Casting Call

I'm feeling kind of antic this morning, so I thought I'd play a little fantasy game.  Most writers, whether they admit it or not, indulge in a game of imagining who would play what part in films from their books.  This comes almost second nature to me, since from an early age I started reading with a movie playing in my head and I would cast the parts.  (My most successful casting job was Michener's Hawaii—I got just about every part right but one, that of Rafer Hoxworth.)

So I thought I'd...