[TWilliam]

Some posts on another thread got me to thinking this might be something fun to kick about as a respite from the usual doom.

What novel(s) have you read that, at least as far as you know, have never made it to film, but you feel would be great as movies, at least if done well? Who would you pick to play the lead role(s)?

I'd like to see an adaptation of Robert Heinlein's Stranger In A Strange Land done as a film, but only if it's focus on the social and political issues were retained instead of it being turned into some superficial 'misunderstood superbeing' pap (ala Powder, for example). I think Johnny Depp might make a good Michael Valentine Smith.

[FourOfSwords]

Great topic.
~ The Hobbit - Tolkien
~ Starman's Son - Andre Norton
~ Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov
...for starters.
Cheers
Alex

[gampy]

Rendevous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

[Ferretlover]

No, Joaquin (sp?) Phoenix as Michael.

[drgoodword]

Neuromancer - William Gibson

World Of Wonders - Robertson Davies

[gampy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('drgoodword', 'N')euromancer - William Gibson

World Of Wonders - Robertson Davies

[bodigami]

Most of R.A. Salvatore's books... it's like an evolution of Tolkien's Middle Earth.

[The_Toecutter]

"Call of Cthulu" by H.P. Lovecraft

"Shockwave Rider" by John Brunner

"Sheep Look Up" by John Brunner

"Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson

"Riddley Walker" by Russel Hoban

"Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

[FourOfSwords]

"Riddley Walker" by Russel Hoban
+1

[Ferretlover]

Shadow of the Moon by M. M. Kaye

edited to add: And, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

[jasonraymondson]

Odd Thomas

[FourOfSwords]

I'm surprised so many of us are into cyberpunk. I wonder if this says anything about our collective PO 'gestalt'?
Alex

[FourOfSwords]

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[Stratovarius]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('zensui', 'M')ost of R.A. Salvatore's books... it's like an evolution of Tolkien's Middle Earth.

[Tanada]

The Clouds of Saturn by Michael McColum

Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper

1632 by Eric Flint

Integral Trees by Larry Niven

End Of The Line by F.M. Busby

Cemetery World by Clifford Simak

Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove

[careinke]

Lucifer's Hammer

Alas Babylon

[kpeavey]

The story of the Pilgrims from their departure from England, time in Holland, journey across the ocean, the Mayflower Compact, landfall, setting up a village, the first winter (a die off), good and bad indians, all the way through the division of cattle. The story would be a complete epic. The wise leadership of William Brewster, the brash and daring Miles Standish, the romance of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.
Faith, corruption, hardship, adventure, kindness, its all in there.
Has a happy ending.