What book would you like to see become a movie/mini-series?

[Ryujin]

Larry Niven’s & Steven Barnes’ Dream Park novels would be good.

Niven also has a bunch of stories and novels in his Known Universe setting that could easily support a sprawling series.

Niven and Pournellle have a bunch of books that would work well, also. "The Mote in God's Eye" comes immediately to mind.

 

[MarkB]

Niven and Pournellle have a bunch of books that would work well, also. "The Mote in God's Eye" comes immediately to mind.

Footfall felt like it was written to be a blockbuster movie. And the Known Space setting could spawn off multiple series - Gil the Arm detective stories, a Beowulf Schaeffer anthology series, a few Ringworld miniseries.

The Smoke Ring would make for a novel setting, though technically challenging.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Footfall felt like it was written to be a blockbuster movie. And the Known Space setting could spawn off multiple series - Gil the Arm detective stories, a Beowulf Schaeffer anthology series, a few Ringworld miniseries.

The Smoke Ring would make for a novel setting, though technically challenging.

Gil was one of the first to spring to mind, along with Beowulf Shaeffer.

And the Man/Kzin wars…

 

[Dioltach]

Is the time right for a big-budget televisation of Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series? Planetary invasion, time travel, alien species, election fraud and much more, all through the eyes of a con-man-and-thief-turned-secret-agent. And his reformed-psychopath wife Angelina.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Is the time right for a big-budget televisation of Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series? Planetary invasion, time travel, alien species, election fraud and much more, all through the eyes of a con-man-and-thief-turned-secret-agent. And his reformed-psychopath wife Angelina.

Which reminds me- Greg Bear’s The Way series would be another good candidate.

 

[Ryujin]

Footfall felt like it was written to be a blockbuster movie. And the Known Space setting could spawn off multiple series - Gil the Arm detective stories, a Beowulf Schaeffer anthology series, a few Ringworld miniseries.

The Smoke Ring would make for a novel setting, though technically challenging.

While the tech can now pretty easily handle making the Fithp, on-screen, I wonder how audiences would react to baby elephants with tentacles for trunks as the big bad aliens?

 

[Ryujin]

Is the time right for a big-budget televisation of Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series? Planetary invasion, time travel, alien species, election fraud and much more, all through the eyes of a con-man-and-thief-turned-secret-agent. And his reformed-psychopath wife Angelina.

Which also brings to mind the Ensign Flandry series, by Poul Anderson. James Bond in space? What's not to love?