DBWI : What's your favorite Stanley Lieber novel ?

It may not be a novel per se, but his screenplay for Steven Spielberg's "Star-Spangled Man" is a work of art. Only a writer of his pedigree could capture the raw emotion of Captain Steve Rogers' unsung sacrifice.
Not to mention the anti-war message it had. Dealt how a innocent man, Bucky Barnes, becoming traumatized by the horrors of war.
 
It may not be a novel per se, but his screenplay for Steven Spielberg's "Star-Spangled Man" is a work of art. Only a writer of his pedigree could capture the raw emotion of Captain Steve Rogers' unsung sacrifice.

If we're going to discuss his screenplays, "Four" certainly qualifies. It gives me chills to watch Victor stalk and terrorize the titular family and it speaks volumes to his writing talents that Victor still comes off as mildly sympathetic, particularly when it's revealed that
he is only attacking the Richards family because he is trying to appease a godlike entity that will devour the planet if sacrifices aren't made.
 
Yes. Almost all of his works were adopted i to movies.

Exiled Man was adapted into movie by Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2000.

And the ones that aren't are in the process of doing so. IIRC Panther is slated for a June 2019 release (though given the development difficulties it faced it could be postponed to later in the year or early 2020).
 
Is there a list of film adaptations based on Lieber's books?
“The Spiders Web” and other Peter Parker stories have been remade so many times, it’s hard to keep track of them. That said, seeing “The Avenged” collection coming to an end soon will be saddening. Who’d have thought such a huge political drama and crime epic knitted together from all the sly and subtle references thoughout his stories would blend so seamlessly? Truly a fitting legacy for a legendary man
 
“The Spiders Web” and other Peter Parker stories have been remade so many times, it’s hard to keep track of them. That said, seeing “The Avenged” collection coming to an end soon will be saddening. Who’d have thought such a huge political drama and crime epic knitted together from all the sly and subtle references thoughout his stories would blend so seamlessly? Truly a fitting legacy for a legendary man
Naaa... The Avenged has been milked to death with all its sequels. The last ones weren't even true to the Lieber stories anymore. The subtitles clearly state: "Based upon the characters of Stanley Lieber". In the end they even brought in some characters from his other books, just to make a buck out of merchandising.
 
Naaa... The Avenged has been milked to death with all its sequels. The last ones weren't even true to the Lieber stories anymore. The subtitles clearly state: "Based upon the characters of Stanley Lieber". In the end they even brought in some characters from his other books, just to make a buck out of merchandising.
They just don't get the fact that it was supposed to be literature, some of them be impossible to be met.
 
Nightcats is one that never gets mentioned enough. A haunting look into the life of pop starlets that most overlooked due to its early 90s release. The Britney Spears adaptation in 2002 didn't help its popularity, though I always felt it was unfairly judged as Britney did a very sincere performance as Jackie. Shame the script got hacked to try and make it a semi-biopic for Spears.
 
There some litte Jems under his Work

The Silver Surfer, the story of Norris Rad, a Surfer who is on odyssey for highes waves, the novel is antithesis to Hemingway The old man and the Sea
Norris Rad obsession for trill riding the deadly Waves, his downfall, his near dead experiences, his transformation and reemerge as new being
is one of best "coming of age story" i have read
 
Is there a list of film adaptations based on Lieber's books?

Blind Justice's adaptation by Quentin Tarantino was awesomely good. Leonardo Di Caprio as blind lawyer-turned-vigilante Matthew Murdock won the first of his many Academy Awards during this troubled tale of revenge and crusade against organized crime. Don't forget Harvey Keitel as the Kingpin, a terrifying version of Brando's Vito Corleone, and Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson as professionnal hitmen Elektra King and Bullseye.

Ragnarok, Ken Russell's adaptation of Hammer of the Gods, was also among the weirdest films of the 1970s.

What do you think of the literary theory according to which all Lieber novels are connected ? The Avenged novel set during the Second Korean War featured many of the characters of his other characters, like Peter Parker as a drafted scout, Anthony Stark as a high-ranking member of the US Administration, Stephen Strange as a battlefield surgeon, Bruce Banner as a would-be defector...
 
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