[Swordmaker]

There is no connection. The title was lifted from Nourse’s book just because it sounded cool.

That's what I figured. I was always hoping they would make a movie based on the Nourse book. It's a good plot.

[Little Pig]

I’m still hoping for DeChancie’s “Starrigger” series. It’s a closed trilogy, good plot, and nothing that can’t be filmed (all action takes place on planets; virtually no spacetravel in the books).