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The Queen's Gambit co-creator Scott Frank is adapting sci-fi novel The Sparrow for FX
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Frank's limited series will be a faithful adaptation of Mary Doria Russell’s bestselling book. According to Variety, "The Sparrow, published in 1996 by Random House’s imprint Villard, won numerous prestigious literary awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis and the British Science Fiction Association Award, among others. The book, categorized as a work of speculative fiction, grapples with the potential ethical, philosophical and spiritual issues of humans intermingling with extraterrestrial life, raising questions about humanity itself."
TOPICS: Scott Frank, FX, The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell, In Development
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