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In reply to the discussion: Novels not made into movies... [View all]skippercollector
(206 posts)33. my answer is different
As usual, my answer is different.
The Diamond in the Window, by Jane Langton.
This is a children's novel originally published in 1962. It's still in print.
I first read it in fourth grade in 1970. It was the first fantasy novel I'd ever read. I was always checking it out at the library and as an adult I bought my own copy.
It's about a boy and girl who learn about an aunt and uncle who disappeared when they were children. The protagonists receive clues in a series of dreams as to where they might have gone.
I've been wondering for 45 years why this was never made into a movie!
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Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, so infamously not a movie they made a movie about it not being made
CBGLuthier
Nov 2015
#11
Houlden Caulfield is every self-absorbed young teen that thinks themselves all-knowing
alphafemale
Nov 2015
#28
That's an amazing movie, on the surface all popcorn over-the-top sci-fi, underneath sly satire.
hunter
Nov 2015
#26
Atwood's The Handmaids Tale and Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato - nt
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2015
#29