2 Novels That Should Become TV Shows

1. Kraken

kraken And now for something completely different. Kraken is not China Miéville€™s most acclaimed novel, but it is, perhaps, his most accessible. Unlike his Bas-Lag series, or many of his other stand-alone novels, Kraken takes place in modern day London. It is not just the setting, however, that gives this novel its accessibility. Kraken isn€™t just an urban fantasy, it€™s a genre mash-up of cop drama, urban fantasy, popular culture, magic, Lovecraft and dark comedy urban fantasy held together by a dark sense of humor and an infectious sense of macabre glee that could transfer well into television with the right team. There€™s some question whether Kraken could sustain a protracted series or perhaps a mini-series, but if Neil Gaiman and HBO can spin American Gods into a projected 6 seasons, then China Miéville or whoever becomes showrunner (my personal choice would be Bryan Fuller whose sense of the weird, madcap, and macabre seems well suited to the material) should be able to extrapolated from the world of the novel. These are just 2 of the countless novels that TV executives could tap. Certainly they aren€™t being idle. A cursory glance at Deadline.com reveals a new book being bought by a network practically every week. The Pride of Carthage and Kraken are 2 that I personally would love to see adapted, but there are many more.
 
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Antonio Urias is a New Yorker born and bred. He was raised on a steady diet of grapes and books, often fantasy, and spent an inordinate amount of time telling stories, often involving cowboys. Not much has changed in the intervening years. He still loves grapes. He still loves fantasy. And he’s still telling stories, though these days there are less cowboys.