[GeronL]

I have tons of ideas. Hollyweird would never do them.

[Swordmaker]

i would love to see them make Edward E. "Doc" Smith's two Space Opera series made into movies . . . that would be a lot of fun in the spirit of Buck Rogers:

The Skylark series

• The Skylark of Space
• Skylark Three
• The Skylark of Valeron
• Skylark DuQuesne

The Lensman series

• Triplanetary
• First Lensman
• Galactic Patrol
• Gray Lensman
• Second Stage Lensman
• Children of the Lens

We have finally come to the point where special effects could do real justice to such swashbuckling space opera and fun space battles of the imagination of "Doc" Smith. . .

[a fool in paradise]

King Kong was written for the screen (inspired by some fictionalized travelogue films of the 1920s and 30s).

There could be another “King Kong” just as “Star Wars” was written for the screen, and novelized for the “home audience”.

As to what books would adapt well, many feature films were adapted from short stories (Freaks, The Fly, and 2001 among them).

[Secret Agent Man]

A very true to the book, Walter Jon Williams “Hardwired”.

They actually did make a movie of this but it’s not that great and some diversion off the book.

Needs to be better towards the actual novel story and the effects needed could be done very well now.

[familyop]

The Marching Morons
By C. M. Kornbluth
http://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/kornbluthcm-marchingmorons/kornbluthcm-marchingmorons-00-e.html

[Secret Agent Man]

I also wouldn’t mind seeing The Foundation trilogy made in the epic style of LOTR and such. Delve into the psychohistory angle of it.

[Dogbert41]

The Day After Tomorrow
by Allan Folsom

[RginTN]

Vince Flynn’s(RIP) Mitch Rapp books

[mass55th]

The Matthew Corbett series by Robert R. McCammon, and Eliot Pattison’s Mystery of Colonial America trilogy.

[rochester]

Acts

[LukeL]

The story of Joshua or David and the conflict with Saul would make a great movie. Problem is Hollywood would throw in a pointless love story or concerning David, make his relationship with Jonathan into a homoerotic one.

[ChildOfThe60s]

The Compleat Enchanter by Sprague de Camp

Lucifer’s Hammer Larry Niven
And of course Ringworld, which would have to be multiple movies to even begin to do it justice.

[JLS]

“A Confederacy of Dunces” could be an interesting movie and there has been talk about such a movie for a long time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces#Film_adaptations

[Migraine]

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, by James Hornfischer, captured my fascination by dint of sheer heroism and selfless sacrifice. It is about the Battle off Samar, prelude to the greater Battle of Leyte Gulf, that is featured in this book; and, in particular, it features the life and times of one Ernest Evans, Creek/Cherokee Annapolis grad who, having run once in sea battle, vowed never to do so again. CMH winner Evans had told his crew at the commisssioning of the USS Johnston: “If you go on my ship, expect us to sail into trouble, not away from it.”
Well, that’s just what they did. Well worth reading, one of the best WW II histories I’ve ever read; and I think a dang good movie could come of it.

[Swordmaker]

• "The Stars My Destination" by Alfred Bester

• "Starman Jones" by Robert A. Heinlein

• "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein

• "Time Enough for Love" by Robert A. Heinlein

• "Have Space Suit, Will Travel" by Robert A. Heinlein

• "Time for the Stars" by Robert A. Heinlein

• "The Weapon Shops of Isher" by A.E. Van Vogt

[peteyd]

Give Terry a Bone
by Babes van Dillen Clinton
Great book!

[Oztrich Boy]

ERB's A Princess of Mars

[bigmak007]

Not fiction.
Capt. Dan Morgan. We wouldn’t have a country without him.

http://www.want2bwriter.com/2011/05/daniel-morgan-unlikely-revolutionary.html

[Hootowl]

A Cry of Angels, one of the best books I’ve ever read.

[BBell]

Excellent book.