The Book Was Better! Or Was It? The Adaption Survey + Giveway
George R.R. Martin once said that 999 out of 1,000 adaptations are worse than the original. On his blog, he wrote:
It does not seem to matter whether the source material was written by Stan Lee, Charles Dickens, Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, Ursula K. Le Guin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Raymond Chandler, Jane Austen, or… well, anyone. No matter how major a writer it is, no matter how great the book, there always seems to be someone on hand who thinks he can do better, eager to take the story and ‘improve’ on it.
We can definitely see where he’s coming from… but is he 100% right? We aren’t so sure, because there are just too many fantastic adaptations out there. Even those that stray far from the source material—just look at Blade Runner, The Godfather, or The Shining.
Anyway, that got us thinking: Let’s just do a survey on the subject! It only takes five minutes and is hopefully quite exciting. Oh, and there is a €50 Elbenwald voucher up for grabs! The survey runs until March 30, 2026, at 9:00 AM.