Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 The first result when I searched that with Wikipedia: (Link Removed) Wikipedia has waaayyy to much information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Toby-Linn Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I am disappointed that the Wikipedia article has no pictures.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Meh. UBB can handle threads way longer than this one currently is. Could we please stop trying to get it locked? Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Yes. I like this topic. I would hate to have to lock it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 (cleans up a few posts) I'm re-reading Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things, in part for a class presentation. But in terms of reading for a class, it's about as good as it gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Meh, I was disappointed in that one. It had a few really excellent stories, but most were run of the mill. Gaiman is mortal after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk pitchblack Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Random question: why did everyone register at noon? Ok, another book I finished reading was The Cartoon History of the Universe. Kinda juvenile, but fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Luca Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Everyone registered at 1:00 because it fit in with there tea schedule... Nebulan will counter juvenile with, Siddhartha, an india tale by Herman Hesse. Nebulan likes books that make you think, like Ishmale. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Originally Posted By: Nebulan Everyone registered at 1:00 because it fit in with there tea schedule... Also, we had to be back on the coach at 1:30, because we wanted to miss the rush-hour traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Hydromedia Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Failingly trying to stay on topic, I just read the full Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy series. Funny, dark, revealing, and funny. It's english humor however, those without one, beware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Feo Takahari Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Originally Posted By: pitchblack Random question: why did everyone register at noon? Ok, another book I finished reading was The Cartoon History of the Universe. Kinda juvenile, but fun. Which book? I own 1-3, and I think there's a 4 bringing it up to the present day. Or maybe we're thinking of different books. I've got the ones by Larry Gonick. (Incidentally, if you finished the Gonick ones, you've got a better attention span than I do. All those bad jokes and crude illustrations weren't enough to get me more than halfway through book 3.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk pitchblack Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I think it was the Gonick one. And it was the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 It's still not a good time to be a science fiction author. —Alorael, who wonders if genres labeled "escapist" have reduced sales during economic downturns when money is tight or whether sales go up as people need an escape more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Originally Posted By: Wossname the Something or Other It's still not a good time to be a science fiction author. —Alorael, who wonders if genres labeled "escapist" have reduced sales during economic downturns when money is tight or whether sales go up as people need an escape more. Why couldn't he have died before writing State of Fear? Also, it's been commonly observed that fantasy movies suddenly became very popular after 9/11, so I'd say the latter is more likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk pitchblack Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I am very sad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Toby-Linn Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 That's terrible! I didn't know he was sick.....we've lost a great author Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk pitchblack Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 yes. I am still sad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I just started Brisinger today. I hope it was worth the two week wait on the waiting list at the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I predict an XKCD comic in honour of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk pitchblack Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Originally Posted By: Rowen I just started Brisingr today. I hope it was worth the two week wait on the waiting list at the library. It is. I read it the day it came out. Definitely worth it. But apparently, 'trilogy' doesn't mean three books anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Originally Posted By: Exile of Blades Originally Posted By: Rowen I just started Brisingr today. I hope it was worth the two week wait on the waiting list at the library. It is. I read it the day it came out. Definitely worth it. But apparently, 'trilogy' doesn't mean three books anymore. Trilogy isn't three books, silly! It's five (insert Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference here)! But, Paolini changed the title to the Inheritance "Cycle". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Yeah. The first two hundred pages of Brisingr have been one non-stop idiot ride. Whether it's Eragon "I respect all life, so I'm going to use my magic with reckless abandon and then recharge myself by draining the life from small animals" Shadeslayer charging into the Ra'zac lair armed with a stick as his weapon of choice or the elf who has decided his purpose in life is to be an Axe-scented blue wildcat, you won't be disappointed. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Nineteen Eighty-Four Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Tre'zar Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Oh 1984 is one of my favorite books Not really reading anything atm though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Originally Posted By: Excalibur Nineteen Eighty-Four I remember having to read that. Interesting book, to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Thanks for reminding me. My sister still has my copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Nalyd saw the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Evnissyen Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Ah, the movie was lame. (Why? Because I read the book first.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I felt the same about Lord of the Rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Luca Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Movies do not go over as well to people who have read the book first. Neb thinks this is because when you read a book you get a visual about how a room or events look. Differences trouble the viewer, or perhaps that's just Neb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk pitchblack Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 No, that is true. Especially differences in plot or general storyline, allowing some leeway for creativity and restrictions placed by being a movie. Deviating too much alienates most of the people who read the books. (Eragon is a prime example of this, as well as Harry Potter 3-5). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Luca Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Originally Posted By: pitchblack (Eragon is a prime example of this, as well as Harry Potter 3-5). Neb was just thinking about this as he read the book and saw the movie and found many discrepancies. Of course you can't put everything in a movie or it would be outrageously long. But there is no reason to add things not in the book. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 That movie took 'bad' to a whole new level. Some parts are the usual book-to-movie thing, but others were just ... ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Disney made a movie of A Wrinkle in Time. The only thing in common was the names, for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Feo Takahari Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 http://scalzi.com/agent/ is both hilarious and at times genuinely touching. Consider it an antidote to certain of Jeff's musings in the "Melanchion's Lands" section of A5. "Unwind" by Neal Shusterman is a dystopia novel that had me laughing unintentionally, albeit more than a little disturbed. Suffice it to say that in the society depicted some of Thuryl's less popular ideas get put into practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk pitchblack Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Any of you guys read the series by Scalzi (see link above) that started with Old Man's War? I got I and The Ghost Brigades finished, but still need to read The Last Colony. The first two were pretty good, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Originally Posted By: pitchblack Deviating too much alienates most of the people who read the books. (Eragon is a prime example of this, as well as Harry Potter 3-5). Hence my diskile of the Lord of the Rings movies, since I've read those about 5 times. The 4th Harry Potter movie is actually pretty good, but the 3rd and 5th go so far away from the book (I think the directors tried to make them comedies or something) that it ruins them. I've read those books too, and it seems each movie gets farther and farther away from the original book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Evnissyen Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Of course, the solution to all of this is to film an interpretation rather than an adaptation. Then, nobody gets offended. Anyhow, back to the topic... I've been looking through Lewis Carroll's stuff again, and... well... come to find out: the Dormouse never actually told Alice -- or anyone else, for that matter -- to "feed her head". He never said anything even similar to it. I'm outraged. At Grace Slick. How could she mislead us like that? I... I believed in her.... (In regard to film "adaptations" of Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass . . . just in case it should happen to come up . . . my favorite among those that I'm aware of is Jan Svankmejer's version... actually, his version is not really an adaptation at all... not even an interpretation, really, but I guess a little more along the lines of "this is what you get when you cross a Jan Svankmejer with the works Lewis Carroll". It's Alice Transformed. One of my favorite scenes in the film is the one with the room full of living socks. This does not appear in the book.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Went out and bought a bunch of books today. From a used bookstore, I got Shredding the Public Interest by Kevin Taft, Reflections of a Siamese Twin by John Ralston Saul, Life, the universe, and everything by Douglas Adams, A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan, and A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. The last three I've already read; just bought them cheap because I already own other books from those series. From Chapters I bought V for Vendetta and Watchmen by Alan Moore and Things the Grandchildren Should Know by E. The last one was short enough to be read in one evening. I really don't know why I buy books so often (or rather, buy a whole bunch at once). Still haven't finished all the books from my last buy. Yesterday, someone casually asked me, "Played any good video games lately?" Just seemed rather weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan Life, the universe, and everything by Douglas Adams I've read that, along with the rest of the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Nalyd's reading Brave New World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Brave New World is brilliant. I think in some ways, it's better than Nineteen Eighty-Four. I read both, and did my final essay on them for English Lit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 David Eddings - Guardians of the West. Should I keep reading it? Its kind of meh so far, but does it get better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 The series has it's momemts. Lots of sarcastic humor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Originally Posted By: Your Famous Blue Raincoat Nalyd's reading Brave New World. I had to read that for a class in high school. Fairly good, as far as required reading goes. My copy has since mysteriously disappeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Eddings is at the top of his sub-genre. His sub-genre is largely optimistic, feel-good fantasy. If you don't like that, you're not going to get a huge amount out of the books. —Alorael, who is now nearing the end of the Soldier Son trilogy. It's not Robin Hobb's best, but it's still good. The whole story is an interesting rejection of the usual druids-nature-good, cities-pollution-evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Brock The Archmage Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Ender's Game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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