4 ms·Battle Royale was a novel before it was a movie, and it's a much better novel than movie.by achileas 2y agoBattle Royale was a novel before it was a movie, and it's a much better novel than movie.homarp 2y agolord of the flies is the name of the novel?coldtea 2y agoProbably not, since aside from "kids in an island" there's no relation between the two, anymore than there is between and Gulligan's Island and the Castaway, or Alien and Passangers ("people on a spaceship").