Follow up to pokerfan's "Best Sci-Fi Films Never Made". The contender's list.........

[CrownPrinceBandar]

"Well, the time has come to vote for the best sci-fi movie never made from the list of 50 heavyweight contenders nominated by you, our beloved readers.

Before getting down to it, we'd like to point out that we're fully aware a couple of the nominees are already "in development", but until we see the results projected onto a really big screen, we consider them fair game.

On a personal note, I'd like to kick off the inevitable protests about what's not on the list by saying I find it quite remarkable that Sam Slade: Robo-Hunter didn't get a single nod from you lot – now that would make a great CGI robot romp.

I'm sure, though, we can all agree on a couple of things: that whichever title wins the day, it should not be approached to within several light-years by Michael Bay; and if Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan appear, they should merely maintain a decorative silence and get blown out of an airlock at the earliest opportunity."

So, having got that straight, onwards...
The Algebraist – Iain M Banks
Altered Carbon – Richard K Morgan
The Atrocity Archives – Charles Stross
The Baroque Cycle – Neal Stephenson
A Canticle for Leibowitz – Walter M Miller, Jr.
Childhood's End – Arthur C Clarke
The Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny
Cities in Flight – James Blish
The City and the Stars – Arthur C Clarke
Consider Phlebas – Iain M Banks
Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
Deathworld – Harry Harrison
The Demolished Man – Alfred Bester
Dorsai – Gordon R Dickson
Downbelow Station – CJ Cherryh
Dragonriders of Pern – Anne McCaffrey
Ender's Game – Orson Scott Card
Eon – Greg Bear
Excession – Iain M Banks
A Fire Upon the Deep – Vernor Vinge
Footfall – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Forever War – Joe Haldeman
The Forge of God – Greg Bear
Foundation – Isaac Asimov
The Gap Cycle – Stephen R Donaldson
Gateway - Frederick Pohl
Hyperion - Dan Simmons
The Legacy of Heorot - Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes
Lensmen - E.E. "Doc" Smith
Lord of Light – Roger Zelazny
Lucifer's Hammer – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Man in the High Castle – Philip K Dick
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress – Robert A Heinlein
The Mote In God's Eye – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Neuromancer – William Gibson
Night's Dawn – Peter F Hamilton
Old Man's War – John Scalzi
On Basilisk Station – David Weber
The Player of Games – Iain M Banks
Protector – Larry Niven
Rendezvous With Rama – Arthur C Clarke
Ringworld – Larry Niven
Skylark – EE "Doc" Smith
Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
The Stainless Steel Rat – Harry Harrison
The Stars My Destination (aka Tiger! Tiger!) – Alfred Bester
Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert A Heinlein
The Technicolor Time Machine – Harry Harrison
Titan – John Varley
Use of Weapons – Iain M Banks

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/27/sci_fi_movie_poll/

Lots of Iain Banks on this list. Go vote.

[wysimdnwyg]

1. No Thomas Covenant?

That invalidates the list right there. And Stranger in a Strange Land is vastly underrated in that poll.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

2. Wouldn't Thomas Covenant technically be considered fantasy?......

also he's way too whiny.

[CBGLuthier]

3. Technically, as much as I love Amber, it is really fantasy

albeit with more of a scientific bent than usual but still pretty much fantasy.

Lord of Light however is pure-D hard core SF, even if it is about people who pretend to be Hindu gods. It is also the finest single SF novel I have ever read. The ending breaks my heart every time.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

4. I agree about the "Amber" chronicles.........

I would put it in the same genre as Silverberg's "Majipoor" stories and even the "Krull" movie - scifi edged fantasy.

Its been years since I've read "Lord of Light", so I had to wiki it to remind myself of the ending. If you haven't read Michael Moorcock's "Behold the Man", its kind of in the same vein.