THE NOVEL

 

ZED THE EXTERMINATOR

A novel by John Boorman with Bill Stair
Signet 451-Q5830-095

 

I found this novel version through Pandora's Books. Features 8 pages of black and white photographs fro the film, plus two page, full colour Kent cigarette ad. Excerpts from the preface (© 1974 Signet Books, used without permission):

I wrote Zardoz in 1972 at my home, a lost valley in the dreaming hills of Wicklow. It came closer to a novel than a screenplay. Gradually I worked it into a film form that proved too radical for most of the studios. Finally I got some backing and shot the movie in our local studios, Ardmore, and locations around my house between May and July, 1973....

While editing the film I decided to restore the story to novel form. ... It follows the film very closely but draws heavily on the earlier versions...

John Boorman, September 1973