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Old 06-14-2016, 09:49 PM   #429
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Edgar Rice Burroughs, any series

Robert Heinlein, everything he has written in chronological order (but read Starship Troopers first)

Doc Smith's Lensman series


If those are taken:

Jack L. Chalker, any series

Piers Anthony's Bio of a Space Tyrant, or Battle Circle (Sos the Rope, Var the Stick, Neq the Sword)

Orson Scott Card's series starting with Ender's Game, or the Tales Of Alvin Maker

Larry Niven's Ringworld series

Nothing from Ray Bradbury. He annoys the shit out of me typically

Asimov is a typical Russian author. Very dry

I was just now thinking that I'm disappointed that Jack L. Chalker's Well World series was never made into a TV series or a movie franchise. There are ten books in the series. I'd love to see NetFlix pull it off along the lines of HBO's GoT. Or some studio doing it up as a movie franchise with a movie for each book.

Same thing for Piers Anthony's Bio of a Space Tyrant series. Anthony was ridiculously prolific, and some of his stuff was just so-so, but his good stuff was really good. There are 6 books in the series but the last book is a retelling from a different point of view. It could be blended back in to make the thing a 5 season series.

Now that an Ender's Game movie has been made maybe Card would be open to allow a treatment of Tales of Alvin Maker. I think it would make a great fantasy/western combo for a cable series. This one could get by on a lower budget.

I don't really see Ringworld becoming a series. It could be done, and I would love to see the Kzinti on screen, but I don't know if it's workable.
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