info: Phase IV, the novel
The film was novelized. The short novel, also titled "Phase IV", was written by Barry N. Malzberg. I've read it, it's pretty good SF. It elaborates on the ending a bit, while keeping the sense of something mystic.
shareI read the novelization as a child in 78 a few years after seeing the film on its initial release. I found it an interesting literary contrast to Bass' visual storytelling.
The President of the Immortals had ended his sport with Tess