Multi-Media SF

Any sf series begins in one medium and can spread to others with greater or lesser impact. Thinking about this generated two curious lists which I designate as "Drama" and "Paper," the main point being that Poul Anderson generated much "Paper," in his case prose fiction, but has not yet spread to "Drama," with the single exception of a "botched" film adaptation of The High Crusade. However, let us first consider the lists, which show some prominent examples, not every possible example.

SF That Began As Drama

TV: Star Trek

cinema: Star Wars

stage plays: RUR; Rockets In Ursa Major

radio: Journey Into Space; The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

 

(This blog has compared Into Deepest Space, the sequel to Rockets In Ursa Major, with works by Poul Anderson. See here.)

Some Paper SF, Most Of It Dramatized

comics: Superman

a single novel: Planet Of The Apes 

a series of novels: Dune

a series of novels and short stories: the Technic History

 

Dune has been well visualized by three screen adaptations whereas the Technic History, crying out for such treatment, does have a minimal visual presence in book cover illustrations and in the ACE illustrated edition of A Stone In Heaven.