It's my impression that the play was staged a few years after my book came out in 1984 (though I chose the title in 1982). I remember reading the reviews then, and they didn't seem to mention that it was a revivial of a years-old play whose name I had unintentially used for my own book. (Unlike the case for the current movie, whose screenwriter seemed to know of my own book.) If you have evidence that the play was indeed produced before 1984, please let me know. Otherwise, I'd be happy to accept your apology, Peter.
On Mon, 18 Sep 1995, Peter Trei wrote:
I saw "Hackers" yesterday. It's not bad and its political sensibility is very cyberpunk. The ad campaign even uses the tag line, "Their only crime is curiosity." It may not be a crime, but it's not nice to steal a title. You mean, like you stole it from Dale Luck's (duck@mit oz) stage play of the same name? I saw this (in an Off-Off-Broadway production), years before your book came out.
If I'm wrong (and I would not be suprised - I'm relying on fuzzy memories here), please consider my abject apology tendered. Namespace collisions seem to happen quite frequently in titles. I can remember when TMC made a big deal out their intention to air 'Brainstorm", the 1983 film with Natalie Wood. I settled down to watch, and up came a black and white movie with a totally different plot - it turned out they had been sent the 1965 film of that name, and no one had checked. Looking in the (ex)Cardiff film database, I note that there is now a 3rd movie of the title (1994). A couple weeks ago my daughter was making a big deal about wanting to watch 'The Red Shoes" on Disney. I was thinking of the 1948 ballet movie, and told her I didn't think she'd like it. She insisted, and it turned out to be a 30 minute (and charming in cloying sort of way) cartoon. Peter Trei Senior Software Engineer Purveyor Development Team Process Software Corporation http://www.process.com trei@process.com