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I didn't read this series when I was a kid, but I finally got around to reading Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber.

Given it's an older series, I wasn't sure how much I'd like it (some of those older series age horribly), but it was actually REALLY good still, and the few minor things that'd aged too much wouldn't be hard to update for a modern audience.

But the concept of Amber is fantastic, Corwin's behavior and arc perfect, and I think a TV series could do it justice nowadays. Man, some CGI artists could do some beautiful work depicting a hellride through shadow.

I also would really, really love to see Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern adapted...but there's a few parts that have aged pretty badly, so it'd need careful handling of things like Lessa and F'lar's relationship and such. And maybe, you know, keep Jaxom the hell away from Corana.

But I think the whole idea of threadfall, and Impressing dragons, could be done beautifully on the screen. I think a run from Dragonflight to All The Weyrs of Pern (including the Harper Hall Trilogy) could be done. (Then leave the later books out, they don't really add much, lol.)

The series would need a top-notch composer scoring it, though. I'd vote for Natalie Holt. She did wonderfully with Loki, and it'd be a nice touch having a woman score the series that'd have the Harper Hall Trilogy included in it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Hyperion books by Dan Simmons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

An Endymion trilogy with bits of Hyperion sprinkled in for flavour would be perfect

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Would love to see an Otherland adaptation into a series. There was a film being planned but haven’t heard anything in a while. Tad Williams is a fantastic author.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Übel Blatt Manga as Anime

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Gateway by Fredrik pohl would be great to see reimagined.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series could be a fun series/world to adapt to a series, but also infuriating if they cut it short after two seasons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The Scholomance series by Naomi Novak could be great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A Darker Shade of Magic was slated for a movie, then a TV show, but I think it's basically been dropped. I really enjoyed that series and think it would be a pretty easy adaptation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something by Alastair Reynolds. I think Eversion would work as a mini series. Otherwise Revelation Space would be sick, but perhaps as an animated show instead of live-action.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Pushing Ice might be cool. His other stuff is so hit or miss for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think RA Salvatore's Forgotten Realms books would be awesome. We need a live action Drizzt!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Tad Williams - The Dragonbone Chair

Trudi Canavan - The Black Magician Trilogy

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