Consider Phiebas is being adapted for TV

Subject: Consider Phiebas is being adapted for TV
Author: Tomash
Posted on: 2018-02-22 16:17:00 UTC

For the two or three of us who'd care, Amazon is adapting Consider Phiebas (the first Culture novel) into a TV series.

Even though I'd rate Phiebas as a bad place to start when reading the Culture, it does have very good TV-adaptability (linear plot, a clear conflict, not too much Minds-being-Minds, etc.), so I don't see too many fundamental issues with this idea. Here's hoping they don't screw it up.

What're y'all's thoughts on this?

- Tomash

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Consider Phiebas is being adapted for TV by Tomash on 2018-02-22 16:17:00 UTC

Somewhat relatedly by Tomash on 2018-02-23 04:01:00 UTC Reply

I've been pointed at a summary of an interview with Iain M. Banks about A Gift From the Culture being in the running for a movie adaptation and the adaptation of Player of Games that fell through.
*tidies up Consider Phiebas the mini-GOU* by Scapegrace on 2018-02-22 17:03:00 UTC Reply

oh god it's the size of a bloody double-decker bus this was a dreadful mistake

Pernicketiness aside, I'm definitely excited to see what they do with it. =]

Whoops by Tomash on 2018-02-22 17:22:00 UTC Reply

Not sure how I've managed to consistently misread the title of the book in question.

~~Scape, you now have a double-decker bus-sized AI in your ... wherever you parked them. I'd call that a win.~~