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Post by theotherjosh on Dec 24, 2016 13:16:06 GMT
I've read maybe half of those novels: I'm more familiar with his short fiction. He's an author whose work sounds great aloud. For myself, Damnation Alley would be a great introduction - it has some great scenes that would make amazing audio and could be done on one or two discs. It's a shame he's not more well-known. Today he's primarily remembered as an influence on Neil Gaiman and George R.R. Martin. I've heard rumors of Amber as a possible television series, but, well, it's not the first time I've heard such rumors, so I'll believe it when I see the screenshots. If a series does come to pass, I hope it raises his profile to where it deserves to be. One of the first pieces I ever wrote for publication was for an online magazine called Geek Speak, where they were running remembrances of Roger Zelazny. In all honesty, don't think that mine was very good; I learned about the call for submissions literally a half hour before the deadline and composed my essay in considerable haste. However, it led to a brief writing gig at Geek Speak, where I later learned of a magazine putting together a Zelazny tribute issue, which led to my first paying gig as a writer. More importantly than that, I learned more recently that Paul Spragg had also contributed to Geek Speak. The archive seems to be gone, but Paul's piece was titled ‘The Big Finish Story’. I never had the good fortune to know him, as he passed before I started listening to the audios very seriously, and I felt very self-conscious about that, beecause so many of the accounts about him told how he had been very encouraging to people who had written to Big Finish, and many people in the contest had touching personal remembrances of how kind he had been. Not only was I an American, I was an American who never knew Paul. I won't presume to have known him, because I think that's an insult to those who did, but I like we have that little bit of a connection, and that he was an evangelist for something I came to love so dearly. I don't want to derail the thread more than I already have (but PM me if you want to talk more Zelazny, because I'm always up for that kind of conversation), so to return to your original point, I agree. Damnation Alley would make good audio play. It's not that long, so it could be adapted without cutting too much, it moves at a good pace and it has some very memorable moments. Zelazny has said that he was inspired by how Max Brand structured his stories. I can't remember the exact quote, but it's something along the lines of "A good man goes bad, a bad man goes good and they meet in the middle." I happen to like that kind of thing.
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Post by glutamodo on Dec 24, 2016 16:59:13 GMT
The same concern as I expressed about Tad Williams' works I also feel about SK's Dark Tower. The overall series and many of the volumes run very long, and I'm fearful of detrimental editing to them in order to make them shorter and easier to present as audio dramas.
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Post by eric009 on Dec 28, 2016 0:47:08 GMT
i would like H G Well's The Time Machine done as it one of classics no point doing War Of The Worlds as that is being done next year by Everybodyelse Productions Lisa Bowerman is directing the adaptation writer Nick Scovell adapting the original story. www.everybodyelse.co.uk/thewaroftheworlds/
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jan 7, 2017 0:56:18 GMT
After recent news, I wonder if someone from BF management hasn't been reading this...
If so, pretty please do Flashman!
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Post by aztec on Jan 7, 2017 14:08:05 GMT
It's not a Classic in the sense of being old, but a classic of the genre-The Forever War, one of my favourite books and the film adaptation seems to be stuck in development hell, I'd be really curious to hear how it works on audio.
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Post by agentten on Jan 7, 2017 19:41:47 GMT
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Feb 6, 2017 0:49:02 GMT
Emilio Salgari's swashbuckling novels, Sandokan.
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Post by Digi on Feb 6, 2017 2:03:58 GMT
The upcoming Cicero release has had me thinking recently that I'd love to see (well, hear) an entire series of releases dramatising the late Republic/early Empire. There's so much amazing material in the writings of Tacitus and Suetonius (among others)--it's an absolute goldmine.
I have no idea what the sales potential, good or bad, of such a range would be. But it's an idea I'm kind of in love with.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 5:49:33 GMT
I think that Big Finish could produce a stunning adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest.
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Post by eric009 on Feb 23, 2017 23:03:41 GMT
Eric Frank Russell Sinister Barrier (1939)* Dreadful Sanctuary (1948) Three to Conquer (1956)* Wasp (1958)* Next of Kin (1959)* With a Strange Device (1964)* any of them would do ones with a star i must have read about 20 or times
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Feb 24, 2017 1:45:01 GMT
Now that another big screen Tarzan movie has come & gone, I'll renew my call for BF to do a Tarzan audio series based on the novels.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jun 3, 2017 0:04:57 GMT
Still felt they missed a trick, not doing Emprie of Ants or Food of the Gods.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 2:02:51 GMT
I'd love to see adaptations of Robert E. Howard's Conan, Solomon Kane, and Kull stories. I'm never likely to see them done on screen, so audio would be a welcome alternative. They wouldn't be easy adaptations, but if handled right they could be something pretty special.
I support the calls for Roger Zelazny, too.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 9:41:25 GMT
I'll just add my usual plea for Big Finish to adapt some lovely HP Lovecraft tales, either as a full cast or enhanced readings. I'd go crazy for that.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 12:09:41 GMT
I'd love to see them have a crack at one of the big Alfred Bester novels, something like The Stars Our Destination or The Demolished Man.
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Post by eric009 on Jun 3, 2017 22:12:25 GMT
Still felt they missed a trick, not doing Emprie of Ants or Food of the Gods. AND everyone needs to miss the FOOD OF THE GODS (1976) unhappy saw this at the pics 3/10 EMPIRE OF THE ANTS (1977) late night on tv 2/10 The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film)sat thought hour and 1/2 of adds (they been given the wrong film ) 5/10
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jun 3, 2017 22:27:10 GMT
Still felt they missed a trick, not doing Emprie of Ants or Food of the Gods. AND everyone needs to miss the FOOD OF THE GODS (1976) unhappy saw this at the pics 3/10 EMPIRE OF THE ANTS (1977) late night on tv 2/10 The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film)sat thought hour and 1/2 of adds (they been given the wrong film ) 5/10 Wells' novels are quite different to the films.
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Post by eric009 on Jun 3, 2017 23:19:15 GMT
very much so
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Post by bobod on Jun 20, 2017 8:30:38 GMT
I'd've liked them to carry on with the rest of the Oz canon. I enjoyed those books a lot as a boy.
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Post by fingersmash on Jul 3, 2017 4:44:00 GMT
I'd love to see a couple Victor Hugo novels done. Les Miserables and Notre Dame de Paris would be phenomenal. Les Mis might end up a 4 disk though. It's called 'The Brick' for a reason.
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