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Book World: Let s talk about Starship Troopers and other science fiction and fantasy novels that became great films
Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Lavie Tidhar, The Washington Post
Feb. 23, 2021
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It s been too long since we ve been to the movie theater, so join us as we refresh your memories of the experience. Specifically, let s talk about the great science fiction and fantasy novels that have wowed us on the big screen.
Everyone has their classics. Lavie loves Paul Verhoeven s Starship Troopers, the controversial 1997 film that parodied Robert A. Heinlein s 1959 novel (and is slated for a reboot.) Silvia is a fan of Roger Corman s Poe cycle and the stories that inspired it. There are so many science fiction and fantasy books-to-films, so we decided to focus on favorites that perhaps haven t gotten as much attention as they should.