Spec me some book > film books

Naffa · 11 Mar 2008 at 21:46

Hello,

I really fancy reading some books of films, but where the book is considerably better than the film. I know that this is the case with a number of film adaptations of books.

A few that I have already thought of are: I Am Legend, 1408 and possibly The Shining. It's quite good, because apparently the films differ from the books considerably in some cases, meaning that the book may not have been spoilt by the fact I've seen the film.

So what are you favourite books that films have been based upon?

Grandmaster Fap! · 11 Mar 2008 at 21:50

Firefox

MrMacca · 11 Mar 2008 at 21:52

Shawshank Redemption short by Stephen King

Werewolf · 11 Mar 2008 at 22:01

Dune by Frank Herbert.
I Robot by Asimov
The Bicentenial man (original short or novelette) again by Asimov.

davethe11 · 11 Mar 2008 at 22:10

Phillip K Dick - Do androids dream of electric sheep (bladerunner)
Phiilip K Dick - A scanner darkly

semi-pro waster · 11 Mar 2008 at 22:24

Buffalo Soldiers - Robert O'Connor: a lot darker than the film and more involved, very entertaining.
1984 - George Orwell: Never watched the film right through but frankly it doesn't matter much, if you haven't read this book you should, simple as that.
Wiseguy - Nicholas Pileggi: Immortalised as Goodfellas, fascinating book.

There must be more but my brain seems to have shut down for the night.

Muban · 11 Mar 2008 at 22:56

American Psycho
Lord of the Flies
Interview with the Vampire
Queen of the Damned
The Count of Monte Cristo
The War Of The Worlds
The Andromeda Strain
The Scarlet Letter
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Naffa · 11 Mar 2008 at 23:56

A lot of books there catching my eye.

I will ask around to see if I can borrow any of these from friends. I don't read anywhere near as much as I could/should/would like to.

Thanks for the posts so far.

titchard · 12 Mar 2008 at 01:38

davethe11 said:
Phillip K Dick - Do androids dream of electric sheep (bladerunner)
Phiilip K Dick - A scanner darkly

These two for the win.

Also the Jurassic Park books by Crichton are pretty awesome.

Rich

ElvisFan · 12 Mar 2008 at 02:01

Black Hawk Down
Day Of The Jackal
Clear And Present Danger
Sum Of All Fears

The Dread Pirate · 12 Mar 2008 at 10:49

The Hunt for Red October
Patriot Games
Sahara

Sic · 12 Mar 2008 at 11:24

Bee Season - Myla Goldberg

memyselfandi · 12 Mar 2008 at 13:15

Starship Troupers

yipyipboo · 12 Mar 2008 at 13:20

Cabal and The Hellbound Heart - Clive Barker

Nitefly · 12 Mar 2008 at 13:31

Put on your unpretentious hat:

Harry Potter (although skip the first 2 books).

Dano · 12 Mar 2008 at 13:45

When was the last time anybody saw a film that was actually better than the book?

Naffa · 12 Mar 2008 at 13:57

I agree with that, but I have a film, well trilogy, that I believe to be as good if not better than the books. The Bourne Trilogy. Probably the best rilogy I've ever seen in my life. Although, I've only read The Bourne Identy and The Bourne Ultimatum. Both were fantastic, but the films were just something else.

J1nxy · 12 Mar 2008 at 13:59

The Night Watch trilogue are very good.

Weebull · 12 Mar 2008 at 14:12

davethe11 said:
Phillip K Dick - Do androids dream of electric sheep (bladerunner)
Phiilip K Dick - A scanner darkly

Or Total Recall for that matter. Nobody has ever been able to really do a Phillip K Dick book justice.

p4radox · 12 Mar 2008 at 18:11

Dano said:
When was the last time anybody saw a film that was actually better than the book?

I'd argue the Bourne series.

The books are good, but very long and complex. They did an awesome job of taking the raw storyline, butchering it (in a good way), and turning it into one of the best trilogies of recent years.