Amber
Pern
Conan
Solomon Kane
Bran Mak Morn
Dark Tower
Eragon
Good Omens
Jack Chalker's Well World books would make a great series for the SciFi channel
Cthulhu Mythos - There needs to be a big budget version of Lovecraft's vision
The Necroscope Series by Brian Lumley
Floating Dragon by Peter...
Have you tried books by China Mieville?? I'm pretty sure he pays homage to Mervyn Peake in his fiction, His world of Bas-Lag is the most unique bit of society creation I've ever read.
Since Ethan Rom was an anagram for Other Man, I thought I would try it with Alvar Hanso.
Here's a good website for this: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/ I haven't found anything that is obvious, but I doubt it would be so obvious.
I'm actually reading an ARC of a first novel. It's called Bloodstone by Nate Kenyon and I'm truly surprised at how good it is.
Mark my words. We'll be hearing about him. It comes out in January, 2006
Surface is sci-fi as far as I know..... The previews look like it's about something coming up from the bottom of the ocean a la The Abyss
ABC is also updating The Night Stalker. Does anyone remember that show from the 70's? Sort of a combo of X-Files/intrepid reporter deal.
Jennifer Love...