Neal Stephenson's "Diamond Age" To Be Miniseries

fmackay writes "Neal Stephenson's novel The Diamond Age is to be adapted for a Sci Fi Channel miniseries. George Clooney is producing and Stephenson will write the screenplay — the first time he has written for television."

This isn't

[Renstar]

This isn't going to end well..

Wonderful news :-)

[steinnes]

I can't wait! Also, I am curious how they will treat the "Drummers" part, for example the way Hackworth "acquired" certain information, he ended up carrying in his body ;-)

Fantastic!

[toddt]

This will give Stephenson a chance to write the ending he accidentally forgot to write for the novel!

Re:Awesome!

[AndroidCat]

Yes, watch the screen closely. You'll like this next bit...

Re:This isn't

[taniwha]

It's a Stephenson novel ... it isn't going to end at all

Re:Fantastic!

[Chris Burke]

Hehe, probably not going to happen. I figure all of the television audience (that hasn't read the book) will be convinced that the last episode is actually a huge cliffhanger/teaser for the next season and be dissapointed when it never comes, and if the series was popular enough, SciFi will eventually decide to create a second season, probably without Stephenson involved other than to sign rights in exchange for a pile of money, which will be craptacular and make you hate the first season. Either way, it's going to end with pitchforks and torches outside SciFi headquarters.

Re:Fantastic!

[LoveGoblin]

Nah, never happen. If The Diamond Age suddenly gets an ending, then all his other books are gonna want one, too.

Re:George Clooney?!

[gardyloo]

Well, at least he can't possibly fsck it up as much as he fscked up Solaris... I hope.

Christ! Clooney works on that, too?!? No wonder Sun couldn't give those DVDs away.

Re:Posted to IT

[gardyloo]

Why is this posted to IT?

      If we're very, VERY lucky, that's the Editors making a really clever point about the information technology discussed in the book. I've got $20 on "no, it's just a fuck-up".