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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

For a movie: Sailing to Byzantium

For a tv series: Bones of the Earth or Replay

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mentioned Daemon and Freedom^TM^ by Daniel Suarez in another thread recently. I've often thought they'd make good Techno Thrillers. They got optioned once but I think it expired.

I think part of the problem is that the second book is a conclusion to the first. One falls flat without the other. So I think they'd be best suited to a single mini-series of 6 or 8 hour long episodes. And studios want franchises.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'd like to see Ian McDonald's River of Gods or The Dervish House made into a 10ep series. They're both fantastic cyberpunk books and would make excellent TV.

Also, absolute long shot here but I'd love to see Iain Banks' The Culture series adapted for premium streaming with a Foundation series budget.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian - yes, I know there's been a movie (Master & Commander with Russel Crowe and Paul Bettany) but the series is much richer and deeper than any single movie could be.

Also, Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings series. Concentrate on the Fitz storyline, maybe give the Liveship series a miss.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

All the Muderbot series

Old Man’s War series

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I've been listening to Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds thanks to a recommendation I saw here on Lemmy. This is one that I'd like to see a movie or series adaptation.

The Bobiverse would be a fun series I think as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The Sword of Truth series. My favorite series of all time. It had an attempt at a show, but I refuse to accept it. They took a story that's 10x more adult than Game of Thrones and made a CW show that had events from the 5th book in episode one.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett. I think that would be a great book to adapt.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

There already has been a movie (L.A. Confidential), which is one of my favourite movies of all time. But to get it on the screen required a lot of rewriting to fit a complex weave of plots that intersect and takes 10 years to resolve. It was brilliantly done for what it was, but it left a LOT on the floor.

I would love love love to see an HBO or similar series that is as true to the novel by James Ellroy as it could possibly be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Magic Kingdom of Landover

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dredd could be a whole franchise

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Zero. It totally destroys everything about a book. I have found though that horrible series can make good TV. Like Twilight or Dexter or Harry Potter. Horribly written trash but popular with those in the center of the bell curve.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Lord Valentine’s Castle series by Robert Silverberg

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