WHO I'LL CAST WHEN THEY LET ME DIRECT...

The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester
 

Gully Foyle/Geoffrey Fourmyle--Mel Gibson (Michael Madsen)

Jizbella McQueen--Geena Davis

Robin Wednesbury--Jada Pinkett

Presteign of Presteign--Anthony Hopkins

Olivia Presteign--Kate Winslet

Peter Y'ang-Yeovil--Alec Baldwin

Saul Dagenham--Harvey Keitel

Regis Sheffield--Jeremy Irons

Rog Kempsey--Kevin Bacon
 

Frank Frink--Ralph Fiennes

Ed McCarthy--Kevin Bacon

Robert Childan--Kevin Spacey

Mr. Baynes/Rudolf Wegener--William Hurt

Nobusuke Tagomi--John Lone

Paul Kasoura--Winston Chao

General Tedeki--Sihung Lung

Alex Lotze--Tim Roth

Juliana Frink--Uma Thurman

Joe Cinnadella--Andy Garcia

Wyndham-Matson--Gene Hackman

Hugo Reiss--Michael Caine

Kreuz vom Meere--Bob Hoskins

Hawthorne Abendsen--Martin Sheen

The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
 

Genli Ai--Laurence Fishburne

Therem Harth rem ir Estraven--Daniel Day-Lewis

King Argaven--Sigourney Weaver

Tibe--Meryl Streep

Obsle--Kathy Bates

Faxe the Weaver--Jaye Davidson

The Pervert--Kevin Bacon

The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe

 
Severian--Leonardo Di Caprio (Johnny Depp)

Thecla--Helena Bonham Carter

Thea--Joanna Going

Vodalus--Andre Braugher

Master Gurloes--John Hurt

Master Palemon--Morgan Freeman

Dorcas--Gabrielle Anwar

Agia--Nicole Kidman

Agilus--Kevin Bacon

Jolenta--Julia Ormond

Dr. Talos--Gary Oldman

Baldanders--Arnold Schwartzenegger

Hildegrin--Pete Postlethwaite

Hethor--John Malkovich

The Autarch--Kenneth Branagh
 

Frank Chalmers--Denzell Washington

Maya Toitovna--Michelle Pfeiffer

John Boone--Kevin Costner

Michel Duval--Daniel Auteuil

Sax Russell--John Turturro

Phyllis Boyle--Holly Hunter

Arkady Bogdanov--Gabriel Byrne

Nadia Cherneshevsky--Susan Sarandon

Hiroko Ai--Gong Li

Ann Clayborn--Angela Bassett

The Stowaway--Kevin Bacon
 

Brother Francis--Tim Robbins

Abbot Arkos--Ian Holm

The Wandering Jew--F. Murray Abraham

Abbot Dom Paolo--James Earl Jones

Thon Taddeo--Samuel Jackson

The Poet--Jeff Goldblum

Brother w/electric light--Kevin Bacon

Abbot Zerchi--Albert Finney

Doctor Cors--Richard Gere

Sick mother--Rosie Perez

Mrs. Grales/Rachel--Anne Bancroft/Julie Delpy

"All You Zombies", by Robert Heinlein
 

The Unmarried Mother--Christian Slater

Bartender--Jack Nicholson

Jane--Liv Tyler

Man playing jukebox--Kevin Bacon
 
 

Sarah Canary, by Karen Joy Fowler
 

Chin Ah Kin--Jason Scott Lee

Adelaide--Debra Winger

Sarah Canary--Anjelica Huston

B.J.--Tom Hulce

Harold--Bill Pullman

Purdy--Kevin Bacon
 

Lone--Willem Dafoe

Mr. Kew--David Warner

Alicia Kew (young)--Anna Paquin

                    (adult)--Jodie Foster

Evelyn Kew--Jena Malone

Prodd--John Voigt

Janie--Bridget Fonda

Gerry Thompson--Johnny Depp (Edward Norton)

Dr. Stern--Kevin Kline

Hip Barrows--Kevin Bacon

Think Like a Dinosaur, by James Patrick Kelly
 

Kamala Shastri--Sarita Choudhury

Michael Burr--Ewan McGregor

Voice of Silloin--James Earl Jones

Voice of Linna--Ben Kingsley

Voice of Parikkal--Kevin Bacon

Gun, With Occasional Music, by Jonathan Lethem
 

Conrad Metcalf--Nicholas Cage

Celeste Stanhunt--Juliette Binoche

Orton Angwine--Joaquin Phoenix

Pansy Greenleaf--Emily Watson

Grover Testafer--David Paymer

Inquisitor Kornfeld--Kevin Bacon

Inquisitor Morgenlander--Bruce Willis

Catherine Teleprompter--Jennifer Jason Leigh

Walter Surface--Joe Pesci

Danny Phoneblum--Marlon Brando

Joey Castle--Ray Liotta

Finally, with apologies . . .

Corrupting Dr. Nice, by John Kessel
 

Owen Vannice--John Cusack

Genevieve Faison--Gwyneth Paltrow

August Faison--Gerard Depardieu

Simon--Giancarlo Esposito

Rosethrush Vannice--Angelica Huston

Ralph Vannice--John Goodman

Lance Thrillkiller--James Woods

Detlev Gruber--Alec Baldwin

Parker--Kevin Bacon

Jeshua--Robert De Niro

Wilma--Industrial Light and Magic