Book and movie.

[BoyScoutKevin]

I hope everyone pardons me, if I do this a little differently; for, if I listed every film that I saw, some fairly obscure, based upon a book, the list would be almost endless. Instead here is a much shorter list of books I'd like to see made into a film. In order, the likeliness that'll happen.

Justin Somper
Allies and Assassins

When his father dies in battle, and his older brother dies under mysterious circumstances, a young man finds himself, unexpectedly, the ruler of his kingdom with the understanding that there are foes both inside and outside the kingdom, that threaten both him and his kingdom.

Not for him, but for his younger brother the teenage Prince Edvin, with whom I feel some empathy, which means I like to play around with character, and while this is not in the book, I see him as a monocle wearing chain smoker, who, when he sits down, his feet barely reach the floor.


Andrew Shvarts
a Russian ex-pat and computer programmer, with the Royal Bastards trilogy, his 1st attempt at writing fiction.
The 3rd in the trilogy, War of the Bastards, out this month.
For one of my favorite literary villains the teenage "Pretty Boy," who appears in the 1st 2 books in the trilogy: Royal Bastards and City of Bastards.
And because it'd look so good on film. When you read it, the images just pop into your mind, especially the "Bar Brawl! Bar Brawl!" in the 1st book.


The 3 Janes
My Lady, Jane
In 2 parts, the story of Lady Jane Grey, her teenage husband Lord Guilford Dudley, and her teenage cousin King Edward VI.
While the 1st part follows the historical story fairly closely, the 2nd part goes off on a tangent. Where the 3 having escaped their historical fate, still are not out of the woods, as her husband turns into a horse at dawn, and her cousin turns into a hawk at dusk. And their enemies would see all such, not just the two, exterminated.
For not only the humor, but, for the fact that the story in the book packs quite an emotion wallop.
This one is being shopped around the studios in Hollywood, so it may get made into a film.


Karou Mori
Emma
a 10 book magna series in which a maid, in the U.K., during the last decade of the 19th century, falls in love and finally marries a scion in the family for which she works.
For I have never found anything that gets at better than the relationships between masters and servants.
This was popular enough in Japan that it spawned a 12-episode anime series. Though, I'd like to see all the books done, either as live action or animation.


Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl
A series of 8 books featuring a teenage Irish mastercriminal.
Ever since the 1st was published in 2001, this was meant to be in a film, and 18 years later, we are finally getting the film version, which should be out later this year, which is based upon the 1st two books in the series. Thus, if this is a success, we may get 3 more films, at 2 books a film.
Still, the series does not end here, as Colfer has an upcoming series based upon Artemis' 2 younger twin brothers--Myles and Beckett.

And except for the last, will any of these be made into a film. Who knows? But, one can only hope.

[Ted C]

Read all of The Lord of the Rings

Read all of The Chronicles of Narnia

Read The Hobbit (PJ made up so much stuff for the movies)

Read Starship Troopers (the movie is a travesty)

Read The Running Man (nothing like the movie)

[The Burgomaster]

Here is another:

* THE CAINE MUTINY - One of the best books I've ever read. The movie is good, but it just doesn't capture the authenticity or deep characterizations that are in the book.

[316zombie]

do plays count? i'm a huge tennessee williams fan( strange, i know, since i generally dislike depressing stuff), and i've liked all of the movies. fave is suddenly,last summer. liz taylor and my beloved kate were both INCREDIBLE!

[Svengoolie 3]

This is a little off topic but i loved the battlestar galactica series in SFC and read a book called "the science of battlestar galactica" written by actual scientists who do their best to explain the actual scientific possibilities of BSG to people.

And the series had a fair degree of science in it, I noticed when adama called for the galactica crew to begin exploring nearby G,F anf K class stars, those star types are the most likely to have an earth like world orbiting them.

[The Burgomaster]

do plays count? i'm a huge tennessee williams fan( strange, i know, since i generally dislike depressing stuff), and i've liked all of the movies. fave is suddenly,last summer. liz taylor and my beloved kate were both INCREDIBLE!

I'm also a fan. I love A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE and CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.

[Allhallowsday]

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - fantastic book, the 2013film  was great -- but the book is better

My favorite novel.  I don't think there is a good film adaptation... at all.  

I'm inclined toward interpretations of individual writers, one at a time. 

THOMAS HARRIS:

BLACK SUNDAY: Good book; meh film.

RED DRAGON: Great book; first adaptation (called MANHUNTER): Good.  Second adaptation: not good. 

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: Great book (superb) film adaptation: good, but overrated. 

[Svengoolie 3]

Hannibal. Great movie. Much better book.

[Archivist]

I've seen a read the novels for many of the movies listed here, including the many Stephen King movies like Salem's Lot, The Shining, Pet Sematary, The Langoliers, Cat's Eye, Christine, Cujo, Carrie, but not the more recent novels/books. Some were quite faithful, others were pastiches like Cat's Eye, which I believe only had one story (Qutters Inc.) which made it into the film. Oh yes, The Lawnmower Man, which was nothing like the short story.

I've read

• The Golden Compass,
  most of the James Bond novels
  the Lord of the Rings trilogy
  the Dune sequence
  Interview With The Vampire and Queen of the Damned
  Michael Crichton's Rising Sun... what else...
  James Clavell's Noble House is on the shelf but I haven't read it
  Hellraiser/The Hellbound Heart
  The Midnight Meat Train, also by Clive Barker
  Jumper (the Hayden Christensen film)
  I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
  Jack Reacher (big fan of those novels)
  Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie
  Bram Stoker's Dracula
  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In Australian cinema, there's All The Rivers Run, The Thorn Birds and something else which escapes me. Reasonable movie/TV adaptations which were lauded over here because, well, they were Australian.

Some slightly obscure but fun TV adaptations that I've also read include

• Chocky by John Wyndham of Day Of The Triffids fame
  The Day Of The Triffids
  Under The Mountain by Maurice Gee
  The Famous Five series

Other TV adaptations for which I've read the books include the Blood Ties series by Tanya Huff, Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy (read all the books and seen/heard the TV show, radio show, and movie)

I'd love to see these books made into movies:

• Williams Gibson's Neuromancer
  Trevanian's Shibumi
  Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash
  Brian Lumley's Necroscope
  Eric Lustbader's The Ninja

Yeah, I read a fair bit.

[RCMerchant]

I would agree with Archivist with Clive Barker. He's better read than on screen.
I would say that CHEYENNE AUTUMN by Marie Sandoz is a fantastic book. The movie-not so much, to say the least.
Anything by Lovecraft is better on the page. I can't say that about Poe. Poe is dry, man. I would rather watch Vincent Price or Lugosi chew up the scenery.

[316zombie]

i'd watch at least the first necroscope movie, loved the books. i'd like to see a better version the dresden chronicles, and i'd kill to see the garrett files made into a tv series.

[Alex]

i'd watch at least the first necroscope movie, loved the books. i'd like to see a better version the dresden chronicles, and i'd kill to see the garrett files made into a tv series.

Didn't know they had done a necroscope movie.

[Svengoolie 3]

Pappilon. The book was very good.  Some peolle claimed pappy exaggerated a bit,  but he did help end the French penal system in Guyana and that alone makes his story worthwhile.

[Archivist]

i'd watch at least the first necroscope movie, loved the books. i'd like to see a better version the dresden chronicles, and i'd kill to see the garrett files made into a tv series.

Didn't know they had done a necroscope movie.

They haven't, not yet. I'd do unspeakable things to direct a Necroscope movie. Unspeakable.

Yeah, I've read at least one of Jim Butcher's Dresden books, too.

[Alex]

They haven't, not yet. I'd do unspeakable things to direct a Necroscope movie. Unspeakable.

That could make an interesting movie in of itself.