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emohawk said:
I remember when I read it thinking you it could be made into a good film with the right people behind it. Please God, don't let them cast it with Sean William Scott, Jason Biggs, Ashton Kutcher and Josh Harnett (or the like).
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I think it's a very good novel. How it would translate to film is a tough one, though. Don't forget that there's a lot of inner monologue in the book, and that's very difficult to translate into cinema. Remember the stink that was kicked-up over a few lines of narration in Blade Runner?
 
Mugwump said:
I think it's a very good novel. How it would translate to film is a tough one, though. Don't forget that there's a lot of inner monologue in the book, and that's very difficult to translate into cinema. Remember the stink that was kicked-up over a few lines of narration in Blade Runner?
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I think a good enough screenplay could handle it, there's enough interaction and tension between the boys to build good scenes out of. If it's possible to successfully translate The Lord of the Rings to film, it should be possible to translate this :) Done correctly the ending could be a really memorable film moment. Though they have it listed in imdb as "horror", which I'm not sure I really see in it, and the thought of making it into a horror film makes me cringe.

As for Blade Runner I was 3 years old when it came out, so no :)
 
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Remember the stink that was kicked-up over a few lines of narration in Blade Runner?
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Yeah but the VO narration for Blade Runner is wincingly clunky. It's like getting periodically hit in the head with a rock while watching the film.It's painfully obvious it's an afterthought, and when I watched the version without, I wondered why they felt it was necessary. I don't remember any key exposition in it, really.
A "suit" idea if ever I heard one.They just wanted to do the whole cliched noir thing and that was that.

As to Book of Skulls...
The imdb says that Terry Hayes is the screenwriter;he did a reasonably intelligent job of bringing Alan Moore's comic "From Hell" to film.
I agree that it's a natural for a film: I felt the same way when I read it. The events of the story don't hinge on internal monologue quite in the same way as "Dying Inside". That book would be more of a challenge to make into an interesting movie.
I hope they don't "90's fratboy" the story to make it more contemporary.
I fear that they might feel compelled to do.
If they do a nice job though, it will be nice for "Silver Bob" to finally see one of his books make it to the big screen. :D
 
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Well I liked the VO for Blade Runner and have yet to read anything by Silverberg that wasn't boring and didn't feel like lead.

On Topic:

I bought Hammered by Elizabeth Bear, PB
Offspring by Steven Harper, PB
Crache by Mark Budz, PB
 
emohawk said:
I think a good enough screenplay could handle it, there's enough interaction and tension between the boys to build good scenes out of. If it's possible to successfully translate The Lord of the Rings to film, it should be possible to translate this :) Done correctly the ending could be a really memorable film moment. Though they have it listed in imdb as "horror", which I'm not sure I really see in it, and the thought of making it into a horror film makes me cringe.

As for Blade Runner I was 3 years old when it came out, so no :)
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The major obstacle here is Friedkin, who, despite having plenty of opportunities, hasn't made a decent film in years.
 
emohawk said:
If you haven't read it already, you might want to check out Last Call by Tim Powers first. Though the two don't really link between each other on the surface, his next novel - Earthquake Weather - ties them together. I really like Tim Power's stuff, though it's more urban fantasy than Sci Fi.
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Oh thanks! I didn't see any mention of that on amazon, even though I looked. I should have checked the Internet Speculative Fiction Database first. I hate starting series in the middle.
 
intensityxx said:
Oh thanks! I didn't see any mention of that on amazon, even though I looked. I should have checked the Internet Speculative Fiction Database first. I hate starting series in the middle.
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You can read Last Call and Expiration Date by themselves without any trouble as they're more or less stand alone, it's just when you get to Earthquake Weather that you get the full benefit of it if you've read Last Call and Expiration Date before hand as it links in with them (if that makes sense). Last Call is an excellent book that's worth reading so that's mainly why I mentioned it :)
 
Just got:
The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, Minister Faust

Warchild, Karin Lowachee

Burndive, Karin Lowachee

Earth, David Brin

Coyote Kings looks especially good.
 
Just now I'm waiting for Ringworld to come out in the Sci-Fi Masterworks edition - can't wait :D
 
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it's coming out as SF masterworks not fantasy... if u're so interested why don't u bu the hard cover one (although it is twice the price it is worth it... those hard cover are great)
 
Sorry, I mix up the Fantasy and Sci-fi masterworks all the time....
About buying the hardcover: No, I avoid them at all costs... plus if I really wanted a copy of Ringworld by now I'd have bought another edition from a few years back as they are still available on Amazon. I'll just wait until July (I think that's when it's released as a Masterworks). ;)
 
intensityxx said:
Just got:
The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, Minister Faust

Warchild, Karin Lowachee

Burndive, Karin Lowachee

Earth, David Brin

Coyote Kings looks especially good.
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"Coyote Kings" completely rocks. I love it. Keep in mind that it isn't fantasy and it isn't SF. In many ways it shares more tropes with comic books than with either of the two "literary" genres. If you're at all into roleplaying games, you'll love it even more.

Also, I have to say, "Earth" is one of my all-time favorite near-future SF books ever. It is dating pretty well so far, although you can see some of the biases from the time he wrote it coming through. Still, an excellent complex work that I highly enjoyed & have reread several times.

You've got great taste! (If I do say so myself :D ) Enjoy!
 
intensityxx said:
Just got:
The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, Minister Faust

Warchild, Karin Lowachee

Burndive, Karin Lowachee

Earth, David Brin

Coyote Kings looks especially good.
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Been reading my reviews?

-Rob
 
I read your review of Coyote Kings after hearing about it on the SF site and in Locus, and remember reading discussion here about the Warchild books (you and someone else?) . Earth from another discussion here. Sometimes I forget who writes about it, but I always remember my "to buy" list. ;) Keep up the comments Fitz! Keep up the recommendations all! I'm just a book floozie... :p

P.s. off to read your other reviews now... :rolleyes:
 
I think that was me :)

I just got an order from Amazon and it had a SF book:

Ice Tomb by Deborah Jackson, TP
(Who is not responsible for her publisher putting a picture of a polar bear on the cover, when the story takes place mostly in Antartica :( )

I also got an ARC from my SF discussion group:

We Few by David Weber and John Ringo
Latest installment in the Prince Roger Saga
 
I just got an order from Amazon and it had a SF book:
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I got a fantasy book in my latest Amazon order:
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That just sounds strange coming from you, who usually buys tons at a time. Are you spending more time with lit fic recently? Maybe running low on inspiration or shelf space? Have a fever? Seeing any large rabbits or anything lately? :p ;)

<couldn't resist the tease, but chastens herself anyway>
 
That pesky wabbit is eating my books :D

I got a small order and have listed the books in their separate homes. I did get a few non-genre, but it was a small order -- I am allowed an occasional bout of moderation. Right, I'll go and lie down immediately :D
 
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