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"I believe it was a short story first. And that's the form I like the story best in."

I'm surprised they could make a short story that would be so deep and eloquent as the novel.

I really liked the movie, but the novel is so outstanding for the little details.

I felt so sorry for Charly when he discovers that his "friends" were just laughing at him the whole time, because he was dumb and gullible.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I'm surprised they could make a short story that would be so deep and eloquent as the novel.

Give the short story a try, if you haven't read it - of course it doesn't have the depth of detail that the novel does, but quite honestly I don't think that was needed. The short story is flawless. As we know, short stories have to be tightly focused and very well written to make an impact, and this one definitely did. One of the best science fiction short stories I've read.