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Novels? Movies?
Posted By: Loren PetrichDate: 6/27/01 11:47 a.m.

There has been speculation about turning the Marathon series into a novel or a movie, but the Bungie folx have preferred not to spend their time on all the legwork and dealmaking and bureaucracy necessary for that. However, there is a much simpler solution: do a serial in a science-fiction magazine. One only has to write a little at a time, and one does not have to make a deal to publish a whole book. IIRC, that's been done for Starcraft.

A good one for the Marathon series, and certainly also Halo, is some nuts-and-bolts SF magazine such as Analog Science Fiction, http://www.analogsf.com

The Myth series might also be a good candidate for serialization, but one would have to choose some magazine that carries sword-and-sorcery fantasy, such as Isaac Asimov's Science-Fiction Magazine, http://www.asimovs.com

As to movies, computer games have generally not translated very well into them, despite some game producers showing evidence of movie envy. However, the recent Tomb Raider movie seems to be at least halfway there, which suggests that successful translation might well be possible.

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Novels? Movies?Loren Petrich 6/27/01 11:47 a.m.
     Re: Novels? Movies?Locucious 6/27/01 2:06 p.m.
           Re: Novels? Movies?[Tycho?] 6/27/01 3:52 p.m.
                 Re: Novels? Movies?ForGreatJustice 6/27/01 4:10 p.m.
                       Re: Novels? Movies?Locucious 6/27/01 4:28 p.m.
                             Re: Novels? Movies?ForGreatJustice 6/28/01 2:52 p.m.
                                   Re: Novels? Movies?Andrew Nagy 6/28/01 5:43 p.m.
                                         Re: Novels? Movies?Locucious 6/29/01 4:09 p.m.
                 Re: Novels? Movies?Aben Zin 6/29/01 12:38 a.m.
           Re: Novels? Movies?Andrew Nagy 6/28/01 5:46 p.m.
                 Re: Novels? Movies?Tynskel 6/28/01 8:18 p.m.
                       Re: Novels? Movies?Locucious 6/29/01 4:12 p.m.
                             Re: Novels? Movies?7revor Smith 6/29/01 4:55 p.m.
                                   Re: Novels? Movies?Locucious 6/30/01 7:43 a.m.
                                         Re: Novels? Movies?7revor Smith 6/30/01 1:56 p.m.
                             Re: Novels? Movies?Tynskel 6/30/01 1:05 a.m.
                                   Re: Novels? Movies?Locucious 6/30/01 7:53 a.m.



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