The 8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

[dainthomas]

I enjoyed Hobb's Farseer trilogy. The trick would be how to portray the communication between Fitz and Nighteyes.

 

[thumper01]

I was going to say The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, but it looks like Ridley Scott is already working on it. Others that could be good:

Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Dream Park by Larry Niven & Steve Barnes
Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
World of Tiers series by Philip Jose Farmer
A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke

These last two are just a couple of favorites that could be good flicks, but could be very tough to do:
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner

 

[pontifex]

i thought i heard a Mars movie was in the works or at least being talked about. I think they should only do maybe the 1st book though, since pretty much every book after that had the same plot.

The Fafhrd and Gray Mouser books would be good for movies as well.

There are several Lord Dunsany books I'd like to see made into movies.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: dainthomas
I enjoyed Hobb's Farseer trilogy. The trick would be how to portray the communication between Fitz and Nighteyes.

Farseer/Tawny Man are unbelievably good. Her most recent series, the Soldier Son Trilogy, is also very good.

 

[glenn1]

How about the Dragonriders of Pern series?

 

[adlep]

The Neroscope series is really, really good...
Very dark Sci-Fi

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[thedarkwolf]

Originally posted by: glenn1
How about the Dragonriders of Pern series?

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In May 2006, it was announced that the rights to the entire Dragonriders of Pern series was optioned by Oscar-winning production company Copperheart Entertainment.[2] Copperheart announced their intention to bring Pern to the big screen.

Love the Necroscope series

 

[nageov3t]

World War Z would be great... but more importantly, Sandman!?

 

[Wuffsunie]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
A movie of Snow Crash or The Mote in God's Eye would be incredible.

Snow Crash would have to be an anime mini-series. No other medium could do it justice. The characters and situations lend themselves better to a non-live action medium, and you'd need at least a mini-series length to do justice to all the ideas it throws out.

I would like to see:

1. The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers

1. Armor by John Steakly (this is what Starship Troppers SHOULD have been)

1. Operation Chaos & Operation Luna by Poul Anderson

1. Orion Shall Rise by Poul Anderson (A 3 part mini-series of this would be mind-blowing, or at least a good 3 hour movie)

 

[ShotgunSteven]

World War Z is due out next year, if I remember right.

 

[Chiller2]

Most of those listed would work better as a mini-series on HBO. It is very hard to adapt a good Sci-Fi book into a 2 1/2 hour movie to much will be lost.

 

[Proprioceptive]

They've been working on turning "Ender's Game" into a film... possibly having the movie cover that and "Ender's Shadow" at the same time. They need to get the ball rolling because I'd love to see the whole Ender's Saga turned into movies. Definitely my favorite series... although not as intellectually "advanced" as others, it is deeply personable and engaging with the ethical questions.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
World War Z is due out next year, if I remember right.

Yup. And they got the Quantum of Solace director to direct it.

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Paramount has set "Quantum of Solace" director Marc Forster to helm "World War Z," based on the Max Brooks bestselling novel about a worldwide infestation of flesh-eating zombies.

"Changeling" scribe J. Michael Straczynski is writing the screenplay, and Brad Pitt's Plan B is producing.

Brooks -- the son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft -- wrote a detailed tale in which a researcher for the U.N. Postwar Commission interviews survivors from countries all over the world, 10 years after the crisis, to gather a first-person post-mortem on a war that obliterated every country on the map.

Forster is unlikely to return for another James Bond installment.

As for "WWZ," "The genre always fascinated me, and when they pitched it to me, it reminded me of the paranoid conspiracy films of the '70s like 'All the President's Men,' " Forster told Daily Variety.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Proprioceptive
They've been working on turning "Ender's Game" into a film... possibly having the movie cover that and "Ender's Shadow" at the same time. They need to get the ball rolling because I'd love to see the whole Ender's Saga turned into movies. Definitely my favorite series... although not as intellectually "advanced" as others, it is deeply personable and engaging with the ethical questions.

not sure they'll make good movies. A lot of inner voice in his books.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: Proprioceptive
They've been working on turning "Ender's Game" into a film... possibly having the movie cover that and "Ender's Shadow" at the same time. They need to get the ball rolling because I'd love to see the whole Ender's Saga turned into movies. Definitely my favorite series... although not as intellectually "advanced" as others, it is deeply personable and engaging with the ethical questions.

not sure they'll make good movies. A lot of inner voice in his books.

That and it would be hard to find that many good kid actors. Kind of like the Harry Potter movies where the kids doing the acting were atrocious at first.

 

[bobross419]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: dainthomas
I enjoyed Hobb's Farseer trilogy. The trick would be how to portray the communication between Fitz and Nighteyes.

Farseer/Tawny Man are unbelievably good. Her most recent series, the Soldier Son Trilogy, is also very good.

I love everything Hobb has written... Farseer would make an excellent big screen trilogy. Translating the Wit (Man-Beast communication) to screen wouldn't be hard at all. Set a premise early on where the edges of the screen turn yellow or have a wolf's eyes superimposed over the screen when this happens.

 

[Proprioceptive]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: Proprioceptive
They've been working on turning "Ender's Game" into a film... possibly having the movie cover that and "Ender's Shadow" at the same time. They need to get the ball rolling because I'd love to see the whole Ender's Saga turned into movies. Definitely my favorite series... although not as intellectually "advanced" as others, it is deeply personable and engaging with the ethical questions.

not sure they'll make good movies. A lot of inner voice in his books.

That and it would be hard to find that many good kid actors. Kind of like the Harry Potter movies where the kids doing the acting were atrocious at first.

THAT is definitely the downside. It would certainly be hard to adapt a story with so many kids. The inner voice deal I think can be done very well if they could find a particularly expressive young actor. They're just hard to come by. However, I think that Speaker for the Dead and the other books could be great stand alone films with some reference to the original film. It's a very intriguing story. I think moral dillemmas of that stature present great plots for film.

 

[dawp]

I think one book that would make a good flick is 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Hienlein. has a smart ass computer that likes to pull practical joke.

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: Proprioceptive
They've been working on turning "Ender's Game" into a film... possibly having the movie cover that and "Ender's Shadow" at the same time. They need to get the ball rolling because I'd love to see the whole Ender's Saga turned into movies. Definitely my favorite series... although not as intellectually "advanced" as others, it is deeply personable and engaging with the ethical questions.

While I would love to see a good film adaptation of Ender's Game, I don't think the ratings board or the public are ready to see a 6-year-old brutally kill someone, or be mindfvcked by the government.

I like dawp's idea for "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress."

For sheer fun, I'd like to see David Drake's "Hammers Slammers" stories and David Weber's "Honor" series made into movies.

There's always Battlefield Earth...oh yeah...fvck John Travolta :| I wonder if Scientologists believe in hell?

 

[Drekce]

1. The Gunslinger
2. The Drawing of the Three
3. The Waste Lands
4. Wizard and Glass
5. Wolves of the Calla
6. The Song of Susannah
7. The Dark Tower

 

[Drekce]

Dupe. sorry.

 

[nakedfrog]

Now that I think about it, the Stainless Steel Rat or Bill the Galactic Hero series would be good.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Foundation and the Sabriel series. Although I think the latter would end up becoming a childrens' series - which it is definitely not.

 

[dawp]

thought of another one that may make a good flick, 'Steel Beach' by John Varley, has the main characters change sex in the story by genetic manipulation.

 

[Minjin]

No votes for anything from the Uplift Universe?

Another personal favorite that could be done very well is The Practice Effect.