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blogs.techrepublic.com.com - 12/4/2008
Geek books that should (not) be movies already | Geekend
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To movie, or not to movie, that is the question for many a classic science-fiction novel. Topless Robot lists eight geek books that should be movies already , while Mike Brotherton counters with 10 geek books that would make terrible movies . Meanwhile, Sci-Fi Lists has an aggregate collection ...

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Mike Brotherton: SF Writer — Roger Ebert slams Ben Stein’s Expelled! Ebert is a sharper guy than I thought.  An easy target, but a great take down.  That dreadful peace of ignorant propaganda spewed forth by the Creationists could be added to the reasons why atheists are angry.  Then there’s this guy. Geek books (read science fiction here) that should (not) be made into movies. Drop of the hat to my post about great sf books that shouldn’t be made into movies. A couple of seriously cool astronomy links.  Top ten Hubble ...

SF Tidbits for 12/4/08
SF Signal — ... and Futurismic have some nice things to say about Lou Anders' Fast Forward 2 anthology. StarShipSofa has launched the first ever StarShipSofa awards: The Sofanauts! Sci-Fi Fan Letter has your Christmas Fantasy & Sci-Fi Reading List. The latest video episode of Kevin Maher's SciFi Department lists 5 Great Movies That Spawned Terrible Television Shows. At Geekend, Jay Garmon lists Geek books that should (not) be movies already.

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