Limitless film, sounds familiar
I caught a trailer for the new film Limitless the other day - guy takes a pill which makes him smarter and uses that to make himself successful.
I thought "That sounds familiar, haven't I read that story somewhere before?"
The film is based on the novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn published in 2001. Which would answer my question except I haven't read that book.
Picking through the memories I finally reach Lest We Remember by Isaac Asimov a short story published in 1982 in which a guy gets an injection that aids his memory recall and which he uses to push his way up through a company to make himself successful.
I'm sure they're two very different stories, just been bugging me.
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I just finished the story, and I immediately thought of the movie Limitless, as well. I agree with your observations.
Just finished "Lest We Remember" by Isaac Asimov, and it reminded me so strongly of the movie "Limitless" that I searched "Limitless Isaac Asimov" and was brought to this website. I agree the idea behind the move is very similar to that of the short story.
Well. Me too.
So glad I'm not the only one. Big sci-fi reader and have read everything Asimov has ever written (SF wise) more than once and the amount of times I say "Asimov wrote that idea in this or that story" is just silly. It's like TV writters complaining that "The Simpsons did that already".
Although Asimov does use the phrase 'Total Recall' in Lest We Remember!
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