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 Alchemist 
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| One thing I totally abhore is when a movie comes out and then they replace the book's original cover with the movie poster cover. |
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| Arlin- I agree on the whole book-cover-movie-poster thing. I can't stand that. |
While I have the same feeling as you concerning the book cover replacement, I also think that this is a chance for the book to reach a wider audience -- of course, the book doesn't deserve it all the time, but sometimes does. I'm thinking of I, Robot and Minority Report as recent examples...
Well, that was my two cents 
Lot of great reading ideas in this thread, thanks everyone
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 arlingirl
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While I have the same feeling as you concerning the book cover replacement, I also think that this is a chance for the book to reach a wider audience -- of course, the book doesn't deserve it all the time, but sometimes does. I'm thinking of I, Robot and Minority Report as recent examples...
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Don't get me wrong, I am all for people reading. If my students see a movie and want to read the book, that's great. I'm just usually disappointed by the movie versions and it's irritating that people don't know where movie ideas came from in the first place.
Am I making any sense whatsoever??
Keep reading guys... |
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arlingirl
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Pride & Prejudice was really good, though...(movie) |
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Alchemist
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| Am I making any sense whatsoever?? |
of course! I agree with you on the average quality of book adaptations. BTW I also read and saw Memoirs of a Geisha and both were ok but not great... What surprised me the most is that the book's author is a man |
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 mellowman
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This book is No. 10 in a series of science fiction classics published under the SF Masterworks brand. Orion keep pumping them out and I'm trying to catch up. I've read about half of the 60-odd titles released so far. |
Is A Fall Of Moondust one of those SF Masterworks that you have read Snowy? That's one of my favourite SF books of all time. Not particularly out of this world for concept or ideas but a great 'disaster' novel.
You can find the whole list here
To my considerable chagrin I find that I've only read five (!!!) of the 69 listed. And I thought I was a sci-fi fan... clearly not.
The other ones being Eon which is another of my favourite books ever, and the ingenious Blood Music. Although I prefer Eon as a book the concept of Blood Music is brilliant and I certainly won't give anything away here but it is well, well worth checking out!
And also Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke and Ringworld by Larry Niven.
I guess I have a mission to get through these SF Masterworks myself now, too, Snowy. Thanks  
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 sunshinegirl
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I love that statement.
I am currently reading an Elizabeth Peters mystery and I have to say that I really did like Memoirs of a Geisha. I thought is was so different from anything I had read before. |
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genericdragon
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| Alchemist wrote: |
While I have the same feeling as you concerning the book cover replacement, I also think that this is a chance for the book to reach a wider audience -- of course, the book doesn't deserve it all the time, but sometimes does. I'm thinking of I, Robot and Minority Report as recent examples...
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Don't get me wrong, I am all for people reading. If my students see a movie and want to read the book, that's great. I'm just usually disappointed by the movie versions and it's irritating that people don't know where movie ideas came from in the first place.
Am I making any sense whatsoever??
Keep reading guys... |
I have to agree about bad movie adaptations of books. I often will not see a movie if I haven't read the book(s) first. I want to know what has been changed, what is missing and what has stayed the same in the movie.
edit: I just thought of the best movie adaptation I have seen so far: The Langoliers by Stephen King. Produced as a TV mini-series from the book Four Past Midnight. Another mini-series, The Night Flier, came from that book as well. It also was a good adaptation, but not as good as The Langoliers.
On the flip side though, the book adaptations of movies are usually just as ghastly. It's not that the stories are changed- although sometimes you do get a better sense of what a character was thinking - it's that the book adaptations are essetially the same. Same goes for comic book adaptations. But it does get people to read so I won't bash (comic)book adaptations of movies too hard.
As for what I'm reading now?
The Book of the Breast by Robert Anton Wilson. It's a fascinating read of why society/civilization is obsessed with b00bs. I'm only reading it for the articles of course. btw Robert Anton Wilson is the same writer of Schrödenger's Cat and the Illuminati Trilogy.
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Hi mellow
I'm delighted you are a fan of the SF Masterwork series.
I enjoyed reading A Fall of Moondust last year. I was impressed by how Clarke was able to create so much drama out of a slim premise without it being far-fetched or contrived.
I read Eon years and years ago, so I can't remember much about the plot, but I know I liked it. I will be re-reading the new Masterwork edition soon. I agree with you about Blood Music. If you are a fan of Greg Bear, try The Forge of God.
My favourites from the SF Masterwork series so far would be:
Timescape by Gregory Benford
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Gateway by Frederick Pohl
Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore
Snowy
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I finished Triple Zero yesterday, now I am reading The Stand by Stephen King. Pretty good so far, although I'm only 45 pages in. I have 1100 pages left
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arlingirl
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| I finished Triple Zero yesterday, now I am reading The Stand by Stephen King. Pretty good so far, although I'm only 45 pages in. I have 1100 pages left |
The Stand is probably my favorite Stephen King book. It is awesome. Too bad the movie was horrible. I have to say I'm usually disappointed with the Stephen King movies-from-books. The only one I enjoyed was Rose Red and the Diary of Ellen Rimbauer and that's because I didn't read those!
Misery is an awesome King book, too. Ooh and Thinner. Ok...I better stop. haha |
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 j2brown
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Don't forget Shawshank Redemption, arlin. Great movie, in my opinion.
jeff
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LadyInque
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My personal, all-time favorite King book is The Dead Zone. I hereby recommend it to everyone, including people who don't usually read his stuff. It's such a sad, beautiful story. The movie is okay. The TV series is, well, I watched the first episode and never bothered with the rest. Feh!
In other news, I just read the first volume of She-Hulk, issues 1-6. Very funny, but probably only because I'm married to a lawyer. (Shulk is an attorney, sometimes as DA) |
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sunshinegirl
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Favorite King book - Christine. I like the movie too even though I know it's very cheesy |
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arlingirl
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Don't forget Shawshank Redemption, arlin. Great movie, in my opinion.
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Very true Jeff...awesome movie. Most ppl don't realize it's King. It was in a 3-parter w/ "The Body" which is the movie "Stand by Me" (right?). I've actually never seen the movie. Is it any good? |
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You've never seen Shawshank? Go see it. Right now. Just buy it, you won't regret it.
jeff
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