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📣 nobody9999

What Stories Would Make for a Good TV Adaptation?


I saw this article[0] on Ars Technica, suggesting that certain novels be adapted for television. I don't necessarily disagree with any of the suggestions, but I had a few others and imagine that other folks on HN would have more.

I'll start with a few I think would be wonderful as TV adaptations and look forward to hearing other suggestions:

1. The Foreigner series by C.J. Cherryh

2. The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King

3. The Gateway Series by Fred Pohl

What novels/stories/series would you like to see turned into TV treatments?

[0] https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/03/ars-plea-someone-make-this-into-a-series/


  👤 keiferski Accepted Answer ✓
I recently read this Wikipedia article about a 15th-century Italian traveler and thought it was fascinating. This guy had quite the eventful life.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_di_Varthema


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A Fire Upon the Deep

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Sea of Rust

Necronomicon

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The Book Thief

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Blindsight


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