You can bet that with the success of Game of Thrones that another studio will be looking for the next great story line to turn into a multi-season series.

One viable successor would be Julian May's 'Pliocene Exile Saga' starting with The Many Colored Land. [www.barnesandnoble.com]

Synopsis: Early in the 22nd century when humans have colonized other planets, a one way time portal is discovered in France. Societal 'misfits' are given a choice of mental reprogramming, death or exile 6 million years ago on Earth. However unbeknownst to these voluntary exiles, Earth at that time was controlled by a “dimorphic” race of extraterrestrial refugees with enhanced psychic powers.

What brought this to mind was a discussion in another thread of flooding of the Mediterranean basin. In the book series the Gibraltar Strait is created by the mental powers of one very disturbed teenage girl.

"The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will end long before the world runs out of oil"

-- Sheikh Zaki Yamani