Three SF Books That Should Be Filmed

[Reid Malenfant]

If you have Century Rain, Pushing Ice or Revelation Space, try one of them first.

And a happy and peaceful Easter to you all

Revelation Space kind of rings a bell

That'll be my next read (if i have it) after Vernor Vinge - Across realtime which is both of these books! The Peace War & Marooned In Realtime a superb read!

Seriously recommended & once again i'd love to see them as films

[Reid Malenfant]

Oh gosh, Ken Macleod The Star Fraction as well as The Stone Canal & The Cassini Division

I'm dieing yet again thinking about it

[Reid Malenfant]

Isaac Asimov.... I'll have to pass at three though...

Prelude To Foundation, Forward The Foundation, Foundation, Foundation & Empire, Second Foundation, Foundations Edge, Foundation & Earth as well as the three B's contribution to the series... Brin, Bear & Benford

Frankly this could make an epic series of blu rays, 10 films

It just needs to be done correctly & it'd be superb

Meanwhile i'm seriously shaken & stired

[synsei]

Oh yes, do read Eternity It's a little more convoluted as the lady that tried to reach back to Earth (Patricia Vasquez) landed on an alternate earth

I'm not sure about Reynolds, i'll look at what i have & possibly expand my collection once again

Yeah, we aren't alone, life establishes itself just as soon as it can. The question is are we the only intelligent life is more interesting. If you read Space you'll understand why shutting the f*ck up & not broadcasting radio & TV is a superb idea But i'm sure you have & know...

Hope both you & Ali have a good easter

Hold up... Reynolds, are some of his books near on 1000 pages? If so i have a few but haven't got there yet (man they are thick)

Greg Bears 'The Forge Of God' deals with the same concept, a truly stunning book that will bring tears to your eyes towards the end. Interestingly, I've spoken to Greg on the forum on his website and he says 'FoG' and its sequel Anvil Of Stars has been optioned by New Line. He also dropped a huge hint that Peter Jackson is interested in the project, although this was some time ago.

Another interesting movie option would be Patrick Tilley's book, 'Mission'. http://www.patrick-tilley.com/mission/index.php

[Reid Malenfant]

Forge of God is another good one yes, i wasn't so taken with Anvil of stars though as it seemed to take quite a while to get going imo.

Just remembered one of the best trilogies i can recall

Kim Stanley Robinsons' Red Mars, Green Mars & Blue Mars. Those would be epic as films

[MartinT]

I have to add Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh as an absolute epic in her Alliance-Union universe series, about a space station caught up in a war no-one seems to want. The characters are well-formed and Cherryh's action sequences are as good as any in her Merchanter series.

[Spectral Morn]

Why limit it to just three?

Childhoods End - Arthur C Clark

Rendezvous With Rama - Arthur C Clarke

Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey...more fantasy than Sci Fi.

Footfall - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Darkness Weaves - Karl Edward Wagner

At the Mountains of Madness - Hp Lovecraft (sadly now not being made )

2012 - Whitley Striber

I will add more as and when they come to me.


Regards D S D L

[Spectral Morn]

I have to add Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh as an absolute epic in her Alliance-Union universe series, about a space station caught up in a war no-one seems to want. The characters are well-formed and Cherryh's action sequences are as good as any in her Merchanter series.

Sounds a bit like Babylon 5.


Regards D S D L

[RochaCullen]

I have been fascinated with the Fermi Paradox for years. My personal view is that other life in the universe is inevitable - there is nothing special or unique about us. Therefore the distances and time involved have masked their presence to us. Great to debate, though

I'd never heard of the Fermi Paradox up until reading this thread. Read up on it there. I recently heard an interview with a bloke who was part of the SETI group, but who has in recent years distanced himself from them, declaring their search to be futile (I originally typed "pointless", but I reconsidered given if there is one thing SETI know about is how to pick a point).

His reasoning was quite sensible and very simple: We are looking for Radio transmissions blasted at us from other civilizations. But he says such an expectation would be predicated on they're knowing we are here, i.e., that they have intercepted and are now responding to transmissions we have produced (this seems to imply directionality of signal ). Anyway, his point is that we have only been declaring our presence within space for about 100 years via our radio transmissions, and given our galaxy is 100,000 light years across, it will be a long time before the areas of space SETI are monitoring will ever know we are here in order for them to respond.

[Covenant]

Stand on Zanzibar-John Brunner
Lord Fouls Bane-Stephen Donaldson (followed by the other nine in the series!)
The Stainless Steel Rat-Harry Harrison