Talk:Peter George (author)

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Did Peter George contribute to the screenplay of Fail-Safe?[edit]

IMDb lists him as a writer of Fail-Safe (1964 film). [1] This may or may not be accurate, and it should be added to the article only if a reliable source can be found. --Mathew5000 19:57, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

George threatened to sue the publishers of Fail Safe on the grounds of plagiarism, resulting in an out-of-court settlement. (Red Alert came out some time before Fail Safe). Presumably he was credited for that reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.40.118.168 (talk) 22:00, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Contradictory statements[edit]

"Peter George ... wrote the screenplay for [Dr Strangelove] and was displeased with the overall satirical feel of the movie. He wrote a novelization of the screenplay after the film was released and dedicated it to the director."

Why would he have written the novelisation, let alone dedicated it Kubrick if he was "displeased" with the film? Grant | Talk 15:00, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It has been claimed that Terry Southern wrote the novelisation using George's name. Based on what you have said it is probably true (NKVD Border Guard (talk) 01:57, 4 September 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Deprecating statements, like the unsigned comment below -- whether they be intentional or unintentional, fiction or non-fiction, rumor or fact -- of "Red Alert"'s author (or any other author) commonly require at least one citation for that statement to have any creditability at all. Otherwise such statements lack of validity make them nothing more than one's own personal point of view (PPOV), and nothing more. K. Kellogg-Smith (talk) 22:46, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The claim I have read in various places is that he wrote a novelization of the movie because it was the biggest paycheck he ever got for writing anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.23.40.34 (talk) 20:55, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]