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TorchTheWitch

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1. I always wondered that myself

Reply to WiffenPoof (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:14 PM

Nov 2015

One novel I wish had been made into a film was "The Charm School" by Nelson DeMille. On one of the pages in the front of the book (my old copy anyway) it says something like "soon to to be a major motion picture" except it never got made.

Though there are probably loads of books I've read that I'd love to see in film, that's always the one that sticks in my mind and still bothers me that it never got made.

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Novels not made into movies... [View all] WiffenPoof Nov 2015 OP

I always wondered that myself TorchTheWitch Nov 2015 #1

J.D. Salinger explains why “Catcher in the Rye” shouldn’t be a movie, 1957 pinboy3niner Nov 2015 #2

Thank you.... WiffenPoof Nov 2015 #5

Salinger wouldn't let Hollywood touch Holden Caulfield... First Speaker Nov 2015 #3

Thanks WiffenPoof Nov 2015 #6

A Confederacy of Dunces... Tom Kitten Nov 2015 #4

The Monkeywrench Gang movie has long been rumored but never materialized NightWatcher Nov 2015 #7

There was a knock off Mendocino Nov 2015 #20

Max Barry's "Jennifer Government" Aristus Nov 2015 #8

PKD's Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. PufPuf23 Nov 2015 #9

This right here is the correct answer. Dr. Strange Nov 2015 #10

While I wasn't a reader of Phillip K, I've always loved the movie Blade Runner. aidbo Nov 2015 #14

Every PKD movie I've seen is broken. hunter Nov 2015 #30

Wow. Thank you. PufPuf23 Nov 2015 #31

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, so infamously not a movie they made a movie about it not being made CBGLuthier Nov 2015 #11

A full-length version of Springtime for Hitler, please jmowreader Nov 2015 #12

Steppenwolf should be re-made. Joe Shlabotnik Nov 2015 #13

I'm still waiting for any book by Neal Stephenson to be made into a movie. aidbo Nov 2015 #15

Chuck Palahnuik's "Survivor" Initech Nov 2015 #16

Catcher in the Rye was terrible. bigwillq Nov 2015 #17

Houlden Caulfield is every self-absorbed young teen that thinks themselves all-knowing alphafemale Nov 2015 #28

Still waiting for "The Stars, My Destination" sarge43 Nov 2015 #18

I'd love to see Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections" as a movie. Paladin Nov 2015 #19

How about one that should *not* be made into a movie: malthaussen Nov 2015 #21

Heinlein's libertarianism on screen? Yeah, I'd skip that one, for sure. Paladin Nov 2015 #22

That's an amazing movie, on the surface all popcorn over-the-top sci-fi, underneath sly satire. hunter Nov 2015 #26

Big credit to the director, Paul Verhoeven. (nt) Paladin Nov 2015 #27

It would definitely need a tech update IDemo Nov 2015 #34

I agree about "The Corrections" mentalsolstice Nov 2015 #23

Good idea, re the TV mini-series. (nt) Paladin Nov 2015 #24

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut OrwellwasRight Nov 2015 #25

Atwood's The Handmaids Tale and Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2015 #29

The Handmaid's Tale was made into a movie TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #32

Thanks! - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2015 #35

Got pretty good reviews too! n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #36

my answer is different skippercollector Nov 2015 #33