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Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels

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Re: Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels

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There are so many amazing fantasy novels that need movies or TV shows. Tolkien was good, and for his time, amazing. But compared to what we have available today, I wouldn't even put him in the top 10. sigh

Care to offer any recommendations? I'm in the market for new sci-fi / fantasy lit.

r scott bakker; brandon sanderson; steven brust; alastair reynolds; max gladstone; neal asher; harry connolly; joel shepherd.

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In case anyone was curious: > television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring So it's not going to tell the main story itself, which is probably wise given the film adaptations aren't even that old. Maybe it's just me I'm not super-excited by this news. I wish there were more original universes being created with the insane amount of TV money swirling around the…

I recently started watching Fargo and I'm, for the most part, enjoying what was done there. Captures the source material well while telling a new story in the same universe.

Re: Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels

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In case anyone was curious: > television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring So it's not going to tell the main story itself, which is probably wise given the film adaptations aren't even that old. Maybe it's just me I'm not super-excited by this news. I wish there were more original universes being created with the insane amount of TV money swirling around the…

So young Aragorn and young Boromir killing orcs? Gimli killing elves?

Re: Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels

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There are so many amazing fantasy novels that need movies or TV shows. Tolkien was good, and for his time, amazing. But compared to what we have available today, I wouldn't even put him in the top 10. sigh

Care to offer any recommendations? I'm in the market for new sci-fi / fantasy lit.

    Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)
    Stormlight Archive; Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson)
    Belgariad and Malloreon (David Eddings)
    Discworld (Terry Pratchett)
    Sword of Shannara (Terry Brooks)

Re: Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels

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In case anyone was curious: > television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring So it's not going to tell the main story itself, which is probably wise given the film adaptations aren't even that old. Maybe it's just me I'm not super-excited by this news. I wish there were more original universes being created with the insane amount of TV money swirling around the…

I think tolkien is a good option for "new" stuff, since there are many written stories in this universe about other characters and the created world by him is massive. There is also a possibility to start with his oldest book "silmarillion".

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There are so many amazing fantasy novels that need movies or TV shows. Tolkien was good, and for his time, amazing. But compared to what we have available today, I wouldn't even put him in the top 10. sigh

Would be interesting for someone to make series out of Silmarillion. It would probably work better than a regular film medium.

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There are so many amazing fantasy novels that need movies or TV shows. Tolkien was good, and for his time, amazing. But compared to what we have available today, I wouldn't even put him in the top 10. sigh

Care to offer any recommendations? I'm in the market for new sci-fi / fantasy lit.

I found the Runelords series by David Farland really enjoyable and cinematic. Great exploration of a fascinating magic system, with some very memorable characters to boot.

For Sci Fi, Netflix is currently making a series based on Altered Carbon which I'm very excited for - I love that series to death (Richard K Morgan, author).

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There are so many amazing fantasy novels that need movies or TV shows. Tolkien was good, and for his time, amazing. But compared to what we have available today, I wouldn't even put him in the top 10. sigh

Care to offer any recommendations? I'm in the market for new sci-fi / fantasy lit.

Try Sapkowski if you didn't read The Witcher yet.

Re: Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels

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There are so many amazing fantasy novels that need movies or TV shows. Tolkien was good, and for his time, amazing. But compared to what we have available today, I wouldn't even put him in the top 10. sigh

Now I'm curious: Who would be in your top ten? For my money, it would include Orson Scott Card, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Isaac Asimov.

How can there not be a Snowcrash movie, right?

Maybe its because of the cell phone problem.

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