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What book that hasn't been adapted into a TV show or movie do you think deserves an adaptation? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle. I was expecting a trashy slasher with some queer elements and an autistic protagonist, what I got was a good supernatural thriller with some queer elements and a very believable autistic protagonist - I would genuinely recommend it.

The writing is the weakest part, it feels very kind of pedestrian, like "here's some words explaining what's happening" rather than being artistic or beautiful or evocative but it's good enough for the story and characters to come through, and they're great. So remove the writing quality from the equation and it could be absolutely excellent

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett. I think that would be a great book to adapt.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'd like to see Ian McDonald's River of Gods or The Dervish House made into a 10ep series. They're both fantastic cyberpunk books and would make excellent TV.

Also, absolute long shot here but I'd love to see Iain Banks' The Culture series adapted for premium streaming with a Foundation series budget.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nobody wants to mention the Malazan Empire series? That's probably fair since chances are good someone would screw it up royally.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

For a movie: Sailing to Byzantium

For a tv series: Bones of the Earth or Replay

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

All the Muderbot series

Old Man’s War series

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Elf Quest