What books would you like adapted to film?

[torgospizza]

I'd have to go with Neil Gaiman's American Gods or China Miéville's The Scar. Gaiman would steal some of that sweet goth-tween angst moolah from the Twilight fans, but Miéville's sense of vision and freshness would approach a cross between Star Wars and The Matrix, giving steampunk-ish New Weird a boost as a new film genre.

What would you like to see on the big screen?

[spamn]

I'd like to see Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series adapted into a TV show - the first book would be maybe half a 20-24 episode season, to really get into the depth and complexity of the story and world.

I wouldn't mind seeing Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash as a film, though. Or Dan Simmons' Hyperion series - though it'd be a better TV show or British-style longform series with a definitive end.

[mazinz]

Since I have to keep it sci-fi releated:

Sargasso by Edwin Corely would be an amazing film

and Voorloper by Andre Norton

[apes3978]

A straight film adaption of Pierre Boulle's "Monkey Planet" AKA "Planet of the Apes" could be interesting, but probably not too commercial...

[johnmiic]

Issac Asimov's Empire/Robots/Foundation epic could be a great film series but a lot of it would have to be re-thought as it doesn't have much action. Unfortunately after what they did to I, Robot I doubt anyone gets what Asimov was trying to say. His books avoid the Frankenstein/slavery parable. Robots are something new in his eyes not stand-ins form our fears or mistakes.

3001: Final Odessey would be great but I don't think anyone's interested at this point.

Gregory Benford's In the Ocean of Night and Across the Sea of Suns would make a great couple of films.

[WannabeMego]

American God's - by Neil Gaiman for sure!!!
A Canticle for Leibowitz - by Walter M. Miller Jr.

[spamn]

Oh, and I wish they'd get the adaptation of Orson Scott Card's 'Ender's Game' out of development hell.

[megoapesnut]

Here's one from out in left field. M.M. Kaye's Shadow of the Moon. They already did her masterpiece The Far Pavilions back in the 80's as an HBO miniseries. I always liked SOTM a tad better. It would make a great movie, but probably wouldn't sell many tickets.

oops! Sorry, just realized that this was in the sci-fi category!

[megoapesnut]

A book that would make an AWESOME sci-fi movie is Dean Koontz's Twilight Eyes. I would pay big bucks to see a film version of that. Sandy, that's your next project.

[JediJaida]

Can we include fantasy books in this thread?

I'd like to suggest Anne MacCaffrey's Dragons of Pern series. The books have been around since the 70's or 80's I think and would make great movies, if only they had the right cast.

Another series I'd like to see is the Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey. It's great stuff!

[fallensaviour]

Cowboys and aliens...oh wait it's already being done.

jonah Hex no way back.

The Hobbit by tolkien...Yeah I know soon,soon...
Other than those I'm good.

[enyawd72]

Fred Saberhagen's "The Dracula Tapes"

One of my favorite books of all time. It tells the story of Dracula from his point of view and portrays Van Helsing as the villain.

[johnnystorm]

Fritz Leiber's FAFHRD & THE GRAY MOUSER series

[Joe90]

I'd go Old School here: Against the Fall of Night, by Arthur C Clarke. The story of an immensely old civilization, and its eventual renaissance, is a good one. I'd love to see it on the big screen.

Against The Fall Of Night is an early version of The City and the Stars and I'm one of the many who appreciate the early version more.

A sequel to Against the Fall of Night would be Beyond the Fall of Night, a collaboration between Clarke and Gregory Benford.

[LonnieFisher]

I say NONE because they always suck compared to the book!