Hollywood would have no shortage of space stories to tell if they followed the recommendations on this page: What classic space opera novel do you want to see on the big screen? – io9.com.
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I wouldn’t want Hollywood touching any of those if they did to them what was done in the film version of Heinlein’s Starship Troopers.
They certainly have made a hash of many sci-fi novels. Bradbury said he didn’t like any of the films made from his stories. (Personally, I really liked Illustrated Man with Rod Steiger.)
OTOH, Some of the Philip K. Dick based novels have been treated well. Kubrick did well with a short story by Clarke…