You know how sometimes you read a book that is sooooo good you wish it was also a movie ? Of course some books just should stay books cause they cant be improved by being a movie. But given the right treatment etc sometimes a really good book can also be a really good movie.
Most good books that get made movies have to introduce characters or voice over or something so that what characters only ' THINK TO THEMSELVES ' in the book can be delivered to the audience of the movie. Thats kinda tricky.
Anyway, this book I'm reading now would be a great movie if it could be treated well re: the above problem.
It is " The Mouse In The Moon ". It's the same author who wrote " Beware The Mouse " and " The Mouse That Roared ". The Mouse That Roared got made into a movie ( I think with Peter Sellers in it ? ) and was hilarious.
The Mouse In The Moon ( copyright about 1962 ? ) happens after the mouse that roared...
Grand Fenwick ( a little country started by some wayward Englishmen back around 1400 maybe ) which is between the Swiss and the French , sorta in a little valley between mountain ranges, needed some money in " The Mouse That Roared", so they decided to attack the United States with their Longbows and their small army of about 12 guys. So they sailed to NYC and attacked with the intention of LOSING quickly, so that the U.S. would then spend a ton of money to rebuild the country they defeated... kinda like Germany and Japan after WW2 etc etc.
Plans went awry however, because the little group found some professor who had just invented the Q-bomb and the plot thickened... and Grand Fenwick ended up winning the " war ".
Well, in the book " The Mouse In The Moon" , Grand Fenwick is applying for some financial aid from the U.S. to buy their Queen ( equiv of a Queen, as they are sorta Medieval even in modern times but with a parliment of sorts ) a fur coat ( Russian Sable )... and the professor who lives in Grand Fenwick now ( inventor of Q bomb ) is studying rocket fuel problems re: sending a man to the moon which the Russians and Americans are in a race to do ... and which threatens to "politicise" the moon territories, and space in general. Eg. If the Russians get there first will the moon be Russian ??
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"Flynn's novels are taken so seriously one high-ranking CIA official told his people, “I want you to read Flynn's books and start thinking about how we can more effectively wage this war on terror.”
That's just cool.
I'll never order out for pizza again!!!! 
Hunt
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Back to the question - I always thought that Thomas Pynchon's V would make a good movie. However, then the temptation would be to do a prequel film of The Crying of Lot 49, and a sequel with Gravity's Rainbow. That would be tougher than Harry Potter and LOR rolled into one. The latter book makes reading James Joyce like a walk in the park. 
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I would rather have a sharp stick in my eye than have to re-read " The Dubliners".
Having checked out the reviews of the above books by Pynchon, I realize this is proof positive that friends can exist despite their exceedingly bizarre taste in books.
I would rather have a sharp stick in my eye
For a moment, I though that you were using a reference to V... [Gotta' read it to understand the reference.] 
... I realize this is proof positive that friends can exist despite their exceedingly bizarre taste in books.
Hunt, whose Joycean days are now far behind him.
Farewell Vince 
I have been looking for comments on The Survivor, but have not had much luck. Maybe too soon?
I have forgotten the source of this conversation (Hannity maybe?), but when George W Bush was in office, he met Flynn, pulled him aside and commented:
Bush - "You sure do a great job with your books. How do you get so much sensitive information?"
Flynn - "Mr. President, I have some great sources."
Bush - "Well, maybe I should just read all your books, 'cause your 'sources' are better than mine. I waste too much time with those Daily Security Briefings, and you seem to have all the right intel."
Flynn - "Thank you for the kind words Mr. President. I will see that all of my books are in your office by tomorrow."
I would like to think that Flynn was far enough along in the last book, that a good editor, and maybe a few writers, could wrap it up. We will see.
RIP Vince,
Hunt
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