Sunday, February 22, 2009

Written SF and Movies: Light Years Apart

A few years ago, an article in the LA Times calendar section lamented that while science fiction has been a profitable genre for films, the ideas for SF films had run dry, leading to nothing but remakes of old films.

Which of course led those of us who have read SF novels to think of the multitude of the great novels that have never been adapted to film.

Here, John Scalzi discusses why your favorite SF novel will probably never be turned into a movie.

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