How many times have you said to yourself…
– “I need to read that book before the movie comes out!”
– “That was a great movie, I really should read the book.”
– “They’re going to turn that book into a movie? Really?”
Thus, the inspiration for our latest book and film display: Based on a Book.
Not unexpectedly, the Based on a Book display includes well-known classics and best-selling works of fiction and nonfiction that have been adapted for the big screen (in some cases more than once), but there are also some book/movie pairings that you might find surprising. For example, did you know that the sci-fi classic Blade Runner was based on a novel called Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, that Rosalind Wiseman’s sociological look at the world of teenage girls – Queen Bees and Wannabes – was transformed by Tina Fey into the comedy Mean Girls, or that the award-winning movie The Social Network was based on Ben Mezrich’s book, The Accidental Billionaires?
Come take a look at the numerous book and movie choices, we’re sure you’ll find something that you’ve been meaning to read or see.
