Thread: Other founders of the "Golden Age" of Sicience Fiction
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Old 07-21-2017, 09:00 AM   #139
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
Well rated in the 50's and today. Definitely belongs in a well-stocked SF library. His stories have been filmed almost as much as Phillip K. Dick.

Midwich Cuckoos has been filmed twice (1960 and 1965).
I can't find a 1965 version, but I watched a 1995 version with Christopher Reeve in it last weekend.
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Day of the Triffids has been filmed twice. A movie in 1962 and a TV miniseries in 2009.
You missed the 1981 TV series. I remember enjoying this, but I'm not sure if it would be a good idea to watch now. I did watch the 1962 movie when the 2009 series came out and it was terrible.
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The Kraken Wakes (Aka, Out of the Deeps) takes a very different, yet logical approach to the alien invasion narratives. Earth is, after all, a water world. (Lots of radio adaptations.)

I prefer The Chrysalids (Aka, RE-BIRTH), though. Holds up extremely well after nearly 70 years. No video versions yet but there seems to be a trailer(?) from 2013 on youtube.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chrysalids

Edit: a whole bunch of trailers. Fan made the whole lot.
Apparently I'm not the only one that thinks it would make a good movie.
Yeah, I'd go and see a good version of The Chrysalids. It would fit in well with the recent crop of dystopia/post-apocolypse featuring teens.
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