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BOOKS! That are NOT YET Movies.. But Damn Sure Should Be

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  • DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan

    @axe said:

    Wool... By Hugh Howey

    I read a LOT.. Best read in a while... This one should absolutely be butchered by Hollywood.. 😁

    Never heard of it, but looked it up. Might buy it and read it.

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    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    Never heard of it, but looked it up. Might buy it and read it.

    If you do (and I highly recommend you do) then you'll want to start with Wool Omnibus Edition (Wool 1 - 5) (Silo Saga)

    Then move to Shift Omnibus Edition (Shift 1-3) (Wool Trilogy Book 2)

    And finish with Dust (Wool Trilogy Book 3)

    My fear is that a movie gets made and is butchered a la "John Carter of Mars" 🙁

    :::edit::: Well look what I just found

    Ridley Scott ( Prometheus) acquired the film rights.. 🤔

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      my eyesight sucks so I am an audible member, 24 unabridged audio books a year.

      I listened to a sample of wool unfortunately it's read by a Valley Girl.

      (actually an unimpressive female narrator)

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        DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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        That would be irritating as hell.

        "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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          it is. I don't know what that gig pays but there are so many actors out there it seems like you should never settle for a second rate performance.

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            AxeA Axe wrote on last edited by Axe
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            My kindle saves me.. I can set the font as large as I need 🙂

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              AxeA Axe wrote on last edited by
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              Another excellent book that should be made into a movie

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                The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                The Book of Lies is a mystery that centers on the creation of Superman and the death of Jerry Siegel's father. Some of it takes place at the Siegel house on Kimberly Ave. where Superman was "born".

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                  The Book of Lies is a mystery that centers on the creation of Superman and the death of Jerry Siegel's father. Some of it takes place at the Siegel house on Kimberly Ave. where Superman was "born".

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                  @the-gipper said:

                  The Book of Lies is a mystery that centers on the creation of Superman and the death of Jerry Siegel's father. Some of it takes place at the Siegel house on Kimberly Ave. where Superman was "born".

                  and a tough read as I recall.

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                    miktoxicM miktoxic wrote on last edited by miktoxic
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                    kingdom come (if you like super hero graphic novels).

                    clive barker's weaveworld was crazy.

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                      @the-gipper said:

                      The Book of Lies is a mystery that centers on the creation of Superman and the death of Jerry Siegel's father. Some of it takes place at the Siegel house on Kimberly Ave. where Superman was "born".

                      and a tough read as I recall.

                      WSS

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                      The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                      @westside-steve said:

                      and a tough read as I recall.

                      WSS

                      Not at all....as I recall. Did you read it, or was it on audiotape?

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                      • The GipperT The Gipper

                        @westside-steve said:

                        and a tough read as I recall.

                        WSS

                        Not at all....as I recall. Did you read it, or was it on audiotape?

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                        @the-gipper said:

                        Not at all....as I recall. Did you read it, or was it on audiotape?

                        for a great many years everything have read has been unabridged audio.

                        I thought it was dull.

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                          @the-gipper said:

                          Not at all....as I recall. Did you read it, or was it on audiotape?

                          for a great many years everything have read has been unabridged audio.

                          I thought it was dull.

                          WSS

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                          The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                          @westside-steve said:

                          for a great many years everything have read has been unabridged audio.

                          I thought it was dull.

                          WSS

                          It may have fallen down a bit on some points. But I thought it did a very good job at dwelling into the motivations of the young Jerry Seigel and his reasons for creating Superman. At a young age he had lost his dad who was a cop to a bullet, a mystery that I believe has never been solved.

                          In essence, he wanted to create a hero who would be essentially invulnerable to replace his dad.

                          I mean, Dude, it wasn't a Superman comic book.

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                            slowburnS slowburn wrote on last edited by
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                            Tree of Smoke Denis Johnson

                            My favorite Vietnam novel

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                              @diehardbrownsfan said:

                              Never heard of it, but looked it up. Might buy it and read it.

                              If you do (and I highly recommend you do) then you'll want to start with Wool Omnibus Edition (Wool 1 - 5) (Silo Saga)

                              Then move to Shift Omnibus Edition (Shift 1-3) (Wool Trilogy Book 2)

                              And finish with Dust (Wool Trilogy Book 3)

                              My fear is that a movie gets made and is butchered a la "John Carter of Mars" 🙁

                              :::edit::: Well look what I just found

                              Ridley Scott ( Prometheus) acquired the film rights.. 🤔

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                              @axe said:

                              If you do (and I highly recommend you do) then you'll want to start with Wool Omnibus Edition (Wool 1 - 5) (Silo Saga)

                              Then move to Shift Omnibus Edition (Shift 1-3) (Wool Trilogy Book 2)

                              And finish with Dust (Wool Trilogy Book 3)

                              My fear is that a movie gets made and is butchered a la "John Carter of Mars" 🙁

                              :::edit::: Well look what I just found

                              Ridley Scott ( Prometheus) acquired the film rights.. 🤔

                              John Carter of Mars was awesome.. I thought Prometheus was boring and predictable.

                              Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
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                                Sidney Sheldons Doomsday Conspiracy.. but that topic has been covered more than once

                                Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
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                                  KvoetheK Kvoethe wrote on last edited by
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                                  They should make a tv series of stephen kings short stories. Grey matter, word processor of the gods, the long walk, survivor type, some of those stories are freaking brilliant

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                                    The long walk is a full length novel but otherwise I agree. He's got plenty of short stories that would work well

                                    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
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                                      KvoetheK Kvoethe wrote on last edited by
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                                      Long walk i thought was 1 of four stories in a Bachman Book

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                                        It's been released since as it's own full length novel under kings own name. But yeah it was in the Bachman books

                                        Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
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                                          The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                                          Check out this list of the best selling books of all time.

                                          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books

                                          There are a few in there that I do not believe have been made into movies like The Catcher in the Rye.

                                          Watership Down

                                          Others that are best sellers are like self help books, not amenable to movie making.

                                          Note though that some of the best selling books are also among the largest grossing movie franchises: specifically the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit and the Harry Potter books.

                                          Personally, I never cared for the Catcher in the Rye.....and I assume that JD Salinger would never sell the movie rights. But now that he is gone, perhaps his estate will. I am not sure it is translatable to a movie, but I would be curious to see the effort.

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