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The plot summary of this novel is plagiarized nearly wholesale from the New York Times review cited at bottom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.203.87.168 ( talk) 04:32, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Please remember that this article is about the book, Up in the Air, not Up in the Air (film). According to interviews with Walter Kirn and Jason Reitman, there are significant differences between the book and the film. One of these differences is that the millage goal in the book is one million miles whereas in the film it is ten million miles. Likewise, the character Alex Goran in the film is a composite of a number of women in the book and the character Natalie Keener is not in the book at all. The wedding is also not in the book. -- Dan Dassow ( talk) 17:41, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
-- Dan Dassow ( talk) 05:37, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
What is the preferred naming convention for a novel that exists prior to a film adapted from that novel? Specifically, an editor decided to move article about Walter Kirn's novel Up in the Air from Up in the Air to Up in the Air (book) with the thought of moving Up in the Air (film) to Up in the Air. Wouldn't Up in the Air (novel) be preferrable to Up in the Air (book) when there is ambiguity? -- Dan Dassow ( talk) 19:03, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
The article stated that the novel's name came from a line in F. Scott Fitzgerald's last (unfinished) novel. However, Mr Kirn stated in an interview with a writer for The Daily Beast:
"UP IN THE AIR, I’d titled the book, both for its setting (airplanes, airports, airport hotels) and for the plight of its hero, Ryan Bingham, a rootless, restless management consultant who specializes in firing corporate workers whose bosses aren’t able to do the deed themselves, and who soothes his bad conscience by hoarding frequent-flier miles and their many perks." ( http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/12/09/george-clooney-saved-my-novel.html) If Mr Kirn has made other, citationable statements about the title's provenance, that could be re-added to the article. -- Spray787 ( talk) 20:40, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
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The plot summary of this novel is plagiarized nearly wholesale from the New York Times review cited at bottom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.203.87.168 ( talk) 04:32, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Please remember that this article is about the book, Up in the Air, not Up in the Air (film). According to interviews with Walter Kirn and Jason Reitman, there are significant differences between the book and the film. One of these differences is that the millage goal in the book is one million miles whereas in the film it is ten million miles. Likewise, the character Alex Goran in the film is a composite of a number of women in the book and the character Natalie Keener is not in the book at all. The wedding is also not in the book. -- Dan Dassow ( talk) 17:41, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
-- Dan Dassow ( talk) 05:37, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
What is the preferred naming convention for a novel that exists prior to a film adapted from that novel? Specifically, an editor decided to move article about Walter Kirn's novel Up in the Air from Up in the Air to Up in the Air (book) with the thought of moving Up in the Air (film) to Up in the Air. Wouldn't Up in the Air (novel) be preferrable to Up in the Air (book) when there is ambiguity? -- Dan Dassow ( talk) 19:03, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
The article stated that the novel's name came from a line in F. Scott Fitzgerald's last (unfinished) novel. However, Mr Kirn stated in an interview with a writer for The Daily Beast:
"UP IN THE AIR, I’d titled the book, both for its setting (airplanes, airports, airport hotels) and for the plight of its hero, Ryan Bingham, a rootless, restless management consultant who specializes in firing corporate workers whose bosses aren’t able to do the deed themselves, and who soothes his bad conscience by hoarding frequent-flier miles and their many perks." ( http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/12/09/george-clooney-saved-my-novel.html) If Mr Kirn has made other, citationable statements about the title's provenance, that could be re-added to the article. -- Spray787 ( talk) 20:40, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
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