9:34 minutes long.

If you prefer, you can read the whole novella here and look for the
old BBC production afterwards instead:

http://emforster.de/hypertext/template.php3?t=tms

November marks the 100th anniversary of the novella's publication, but
I can't find news of any related events taking place. (Or the exact
date.)

Lenona.

I had to read it with others in class when I was 12. At that age, I
couldn't really appreciate the intellectual horrors Forster was
predicting - only the physical ones. Pity I didn't read it again
before, say, 1994, when you-know-what might not have sprung to mind so
easily. But I couldn't remember the name of the book. When I did find
out what it was (courtesy of rec.arts.books.childrens, though of
course it's not FOR children) I re-read it and then described it to
others as being "like 'A Wrinkle in Time' with a sad ending." That is,
love is a strong theme in the book, even if it's mainly a love of
nature and not of people.

If anyone DOES hear of any events regarding the centennial, please let
me know.

Lenona.

Or is it too soon after _The Day The Earth Stood Still_?

The BBC filmed it in 1966.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2072180223855159236#
 (50 minutes)

Lenona.