Geek Love's Enduring Crystal Mystery

December 28, 2014 8:46 AM

" When I asked [Katherine Dunn] what it had been like to be known as the author of Geek Love for these 25 years, Dunn said: “In some ways it’s like being the mom of someone who’s notorious in an odd but humorous way. Say, a modern Le Pétomane, the French flatulist. Every time your kid tweets cranky or slips through security to snatch a microphone and demonstrate the fine art of flatulence, somebody will phone to ask what he was like as a child, did you neglect, abuse, or spoil him, and isn’t it true that his great talent is just acute lactose intolerance?” - Geek Love at 25, how an unlikely classic has endured and inspired.
posted by The Whelk (2 comments total)

In the ’90s, Harry Anderson, the magician and actor (he played the Judge on Night Court) optioned the film rights and wrote a movie script himself.

Harry Anderson’s option eventually lapsed. (Anderson was a spokesperson for Apple Computer at the time; he showed up one day on Dunn’s doorstep in Portland and gave her a gift, her first Mac, then showed her how to use it.)

I remember when Anderson acquired the rights. I had not heard anything since then. . . .
posted by Danf at 9:00 AM on December 28, 2014 [1 favorite]

Previously
posted by chococat at 9:30 AM on December 28, 2014