E3 - September 1998 Somewhere along life's journey I got caught up with the writing of Philip Wylie. Wylie was a rather prolific writer from the 1920's into the 1950's. Among his more memorable works were Gladiator (the eventual model for Superman), When World's Collide (made into what is considered the first really classic science fiction movie), Tomorrow, Triumph, An Essay on Morals, Opus 21, The Answer and a host of other fiction and non-fiction works. (Wylie even managed to write a regular series of fiction for the Saturday Evening Post dealing with the exploits of two charter boat fisherman - Crunch & Des.)