Sci-fi books and comics that should be made into films. - by SubJeff
N'Al on 14/9/2012 at 14:31
You guys broke the loop. :erg:
icemann on 14/9/2012 at 16:06
Hmm, Sci-fi books that should be made into films:
The Amtrak Wars - Post apocalyptic book series that came out in the 80s. Very fallout-ish. Recall reading the first 3 books in the series when I was a kid and very much enjoying them.
Red Mars (plus the sequel books) - Good book series on the terraforming of mars.
There was a 3rd book series regarding an alien invasion occurring just before World War 2 was supposed to start. Forget the name of it since I didn't read it. But it sounded interesting from the intro on the back of the books.
The Lone Wolf gamebook series (far more fantasy than Sci-fi) would make for a good movie or movies. Though doing it right would be the catch.
demagogue on 16/9/2012 at 06:08
Quote Posted by icemann
There was a 3rd book series regarding an alien invasion occurring just before World War 2 was supposed to start. Forget the name of it since I didn't read it. But it sounded interesting from the intro on the back of the books.
This is Turtledove's
Worldwar series. I've was reading his fan-named "Southern Victory" series for a while, where the South wins the US Civil War and remains a separate state, and WWI & WWII European history also plays out similarly in the US, with a communist North & fascist South. His books are fun, lots of characters, lots of playing with history...
Yakoob on 2/10/2012 at 17:58
Well I just finished Neuromancer and agree with previous assessment - really dense (look ma, I know what an analogy is!) and never explained made up words that left me re-reading paragraphs trying to figure out wtf is actually happening. But in the end, it's pretty good and got me hooked. I could definitely see how it influenced many things to come, from GITS, Shadowrun, through Matrix, to System Shock or even the Anachronox I just started (opening in a bar and a "dead AI"). I got Jetter's "Infernal Devices" next on my list as a break from scifi/cyberpunk but need to check out more of the books talked in this thread too!
EDIT: There I said Neuromancer influenced Blade Runner, but its more like the other way around a-ha!
june gloom on 3/10/2012 at 01:30
Quote Posted by Yakoob
I said Neuromancer influenced Blade Runner
well why not, everything else did too apparently ;)
demagogue on 6/12/2012 at 07:47
I saw this little blurb today.
Ender's Game, coming November 2013.
Or as I like to call it: Han Solo, kid's corps drill sergeant.
Inline Image:
http://i47.tinypic.com/mhgev.jpgSulphur on 6/12/2012 at 07:51
Trepidation! That's a movie that would be so hard to get right. They've got Harrison Ford as Graff, which is an interesting casting choice.
Ender's supposed to be younger and smaller than the rest of his 'toon, though.
SubJeff on 6/12/2012 at 10:48
Ender is under 10 in the book, these kids look older than that. And we don't know which one is Ender yet, do we?
I'll be surprised if it's any good, but then the book was only okay imho. It's no Rendezvous with Rama or Flowers for Algernon.
Sulphur on 6/12/2012 at 21:35
Ender's being played by the same kid who was cast in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, so that's him in that screengrab.
Where Ender's Game fits in a personal 'Best Of' sci-fi list is entirely dependent on opinion. I'd never put the novel version of Flower for Algernon in that list, though. It's lumpy, diluted, and ultimately redundant in the face of the short story version, which is very near the top of the list of best short fiction, sci-fi or not, I've ever read.
