Anderson's works are endlessly rereadable and we wish that there were more. I have found the Dune series unrereadable and extended pointlessly by other authors.
Thursday, 5 November 2020
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Anderson's works are endlessly rereadable and we wish that there were more. I have found the Dune series unrereadable and extended pointlessly by other authors.
13 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
You asked good questions and I share your annoyance at why there has been so little interest by TV and movie producers at doing versions of the Nicholas van Rijn or Dominic Flandry stories. Or filmed versions of THE HIGH CRUSADE. And I also like the idea of a GOOD filmed version of THE DAY OF THEIR RETURN.
While I agree in dismissing most of the sequels, I think DUNE itself to be still worth reading. But one online friend said her chief complaint about DUNE was how it has no LIKABLE characters. Which I thought was perceptive.
Ad astra! Sean
Absolute agreement.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Many thanks! Ir might need someone like Elon Musk himself to get good filmed versions of some of the van Rijn and Flandry stories made.
My other friend was right, there are no truly LIKABLE characters in DUNE, which strikes me as very odd. I would have expected, more realistically, a mix of both good and bad characters in any well done novel. And some in varied shades of grey!
I like Nicholas van Fijn and Dominic Flandry. And Aycharaych is shown as having at least understandable for what he did. Even Leon Ammon is described by Flandry at one point in A CIRCUS OF HELLS as having some good qualities. (Gagging)
Ad astra! Sean
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Another thought I had was wondering if any of your own stories will get filmed versions. Perhaps CONQUISTADOR? Or one of your two Lords of Creation books? The Draka and Shadowspawn books would definitely need lengthy serialilizations!
Ad astra! Sean
Emberverse was being considered for TV?
Kaor, Paul!
I don't know, and I'm not sure if that would even be feasible, when you consider how LONG the Emberverse series is. It might take decades to do a proper TV/filmed adaptation of all the books.
But I can see DIES THE FIRE, THE PROTECTOR'S WAR, and A MEETING AT CORVALLIS, ending with the spectacular deaths of Mike Havel and Norman Arminger at each other's hands, being filmed.
Ad astra! Sean
Testing.
The first Emberverse trilogy is currently being shopped around Hollywood by a director/screenwriter team who've done Academy-award winning projects before. They're very enthusiastic, so hopes are high. It would be a TV series, probably one year (12 episodes) per book.
If the first series did well, the other books would follow.
Mr Stirling,
Thank you. You did tell us the gist of this before.
Paul.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I second what Paul said! And I would watch such a TV adaptation of your books with keen interest. And I hope the script would be accurate!
Ad astra! Sean
Sean: I talked extensively with the people, and they've really read and understood the books. It would require adaptation -- it's a different medium -- but I'm fairly confident they would do a good job. I just hope they get the chance.
And I do hope Poul gets a good treatment for visual media someday.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Amen to both of the comments you made immediately above! I have wondered which of the Nicholas van Rijn stories would be best or easiest for a first time effort in a movie?
I have argued that "The Game of Glory" might be best for a first time Dominic Flandry movie.
Ad astra! Sean
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