I'm currently rereading the first few books in Fred Saberhagan's epic "Swords" stories, and I have now discerned a second reason why it will never make it to a television or movie version. (The first is because a main character "the Beast Lord Draffut" would be too visually similar to Chewbacca.)
The initial chapters of the book that I'm reading now, I think it's book 8, star a 12 year old kid who, due to a magical attack while he was swimming, spends the first 10 or so chapters totally naked. Studio execs would be aghast.
I remember none of that. I vaguely remember that it had some swords in it. This was apparently not one of the series I re-read as a child.


















