Comments on: Five Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels That Need Film Adaptations

By: Aardy R. DeVarque

Aardy R. DeVarque — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:40:04 +0000

I’d like to see films (probably animated) of Asprin’s first few Myth Adventures books. The Phule books read more like movie novels (and my first thought on reading them was “someone oughtta make a movie of this”, so count me in the “me too” category on those), but the original Skeeve & Aahz stories have a warm place in my heart.

But I’d *really* like to see an animated “Buck Godot: Zap Gun For Hire” film (and also BG: PSmIth).

And I’d also like to see good BBC-style TV adaptations of the first three Deryni trilogies by Katherine Kurtz (in order of writing, rather than chronological).

By: Piranhtachew

Piranhtachew — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:00:27 +0000

Are there any books set in the Twin Cities about lake monsters? Might see a film about that one…

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:40:22 +0000

You know what I’d like to see is a Princess of Mars movie. A proper one, not that terrible DTV shit that always pops up in Netflix Instant Watch.

By: Skemono

Skemono — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:23:42 +0000

I’d be completely terrified that if Hollywood got a hold of it they’d replace the black/Italian biracial heroine with a white kid. YOU KNOW THEY WOULD.

Of course they would. They made the characters from Earthsea white. They tried to make the characters from Gaiman’s Anansi Boys white. It’s a pretty safe bet they’d make that kid white, too.

By: Dani Atkinson

Dani Atkinson — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:39:52 +0000

I would say "The True Meaning of Smekday" by Adam Rex, an awesome sci-fi road-trip kid's book which also has some really smart thinky stuff going on about colonialism and racism, while being OMG FUNNY AS ALL HELL. I would say that, except that I'd be completely terrified that if Hollywood got a hold of it they'd replace the black/Italian biracial heroine with a white kid. YOU KNOW THEY WOULD.

By: Jonathan Roth

Jonathan Roth — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:20:44 +0000

I’d be curious to see if a few of these could be made into good movies:

“The Darkness of the Light” and “Sir Apropos of Nothing” by Peter David

The Wildcard series (the early stuff, at least)

Roger Zelazny’s first five Amber books, and mabe his “Lord of Light” (which supposedly was considered for a movie at one point, and used to help smuggle Americans out of Iran during the revolution in the 70′s.

Neil Gaiman’s “American gods” (though that one might be beter as a showtime miniseries.

What do you guys think?

By: Cespinarve

Cespinarve — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:08:52 +0000

“I’d like to see a live action epic done with the Phantom Tollbooth”

I originally misread this poster as wanting an “action epic” of the Phantom Tollbooth, and it made me mad because they seemed to have missed the entire point of what is in many ways a quiet and introspective little epic.

I have never managed to finish a Shannara novel- they are the blandest, most balant Tolkien-thefts this side of Eragon’s more lugubriously verbose paragraphs- But MKFS-S is one of my favorite books, even is it does sometimes feel like one of those late ’80s films that tried to assuage wealthy businessmen’s fears that they were soulless.

By: Dsquare

Dsquare — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:26:02 +0000

Varley’s Titan, Wizard, Demon though i can’t even guess how many movies it would take.

By: Your Obedient Serpent

Your Obedient Serpent — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:03:03 +0000

You know, it’s funny MGK should say that about the Phule books — a friend of mine insists (and I agree) that the Harry Potter series should have been done as a TV series, one full season per book. Then they’d have been ADDING STUFF IN instead of taking it out — maybe we’d get more of a sense of these kids actually being IN SCHOOL.

Meanwhile, I do have my own list:

Farmer Giles of Ham, by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester
Elric of Melniboné, by Michael Moorcock

… with full-fledged pitches for them here:

http://athelind.livejournal.com/323062.html

By: vonDread

vonDread — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:35:52 +0000

I second the vote for Snow Crash and World War Z, and add one for Good Omens.

By: Eric S. Smith

Eric S. Smith — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:50:51 +0000

L. Ron Hubbard’s Mission Earth series, but only if the production is done in house and thus bankrupts the cult.

By: tarpo

tarpo — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:24:31 +0000

Stainless Steel Rat.. I have wanted that since the first time I read it… Hell the first 3 or 4 books would all be great.

I’d like to see the Piers Anthony Incarnations books made into a movie too but would welcome some major rewriting. But On a Pale Horse would be nice to see done.. With Jackie Earle Haley as Zane.

By: supergp

supergp — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:47:14 +0000

Forever War. Which supposedly is finally being made into one, but I’d rather see that than WWZ.

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:30:51 +0000

Let’s face it; everyone thought there was a good movie in I, Robot, There is a great movie in I, Robot. It just doesn't start Will Smith as Rambo.

By: zinitrad

zinitrad — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:29:24 +0000

Holy crap!!!! I honestly didnt know they were making a world war Z movie. I hope they do it as if it was a history channel documentary.

also, its not a book, but a Wolfenstein (the newest one) movie would be badass.