# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 386
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7701 "2025-03-28T03:26:20Z")
**Older shows that hold up surprisingly well** 1. 3rd Rock from the Sun 2. Gilmore Girls 3. The Golden Girls 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. Barney Miller 6. Decoy 7. Xena: Warrior Princess 8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 9. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 10. The Prisoner (1967) **TV shows based on Books** 1. The Magicians ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7702 "2025-03-28T03:35:26Z")
**TV Shows Based on Books** 1. The Magicians 2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7703 "2025-03-28T03:53:38Z")
**TV Shows Based on Books** 1. The Magicians 2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3. The Lincoln Lawyer ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7704 "2025-03-28T04:00:29Z")
**TV Shows Based on Books** 1. The Magicians 2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3. The Lincoln Lawyer 4. Hotel Sometimes styled “Arthur Hailey’s Hotel.” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7705 "2025-03-28T04:13:14Z")
**TV Shows Based on Books** 1. The Magicians 2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3. The Lincoln Lawyer 4. Hotel 5. Spenser: For Hire ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7706 "2025-03-28T05:38:10Z")
**TV Shows Based on Books** 1. The Magicians 2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3. The Lincoln Lawyer 4. Hotel 5. Spenser: For Hire 6. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7707 "2025-03-28T05:47:30Z")
**TV Shows Based on Books** 1. The Magicians 2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3. The Lincoln Lawyer 4. Hotel 5. Spenser: For Hire 6. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries 7. Game of Thrones ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7708 "2025-03-28T08:23:29Z")
**TV Shows Based on Books** 1. The Magicians 2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3. The Lincoln Lawyer 4. Hotel 5. Spenser: For Hire 6. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries 7. Game of Thrones 8. Dexter ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7709 "2025-03-28T11:42:47Z")
**TV Shows Based on Books** 1. The Magicians 2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3. The Lincoln Lawyer 4. Hotel 5. Spenser: For Hire 6. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries 7. Game of Thrones 8. Dexter 9. Animorphs ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7710 "2025-03-28T20:40:08Z")
**TV Shows Based on Books** 1. The Magicians 2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3. The Lincoln Lawyer 4. Hotel 5. Spenser: For Hire 6. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries 7. Game of Thrones 8. Dexter 9. Animorphs 10. Hannibal Next up: **Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin A great sf/environmental satire. One of his best early books IMHO, and would lend itself very well to an HBO or Netflix miniseries. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7711 "2025-03-29T05:54:17Z")
**Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge_ by Carlos Castaneda An in-depth analysis of mysticism or a fictional account of a wannabe sorcerer? Either the published books or the author himself is ripe for disseminating. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7712 "2025-03-29T17:04:21Z")
**Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge_ by Carlos Castaned 3. _The Chronicles of Amber_ by Roger Zelazny Family intrigues over an inheritance seem to be in vogue, and I’d love to see a CGI shadow walk. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7713 "2025-03-30T00:24:24Z")
**Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge_ by Carlos Castaned 3. _The Chronicles of Amber_ by Roger Zelazny 4. _The Dortmunder series_ by Donald E. Westlake There have been several film adaptations of individual books so there’s definitely interest in the material. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7714 "2025-03-30T03:40:06Z")
**Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge_ by Carlos Castaned 3. _The Chronicles of Amber_ by Roger Zelazny 4. _The Dortmunder series_ by Donald E. Westlake 5. _Old Man’s War_ by John Scalzi Sardonic, engaging military sf with a bittersweet romance at its core. Very good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7715 "2025-03-30T04:43:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge_ by Carlos Castaned 3. _The Chronicles of Amber_ by Roger Zelazny 4. _The Dortmunder series_ by Donald E. Westlake 5. _Old Man’s War_ by John Scalzi 6. _The Tattooed Potato (& other clues)_ by Ellen Raskin officially a YA book, but lots of appeal to adults, and great structure for TV, because there is an over-arching mystery, and character growth the brings tears to your eyes, plus smaller mysteries, so one can be resolved per episode, with mini-cliffhangers at the end of each one, and intriguing medium-sized mysteries the resolve every 3 episodes or so, and that the audience can play along with, and involve word-play and Encyclopedia Brown moments. Plus, the main characters have enormous appeal. It could be a season-long mini-series. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7716 "2025-03-30T04:48:45Z")
**Adolescence** one take per episode. Astonishing work by young actor and the rest of the crew. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7717 "2025-03-30T12:47:27Z")
**Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge_ by Carlos Castaned 3. _The Chronicles of Amber_ by Roger Zelazny 4. _The Dortmunder series_ by Donald E. Westlake 5. _Old Man’s War_ by John Scalzi 6. _The Tattooed Potato (& other clues)_ by Ellen Raskin 7. _Shadows of the Apt_ by Adrian Tchaikovsky 10+ book epic fantasy series where all the people are different species of insectoids, with plenty of wars fought with steampunk technology. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7718 "2025-03-30T18:47:07Z")
**Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge_ by Carlos Castaned 3. _The Chronicles of Amber_ by Roger Zelazny 4. _The Dortmunder series_ by Donald E. Westlake 5. _Old Man’s War_ by John Scalzi 6. _The Tattooed Potato (& other clues)_ by Ellen Raskin 7. _Shadows of the Apt_ by Adrian Tchaikovsky 8. _Star of the Guardians_ by Margaret Weiss ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7719 "2025-03-31T00:54:17Z")
**Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge_ by Carlos Castaned 3. _The Chronicles of Amber_ by Roger Zelazny 4. _The Dortmunder series_ by Donald E. Westlake 5. _Old Man’s War_ by John Scalzi 6. _The Tattooed Potato (& other clues)_ by Ellen Raskin 7. _Shadows of the Apt_ by Adrian Tchaikovsky 8. _Star of the Guardians_ by Margaret Weiss 9. _Aztec_ by Gary Jennings Sprawling historical epic of the Aztecs at their height and their conquest by the Spanish, focusing on a single Aztec man who rises from peasant to soldier to knight, then from merchant prince to courtier and diplomat. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7720 "2025-03-31T05:57:45Z")
**Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge_ by Carlos Castaned 3. _The Chronicles of Amber_ by Roger Zelazny 4. _The Dortmunder series_ by Donald E. Westlake 5. _Old Man’s War_ by John Scalzi 6. _The Tattooed Potato (& other clues)_ by Ellen Raskin 7. _Shadows of the Apt_ by Adrian Tchaikovsky 8. _Star of the Guardians_ by Margaret Weiss 9. _Aztec_ by Gary Jennings 10. _The Family D’Alembert_ by E. E. “Doc” Smith From the author of _The Lensman_ series, this series follows a brother and sister team of circus aerialists who are also agents of SOTE, the Imperial Intelligence Agency. pass [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=385) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=387)