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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 3964279" data-attributes="member: 20741">The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever would be interesting. I actually don't have too many problems with "Covenant the rapist". That was very early in his his visit to the land, (his first or second night as I recall) and he had few reasons to believe any of it was real at the time and the restoration of his nerves was messing with his mind. I gave him a situational "moral bye" on that one; indeed, I think Covenant reproached himself more than *almost* everybody else for his actions. But others of course feel differently - and would feel differently were it depicted on camera.  (And I don't see how you don't show it - it is a central plot device in the series.)More to the point, one of the things with The Land that is central to the  novels but hard to convey visually is the health and vitality of The Land which was said to be visible to those with the Earthsight. (Essentially everyone in the initial three novels). I don't know how you could convey that convincingly on film. Perhaps you would not have to. *shrug*Agreed though, it's a tough sell. Gamble $300 million on that? Despite its #1 NYT bestseller status, a hard sell to a studio. I would think the Belgariad, whose later novels in the series also hit #1 on the NYT best seller list would be a far easier sell, and far more PG 13 friendly.</blockquote>