In reply to Dave Garnett: I've always thought Consider Phlebas would be a great film, given an unlimited special effects budget. Often films with an sf element have stupid action scenes added (I'm thinking of parts of Cloud Atlas), presumably to amuse the 12-year-olds in the audience, but Consider Phlebas has wildly imaginative action scenes already written in:
- A laser battle in a building made of crystal
- A small (!) nuclear explosion on board a huge crashing cruise-liner
- A smaller ship crashing its way out of a VERY, VERY, VERY BIG spaceship
- Fun and games with the galaxy's biggest train-set