John Varley's Eight Worlds setting would make a great cable series. Lots of good visuals in there (unsurprising, since like George R. R. Martin he spent a lot of years working in Hollywood).
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#22Neuromancer by William Gibson, as directed by Chris Cunningham.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham#Neuromancer
TV or film, really. The distinctions between the two have been greatly blurred these days, for better or for worse. Film, I suppose, is still considered a purer medium, though. Unfettered by commercial interruptions, and syndication or serialization concerns...
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#23Commonwealth saga. It will be pretty difficult to film I guess, but they are filming the expanse, and a few others.
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#24Sector General.
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#25Foundation series
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#26The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Don't think it has enough to sustain a TV series. Maybe a movie or a mini-series.
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#27Neuromancer by William Gibson, as directed by Chris Cunningham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham#Neuromancer TV or film, really. The distinctions between the two have been greatly blurred these days, for better or for worse. Film, I suppose, is still considered a purer medium, though. Unfettered by commercial interruptions, and syndication or serialization concerns...
Film, please, only because I think the plot would fit better in a movie. It's like "The Fugitive" - the concept worked better as a movie than a TV show.
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#28Ringworld by Larry Niven to start with. Rest of the works in Known Space as follow ons.
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#29Jack Vance's The Dying Earth Series, especially The Eyes of the Overworld.
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#30Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun, especially The Shadow of the Torturer.