(urth) Adaptations?

[Andreas Johansson]

Hi,

First of all, a great thanks to all of you out there debating and analyzing
the big and the small of all things Wolfean. It's severely enlightening,
both for understanding Wolfe in many more layers, and literature in
general. Now then, a question that arose recently as I began the BOTNS for
I think a fourth time, while at the same time delving deep into Elder
Scrolls V: Skyrim - how wonderful wouldn't a "sand box" type of videogame,
set in Severian's Urth? - so my question was, has there been any kind of
adaptations of any of Gene Wolfe's works? Graphic novels, theatre
productions, short movies, anything? Given his massive output (more than
fifty short stories, hehe), you'd think that somewhere, someone would've
picked up the challenge.

Of course, much of what makes Wolfe special is an inherent trait of the
medium that would be lost in a visual adaptation that loses the 1st person
perspective... but his worlds are so bloody vivid and beautiful that they
would be a feast for any graphic artist to dig into, even if 70% of the
in-text layers would be lost. Imagine a Moebius-style graphic novel based
on Urth of the New Sun... or as mentioned moving freely through a
3d-rendered version of Nessus or Viron.

Oh by the way, which entry-point to Lafferty would you fellows suggest?
Haven't read anything by him but thought it might be time.

yrs,

Andreas Johansson
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