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[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Little brother by cory Doctorow Best book ive read. Characters have real feelings and flaws. And the book got me deep into linux and foss

Would highly recommend

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[–] Moriarty@startrek.website 6 points 4 months ago

Lord of Light, high sci Fi mashed with epic Indian mythology and eastern philosophy.

[–] JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

A good version of “Riverworld” by Philip Jose Farmer would be awesome. “Borne” or “The Strange Bird” by Jeff Vandermeer. “Dance, Dance, Dance” by Murakmi. The Maddaddam Trilogy by Atwood.

As a deep cut, “The Woman in the Dunes” by Kobo Abe. Totally surreal.

[–] Coherence@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

First Law series by Joe Abercrombie

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Would love to see (and probably be disappointed by) a Revelation Space adaptation.

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[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Seconded, but I'm not sure I would go past the twins trilogy

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[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I so want a Hercules/Xena type show except it's Conan. The world needs more Conan in all its glory steeped in fantasy and Lovecraftian lore.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Snow Crash.

[–] Masamune@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Call me crazy, but I want a 14 hour epic of The Silmarillion...one movie, not a trilogy plz.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

14 hours is way way way too long of a movie. Multiple movies or a series makes much more sense.

But yeah, that would be really cool.

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[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Dan Simmons, Hyperion... Or Carrion Comfort.

I'd love to see some modern tries at Dashiel Hammet's work too.

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dresden files not popular among these parts or how come nobody's mentioned it yet?

It has technically already been adapted, but it was a stupid procedural cop show with a twist rather than what it should be. If you want a more formulaic thing, just copy Amazon's Reacher.

Plus, since it's an urban fantasy, it should be cheaper to make than most other fantasy/sci-fi shows, I think.

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny

It needs to be a show, not movies. One book per season would allow enough detail to be included.

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[–] Bach37strad@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I guess its kinda fringe but the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. Either the parents or little admiral would be pretty good if she is involved in the writing. Or, one of her other books. Great writer.

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[–] Nightsoul@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dresden files would be a fantastic HBO style series. They tried a TV adaption in the past but it was trash

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[–] supamanc@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Peter Hamilton's nights dawn trilogy, and his commonwealth saga. Both really good space opera, with varied characters and plot lines.

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[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Devil in the White City - would love to see the Chicago Worlds Fair brought to life in all it's splendor, and to be directly contrasted with the horror that was HH Holmes murder castle. The book brought that history to life so vividly, and I feel like mini series with great casting would do incredibly well.

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - mysteries and whodunnits are popular again (thank god) and this one has such an interesting premise. When I first read it I was convinced it would be a great video game. But a movie would also be a hit.

Something Wicked this way Comes - not sure if this has ever been adapted, but I've never seen it. The book is so atmospheric and has such a rich cast of characters. We haven't had a movie that really celebrates the moodiness of autumn in a while.

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

The Coldfire Trilogy

I bought it because I needed something to read on a flight, the cover looked cool for Black Sun Rising, and it blew me away.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Remove most of the muscle porn from it, which wouldn't be hard since the main characters are all essentially superheroes, and the entirety of The Deathworlders, the canon parts of Salvage, The Xiu Chang Saga, and Humans Dont Make Good Pets.

The Jenkinsverse has a ton of potential there.

ETA: also a documentary narrated by David Attenborough, based on Alice in Sunderland.

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[–] Aarrodri@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] confuser@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

The bone comic book series by Jeff Smith completely deserves a movie or show or something. The series is like Tolkien + Disney +metaphysics and is aimed at a younger audience but has enough deep ideas to keep adults actively interested. It has a rich history of the 90s-00s comic book era as well as some history in acholastic book fairs as well as some early internet meme culture contribution. It was solely owned by one dude who eventually got some help from someone who added color to the series that really made it a next level up. If anyone decides to read it from my comment here, check out the omnibus version and if you can find a 20th anniversary version, that has some nice history and behind the scenes type stuff included. There was a Netflix series that was in the works for like a year or so until Netflix decided to cancel it, so it already has some kind of an interest that I hope keeps building up and eventually makes someone do something about this forgotten gem. Here's a explainer video about bone Bone comic series explainer video

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[–] mr_satan@monyet.cc 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

After how the Withcher was butchered, I'd like to see less adaptations.

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[–] Lightor@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The Sword of Truth series. My favorite series of all time. It had an attempt at a show, but I refuse to accept it. They took a story that's 10x more adult than Game of Thrones and made a CW show that had events from the 5th book in episode one.

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[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'd like to see Ian McDonald's River of Gods or The Dervish House made into a 10ep series. They're both fantastic cyberpunk books and would make excellent TV.

Also, absolute long shot here but I'd love to see Iain Banks' The Culture series adapted for premium streaming with a Foundation series budget.

[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 3 points 4 months ago

I've been listening to Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds thanks to a recommendation I saw here on Lemmy. This is one that I'd like to see a movie or series adaptation.

The Bobiverse would be a fun series I think as well.

[–] SeikoAlpinist@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

For a movie: Sailing to Byzantium

For a tv series: Bones of the Earth or Replay

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