In this episode we are joined by podcaster Andrea Martucci from Shelf Love while we talk all about adaptations – from good to terrible. We look at why some texts are lost in translation.
This time, we each nominate a text or texts that have been adapted from one media into another. Some have worked, some have failed dismally – some are radically different from their source material but stand up in their own right.
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Guest Host: Andrea Martucci – Podcaster
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Timestamps:
- 0:00 – Introduction
- 1:59 – What is an adaptation?
- 3:08 – Books, movies and games, oh my!
- 9:03 – Andrea’s adaptation choice
- 24:40 – Nick’s choice
- 30:57 – Dave’s choice
- 46:05 – Philippa’s choice
- 1:16:24 – What makes a good adaptation?
- 1:20:10– Wrap up & Outro
Books we discuss
- Allain, Suzanne, Mr. Malcolm’s List
- Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre
- Card, Orson Scott – Ender’s Game
- Carr, Robyn – Virgin River series
- Dick, P K, Do androids dream…
- Dick, P K, The man in the high castle
- Dick, P K, Through a Scanner Darkly
- Dick, P K, We can sell it to you wholesale
- Gaskell, Elizabeth, North and South
- Heinlein, Robert. Starship Troopers
- Jayashra Kamble. Making meaning in popular romance fiction
- Le Carre – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Le Carre – Smiley’s People
- Muir, Andy, The Martian
- Palahnuik, Chuck, Fight Club
- Quinn, Julia – Bridgerton series
- Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea
- Sapkowski, Andrzej – The Witcher series
- Strugatsy, Arkady and Boris, Roadside Picnic
- Thorne, Sally, The Hating Game
- Tolkien, JRR. The Lord of the Rings
- Wayland, Drew. Willow
- Woods, Sherryl – Sweet Magnolia series
Movies & TV shows we discuss
- Bladerunner
- Bridgerton
- Ender’s Game
- Firefly
- Fight Club
- Friday the 13th
- The Hating Game
- I’m thinking of ending things
- Lord of the Rings
- The man in the high castle
- The Martian
- Masters of the universe
- Mr. Malcolm’s List
- North and South (BBC 2004)
- Orphan Black
- Smiley’s People
- Stalker
- Starship Troopers
- Sweet Magnolias
- Through a Scanner Darkly
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Total Recall
- Willow
- The Witcher tv series
- Virgin River
Games we discuss
- Friday the 13th (1987)
- Friday the 13th (2017)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl
- The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt