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Originally Posted by DixieGal
I still stand by my previous posts that books make lousy screenplays. A good short story works much better, because it is about a single event. Books cover too much character development and stuff for a simple 2 hr movie.
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I think I agree with that notion, it's a matter of appropriate length. Phillip K. Dick's work certainly supports that claim --
how many of them have been made into films now? I think I can think of four just off the top of my head,
Minority Report,
Impostor,
Total Recall, and
Blade Runner. All of those were quite well received.
Novellas seem to adapt pretty well too ... thought I'm coming up empty trying to name one.
