NPL Books into Films: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Annotation:A boy who is bullied at school befriends his strange new neighbor as a series of murders occurs.
Annotation:aka Let Me In
Annotation:The complex relationship between man and machine, as governed by the Three Laws of Robotics, is explored in these classic tales.
Annotation:A Civil War veteran finds himself transported to Mars where he must battle four-armed green men to rescue a princess.
Annotation:Harry Dresden, the only wizard in the Chicago phone book, takes on a variety of supernatural beings.
Annotation:In a world where crimes are predicted in advance by “precogs,” a police chief learns that he is about to murder a man he’s never met.
Annotation:A drunken swordsman and a gentle giant help a farm boy rescue the woman he loves from being forced to marry a prince.
Annotation:When the world’s population is nearly eradicated by an epidemic, the survivors are drawn by their dreams to choose between Good and Evil for a final confrontation.
Annotation:A sheriff and a small band of survivors try to defend themselves after a zombie apocalypse.
Annotation:In a land where seasons last for decades, the winter is returning as sinister forces amass in the north while the King’s powers begin to fail.
Annotation:After a plague turns most of humankind into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures, a man who is immune must struggle to survive.
Annotation:A father and son travel down a road to the sea in a post-apocalyptic world.
Annotation:Titus Groan stands to inherit the immense, rambling Gormenghast Castle and its kingdom, unless the conniving Steerpike, who is determined to rise above his menial position, has his way.
Annotation:Two rival magicians seek to destroy each other in a feud that has catastrophic consequences for them and their descendants.
Annotation:A radio astronomer detects a signal from outer space that seems to be from an intelligent source instructing humankind to build a machine to come and meet them.
Annotation:When a hobbit learns that he possesses a Ring infused with powerful evil, he embarks on a quest to destroy it before the Dark Lord can claim it and take over Middle-earth.
Annotation:As a rogue planet heads toward earth on a collision course, humankind tries to build an space-going ark that will allow them to save part of their race from extinction.
A Shared List by Northbrook_Readers 
Member of Northbrook Public Library
Description
Books that have been made into sci fi and fantasy films, along with the DVDs for comparison.
English
Genre Guide
