... To attempt to translate Peake to film or TV is to entirely miss the point of his writing. It's the WRITING that is so good, not the plot. It's not a ...
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galves_gal
Aug 3, 2002 2:37 pm
Just a quick question... Is the The Lottery a short story about a small town who do a weekly lottery on who is to be killed? Or am I thinking of some other...
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Matthew Graybosch
matthewgrayb...
Aug 3, 2002 2:50 pm
On Sat, 03 Aug 2002 03:23:15 -0000 ... I enjoyed "Wizard's First Rule" too. Yes, the novel was flawed. What did you expect; it's Goodkind's first. He's still...
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Matthew Graybosch
matthewgrayb...
Aug 3, 2002 2:52 pm
On Sat, 03 Aug 2002 03:24:35 +0000 ... Want me to break out the pulsecannon? Tell me where to aim and I'll nail the bastard with some 40mm EMP grenades. And...
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dfordoom
Aug 3, 2002 3:12 pm
... Yes. ... The 1963 black and white movie was excellent. Al __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better,...
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Kerry Orchard
kerrylorchard
Aug 3, 2002 3:15 pm
Certainly most books seem to have "good guys" and "bad guys", but it's always more interesting when there are several factions<<<<<<< I would hope so...I know...
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Matthew Graybosch
matthewgrayb...
Aug 3, 2002 3:22 pm
On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 09:16:34 -0600 ... I do too, but I also like to have a clearly defined hero, and preferably a primary villain, with other factions muddying...
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Kerry Orchard
kerrylorchard
Aug 3, 2002 3:25 pm
'Tried' to read that but you know what I don't need someone else to tell me why I write or read what I do. I do it because that is what comes to mind when I...
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Kerry Orchard
kerrylorchard
Aug 3, 2002 3:27 pm
Magazine counts etc are different. If you highlight the shortstory - only the words - word works fine. I have never had an editor complain that my count was...
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Matthew Graybosch
matthewgrayb...
Aug 3, 2002 3:28 pm
On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 09:26:39 -0600 ... I think the author had a political axe to grind anyway; he kept trying to link a taste for HF to a sympathy for fascism....
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Matthew Graybosch
matthewgrayb...
Aug 3, 2002 3:41 pm
I know this is rather off-topic, but I think a few of you might still care. There's a heavy metal band from Trieste, Italy called RHAPSODY that plays...
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William Marnoch
wjmarnoch
Aug 3, 2002 3:42 pm
... I suppose it might depend where you live. Since he was British it makes sense that he might be better known here than in America or Australia or wherever. ...
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William Marnoch
wjmarnoch
Aug 3, 2002 3:42 pm
... The impression I got from reading Dune was that Herbert always intendended for there to be sequel(s). In the original it isn't really explained why Paul...
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Matthew Graybosch
matthewgrayb...
Aug 3, 2002 3:51 pm
On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 16:42:31 +0100 ... He and his wife write moderately entertaining romantic fluff fantasy. It's still better than post-Trilogy Dragonlance,...
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gdehond
Aug 4, 2002 2:39 am
Ah well, no big loss. Maybe that person will find a "fantasy" ist more suitable to their link. ... booted...
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gdehond
Aug 4, 2002 2:44 am
I'd vouch for the plot being as great as the writing, but in any case it's always so hard to take the style of a great writer and put it on the screen. Some...
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gdehond
Aug 4, 2002 2:48 am
Yep, and, please, DO NOT WATCH THE TV VERSION OF "THE LOTTERY." Very bad. The Haunting, I thought, was good to watch for the techincal elements, but that's...
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gdehond
Aug 4, 2002 2:50 am
Hmmm, scary. ... out...
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gdehond
Aug 4, 2002 2:54 am
Oh yeah, it's always fun to throw in the extra twists....
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gdehond
Aug 4, 2002 2:56 am
I don't know, I like some of these elements in my reading, but I like variety in all that I read, so that you don't come across carbon- copies. ... waters. ......
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gdehond
Aug 4, 2002 3:02 am
That's true about location. I'm northeast USA here, so that might turn out to make all the difference in the world. Eddings and Donaldson are popular fantasy...
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gdehond
Aug 4, 2002 3:06 am
Dune's one of those stories that, even though it's set up for sequels, it isn't necessary. Even the loose ends don't need great explanation. As for the sci-fi...
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gdehond
Aug 4, 2002 3:12 am
I think Moorcock, Gemmell and Jordan are maybes, writers popular in their time but not as passionately clung on to the way other writers I've mentioned are....
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Matthew Graybosch
matthewgrayb...
Aug 4, 2002 3:31 am
On Sun, 04 Aug 2002 03:12:35 -0000 ... Yes, Jordan did some Conan stories, but they're not that good. As for Moorcock; he might not have as many fans as some...
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Laurel
galves_gal
Aug 4, 2002 3:38 am
I didn't even know that there was a TV Version of the Lottery. But, if I see it I promise that I will run away screaming. I agree on the special effects being ...
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dfordoom
Aug 4, 2002 9:59 am
... When we're talking about writers achieving literary immortality, we need to define exactly what that is. Does it mean that an author's books continue to be...
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Matthew Graybosch
matthewgrayb...
Aug 4, 2002 10:07 am
On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 02:59:22 -0700 (PDT) ... If people still know your name and can buy your books if you want to, then you're immortal. -- Matthew Graybosch ...
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dfordoom
Aug 4, 2002 10:11 am
... I figure that if, many years after your death, there are people who like your work so much they're prepared to spend countless hours haunting used...
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Matthew Graybosch
matthewgrayb...
Aug 4, 2002 10:51 am
On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 03:11:27 -0700 (PDT) ... This is true. It's not the reason I write, though. I write, because there are novelists like Moorcock and Dumas...
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Kerry Orchard
kerrylorchard
Aug 4, 2002 3:59 pm
It's still better than post-Trilogy Dragonlance>>>>>>> I'm not afraid to say I love many of the dragonlance series - I especially love anything by Weis and...
