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more about #raybradbury Golem100: I watched all three LotR movies (extended versions) back to back one Saturday. Started at Noon, finished around Midnight. I don't recommend it. more » Zidel333: No love for BBC's adaptation of Gormenghast? I thought it was excellent. The casting alone was superb: Stephen Fry, Christopher Lee, Zoë Wannamaker. ... more » myturn21: I just hate it when people consider Coppola's overwrought & badly (BADLY!!!) acted vers of Dracula a good movie! I think everyone's been hypnotized by... more » jk: I only saw "Fellowship" and I have to say that I didn't really care for it. I thought that it failed to capture an essential "Tolkien-ness" which pre... more » AdoraBelle: At the risk of being devoured alive, I must say that I fucking hated the LOTR movies. I'm a huge fan of the books and have been for as long as I can r... more » Tyrunn: I thought Burgess hated A Clockwork Orange? As great a film as it is, removing the final chapter and resolution drastically alters the tone and meani... more » Sunshineyness: *Cough* Richard Matheson's Somewhere in Time (originally titled "Bid Time Return"). There's some changes but it's still just as beautiful of a story o... more » RexMaximus: Going out on a limb here, but I HATE The Lord of the Rings books. I found them painfully slow and incredibly boring and I quit a quarter-way through T... more » Annalee Newitz: I still think Bram Stoker's Dracula is a great adaptation. It's the only movie ever made of the book that includes the American character - and the on... more » Mary Ratliff: They're fantasy, but Howls' Moving Castle and The Neverending Story are both movies that while they changed a lot of the plots, they stayed true to th... more » mondojohnson: I am going to go out on a limb here; I know this may incur some wrath. But I'm going to put in a good word for Richard Linklater's adaptation of "A S... more » TheTheTheTheWhat: Clockwork Orange? No no no no no no no no no. No. NO. It took the same plot, characters, and events and raped them with a giant plaster cock. The b... more » tamahome: I don't even know what some of these pictures are from. Does Sin City and Watchmen count? more » bookling: Blade Runner is without a doubt a fantastic movie, but I felt like it was pretty loosely based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. There's so muc... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Definitely LoTR. Left out a lot, even in the 11+ hours of the extended versions. What choice did he have? Still, it really captured all the major t... more » Mr.Gawn: i would have to disagree with Fahrenheit 451... Granted the book is awesome, the movie was kinda poorly made, even for the time.. for one.... The wif... more » Cory Gross: Interesting that you included my personal favorite movie of all time, The Lost World (I even has website! [silentmoviemonsters.tripod.com]). While I o... more » JennaW: I always thought "Something Wicked This Way Comes" was a very good adaptation of the novel, and the original PBS movie version of "Lathe of Heaven" (s... more » alixana: I'd add The Prestige to this list. Christopher Priest wrote a pretty damn good book, and Christopher Nolan made some changes that kept the plot mostly... more » MargaretMoony: I'm going to have to protest, Bram Stoker's Dracula and the Handmaid's Tale. I mean, Bram Stoker's Dracula is one of my favorite movies, but not bec... more » -
#top10
12 Movie Adaptations That Did The Books Justice
Whether or not you loved The Road, most people seemed to feel it captured Cormac McCarthy's novel. Sadly, most adaptations do violence to the original books, but not all. Here are 12 SF/fantasy adaptations that did right by the books. More » -
#raybradbury
Ray Bradbury's Advice To Struggling Writers: Struggle Harder!
Ray Bradbury has some simple advice to those of you who are struggling to get your science fiction published: Don't ever quit working. Bradbury's following his own advice: He's developing a TV miniseries, a movie... and a new musical? More » -
#coverart
A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers
A single book can inspire a wide range of covers, and sometimes those covers can be works of art themselves. We look at some classic science fiction novels and the various covers they've worn throughout the years. More » -
#unfinishedmasterworks
12 Unfinished SF Novels We Wish We Could Read
Of all the alternate worlds we're dying to visit, the greatest is that mythical room containing every book that was never written. Here are the dozen unfinished novels by science fiction's greatest authors, that we wish we could read.
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#fahrenheit451
Death Before No Farenheit 451 Movie, Says Director
The Mist director Frank Darabont is still trying to get his movie adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic Fahrenheit 451 made, but its current status depends on one particular person... who shall, apparently, remain nameless for now. More » -
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#triviagasm
The Scifi Obsession Of Dungeons and Dragons Creator Gary Gygax
Gary Gygax, co-inventor of Dungeons and Dragons, will probably be best remembered as the man who brought role playing games into the lives of millions of teenagers in the 1970s, and who helped spawn an entire industry. If you've ever rolled an eight-sided dice in a game, it's thanks to him. While his bread and butter was swords and sworcery, he was also an avid science fiction fan (he even designed a scifi D&D module, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, whose artwork is pictured here). He worked on several scifi games, as well as writing several science fiction stories. With the sad news today that Gary passed away in his home, we take a long, triviatastic look at his love for gaming and science fiction. More » -
#chrysalis
Plant People Of The Eco-Apocalypse
The movie adaptation of Ray Bradbury's obscure short story Chrysalis has released some new production photos, including this awesome image of a guy being swallowed by the slimy green chrysalis of the movie's title. And the movie's concept art by D. Hirajeta is gorgeous. But is there enough substance in Bradbury's 60-year-old short story to sustain a movie? Judge for yourself, and see a gallery, after the jump. More » -
#spaceporn
Mars, Up Close And Glowing
Mars came its closest to Earth in years last night. The Hubble Space Telescope snapped this image using a series of exposures over 36 hours, when Mars was just 55 million miles away. If this image gets you all fired up, you can discuss Mars with Ray Bradbury and (maybe) Arthur C. Clarke at a just-announced conference next May at UC Riverside. [Hubblesite]
