Maybe. Actually, there’s also the problem of Louis Wu shagging everything in sight. That would get old pretty quick, I think.
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You know, though, thinking about Zelazny, This Immortal could be done well, and be a great movie. Hard to cast, though, and the dog would be important. ( I loved the dog.)
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Rocketeer beat me to it – I’ve imagined how I would film The Stars my Destination many times over. The opening, with Gully Foyle seeing the ship coming to rescue him, then suddenly veering off and leaving him to die, would be an absolute KILLER if done properly. It could, and should, be made.
I think you could do a wonderful job with The Demolished Man as well.
The film that could have been made, and should have, was I, Robot, with Harlan Ellison’s script (which had Asimov’s blessing). I know we’ve had someone saying it would’ve been a disaster, but I most emphatically don’t think so. It certainly would’ve been better than the film of that name that DID get made.
There are plenty of short stories and short novels that I’d love to see developed into films. Heinlein’s Double Star. Some of Hal Clement’s short works. Fredric Brown’s short and pithy stories (maybe they could do Martian, Go Home! for real, instead of the monstrosity that got made), or Robert Sheckley’s stories (Sheckley’s gotten the Hollywood shaft. Things nominally based on his work don’t resemble it at all, but they’ve ripped him off plenty of times)
And I heard Mike Jittlov describe the movie he wanted to make out of his short The Wizard of Speed and Time, back around 1980 or so. The film that eventually appeared under that name bore no resemblance to it whatsoever. I think it was his compromise, doing what he could with the inadequate funding he was able to obtain.
I dunno, I think the concept of rishathra might resonate with the furry community! 
[hijack] I have been seeing this a lot lately on the dope. What does the +1 post mean exactly?
ahem. 
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*smileys should always come in threes, especially when David Fincher is involved.
For better or worse, it’s been retitled The Wannek, although there hasn’t been a new edition in the shops since the change…
And if Jumper is a success, maybe they’ll do Wildside by the same author…
I third the nomination. I think this is my favorite of Heinlein’s adult novels, although Double Star might give it a run for it’s money. But that’s like comparing apples and oranges.
I’m sure it’d be ruined by Hollywood, unless someone with passion like Peter Jackson had for LOTR directs it, but Hyperion would be cool to see on the screen. How kickass to see the Shrike and the Yggdrasil in full CG glory.
And after CG Society’s CG challenge on bringing about a contest for creating visuals for Bear’s EON , I think and adaptation might be called for.
Robin Wednesbury. (How pathetically geeky is knowing that?) But Alba’s not suitable; Robin is black. How about Alfre Woodward?
Vernor Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep.
It isn’t unique to the SDMB. It’s just a message board abbreviation for “me, too!”
My favorite is Time Enough for Love, but it would not make a good film.
No, for Ambernot a movie. A miniseries. A looong miniseries. Preferably on HBO or Showtime.
I opened the thread to say Snow Crash too.
I, Robot would make a great movie, if there were ever one made that had anything to do with the actual book.
They could turn him into a parody of Ron Paul.
I thought it was a very entertaining book.
Definitely one of my favorites as well, but I have always wanted Stranger in a Strange Land to make it onto film, though perhaps we missed our opportunity with George C. Scott as Jubal Harshaw.