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I've long wanted Terry Pratchett's Discworld to be made into a series. I used to think it wouldn't be possible because of how much the humour relies on the narrator, but after seeing the (IMO successful) Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events, I think it is possible.

well it used to be wheel of time.

No one has mentioned The Culture?

There really wouldn't be much to update because a good chunk of it is still modern. Not only that, but Banks really fucked with gender, ideology, and civil rights in a way that is still incredibly relevant in 2023.

I also really want someone to try to portray Fwi-Song from Consider Phlebas.

Old Man's War! Pretty green people fighting aliens! What's not to like?

Well, I have some good news for you!

Stephen Colbert to Produce ‘Chronicles of Amber’ TV Series Adaptation.

Discworld. I would love to see the shenanigans of Samuel Vines and co, Mort, the witches, and so many other wonderful stories

Still waiting for a Mistborn adaptation.

The Kingkiller Chronicle

I'd absolutely love a faithful adaptation of SnowCrash by Neil Stephonson to a TV series, don't think a movie would be doable, unless they did a trilogy or something.

Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)

Any of the Xeelee series (Stephen Baxter)

Quantum Magician series (Derek Künsken)

The ministry for the future by Kim Stanley Robinson. And moreso after the Texan republicans are trying to keep climate science out of classrooms!

Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe would be fantastic. The last thing I remember hearing was that he was working on a script for a Mistborn movie. I would've preferred a TV-show, but he feels it would work better as a movie, and I trust his judgement.

Project hail Mary is my favorite literature I've read in the last few years.

I would love to see it done justice with a movie done right.

More "The Expanse" would be awesome.

"Chasm City" by Alastair Reynolds. It's a standalone novel in a much bigger Revelation Space series. But the plot of this book is quite independent of the series, you don't need to know the lore to understand it. I think it is very well suited for a movie or a short series.

The setting is hard SciFi, very detailed, but not too crazy.

The Caves of Steel quadrilogy. Especially now that we're on the eve of AI mates, this one would be fitting for the times.

I have often thought about dragonriders of pern as a movie. I am not sure thread really would show well. The books really emphasize people's fear of thread. But I don’t see anything visual about it that would really inspire that fear on the screen. Even while reading, I often felt the fear level was unrealistic. And a lot of peoples motivations were based on that fear. Now a great writer might be able to adjust things to work aroundvthat, but it seems tough.

Drangonlance could be as epic as The Lord of the Rings. Yes, really.

Firefly looks good.

I always wonder why sci-fi gets mixed in with fantasy so much? It's always a pain to find decent movie/show or a book because these categories are treated as the same thing.

In my mind they are trivial to separate and I struggle to think of a single book or a film/show that even comes close to crossing over.

I enjoy quality writing in either genre, but as I get older I gravitate towards sci-fi because most fantasy seems to be written for younger audience with some great exceptions like Chronicles of Amber or Witcher.

And just to stay on topic, I nominate Asprin's Myth Adventures.

I'd love to see the Foundation and the Robot series of Asimov.

As single movie, Asimov's End of Eternity would be great.

Warhammer 40k - Horus Heresy, live action, to the books. Then Eisenhorn eventually.

Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series of books. The first book alone, where a guy who was about to unalive himself accidentally kills death instead as he walks in the door to take his soul, would make an awesome series. Each book takes on a different aspect of Immortality (Death, War, Time) and how they overcome Satan by not being used for ultimate evil.

That last sentence may seem religion-forward but the author, Piers Anthony, is not a religious writer by any means. Another series of his, Bio of a Space Tyrant, could be an ultra gritty R rated Sci-fi epic with the right director.

Joe Abercrombie's 'First Law.'

The Quantum Thief trilogy. Mainly because part of it takes place in Oubliette, a city whose buildings, plazas and monuments are carried across the surface of Mars by giant robots. That ought to be quite a spectacle.

A real adaptation of the Foundation Series. Not the abomination we are getting from Apple.

I read some Halo books that seemed like they'd make for great TV.

The Expeditionary Force series! I loved the series and listened to the whole thing on audible! The great thing is, R.C. Bray could still voice one of the key characters who makes the whole series fun and addicting!

Ann Leckie's Ancillary series would make a fantastic space epic, if handled properly.

• Red Rising would be unreal
• Anything Sanderson would be nice. Especially his fantasy stuff but his Cytonic series would be good.
• The First Law Trilogy
• Codex Alera
• If Rothfuss wilould finish the friggin trilogy King killer Chronicles would be good