On Bicycles, and.... what else is there?

These past four months I've gotten to see three of my favorite book series I've every read get made into video. As a kid, two of my favorites were Tolkein and Conan Doyle, in particular the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and the Sherlock Holmes series. I don't need to describe why these both are absolutely brilliant. As an adult, I got hooked my Michael Connelly's series, the most famous Harry Bosch detective novels. These books have a gritty darkness, along with a veracity which is attractive. There's always plot switches at the end, and it's fun trying to anticipate these. I wouldn't put the books on the level of the others, but they're definitely worth reading. All three of these authors were made into video recently. The first I saw was The Hobbit, the Desolation of Smaug . I'd see the first Peter Jackson Hobbit film when that was released in 2011. Peter Jackson apologists argue that this should not be judged based on fidelity with Tolkein,...