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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:20 PM Original message |
Best sci-fi films never made |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. "The Butterfly Kid"....Chester Anderson. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I remember reading that |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wow.. I would have sworn the Chrysalids was a movie and I'd seen it. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. No "The Stars My Destination" AKA "Tiger, Tiger" by Alfred Bester? |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'd actually heard somewhere......... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Universal Pictures acquired the screen rights in 2006 |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. One of my favorites |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Hells, yes. One of my favorite books ever. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
90. Got an audiobook of the first one I haven't listened to yet. I'll give it a try. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Doeas "American Gods" count? |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. HBO is adapting it under Tom Hanks company |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Good ones on that list...... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Snow Crash" seems like an obvious pick |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. So many cinematic scenes in that book. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. LOL! I visualized a lot of scenes in that book, very cinematically. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. That is a pretty cool list. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. Pretty much every David Drake book would make an awesome movie |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Iain Banks' choices seem odd to me |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Same with Niven |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. I believe they'd have to combine the Ringworld books somehow.... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Footfall is probably doable with cgi these days |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
56. Oh I hope something comes of that! |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. "Consider Phlebas" -- I'd much prefer it over "Use of Weapons". nt |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. I am almost finished reading "Consider Phlebas"........ |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Niven spent a whole book admiring his Ringworld -- for Banks, it's just ONE setting |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I'm loving it....... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #63 |
74. I read them pretty much in order of publication ... |
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mroscoe (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
15. Sunshine |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Welcome to DU! |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. "Monday Begins on Saturday" by the Strugatski Brothers (1964) |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. There was a book... maybe by SM Stirling, maybe David Drake... |
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DontBlameMe (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
98. It was called Foreign Legions |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
19. 2001: A Space Odyssey is the greatest film ever made. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Disregard this post. Misread the OP. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
20. Ender's Game seems like a natural, |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. It's the the works and Card has a firm hand on the tiller |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I heard Card on a radio interview saying that previous movie projects |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. I read some of his books many years ago |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Very. Writes SF from a "Mormon worldview", as he calls it. nt |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. That's a natural if you know early Mormon literature. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. To my great relief, I don't. nt |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Yeah, he's a piece of work. |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
59. Card is one of the biggest right-wing douchebags on Earth |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
22. I would add three: |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
24. Only one Scalzi book? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
26. I keep hearing that Morgan Freeman is still pushing for Rendevous With Rama. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
57. ALL of the Rama books would make GREAT movies. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. I wouldn't mind KSR's Mars Trilogy getting the HBO treatment. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Looks like it's going to be AMC |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Sadly there's been no news on that in years. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. Anyone ever seen these? They Live (1988), The Lathe of Heaven (1980) & Slaughterhouse Five (1972)? |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Slaughterhouse Five was a great film, even with the changes from the book .. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. No, it was a PBS adaption of an Ursula Le Guin book. It had an introduction by Bill Moyers. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Slaughterhouse Five is stunning, like All Quiet on the Western Front |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Some days you wake up and it feels like today's world, right here, just a little tidier. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
66. Those were two great films |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #33 |
94. I just watched "They Live" last week |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. The Stainless Steel Rat -- Harry Harrison |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. That would be my Harry Harrison pick....... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
64. I read "Bill the Galactic Hero" three times. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. It's been so long since I've read the series, |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Kevin Kline as the Rat? eom |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. Childhood's End. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. It still would, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. KS Robinson's "Mars" trilogy. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. My dream is to see the Martian Consititution spoken here on Earth. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Thanks for that! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Man, I'd have to go back to say which of them it was. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
60. Number of the Beast would be great .. but my God... the licensing problems... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
62. No 'Flash Gordon'? No 'Chronicles Of Riddick'? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Yeah |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Whooo-boy! I read it too fast. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. lol |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
68. I will go with "The Difference Engine" |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Neuromancer |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. That's what I was thinking, Inception was the psychological version |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
69. how about edgar rice burroughs, mars series? |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. WARNING: Do not go back and re-read these as an adult. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
84. too late! |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Too late here, too. Downloaded audiobooks of these recently. Won't share it with the kids, though. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. 2009 direct to video version of Princess of Mars |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. thanks! |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #76 |
89. Wow, I had no idea... Now I'm concerned. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
73. Banks' "A Gift From The Culture" may be made into a film ... |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
77. Nice surprise to see "The Wreck of The River of Stars" on the list |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
78. VALIS and RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH by Phillip K Dick |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 02:08 AM Response to Reply #78 |
91. "Time Out of Joint" is another of PKD's that would be good. |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
79. I think "Sundiver" would be a better movie choice for Brin |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
81. I suppose I should be surprised that AE van Vogt is on that list at all, |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
82. Hyperion - Dan Simmons |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
85. Minority Report is the on sci-fi film I have really, really liked. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
86. No Haldeman? |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #86 |
93. I think Ridley Scott is doing an adaptation of "The Forever War"... |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
87. No novel, but the Transmetropolitan comic book series? I would LOVE to see that |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
92. i'd love to see brin's books get done. and hyperion. nt |
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mountainlion55 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
95. larry niven |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
96. Left hand of Darkness with |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
97. That's just the 50 also-rans |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
99. The Demolished Man |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
100. The original "The Thing From Outer Space" from the 1950s. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
101. Robots and Empire. n/t |
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