Maybe it was a sign of Vonnegut’s success as an author that people kept wanting to film his books even if the previous film versions weren’t good. The ultimate sign of success is when people buy your book just to slap the title on an already existing project in order to make sure that it sells, like I, Robot.

Le Guin got some TV adaptations that nobody remembers and one of the less popular Studio Ghibli movies. Her short story Nine Lives is “in development.”