Cloud Atlas - the motion picture

Filming of a movie version of Cloud Atlas is about to begin. Part of the creative team behind it are the brothers who did the Matrix trilogy. I'm curious to see how successfully the book - with those overlapping storylines - can be made into a movie. Successfully being the operative word.

The best s.f. reads

NPR Books asked readers to vote on the best s.f./fantasy books and the number of voters, apparently was overwhelming.
Among my nominees - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell and The City and the City by China Mieville.