#4457076 - 01/13/19 12:32 AM
Scifi Books that should be movies.
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We all know the famous Book series Dune and others that just had to be made and rehashed in movie form. Im enjoying the Uplift series by David Brin at the moment.What other series would you like to see made into film? The Uplift Universe is a fictional universe created by American science fiction writer David Brin. A central feature in this universe is the process of biological uplift.
His books which take place in this universe are:
Sundiver (1980) Startide Rising (1983) The Uplift War (1987) The Uplift Trilogy (sometimes called the Uplift Storm trilogy): Brightness Reef (1995) Infinity's Shore (1996) Heaven's Reach (1998) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uplift_Universe
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#4457084 - 01/13/19 01:31 AM
Re: Scifi Books that should be movies.
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I think most of Jack McDevitt’s novels would make great movies.
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#4457174 - 01/13/19 08:51 PM
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Dan Simmon's 'Hyperion', and 'Fall of Hyperion'. Never read a science fiction book in remotely the same class. Agreed, as well as Joe Haldeman's Forever War Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld - into a GOOD movie, not the crappy SyFy garbage Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama Neil Stephenson - Snow Crash
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#4457193 - 01/13/19 10:31 PM
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Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama
Morgan Freeman and David Fincher tried for several years to get the funding to make it but it didn't work out.
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#4457255 - 01/14/19 02:31 PM
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"Helliconia" might make an interesting setting. Game of Thrones without fourth wall, so to speak. That could be great if done properly. I always loved how the early characters became the legends of the later ones. Danger is it could be seen as derivative (ironically) as they both (Helliconia & GoT) have long year cycles with one race preferring winter and the other flourishing during summer.
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#4457269 - 01/14/19 04:04 PM
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Ooohh I vote second for the Rama Trilogy.. Me too, but it will never happen as the plot is all exploration and no action. A better bet is Greg Bear's Eon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eon_(novel) This has the exploration aspects of 'Rendevous with Rama', but with fighting.
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#4457275 - 01/14/19 05:18 PM
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Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss,although Helliconia would be a great choice.
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#4457291 - 01/14/19 07:38 PM
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I think Iain M. Banks' Culture series could make for good viewing. It has action, it has humour. Better as a series than a movie though. Hyperion. Gods I hate that book. Great buildup, then *blink* WHERE THE #%&*$# IS THE REST OF THE BOOK?!?!?!?!? It was half-a-book. Turned me off the author for life. If you want action, turning Warhammer 40K into a TV-show would have rocked Elisabeth Moon's "Vatta" series, or "Serrano" series could make good movies.
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#4457292 - 01/14/19 07:39 PM
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If you want action, turning Warhammer 40K into a TV-show would have rocked How good was the Warhammer movie that came out a couple years ago? I assume you saw it? edit: Oops, that was Warcraft, NOT Warhammer.
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#4457309 - 01/14/19 09:18 PM
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If you want action, turning Warhammer 40K into a TV-show would have rocked How good was the Warhammer movie that came out a couple years ago? I assume you saw it? edit: Oops, that was Warcraft, NOT Warhammer. Yepp, but I enjoyed it. It was great for a Warcraft fan
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#4457471 - 01/15/19 10:57 PM
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S M Stirling, The Sky People and In the Court of the Crimson King.
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Exodus
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