Project Avatar: Why James Cameron needn't write that novel.

A Listmania! list by Behan "J." (uk)
 
Downward To The Earth (S.F. Masterworks)
1.  Downward To The Earth (S.F. Masterworks) by Robert Silverberg
The list author says:
  "Science Fiction bristles with with Pandoras: this story follows a colonial man seeking to atone for the sins of his own kind on a beautiful, deadly planet and undergoes an alien transformation..."
Used & New from: £17.77
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

See buying options
Hothouse (Penguin Modern Classics)
2.  Hothouse (Penguin Modern Classics) by Brian Aldiss
The list author says:
  "Another Pandora, but without the space-travel; in this far-future fantasy, it is man that lives in fear among the trees."
£7.69   Used & New from: £2.03
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

The Word for World Is Forest
3.  The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
The list author says:
  "The one that's supposed to be Avatar (sort-of): I haven't read it, but I have read the novelette, included in..."
£7.65   Used & New from: £3.15
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Again, Dangerous Visions
4.  Again, Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison
The list author says:
  "A great collection of daring SF stories, including Ms. Le Guin's tale where there forest dwellers are green monkey-people, not blue cat-people, but still fiercely defensive about their trees."
£20.85   Used & New from: £14.48

Shadrach in the Furnace (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)
5.  Shadrach in the Furnace (Bison Frontiers of Imagination) by Robert Silverberg
The list author says:
  "Not like the movie Avatar at all, except for the interesting project designed to keep a dictator alive forever... Now what was it called again?"
£10.99   Used & New from: £2.21
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Call Me Joe (The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson)
6.  Call Me Joe (The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson) by Rick Katze
The list author says:
  "One of the more controversial items: a paraplegic GI controls an alien body on Jupiter in Anderson's novella."
Used & New from: £20.85
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

See buying options
Venture Science Fiction UK No.17 (January 1965) - Jury Rig, Soul Mate, Empty Nest, Rabbits to the Moon, The Martian Crown Jewels, Success Story, To Fell a Tree
7.  Venture Science Fiction UK No.17 (January 1965) - Jury Rig, Soul Mate, Empty Nest, Rabbits to the Moon, The Martian Crown Jewels, Success Story, To Fell a Tree by Avram Davidson
The list author says:
  "An obscure short story that I can't claim to have found by myself: "To Fell A Tree" by Robert F. Young is, erm, familiar..."
Used & New from: £4.50

See buying options
Roadside Picnic (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
8.  Roadside Picnic (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Boris Strugatsky
The list author says:
  "The one who wrote the Russian book that had a planet called Pandora, aliens called Nave, and you can't buy that book, but this is a classic."
£5.59   Used & New from: £5.10
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

The Color of Distance
9.  The Color of Distance by Amy Thomson
The list author says:
  "The lead character may be more of an ambassador than a freedom fighter, but heck, her injury, transformation and assimilation into the alien reptiles' community is familiar."
Used & New from: £2.12
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

See buying options
Life During Wartime (S.F. Masterworks)
10.  Life During Wartime (S.F. Masterworks) by Lucius Shepard
The list author says:
  "More jungle, but fighting with helicopters and holing up in bunkers is really no fun. A drug-addled Techno-Vietnam full of psychics, paranoia and ancient vendettas."
Used & New from: £1.53
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

See buying options
The Gods Themselves
11.  The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
The list author says:
  "Unobtanium? An impossible element provides humans with limitless energy, and it's provided by proper aliens: wierd, blobby things that don't look like blue Thundercats. Much better."
£5.79   Used & New from: £1.49
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)

Ringworld (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
12.  Ringworld (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Larry Niven
The list author says:
  "Horrible "Big Object" sci-fi. But it does have aliens that look like cats and an impossible material called "scrith"."
£5.59   Used & New from: £3.09
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

The Ultimate Fan's Guide to Avatar, James Cameron's Epic Movie (unauthorized)
13.  The Ultimate Fan's Guide to Avatar, James Cameron's Epic Movie (unauthorized) by Kevin Patrick Mahoney
The list author says:
  "For those interested in further dissection of the themes in Avatar"
£5.84   Used & New from: £2.22
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

The Science of Avatar
14.  The Science of Avatar 
The list author says:
  "A cash-in science fact book that consults some of the "science" in Avatar, by a popular hard SF author"
Used & New from: £7.00
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

See buying options
James Cameron's Avatar: The Na'VI Quest
15.  James Cameron's Avatar: The Na'VI Quest by Benjamin Harper
The list author says:
  "As "close" as there's been to a novelisation; a plot summary. I've heard that J.C. is planning to write one, but he should hand the job to the semi-retired Robert Silverberg."
£3.99   Used & New from: £0.01
1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

More Actions

Discover more about this author
 See all of their Listmania! lists
Make your own list
 Create a Listmania! list
View your page on Amazon.co.uk
 Go to Your Profile page

Customer Discussions about products in this list  
   

About this Listmania!

 

Author

Behan "J." (uk)
Qualifications: Self-appointed know-it-all and unabashed web-plagiarist!
Last updated: 14/11/2010
Report abuse
    

More Listmania!

 

Unquiet times ahead Unquiet times ahead

Unquiet times ahead: A list of 9 items by J. Stobart "John Stobart."

My favourite books of all time in no particular order My favourite books of all time in no particular order

My favourite books of all time in no particular order: A list of 25 items by P. Livesey

SF SF

SF: A list of 25 items by gum5hoe

Great disaster novels Great disaster novels

Great disaster novels: A list of 16 items by John James

Science Fiction Novels (part 1) Science Fiction Novels (part 1)

Science Fiction Novels (part 1): A list of 23 items by Donny "Some Dude"