What classic science fiction and fantasy books would you like made into movies or miniseries'?

[EveningStar]

What classic science fiction and fantasy books would you like to see made into movies or miniseries'?

[beebuster2000]

anything by Phillip Dietz, but especially the Deathday Trilogy.

He is the best hard sci fi/ military sci fi writer today

[Samwise]

Time Enough for Love, Heinlein

[John O]

Conan!

(What, Already done. Damn)

Lord of the rings

(Again!)

Dune!

(No don't tell me.)

(I have go to get out more!)

Ok. How about The Lensmen books by E.E. "Doc" Smith?

Stainless steel rat would also be good.

The Wizardry compiled. By Rick Cook. (A book that all computer programmers would love) (Also available on line Here

or The "Camber" series by Katherine Kutrz (or the Deryni books that go with them)

[John O]

Conan!

(What, Already done. Damn)

Lord of the rings

(Again!)

Dune!

(No don't tell me.)

(I have go to get out more!)

Ok. How about The Lensmen books by E.E. "Doc" Smith?

Stainless steel rat would also be good.

The Wizardry compiled. By Rick Cook. (A book that all computer programmers would love) (Also available on line Here

or The "Camber" series by Katherine Kutrz (or the Deryni books that go with them)

[Junior]

"The Gnurrs Come from the Woodwork Out"

You've got to be a real geek if you know that one.

[Junior]

anything by Phillip Dietz, but especially the Deathday Trilogy.

William C. Dietz wrote Deathday and its sequel, Earthrise. I just finished the former and am halfway through the latter. There does not seem to be a third book listed for this series on any of the book-vending websites.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Time Enough for Love, Heinlein

Yeah, that will be the day. I'd like to see them try "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", too, but Hollywood (and 90% of the American public) just aren't ready to handle Heinlein's ideas. They can't even bring themselves to make a real version of "Starship Troopers."

[js1138]

Oooh, I'd love to see Footfall made into a movie! Of course, given Hollywood's leftism, the vegitarian, herd-mentality, pachyderm aliens would probably get portrayed as the good guys.

That was My first thought.

[new cruelty]

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

[altura]

I always thought Isaac Asimov's robot series, especially Caves of Steel and the next one, forget it's name, would make great movies.

And they have the technology to do them now.

[CompSciGuy]

Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson

Cheers,
CSG

[Xenalyte]

What classic science fiction and fantasy books would you like to see made into movies or miniseries'?

NONE OF THEM.

Making movies from books is admitting that you are creatively and intellectually bankrupt.

[Xenalyte]

I loved Anne McCaffrey when I was in high school.

Not long ago, I picked up Dragonsong or Dragonsinger or similar, and found it puerile, juvenile, and steeped in obnoxious apostrophes.

Pity, since I do remember really enjoying her stuff back in the day.

[Xenalyte]

And while I'm on my soapbox, Hollywood had best keep its deve mitts the hell off George Martin's Songs of Ice and Fire series.

[kevkrom]

Making movies from books is admitting that you are creatively and intellectually bankrupt.

That's a little harsh, isn't it? I'll agree that Hollywood has gone way overboard with the concept, but in some cases, taking a work from one form to another is a guesture of respect and love for the original. Most operas, for example, are based on other books and/or plays... does that diminish the opera?

[Xenalyte]

I never got into Kurtz's books for one simple and stupid reason: my proofreader's mind looks at the "Camber" covers and sees a missing H.

(I told you it was simple and stupid.)

[najida]

ACK!
I'm afraid to go pick up re-read those (they're packed away somewhere). I can imagine that they probably aren't like I remember them.

[Xenalyte]

Your question assumes that opera possesses intrinsic merits, a contention with which several FReepers would take issue. ;)

Seriously, that's a good question and one which I must ponder. For the sake of consistency, if I had to do it right this second, I'm afraid I'd have to argue that the original work is superior, if for no other reason than its originality.

My stance is indeed quite harsh, but then, no one's ever accused me of being a big softie.

[Xenalyte]

Something else that was quite surprising to me on re-read: Anne Rice's books.

I picked up "Interview with the Vampire" back in the early 1980s, when I was 12 or so. I thought it was a cool vampire story, although a bit heavy on the adjectives. (Does Anne really need to spend five pages telling us how the parlor was furnished?)

When I checked it out again two or three years ago, I was appalled that my mother had let me read such a thing.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Yes!

And a live action version of the Dragon and the George....