Manhattan Transfer TV Pilot Update

MANHATTAN TRANSFER TV Pilot Project

MANHATTAN TRANSFER by John E. Stith, first published by Tor Books and the Science Fiction Book Club, has been optioned for television by award-winning producer Sky Conway.

The current plan is to produce an AI-assisted television pilot episode

Some of the pilot funding has been secured, and final funding is being solicited via Kickstarter.

Manhattan Transfer. When the island of Manhattan is kidnapped by aliens and placed in a collection of alien cities, the residents are determined to find out why and to escape. This time, the aliens picked on the wrong city.

• MANHATTAN TRANSFER was first published by Tor Books and the Science Fiction Book Club.
• MANHATTAN TRANSFER, chapter one, was excerpted in Amazing Stories.
• Italian translation from Nord as LA CITTÀ SULL'ORLO DEL NULLA.
• Japanese translation from Hayakawa.
• German translation from Bastei-Lubbe as DER TAG, AN DEM MANHATTAN GERAUBT WURDE.
• Non-exclusive text excerpt, chapter one, Jayne Loader's PUBLIC SHELTER CD-ROM.
• French translation from Presses Pocket as MANHATTAN TRANSFERT.
• Russian translation from AST.
• Braille edition available to the blind in the USA from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Item BR10761.
• Audio cassette edition available to the blind in the USA from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Item RC43573.
• Palm/WinCE/PocketPC ebook published by Peanut Press and was one of their best sellers (now Barnes and Noble).
• The Wildside Press published a trade paperback edition
• Available for the Amazon Kindle and other mainstream ebook editions
• Trade paperback and all major ebook formats published by ReAnimus Press.
• Audiobook released by Tantor Media. Narrated by Kevin T. Collins.