Last week, M. John Harrison’s The End of Everything became the first sci-fi novel to win the Booker Prize. It follows Phillip Tennent, a beachcomber who fishes a dangerous artifact out of the ocean. With so much attention on the novel thanks to the awards publicity, naturally, inquiring minds want to know if there’s a film adaptation in the works. When Deadline asked the 81-year-old British author about a potential adaptation, Harrison responded, “We do ha