Books you would like to see made into films

[kelvinzero]

<p>There was a book "Random Acts of Senseless Violence" by Jack Womack that I think would have made a good low budget&nbsp;Indie movie&nbsp;with the right director.</p><p>&nbsp;(not related to the similarly named movie "random acts of violence",)</p>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I'd like to see some movies from the Niven universe. Others have mentioned Ringworld and Mote in God's Eye, but I didn't see FootFall mentioned, which I think would be good also.&nbsp;I think what would make a good TV series would be&nbsp; The Man-Kzin Wars. Sort of like Spielberg's Amazing Tales. I don't have any specific Man-Kzin tales in mind, since i'm still trying to find more books, but I bet they would make great stand-alone episodes, loosely intertwined with recurring characters. Posted by StrandedonEarthsince1970</DIV></p><p>Footfall would make a good movie.&nbsp; I don't know if people would spend too much time comparing it to Independence Day or not though.&nbsp; It's definitely a heavily character driven story.&nbsp; They might have to take out too much of the character-based plot to put in the bells&whistles of special effects.&nbsp; Still, I'd love to see it made.</p><p>The Man-Kzin wars would be good if they could weave it all under one storyline.&nbsp; It'd be difficult but, it could be done.&nbsp; Battlestar Galactica is somewhat similar in that it portrays a conflict between "species."</p><p>I suppose, the thing is a lot of really good books and story ideas can be taken right off the shelf and turned into film.&nbsp; The problem is that some have repeating themes even though they're stories are different.&nbsp; People instantly try to make comparisons.&nbsp; It's one thing that has kept back The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series from being made into film - Too similar (In producer's opinion) to TLoTR.. it has a ring in it..&nbsp; </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[qzzq]

<p>Rendezvous with Rama would make for a good film I imagine. There have been rumours for years (and even a website) about David Fincher (se7en, fight club) directing a big screen adaptation of Rama, but nothing has happened so far, sadly.</p><p>&nbsp;http://www.cinematical.com/2007/08/24/morgan-freeman-has-a-rendezvous-with-rama/</p><h2 class="posttitle"><span>Morgan Freeman Has A 'Rendezvous with Rama'</span></h2><p class="byline"><em>by</em> <strong>Jessica Barnes</strong> Aug 24th 2007 // 7:06PM</p><p class="filed-under">Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, RumorMonger, DIY/Filmmaking</p><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2007/08/morgan-freeman---imdb.png" border="1" alt="" hspace="4" vspace="4" align="right" />While hard at work on graphic novel adaptation <em>Wanted</em> with Angelina Jolie and <em>The Dark Knight</em>, Morgan Freeman spoke with MTV movie blogs about his adaptation of <em>Rendezvous with Rama</em> by Arthur C. Clarke. The story centers on an alien star ship that floats into our solar system and the human team of scientists working to figure out its origin. Freeman is planning to produce and star in the film and has promised that David Fincher will direct. There is no official confirmation on whether Fincher's involvement in the film is just wishful thinking on Freeman's part, but Freeman seems confident that Fincher is on board. Freeman first expressed interest in the project back in 2000, but in 2003 he had spoken with Sci-Fi Wire to speak about the problems he was having with studios, saying "These things, they always want to make it into an action film, You can't do it with this. And we've been having trouble getting someone to see the science aspect of this, the exploratory aspects of it, rather than the blood and guts and stuff". <br /> <br /> Four years later, and it doesn't sound like getting the film into production has gotten any easier. Freeman now tells MTV, "It's a very intellectual science fiction film, a very difficult book to translate cinematically. [At least] we have found it very difficult to translate, to get ready for film". <em>Rama</em> was published back in 1972 and won both a Nebula and a Hugo award for science fiction writing. The book was later expanded upon into a series of novels, but Clarke was no longer writing them. Instead, he served as an executive editor for the remaining novels. Freeman still isn't finished with <em>Wanted</em>, and he has already signed to portray Nelson Mandela in a biopic about the legendary human rights leader. But in spite of the delays; persistence has paid off and <em>Rendezvous with Rama</em> is tentatively set for release in 2009. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>***</p> </div>

 

[warpfactor999]

How about Bob Dylan's book(?) "Tarantula".....could you imagine a movie made from that????

 

[owenjm]

Ridley Scott has just got the rights to "The Forever War" after a 25 year wait.This was reported in Variety in OCtober 2008!

 

[brandbll]

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="3">You wanna talk some jive? I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!</font></p> </div>

 

[rocketwatcher2001]

<p>Footfall.</p><p>The Two Faces of Tomorrow.&nbsp; The Two Faces might be tough, part of the story was understanding how the computer evolved and became aware and then very scared.</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[beanbag]

The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong><font size="3" color="#800080">janet.  </font></strong></p><p><font size="2">greater love hath no dude than this, that he may lay down his life for his rodent.</font></p> </div>

 

[marcel_leonard]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Anything by Octavia Butler! <br />Posted by AfroDytee</DIV></p><p><span style="font-size:7.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="2">On another note some consider the Late Octavia E. Butler to be a modern day prophet. Would any of you who read &ldquo;Parable of the Sower&rdquo; and &ldquo;Parable of the Talents&rdquo; care to comment on both Bova&rsquo;s and Butler&rsquo;s social commentary as to where we are heading in the next thirty years in this country?</font> </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size:7.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'"><img src="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n4518.jpg" alt="" /></span></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'"><img src="http://www.benbova.net/marslife-cover-keep.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="300" height="416" />&nbsp; <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="240" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td id="prodImageCell" width="240" height="240"><img id="prodImage" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51p8tMOVPEL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg" border="0" alt="Parable of the Sower" width="240" height="240" />

 

[beanbag]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Ridley Scott has just got the rights to "The Forever War" after a 25 year wait.This was reported in Variety in OCtober 2008! <br />Posted by owenjm</DIV><br /><br />Bladerunner is my all time and all catagory favorite movie. i like Alien too. i have never heard of The forever war but i can imagine it would probably be a good movie. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong><font size="3" color="#800080">janet.  </font></strong></p><p><font size="2">greater love hath no dude than this, that he may lay down his life for his rodent.</font></p> </div>

 

[Yagurth]

<p>Anne MaCaffrey's, "Dragonriders of Pern" series would be one of my all time favorites, but it could be difficult to film.&nbsp; Given the spate of teenage fatasy at the moment why not do a film on the Harper Hall trilogy, with the dragon riders in the background. For those who have never heard of it, the book covers the training of harpers.&nbsp;In an illiterate world they are the teachers, entertainers, and sometimes spies bringing knolage to the insular&nbsp; Craft holds whom the Dragons protect. </p><p>Like the&nbsp;Hobit gives an introduction to Middle Earth, the Harper Hall would introduce Pern to the uninitiated.&nbsp; If it succeeds it could lead to The Dragon Riders of Pern.</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature">   <p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Script, cursive"><font size="6" style="font-size:26pt">Yagurth</font></font></p> </div>

 

[Mee_n_Mac]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>&nbsp;I think what would make a good TV series would be&nbsp; <em>The Man-Kzin Wars</em>. Sort of like Spielberg's Amazing Tales. I don't have any specific Man-Kzin tales in mind, since i'm still trying to find more books, but I bet they would make great stand-alone episodes, loosely intertwined with recurring characters. <br />Posted by <strong>StrandedonEarthsince1970</strong></DIV><br /><br />I agree.&nbsp; I was thinking along the lines that Doc Grey had mentioned, that Hollywood usually screws&nbsp;up anyhting complicated so the story needs to be simple enough that HW can handle it.&nbsp; <em>The Man Kzin Wars</em> should be do-able as a Hollywood movie and come out enjoyable in the process.&nbsp; I might also think stories from <em>The Prince </em>would do well too.&nbsp; If they can do HH, they can do JCF. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask not what your Forum Software can do do on you,</font></p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask it to, please for the love of all that's Holy, <strong>STOP</strong> !</font></p> </div>

 

[jim48]

<font size="1"><strong><font size="2">Asimov's <em>Foundation Trilogy</em> would make a long, long, long, long tv miniseries. I remember when they did 26 hours of James Michener's <em>Centennial </em>30 years ago on NBC. Sci Fi channel could do Asimov's robot novels, <em>The Caves of Steel</em> and <em>The Naked Sun</em> as four hour movies each. Hmm. I haven't read any sci-fi in 30 years, so I have no idea what's out there today that would be good to film. I always wanted to see a miniseries based on Heinlein's <em>The Moon is a Harsh Mistress</em>, but the premise is by now obsolete. Pity. Blame the microchip. Finally, a shameless plug for an old friend of mine who has a new book out!<br /></font><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/15/3/8f705852-9169-432c-a323-f812dc55e0f9.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /></strong></font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[crazyeddie]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'> i have never heard of The forever war but i can imagine it would probably be a good movie. <br /> Posted by beanbag</DIV></p><p>I wonder how general audiences would react to the book's future world where homosexuality is considered the norm and the two heterosexual protagonists are considered sexual deviants. &nbsp;How much to you want to bet that aspect of the story would be whitewashed out?<img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-undecided.gif" border="0" alt="Undecided" title="Undecided" /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[wmdragon]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>PS - If anyone has a good, clear artist's interpretation of an ur-vile I'd appreciate it.&nbsp; I'm trying to make a 3D model of one. <br /> Posted by a_lost_packet_</DIV></p><p>&nbsp;let's see it! when I finished both trilogies, a few years ago, I looked long and hard for <em>any</em> artwork on the series. found nothing except one painting of Saltheart Foamfollower carrying Covenant. *sigh* </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#993366"><em>The only laws of matter are those which our minds must fabricate, and the only laws of mind are fabricated for it by matter.</em> <br /> --- James Clerk Maxwell</font></p> </div>

 

[wmdragon]

<p><em>Altered Carbon</em> by Richard Morgan</p><p>&nbsp;futuristic hardboiled detective story, with a good dose of action, cyberpunk and mind-body transfers to mix things up</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>The Skinner</em>, and <em>Cowl</em> by Neal Asher </p><p>action-packed and fast paced scifi, both would make awesome rides on the big screen. might need some toning down though, as they are violent, brutally and disgustingly so at times.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em> Stories of Your Life and Others</em>&nbsp; by Ted Chiang</p><p>some of the stories would be great to watch, maybe as 1-hour TV episodes. very imaginative stuff.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>The Extinction Journals</em> by <span> Jeremy Robert Johnson</span></p><p>guy survives nuclear holocaust with a suit made of cockroaches ... living cockroaches. hmmm, not for everyone, but&nbsp; would make a good offbeat horror short.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Song of Ice & Fire series by George RR Martin</p><p>already taken by HBO for a mini series, hope they dont mess it up too much&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span class="ptBrand">The Prince of Nothing trilogy by R. Scott Bakker</span> </p><p>personal wish, but unrealistic. the scope is epic, LoTR magnitude, and the brutality and cruelty of some of the characters and events would have to be toned down, a lot.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Liveship Traders trilogy <span class="ptBrand">by Robin Hobb</span> </p><p>magical living ships, pirates, mysterious sea serpents, great fantasy story&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#993366"><em>The only laws of matter are those which our minds must fabricate, and the only laws of mind are fabricated for it by matter.</em> <br /> --- James Clerk Maxwell</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

<p><font size="2"><strong>The Late Arthur C Clarke's</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Odyssey Three 2061 </strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Odyssey Four 3001</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>(perhaps both combined into one film),</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Aslo: The Songs of Distant Earth, with perhaps some shorts made from The Sentinel, The Sands of Mars, & oyther Arthur C Clarke shorter stories.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Also the entire RAMA series.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Andrew Brown.&nbsp;</strong></font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[StrandedonEarthsince1970]

<p>Hmmm I notice the thread title doesn't actually say sci-fi...</p><p>&nbsp;I'd like to see <u><strong>Warlock</strong></u>, by Wilbur Smith. A tale set in ancient Egypt, with a little magic and a lot of blood thrown in. I think some things would need to be edited for the big screen, I just can't see them putting everything in...</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em><strong>Now where on Earth did I park my UFO?</strong></em></p> </div>

 

[ringmike]

The Rama books would make a great film.&nbsp; But. Spielberg must be kept very far away from production.&nbsp; I would not want to see a Rama action/adventure move.&nbsp; I miss movies that questioned how alien would aliens be compared to humankind.&nbsp; I can't help but have an image of the Rama craft represeted by the craft from the fourth Star Trek movie.&nbsp; That movie started with the mystery of "alien" aliens.&nbsp; Their craft gave no clue about who they were or what they wanted.&nbsp; In those opening sequences the magic of science fiction was alive and well.&nbsp; ...Then mass destruction and the traditional Trek reunion, SF cliche's, and the good guys win!&nbsp; I'm off track now.&nbsp; What I want is a science fiction movie with aliens that I think I have almost figured out, but then something more is revealed and I again question what it is I believe I am seeing.&nbsp; And I want that for an entire movie!&nbsp; Not a thoughtful five minutes crammed between lasers and explosions.&nbsp; I think that the project should be given to a director who knows little of science fiction not one who thinks he wrote the book on it.&nbsp; Rant, rant, rant this is my first post; I had know idea of soapbox danger.