Fiction Unbound staff close the books for a night of adaptation television with Neil Gaiman's American Gods' premiere on Starz
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"The Expanse": Syfy's Ambitious TV Series Fulfills Devoted Readers' High Hopes
"The Expanse" frightens and thrills with a plot as old as literature: an unstoppable monster threatens to kill everyone but is resisted by imperfect heroes.
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Unbound Writers Gemma Webster and Jon Horwitz-White pit text against film.
Read more"Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" Go to Netflix – a Book to Television Comparison
In the transition from novel to BBC miniseries, any indulgent narrative excess is swept aside and the core story is allowed to breathe. You're allowed to love both.
Read moreNeil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS Reaches the Starz
Longtime fans of Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS will soon get to see Shadow, Mr. Wednesday and the rest of the immigrant pantheon as the team of Bryan Fuller (HANNIBAL) and Michael Green (HEROES, THE RIVER) write and produce the story for a new Starz TV series.
Read moreBBC Mini-Series Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Premiers in America on 6/13
From the BBC's publicity pages: Carvel as Jonathan the young upstart, and Marsan as Mr. Norrell.
The BBC mini-series based on Susanna Clarke's first novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, premiers on 6-13 in America. The alternate history fantasy tells of two rival magicians in Napoleonic England.
Read moreHBO's Game of Thrones: There's a Little Lannister in All of Us
Amanda Baldeneaux and Lisa Mahoney ponder what makes A Game of Thrones, the HBO series based upon George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire so popular around the world.
Read moreTrope Reversals and Smart Smut: Gabaldon's OUTLANDER Merits the Hype
Social media hype for all things Scottish is escalating in anticipation of the second season premiere of OUTLANDER, the Starz TV adaptation of Diana Gabaldan's book, in which an intrepid WWII British ex-combat nurse, Claire Randall, travels back in time to the rebellious Scottish Highlands of 1743. After binge watching the first season and customizing our own 'I Like it Scot' poster, Unbound Writers, Amanda Baldeneaux and CH Lips weigh in on the pivotal topics: Claire as Superheroine, Novel vs. Show and an astute Smut Ranking of the book/show's hottest moments.
Read moreRiffing on Disney's INTO THE WOODS, Part Two
In part two of a two-part series, the Unbound Writers give their reactions to Disney's big-screen adaptation of Into the Woods.
Read moreRiffing on Disney's INTO THE WOODS, Part One
In part one of a two-part series, the Unbound Writers give their reactions to Disney's big-screen adaptation of Into the Woods.
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