''Control'' is a 1982 novel by

William Goldman William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to screenwriting. He won Academy Awards for his screenplays '' ...

. The book was a runner up on ''The New York Times'' best seller list. Although Goldman was a noted screenwriter and many of his novels had been adapted into films there was no interest in adapting ''Control''. Goldman later wrote the novel "was such a neat idea for a movie. I felt sure that somebody would want to make it. It was about trying to control the future by controlling the past. There was never a phone call about ''Control''."

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