatio0n, the mental devolution of humanity -- these are all Kornbluth.
A classic SF story, enshrined in the canon of the best of the genre, by one of the most socially incisive of the early stars, I find this lack of attribution only astounding in an era when Kornbluth's writing partner Fred Pohl is still alive and vigorous.
When I last looked, the story was still owned by his heirs and assignees.
The estate should sue these guys or loose Harlan Ellison on them.
Hollywood's motto still remains, it seems, is "Take everything that's not nailed down, and anything that can be pried loose is not nailed down."
His story, though, wasn't anything resembling a comedy.
The average Joe, the suspended animatio0n, the mental devolution of humanity -- these are all Kornbluth.
A classic SF story, enshrined in the canon of the best of the genre, by one of the most socially incisive of the early stars, I find this lack of attribution only astounding in an era when Kornbluth's writing partner Fred Pohl is still alive and vigorous.
When I last looked, the story was still owned by his heirs and assignees.
The estate should sue these guys or loose Harlan Ellison on them.
Hollywood's motto still remains, it seems, is "Take everything that's not nailed down, and anything that can be pried loose is not nailed down."