Sure there are aspects that would be hard to translate: nerd stufff, background, inner monologs. But I'd leave those out. There are other, epically filmable aspects like chases and explosions and fights. There's, uh, plenty of text to work with. I guess I'm thinking of Snow Crash, first. That's probably the most famous, although I'd probably rather see The Diamond Age.

Apparently HBO is making Snow Crash.

Sure there are aspects that would be hard to translate: nerd stufff, background, inner monologs. But I'd leave those out. There are other, epically filmable aspects like chases and explosions and fights. There's, uh, plenty of text to work with. I guess I'm thinking of Snow Crash, first. That's probably the most famous, although I'd probably rather see The Diamond Age.