History RecycledInSpace / Literature

* "The Tea Master and the Detective" by Aliette de Bodard is about a wounded veteran struggling to make ends meet whose life is changed when she meets a consulting detective with astonishing powers of observation and an equally astonishing lack of social graces -- in other words, they're Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes, only on a space station in the far future (and also 'Holmes' is a woman and 'Watson' is a female-identifying space ship). The author acknowledges the inspiration in the afterword.

* ''Literature/ChristianNation'' is ''Literature/LeftBehind'' [-WITH CHRISTIAN DOMINIONISTS AS THE VILLAINS AND NON-CHRISTIANS AS THE VICTIMS!-]

* Creator/DavidDrake's ''[[Literature/HammersSlammers Cross The Stars]]'' is ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' [-IN SPACE WITH ALIENS INSTEAD OF MONSTERS AND A ManipulativeBastard TRYING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE HERO'S WORLD INSTEAD OF SUITORS TRYING TO MARRY PENELOPE. AND A MERCENARY COLONEL-turned-MILITARY DICTATOR INSTEAD OF ZEUS-]
** Sequel ''The Voyage'' is ''The Argonautica'' [-IN SPACE WITH A FEMALE JASON RECOVERING HER CRAZY UNCLE's EXPERIMENTAL FTL DRIVE TO CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF THE FAMILY MEGACORP-]
* ''Literature/{{Damned}}'' by Creator/ChuckPalahniuk has been described as ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' [-IN {{HELL}}-]!
* James Patterson's ''Literature/DanielX'' series is Franchise/JamesBond [-WITH A TEENAGE [[HumanAliens ALIEN]]!-]
* ''Literature/DeadSilence'', a salvage crew finds a GhostShip-- in space! Described as ''Film/Titanic1997'' meets ''Film/EventHorizon''. Played with in story as the ghost ship Aurora was actually built to resemble a sea going luxury liner to give potential passengers a sense of familiarity.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}'' is ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' [-WITH WITCHES-]!, although there's a bit more {{Deconstruction}} than that. In fact, the Witches books in general are typically [[TwiceToldTale a twist on a classic story]] or, in two cases, [[TheBardOnBoard a Shakespeare play]].
** ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' is ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' [-WITH FOOTBALL-]!
** ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld'' is superficially ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' [-IN ANKH-MORPORK!-]... [[SubvertedTrope except it's a bit more complicated than that]]: The InspectorJavert equivalent is an unambiguously heroic character (albeit a shining example of GoodIsNotSoft and GoodIsNotDumb) and the fugitive he's doggedly pursuing is a cheerfully psychopathic murderer reminiscent of ComicBook/TheJoker, for a start. And there's TimeTravel involved.
** Similarly, ''Literature/TheTruth'' is ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' [-ALSO IN ANKH-MORPORK!-], but with one rather important difference: [[spoiler: The shadowy conspiracy is trying to ''depose'' Lord Vetinari, not keep him in office.]]
* ''Literature/DivineMisfortune'' is ''Literature/AmericanGods'' [-BUT FUNNY!-]
* ''{{Literature/Dune}}'' is ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'' [-IN SPACE!-]

* S.M. Stirling's ''Literature/{{Emberverse}}'' is Myth/KingArthur meets ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' [-AFTER THE END-]!

* ''Literature/MyWeirdSchool'' is ''WesternAnimation/HorridHenry'' [-IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-]!

* The novel ''Billion Dollar Boy'' is ''Literature/CaptainsCourageous'' [-IN SPACE-]!
* ''[[Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures Captive of the Red Vixen]]'' is an Age of Sail Romance [-IN SPACE-] with [[TalkingAnimal ANTHROPOMORPHIC FOXES]]!
* ''Literature/ChristianNation'' is ''Literature/LeftBehind'' [-WITH CHRISTIAN DOMINIONISTS AS THE VILLAINS AND NON-CHRISTIANS AS THE VICTIMS!-]
* ''Literature/CiaphasCain'', '''Hero of the Imperium!!!''' is {{Literature/Flashman}} (with a side order of the same author's Literature/McAuslan) [-IN SPACE-].
* ''Conan and the Treasure of Python'' by John Maddox Roberts is ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines'' [-WITH [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian CONAN]]-]!
** ''Conan the Rogue'' by the same writer is HardboiledDetective fiction (borrowing the story elements from ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'', ''Literature/RedHarvest'' and ''Literature/TheDainCurse'') [-WITH [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian CONAN]]-]!

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is ''Literature/TheAccursedKings'' [-IN A MEDIEVAL AGE FANTASY WORLD!-]

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is ''Literature/TheAccursedKings'' [-IN A MEDIEVAL AGE FANTASY WORLD!-]