And now for something light

[rhu]

OK, let's get a good discussion going here. :-)

The other night, introverte and I were discussing film adapations of science fiction stories that originally appeared in print. We were unable to come up with a single example of a story that meets all these criteria:

• Science fiction (not fantasy) (excluding, for example, The Lord of the Rings and The Wizard of Oz)
• First appeared in print (excluding, for example, 2001: A Space Odyssey)
• Movie adaptation remains essentially faithful to the print story (excluding, for example, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, I, Robot, etc.)
• Both the original print story and the movie adaptation are generally accepted as great (excluding, for example, well, most others).

The closest I could come up with was Farenheit 451 but I'm not sure the movie really qualifies as great. But I figure that if there exists a true example, you, gentle readers, will let me know.

Comments

[tablesaw]

What made HGW's stories more amenable to adaptation than others?

Presumably it links to the time that they were written, before the sf got its pulp veneer from Gernsback et al. Nobody's mentioned Verne, but I'm certain there's some combination of stories and movies that fits this category. Around the World in 80 Days probably isn't sf-y enough for you, but 20,000 Leagues under the Sea might work.

And many have hopes for A Scanner Darkly.