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Iβve just realised perhaps the Pleistocene series by Julian May could probably be pulled off, especially if using the original (to me) cover illustrations as visual βcanonβ.
I can't even imagine who might do them justice, but some of the books in Iain Banks' Culture series could be a real treat.
The Amtrak Wars.
Red Rising
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson as the caterpillar)
There actually was a 2008 animated Dragonlance movie with a good voice cast. But I hear it was terrible and I haven't forced myself to watch it.
Yeah, it is. Out of boredom, I watched it one Sunday when I had nothing to do and could only make like 20 minutes into it before I shut it off. It is not good at all lol.Here it is in its horrible glory
Three Body Problem/ Liu Cixin's Dark Forest goodness
A Chinese show has already been released and an American one is releasing on Netflix soon. The Chinese version can be streamed on Viki. I'm about 1/3 of the way through (30 episodes) and I'm absolutely loving it. They don't dumb down any of the details with the science and is staying very true to the books so far. You just have to be willing to watch a subtitled show
I'm happy to be surprised but I doubt I'll like the US version as much. Nearly every US book adaptation I've watched has been dumbed down "for a wider audience" and changed quite substantially (looking at you, Silo and Beacon 23). This is also coming from D and D of GoT infamy, so we'll see if they can turn their track record around. At least this book is finished so they have the entire source material to work with
Uh... it is being made into a series. I also don't get the hype about three body problem. I thought that book was mediocre at best.
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Early Mormon church history is about as bizzarre and dramatic as it gets. I think a well-produced & historically accurate dramaticization of the weird beginnings of the Mormon church would make for a good miniseries.
Damn. Went from wanting to write a short story to making a world spanning 16 novels, lol.
That's insane
The "titan" series by John Varley. A good trilogy. Also a good five year series could be had with "ringworld" by Niven - the ongoing adventures that could feature six months of gathering the players and explaining their mission(s).
IF they're done right, of course.
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The Red Rising series is worth it.
Any of the William Gibson trilogies. Even though The Peripheral didn't work out.
Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R Donaldson.
This was a well written fantasy series that I would love to see made into a series or multiple movies.
Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant:
Lord Foul's Bane (1977)
The Illearth War (1977)
The Power That Preserves (1977)
The Second Chronicles:
The Wounded Land (1980)
The One Tree (1982)
White Gold Wielder (1983)
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The Preston & Child "Diogenes trilogy" books.
Or just everything around Agent Pendergast
Ender's Game.
Hate the author, love the series. I've never been more angry with a movie, and a TV series with someone that's actually read the books BUT has also largely disassociated from OSC would go a long way towards repairing things.
- Lord Valentineβs Castle, et al, by Robert Silverberg
- The Silicon Mage series by Barbara Hambly
- The Time of the Dark series by Barbara Hambly
- The Cliff Hardy series by Peter Corris
he GONE series by Michael Grant. Ive wished for a series based on the books since I first touched them.
Jhereg series by Steven Brust