{"id":21517,"date":"2023-06-14T12:53:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T16:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=21517"},"modified":"2023-06-14T12:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T16:53:21","slug":"science-fiction-stories-made-into-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/science-fiction-stories-made-into-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Science fiction stories made into movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some science fiction stories and novels made into movies. I already made a list for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/philip-k-dicks-movies\/\">Philip K. Dick<\/a>. Here are all the other authors.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll mention the name of the story\/novel if it&#8217;s different than the movie.<\/p>\n<h2>Douglas Adams<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Hitch Hiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy\n<ul>\n<li>1981 -&gt; 4.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/movies-i-really-dont-want-you-to-see\/\">The Hitch Hiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2005 -&gt; 2\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read the book twice &#8212; it&#8217;s the funniest book ever written.<\/p>\n<h2>Brian Aldiss<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A. I. Artificial Intelligence\n<ul>\n<li>based on &#8220;Supertoys Last All Summer Long&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2001 -&gt; 3.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Isaac Asimov<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Bicentennial Man\n<ul>\n<li>1999 -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/movies-that-had-the-wrong-title\/\">I, Robot<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2004 -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read these stories &#8212; they&#8217;re much better than the movies.<\/p>\n<p>Asimov assisted Gene Roddenberry on <strong>Star Trek: The Motion Picture<\/strong> and was listed as &#8220;special science consultant&#8221; in the credits.<\/p>\n<h2>Pierre Boulle<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Planet of the Apes\n<ul>\n<li>1968 -&gt; 5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Planet of the Apes\n<ul>\n<li>2001 -&gt; 2.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read the book &#8212; it&#8217;s worth reading.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/planet-of-the-apes-2\/\">Here<\/a> is my page on all the <strong>Planet of the Apes<\/strong> movies.<\/p>\n<h2>Ray Bradbury<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Fahrenheit 451\n<ul>\n<li>1966 -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read the book &#8212; everyone should read it.<\/p>\n<h2>David Brin<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Postman\n<ul>\n<li>1997 -&gt; 2.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/the-postman\/\">the book<\/a> &#8212; it&#8217;s much better than the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Brin was science advisor on the miniseries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/ascension\/\"><strong>Ascension<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Anthony Burgess<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A Clockwork Orange\n<ul>\n<li>1971 -&gt; worth watching once, but it&#8217;s very disturbing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Orson Scott Card<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/enders-game\/\">Ender&#8217;s Game<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2013 -&gt; 4.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read the book &#8212; it&#8217;s one of my favourites.<\/p>\n<h2>Ted Chiang<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/arrival-2\/\">Arrival<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>based on &#8220;Story of Your Life&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2016 -&gt; 5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read the story &#8212; it&#8217;s brilliant.<\/p>\n<h2>Ernest Cline<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/ready-player-one\/\">Ready Player One<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2018 -&gt; 3.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Michael Crichton<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/jurassic-park\/\">Jurassic Park<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>1993 -&gt; 4.5\/5\n<ul>\n<li>he also worked on the screenplay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Lost World: Jurassic Park\n<ul>\n<li>1997 -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Sphere\n<ul>\n<li>1998 -&gt; 3\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/books-movies-based-on-books\/\"><strong>Jurassic Park<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; it&#8217;s pretty similar to the movie. I also read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/sphere\/\"><strong>Sphere<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; it&#8217;s much better than the movie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/jurassic-park-2\/\">Here<\/a> is my page on all the <strong>Jurassic<\/strong> movies.<\/p>\n<h2>Arthur C. Clarke<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2001: A Space Odyssey\n<ul>\n<li>1968 -&gt; 5\/5\n<ul>\n<li>Clarke and Stanley Kubrick worked on the screenplay for <strong>2001<\/strong> together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2010: The Year We Make Contact\n<ul>\n<li>1984 -&gt; 4.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read these books &#8212; they&#8217;re brilliant.<\/p>\n<h2>Harlan Ellison<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A Boy and His Dog\n<ul>\n<li>1975 -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/love-death-robots-season-1\/\">Love, Death &amp; Robots<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2019-present -&gt; 4.5 to 5\/5\n<ul>\n<li>1 of his stories was produced for this show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ellison wrote an episode of <strong>Star Trek<\/strong>. He wrote 2 episodes of <strong>Babylon 5<\/strong> and also served as conceptual consultant for that show. He also wrote a screenplay for Asimov&#8217;s <strong>I, Robot<\/strong> but it wasn&#8217;t produced.<\/p>\n<h2>William Gibson<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Johnny Mnemonic\n<ul>\n<li>1995 -&gt; 2\/5\n<ul>\n<li>Gibson even wrote the screenplay but the movie didn&#8217;t turn out so well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-peripheral-season-1\/\">The Peripheral<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2022-present -&gt; 5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Johnny Mnemonic&#8221; worked better as a story.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson wrote 2 episodes of <strong>The X-Files<\/strong>. He wrote a screenplay for <strong>Alien3<\/strong> that wasn&#8217;t produced.<\/p>\n<h2>Harry Harrison<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Soylent Green\n<ul>\n<li>based on <strong>Make Room! Make Room!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1973 -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Robert A. Heinlein<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Starship Troopers\n<ul>\n<li>1997 -&gt; 2\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/predestination-2\/\">Predestination<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>based on &#8220;All You Zombies&#8211;&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>2014 -&gt; 5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Frank Herbert<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dune\n<ul>\n<li>2000&nbsp; -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Children of Dune\n<ul>\n<li>2003 -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/dune-2\/\">the books<\/a> these miniseries are based on &#8212; they&#8217;re terrific.<\/p>\n<p>As for the 1984 <strong>Dune<\/strong> movie, I saw it so long ago and so much else has happened I have no idea what to rate it.<\/p>\n<h2>Aldous Huxley<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Brave New World\n<ul>\n<li>1998 -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read the book &#8212; everyone should read it.<\/p>\n<h2>Kazuo Ishiguro<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/never-let-me-go\/\">Never Let Me Go<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2010 -&gt; 4.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>P. D. James<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Children of Men\n<ul>\n<li>2006 -&gt; 4.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stephen King<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Running Man\n<ul>\n<li>1987 -&gt; 1.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11-22-63\/\">11.22.63<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2016 -&gt; 5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>King wrote the stories that were the basis for the fantasy movies <strong>The Dead Zone<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/the-green-mile\/\"><strong>The Green Mile<\/strong><\/a> and the realistic movies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/stand-by-me\/\"><strong>Stand By Me<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>The Shawshank Redemption<\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/hearts-in-atlantis\/\"><strong>Hearts in Atlantis<\/strong><\/a>. He also wrote an episode of <strong>The X-Files<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Stanislaw Lem<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Solaris\n<ul>\n<li>1972 -&gt; 2\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Solaris\n<ul>\n<li>2002 -&gt; 3.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/the-congress\/\">The Congress<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>based on <strong>The Futurological Congress<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2013 -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read <strong>Solaris<\/strong> &#8212; it&#8217;s very good, better than either of the movies.<\/p>\n<h2>Emily St. John Mandel<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/station-eleven-2\/\">Station Eleven<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2021-22 -&gt; 5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/station-eleven\/\">the book<\/a> &#8212; it&#8217;s similarly brilliant.<\/p>\n<h2>David Mitchell<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/cloud-atlas-2\/\">Cloud Atlas<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2012 -&gt; 5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>William F. Nolan &amp; George Clayton Johnson<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Logan&#8217;s Run\n<ul>\n<li>1976 -&gt; 2\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>George Orwell<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1984\n<ul>\n<li>1984 -&gt; 3.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read the book &#8212; it&#8217;s one that everyone should read.<\/p>\n<h2>Christopher Priest<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/the-prestige\/\">The Prestige<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2006 -&gt; 4.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Carl Sagan<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>1997 -&gt; 4.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read the book &#8212; it&#8217;s similarly great.<\/p>\n<h2>Hiroshi Sakurazaka<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/edge-of-tomorrow-2\/\">Edge of Tomorrow<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>based on <strong>All You Need is Kill<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2014 -&gt; 5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Robert J. Sawyer<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>FlashForward\n<ul>\n<li>2009-10 -&gt; 4.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read the book &#8212; it&#8217;s terrific.<\/p>\n<h2>Mary Shelley<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Frankenstein\n<ul>\n<li>1931 -&gt; 3\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read the book &#8212; it&#8217;s worth reading.<\/p>\n<h2>Walter Tevis<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/the-worst-movies-ive-ever-seen\/\">The Man Who Fell to Earth<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>1976 -&gt; 1\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jeff Vandermeer<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/annihilation\/\">Annihilation<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2018 -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Kurt Vonnegut Jr.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Slaughterhouse-Five\n<ul>\n<li>1972 -&gt; 4\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read this book &#8212; it&#8217;s worth reading.<\/p>\n<h2>H. G. Wells<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The War of the Worlds\n<ul>\n<li>1953 -&gt; 1.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Time Machine\n<ul>\n<li>1960 -&gt; 1.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Island of Dr. Moreau\n<ul>\n<li>1996 -&gt; 2.5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Time Machine\n<ul>\n<li>2002 -&gt; 3\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>War of the Worlds\n<ul>\n<li>2005 -&gt; 3\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I read <strong>War of the Worlds<\/strong> and <strong>The Time Machine<\/strong> &#8212; they&#8217;re both worth reading, better than the movies.<\/p>\n<h2>Andy Weir<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/the-martian\/\">The Martian<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>2015 -&gt; 5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>Special mention<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/love-death-robots-season-1\/\">Love, Death &amp; Robots<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>based on stories by a bunch of authors including\n<ul>\n<li>Paolo Bacigalupi<\/li>\n<li>J. G. Ballard<\/li>\n<li>Peter F. Hamilton<\/li>\n<li>Ken Liu<\/li>\n<li>Alastair Reynolds<\/li>\n<li>John Scalzi<\/li>\n<li>Bruce Sterling<\/li>\n<li>Michael Swanwick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2019-present -&gt; 4.5 to 5\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some science fiction stories and novels made into movies. I already made a list for Philip K. Dick. Here are all the other authors. I&#8217;ll mention the name of the story\/novel if it&#8217;s different than the movie. 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