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Karlos_Cantana ,
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Encyclopedia Brown

CoggyMcFee ,

They actually did make a TV show of it in the late 80s. Not that it couldn’t be done better today!

Karlos_Cantana ,
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Holy crap! I didn’t know that. Now I have to start searching for it.

CoggyMcFee ,

It was on HBO, so it’s understandable if you missed it at the time

Karlos_Cantana ,
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Yeah, we didn’t have cable in the 80s because there was no cable where we lived.

rothaine ,

Ummmmmm where can I watch this?!

CoggyMcFee ,

There are some episodes on YouTube

thelsim ,
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The Dying Earth series by Jack Vance.
It’s an old series, but the imagination and world building put into it should make for some great stories.

Zaphernious ,

Worm

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My attention span makes reading really hard. I read this from start to finish. It’s well worth the read if you’re into stories like it

hASHfunction ,

this would make an incredible adult animated series. I think doing skitter’s bugs would be difficult as a live action

dan1101 ,

There actually was a 2008 animated Dragonlance movie with a good voice cast. But I hear it was terrible and I haven’t forced myself to watch it.

TransplantedSconie OP , (edited )

Yeah, it is. Out of boredom, I watched it one Sunday when I had nothing to do and could only make like 20 minutes into it before I shut it off. It is not good at all lol.Here it is in its horrible glory

Thisfox ,

Ursula le Guin anyone?

The Left Hand of Darkness might be interesting. The Word for Tree is Forest would likely get thought of as an odd Avatar clone. But The Dispossessed would probably never get made, people would find worth in the politics and abandon the megacorp making it.

Lumun ,
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Le Guin prose is exceptional and would be nearly impossible to bring to screen well. I’m sure it will be tried at some point. Maybe a dark horse, but I actually think The Lathe of Heaven might be the most adaptable. It’s the simplest story and has plenty of room for exciting changes and visuals in a film.

davefischer ,
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And… the 1980 adaption of Lathe of Heaven is fantastic. (There’s also a remake I refuse to acknowledge.)

jmbmkn ,

I just finished The Disposessed and found it critiqued both the capitalist and anarchist society. The people of Annares have simple happiness, but they starve and strive to keep the society alive. It’s also very explicit that it only works because they don’t uphold their anarchist ideals and coerce everyone into work through social pressure.

I think a film would work and would present a “you could have a different society, but it would never be a paradise” type idea.

EmoDuck ,

Her Earthsea book was actually adapted. By Studio Ghibli no less. It was so bad that the dad of the director left the theater halfway through to have a smoke. Said dad was no other than Hayao Miyazaki (Director of Spirited Away, Howl’s Miving Castle, Castle in the Sky, etc)

Donebrach ,
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The Witcher but they actually follow the source material.

BellaDonna ,

It does exist actually, it’s just Polish media.

Donebrach ,
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Not really, what you’re referencing is like a half-remembered retelling of a few of the stories from The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny.

kratoz29 ,

I have only played The Witcher 3 and its DLCs and watched The Netflix show up until S02, so far I like it (especially the game).

I’m slowly introducing in the books/reading field, and just started with classics like Dracula (so far liking it) are the books of The Witcher stand on their own as a good entry point for my “current phase”?

aubertlone ,

yes

Donebrach ,
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I also had only played the witcher III when I started the books. The games are all set after the events of the witcher saga (books), and are honestly just really really good fan fiction based on the characters (like, really the best fan fiction you could think of), so you can feel free to just read the books.

If you’re not a big reader (if I understand the note about dracula correctly) the witcher audio books are really well done, and the stories lend themselves very well to being listened to.

Finally, I could write a treatise on the failures of the netflix show, but it would all be old news—about 10% of the show is accurate to the stories told in the text (and the text is so much better), the rest is a bunch of made-up nonsense that serves nothing other than to muddy the narrative.

In short, yes, read the books (also why do people need to ask advice about reading books these days. just read books).

kratoz29 ,

Thank you for the explanation! If they are a prequel of The Witcher III then that’ll make it better for me!

(also why do people need to ask advice about reading books these days. just read books).

About this, well, there is a reason why book communities exist right? I am not asking for validation in this matter but definitely like to hear all opinions and personal experience before setting off on this kind of time consuming activity.

Donebrach , (edited )
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I will only say this: reading a book takes no more time than it does to read a bunch of bullshit on the internet. Why would one need to consult with people prior to opening a book and reading 5, 10 or, 500 pages? I would argue that opening a book and reading it first is better than asking for peoples’ opinion and permission prior to reading anything.

To paraphrase Kamina: “Don’t believe in the text, believe in the text that believes in you!”

mysoulishome ,
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The Monster at the end of this Book. It’s the one with Grover from Sesame Street. They made a second one where Elmo fucking ruins it by being all annoying… Another Monster at the end of this Book. Maybe in the third one Grover kills Elmo?

pinkdrunkenelephants ,

I remember reading that when I was little; it was so fire :D

They don’t make those little golden books for kids anymore, do they?

mysoulishome ,
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Yeah they do, including the update with stupid Elmo

datavoid ,

I feel like a Dark Elf Trilogy could only bring disappointment

CCatMan ,

The Red Rising series is worth it.

DirigibleProtein ,
  • Lord Valentine’s Castle, et al, by Robert Silverberg
  • The Silicon Mage series by Barbara Hambly
  • The Time of the Dark series by Barbara Hambly
  • The Cliff Hardy series by Peter Corris
starlord ,

Jhereg series by Steven Brust

Drakonia ,
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he GONE series by Michael Grant. Ive wished for a series based on the books since I first touched them.

Algaroth ,

A game of thrones style epic based on the Battletech universe. It’s been around since the 80s and there is a ton of books and lore to build from.

deadh34d ,

Fuckin this. I’ve been dreaming of a Warrior trilogy adaptation for years.

CitizenKong ,

Mistborn by Brandan Sanderson.

Xyre ,

If done right, he could probably pull off the entire Cosmere.

K3zi4 ,

Give me animated cosmere over films any day, it’s so expansive and only growing. A well done animated series would be incredible and easy to maintain.

Dark_Arc ,
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Tunnels hands down

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