August Abolins wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

I did not realize that Card wrote 6 prequels (2 trilogies) to Ender's Game several years later. It's like he's creating something similar to the "trilogies" in the Star Wars saga.

I'm back to re-reading the Foundation series. It's been years,
apparently one of the media streaming channels is doing a series
about it.

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Never heard of it. That might be interesting. AppleTV. A series approach seems to be a smarter way to put a book to film.

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Hello, August Abolins.
On 10/31/20 8:21 PM you wrote:

Never heard of it. That might be interesting. AppleTV. A series
approach seems to be a smarter way to put a book to film.

Never heard of the Foundation Series or the tv series?

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Hi Charles!

31 Oct 20 19:47, you wrote to me:

Never heard of it. That might be interesting. AppleTV. A series
approach seems to be a smarter way to put a book to film.

Never heard of the Foundation Series or the tv series?

Heard of books series, oh yes. But did not know they were working on a TV series.




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Hello, August Abolins.
On 11/1/20 2:14 PM you wrote:

Hi Charles! 31 Oct 20 19:47, you wrote to me:

Never heard of it. That might be interesting. AppleTV. A series
approach seems to be a smarter way to put a book to film.

Never heard of the Foundation Series or the tv series?

Heard of books series, oh yes. But did not know they were working
on a TV series.

I've heard about the idea, but not particular details about where and cast and crew associated with it until recently. But I generally take a wait and see approach to the whole idea. Until recently, I was on a fanlist for a favorite author of mine. The author was on the list as well. He mentioned several times over the years of various projects or deals such as possible movie or television adaptations. While negotiations were going on, he would never say anything more than he was in talks about a project. Not even what the project was, until negotiations were complete.

The only thing out of all of that I saw over the years was a comic book/graphic novel type adaptation of one of his short stories.

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On 01/11/2020 4:14 a.m., Charles Pierson : August Abolins wrote:

..The author was on the list as
well. He mentioned several times over the years of various
projects or deals such as possible movie or television
adaptations.

There are quite a few authors who seem to write as if their stories
would play out as a movie. Some are:

James Patterson
Dean Koontz
Dan Brown

..While negotiations were going on, he would
never say anything more than he was in talks about a
project. Not even what the project was, until negotiations
were complete.

They are often under a do-not-disclose clause.

Sometimes the author is very particular in having control in the
story-line for a film version.

One recent story I compared between book and film was Diamonds are
Forever. The film is a very radical departure from the original
story. I guess some film directors/screenwriters believe they can
improve the original.

The only thing out of all of that I saw over the years was
a comic book/graphic novel type adaptation of one of his
short stories.

Is that a quiz? Who is that author?


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Hello, August Abolins.
On 11/1/20 8:35 PM you wrote:

On 01/11/2020 4:14 a.m., Charles Pierson : August Abolins wrote:

..The author was on the list as well. He mentioned several times
over the years of various projects or deals such as possible
movie or television adaptations.

There are quite a few authors who seem to write as if their
stories would play out as a movie. Some are: James Patterson Dean
Koontz Dan Brown

Yes, I've noticed.

..While negotiations were going on, he would never say anything
more than he was in talks about a project. Not even what the
project was, until negotiations were complete.

They are often under a do-not-disclose clause.

Yes this was generally the case.

Sometimes the author is very particular in having control in the story-line for a film version.

I think that's likely a breakdown of negotiations in some cases.

One recent story I compared between book and film was Diamonds are Forever. The film is a very radical departure from the original
story. I guess some film directors/screenwriters believe they can improve the original.

It happens a lot.

The only thing out of all of that I saw over the years was a
comic book/graphic novel type adaptation of one of his short
stories.

Is that a quiz? Who is that author?

No quiz intended. Raymond Feist is the author.

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Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins <=-

Never heard of the Foundation Series or the tv series?

Isaac Asimov - it's about the collapse of a galactic civilization,
apparently humans in the far future. From I, Robot to the last tales
covers around 25,000 years of future history.



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Hello, Kurt Weiske.
On 11/1/20 7:14 AM you wrote:

Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins <=-

Never heard of the Foundation Series or the tv series?

Isaac Asimov - it's about the collapse of a galactic civilization, apparently humans in the far future. From I, Robot to the last
tales covers around 25,000 years of future history.

Yes, I am familiar with the books. I've even read some of the "sequels" by other authors.

I was asking August what he was unfamiliar with.

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On 01/11/2020 6:01 a.m., Charles Pierson : August Abolins wrote:

The only thing out of all of that I saw over the years was a
comic book/graphic novel type adaptation of one of his short
stories.

Is that a quiz? Who is that author?

No quiz intended. Raymond Feist is the author.

I found this:

Friday September 21st, 2018
BCDF PICTURES ACQUIRES ‘RIFTWAR’ FRANCHISE FOR TV


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Hello, August Abolins.
On 11/2/20 5:07 AM you wrote:

On 01/11/2020 6:01 a.m., Charles Pierson : August Abolins wrote:

The only thing out of all of that I saw over the years was

a CP>> comic book/graphic novel type adaptation of one of his
short CP>> stories. AA> Is that a quiz? Who is that author? No
quiz intended. Raymond Feist is the author.

I found this: Friday September 21st, 2018 BCDF PICTURES ACQUIRES ‘RIFTWAR’ FRANCHISE FOR TV

Yes. But nothing since.

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Hi Charles!

01 Nov 20 22:17, you wrote to me:

No quiz intended. Raymond Feist is the author.

I found this: Friday September 21st, 2018 BCDF PICTURES ACQUIRES
"RIFTWAR" FRANCHISE FOR TV

Yes. But nothing since.

Hopefully it's still in works. Planning, plotting, screenplay, storyboards can take a while when a number of people have different ideas.


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Hello, August Abolins.
On 11/2/20 6:36 AM you wrote:

Hi Charles! 01 Nov 20 22:17, you wrote to me:

No quiz intended. Raymond Feist is the author.

I found this: Friday September 21st, 2018 BCDF PICTURES ACQUIRES
"RIFTWAR" FRANCHISE FOR TV

Yes. But nothing since.

Hopefully it's still in works. Planning, plotting, screenplay, storyboards can take a while when a number of people have
different ideas.

It could be. Or it could have fallen by the wayside like many such projects do.

I'm actually torn by the idea. The Riftwar Saga, and the entire series in that world, is a favorite of mine.
Far too often, the adaptations fall short of my mental image, or diverge from the source in ways that seem to cheapen it.

I understand that a visual format cannot always be faithful to a written source, and I do expect some changes. But there are times when the changes actually change the story itself.

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