Comments on: Which Science Fiction Stories Would Make Good Films?

By: AJ

AJ — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:57:48 +0000

“Mirror Image” by Nancy Kress. It has fast-paced dialogue, startling imagery, high-tech, and is far-future.

By: omphalos

omphalos — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:48:29 +0000

I forgot too. I think All You Zombies by Heinlein would make a really cool, gritty, noir, action packed short story. What with all the time travel in the closed box, and the twist at the end, and especially the gender issues, I think it would fantastic.

By: Tinkoo

Tinkoo — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:34:13 +0000

Sorry Rusty – forgot about this till I saw your today’s post.

I’ll pitch for L Sprague de Camp’s funny “The Blue Giraffe”. Several reasons:
- Clearly science fiction without being geeky. Read wide audience, including outside core sf world.
- Opportunity for great visuals & dialogs.
- Funny light read. Read wider audience. I know people who shun dark stories, but not many who shun well done funny ones.
- Universal theme – so worldwide audience.
- Suitable across age groups – kids to greatgrandparents.

By: Blue Tyson

Blue Tyson — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:57:41 +0000

If you want futuristic architecture, then Steven Gould’s Peaches For Mad Molly might work.

By: mangelo

mangelo — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:00:16 +0000

“They’re Made Out of Meat” has already been made into a great short film.

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:04:13 +0000

BestScienceFictionStories’s own “The Cube Game” would be brilliant as a short feature.

Then again, if you want short, futuristic, and rather absurd, then any story from Jeff Noon’s “Pixel Juice” collection would suit you(they’re all good).

Though something I’d really like to see, if you want as far out as possible, would be Clifford D. Simak’s “The Creator”; I know its quite long, but if you cut out most of the beginning, it could work well as a short film.

Some others(most can be found online):
Hero by Scott Sigler
Little Worker by Paul Di Filippo
A Green Thumb or Resistance by Tobias S. Buckell
When We Went to See the End of the World by Robert Silverberg
Authorwerx or Show and Tell by Greg van Eekhout
Friction by Will McIntosh
Beans and Marbles by Floris M. Kleijne
Anomalies by Gregory Benford
They’re Made Out of Meat by Terry Bisson

By: Drake

Drake — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:18:26 +0000

After actually looking at the syd links… The scenes in Rescue Party really lend themselves to that type of art. The planet is empty, and one of the large plot points is an empty communications facility.

By: Drake

Drake — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:12:51 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Party_(short_story)

Dramatic short story by Arthur C Clarke

By: fishead

fishead — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:30:50 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_in_Marsport_Without_Hilda

http://homepage.mac.com/jhjenkins/Asimov/Stories/Story119.html

One of my favorites!

By: nottheangel

nottheangel — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:15:56 +0000

I think this is going to sound crazy, but I actually have a great sci/fi story that fits this bill perfectly. If you want, email me and I’ll send a copy to you for perusal.