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Underwire: Novel Approaches: 10 Books That Became Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films Oct 26th 2012, 17:34 Underwire Taking the Pulse of Pop Culture Novel Approaches: 10 Books That Became Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films Oct 26th 2012, 17:00 << Previous | Next >> Transforming transfixing genre fiction into memorable cinema is no simple task. Just ask Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, whose polarizing adaptation of David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas arrives Friday. Next comes the first of Peter Jackson's films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's immortal fantasy novel The Hobbit, which you're probably obsessively anticipating (unless you live under a hill). Will these projects leave a lasting impression on cinema the way 2001: A Space Odyssey and Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy did? The road from page to screen is littered with botch jobs and ambitious failures, but sometimes a director pulls it off, turning a beloved sci-fi or fantasy book into a surprisingly effective film. You'll find those examples in Wired's gallery of most successful book-based sci-fi and fantasy films, alongside other picks ranging from the classic to the esoteric. Click through for our take on how those films made the jump from print to celluloid, then tell us your own favorite literary-cinematic crossover champs in the comments section below. Above: 2001: A Space Odyssey Source text: Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Sentinel," which he expanded into the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, which itself was written concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's film. Lost in translation? A remarkably seamless media fusion, Clarke's novel and Kubrick's film were born and shaped together for maximum impact. The productive collaboration posthumously remains as instructive, and imposing, as the space baby that fills Earth's sky at 2001: A Space Odyssey's optimistic finale. You're not likely to see two literary and cinematic stars shine as brightly ever again. Report card: It's arguable that Clarke and Kubrick's masterpiece is the most influential book-based film, and film-based book, in any genre or tongue. But good luck getting all geeks to agree. << Previous | Next >> View all Blowback: What’s Your Favorite, or Least Favorite, Book-Based Film? Plenty of filmmakers have plundered novels and short stories over the years. Some trashed their source texts, others treasured them. Which directors did it right with their adaptations? And which ones blew it? Let us know your favorites in the comments below. Media files: 2001_spaceodyssey-300x160.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB) You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions

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