Monday, March 28, 2011

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.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I just finished the story, and I immediately thought of the movie Limitless, as well. I agree with your observations.

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

Well. Me too.