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by HoboJoe on October 2nd, 2011
King Kong Meets Queen Kong. And they live in Hong Kong. Near the river Me Kong.
I don't know. Everytime books are made into movies, the film version sucks.
by Daedalus on October 15th, 2009
The electric kool-aid acid test, by Tom Wolfe. Or perhaps On the road, by Jack Kerouac. :D
by pantherman43 on October 4th, 2011
Enders Game.
by GREMLIN on October 4th, 2011
Playboy mag
by frank_52 on October 4th, 2011
Prey - Michael Crichton
It'll probably suck, but I'd still like to see it.
or
Any of the Splinter Cell books.
by Zack on October 2nd, 2011
2001 A Space Odyssey was actually a four book series. The last two below are the ones that haven't been made into movies.
1. 2061: Odyssey Three — 1987 novel
2. 3001: The Final Odyssey — 1997 novel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2061:_Odyssey_Three
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3001:_The_Final_Odyssey
by goodbye on October 2nd, 2011
Autobiography of Nikola Tesla fascinating for me..
by Merfish on October 16th, 2009
The Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey.
by - MojoThunder - on October 16th, 2009
Roget's Thesaraus ... except the script could be kind of repetitive
by Jadey - Vive la difference on October 16th, 2009
It was The Road by Cormac McCarthy, but then I found out its been made into a move out this autumn, so I'm happy =)
by TeacherHelper on October 16th, 2009
idk maybe a book about wizards and hobbits and orcs and elfs and.......wait that sounds like Lord of The Rings
by Ruby21103 on October 16th, 2009
Probably Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. I loved that book! I would also love to see Gore Vidal's Myra Breckenridge remade.
by jess13 on October 15th, 2009
I would chose one of Nora Roberts books. I know some of them have already been made into movies, but not the ones I really liked. I would love to see her Circle Trilogy or her Chesapeake Bay Saga.
by Nickeljeff on October 15th, 2009
A tie between The Bean Trees-Kingsolver and Summer Sisters-Blume. Great question!
by Beavis - the other white meat on October 31st, 2011
Michael Crichton's State of Fear
by Alty on October 4th, 2011
Swan song - Robert McCammon
by Stu B in his fleece-lined COAT on October 4th, 2011
Moneyball. Oh wait, it already has!
by Takei-Shihan on October 4th, 2011
Gilgamesh.
It is epic and ancient, and best of all, no one owns the rights to the story.
by nest on October 4th, 2011
On the Road
by aspgirl21 on October 4th, 2011
I know a few books that I think should've been made into movies (and I can't believe they haven't done it already, because they're brilliant):
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time - Mark Haddon
House Rules - Jodi Picoult
A Child Called "It" - Dave Peltzer
Life As We Knew It - Susan Pfeffer
And lastly, there's a PlayStation 2 game I like playing that I think should have a film based on it; "Bully", AKA "Canis Canem Edit". The whole story in the game was so good, it really had me hooked, so it'd be cool to see them re-enact the game characters and play out the whole story as one. =o)
by unjustenrichment on October 4th, 2011
Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin would make for a great tragicomedy.
by whistle6 on October 4th, 2011
Undaunted Courage.
by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on October 4th, 2011
The Hundred Foot Journey
by Andy B has left AB on October 4th, 2011
"Confessions Of A Gym Mistress", by Rosie Dixon.
by Pheasant on October 4th, 2011
Was just thinking earlier today that Hangover Soul by Loiuse Redd would make an amazing movie.
http://www.amazon.com/Hangover-Soup-Novel-Louise-Redd/dp/0316479977/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317764879&sr=1-1
by missCT on October 4th, 2011
manchild in the promised land
by excon on October 3rd, 2011
Hello Andy:
Glenda of Oz. She was MUCH cooler than Dorothy.
excon
by aiar on October 3rd, 2011
My Life and Loves!
by Artful Bodger on October 3rd, 2011
"The Bat Flies Low", by Sax Rohmer.
Spielberg would love it, but unfortunately Hollywood only re-makes stories with a proven 'track record', or sequels to such stories (usually penned by hack writers whose reputations far exceed their ability).
Take 'Alien', by Alan Dean Foster. Apart from the sci-fi factor, a classic suspense movie.
The sequels were mere "splat" movies for the teenage market.
by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on October 3rd, 2011
The Other Life of Brian by Graham Parker
by ENigma on October 3rd, 2011
Love in the time of Cholera. Gabriel García Márquez
"Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but...life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves."
my favorite lines from the book.
by Nemo_S on October 3rd, 2011
Well so far a lot of the ONES they have made into a film have pretty much been a waist of talent, money and energy and IF I do have a book, of which there are several that I would like to see in film, it's going to take a lot better than I have seen already and I don't see that happening anytime soon in the film industry...
~Nemo~
by thetriumphantcourtjester on October 2nd, 2011
by KDP on October 2nd, 2011
This Perfect Day by Ira Levin. Hopefully it will be some day.
by Invidious on October 2nd, 2011
Anything 40k
by WelbyQuentin on October 31st, 2011
Richard Bachman's ( Stephen King ) " The Regulators "
What should an introduction include?
by Answerbag Staff on February 12th, 2010
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help me, did anyone read this book Barack Obama Dreams from my father?
by THENETWORKA on January 7th, 2012
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What would be a terrible opening line in a book?
by elizabeth17 on January 20th, 2012
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Which character flaw appeals to you the most?
by Voatana on January 2nd, 2012
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Does this sound like a good idea for training my attention span for reading?
by aGrotesqueAnimal on January 6th, 2012
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