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Post by mrperson on Apr 7, 2016 0:13:29 GMT
The English Way of Death - I'm about half way through and started this ages ago...not because it's naff, I just keep getting distracted. I like how it is written, it suits Tom Baker and I can hear him in the story if that makes sense. Sure, it makes sense. It was written for him. I'll go further: I saw a version of King Lear with Sylvester McCoy as The Fool. When I read Wyrd Sisters (Terry Pratchett), I couldn't stop myself from reading that book's The Fool's lines in McCoy's voice.... even though he has nothing to do with Pratchett. Ah well.
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Post by seeley on Apr 7, 2016 0:39:34 GMT
The English Way of Death - I'm about half way through and started this ages ago...not because it's naff, I just keep getting distracted. I like how it is written, it suits Tom Baker and I can hear him in the story if that makes sense. Sure, it makes sense. It was written for him. I'll go further: I saw a version of King Lear with Sylvester McCoy as The Fool. When I read Wyrd Sisters (Terry Pratchett), I couldn't stop myself from reading that book's The Fool's lines in McCoy's voice.... even though he has nothing to do with Pratchett. Ah well. I'll go further yet. My mind cast Tom Baker as Socrates, in Alan Bloom's translation of Plato's Republic. Less remarkably, but still notably, I imagined the Torquemada, in the Virgin Missing Adventure Managra, as being played by Geoffrey Beevers.
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Post by ljwilson on Apr 7, 2016 18:44:51 GMT
Sure, it makes sense. It was written for him. I'll go further: I saw a version of King Lear with Sylvester McCoy as The Fool. When I read Wyrd Sisters (Terry Pratchett), I couldn't stop myself from reading that book's The Fool's lines in McCoy's voice.... even though he has nothing to do with Pratchett. Ah well. I'll go further yet. My mind cast Tom Baker as Socrates, in Alan Bloom's translation of Plato's Republic. Less remarkably, but still notably, I imagined the Torquemada, in the Virgin Missing Adventure Managra, as being played by Geoffrey Beevers. My version of Torquemada is firmly entrenched in Nemesis the Warlock mythology, so there you go.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2016 0:36:35 GMT
I'm finally getting around to finishing off Dead Romance. I had forgotten how good it was.
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Post by mrperson on Apr 11, 2016 21:04:34 GMT
I'll go further yet. My mind cast Tom Baker as Socrates, in Alan Bloom's translation of Plato's Republic. Hah! Love it.
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Post by Hieronymus on Apr 17, 2016 0:48:26 GMT
Re-reading A Princess of Mars.
Still good after 100 years.
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Post by Hieronymus on Apr 17, 2016 0:51:03 GMT
I'll go further yet. My mind cast Tom Baker as Socrates, in Alan Bloom's translation of Plato's Republic. When I recently read Aristophanes' Lysistrata, my brain put Lalla Ward's voice in the title role, supported by Catherine Tate and Katy Manning.
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Post by mrperson on Apr 22, 2016 14:05:23 GMT
Eric (Pratchett and someone else). Got through it in a couple of hours.
I need to slow down or I'll manage to run out of Pratchett before the year's over. But then, that's how I am with most authors I think are great...I devour everything in short order.
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Post by aemiliapaula on Apr 23, 2016 22:53:03 GMT
Dracula. Getting ready for the audio adaptation.
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Post by jason on Apr 24, 2016 12:37:17 GMT
One Hundred Years of Solitude. I usually prefer books with more of a plot, but I'm also into great prose, and the words are often delightful, even through translation. Also a broad scope and a lot of memorable characters. The terminally ill old woman who tries to make up for a lifetime of meanness by collecting letters to dead loved ones really got to me for some reason.
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Post by Ela on Apr 25, 2016 4:07:58 GMT
Finished Bernice Field Where Angels Fear today. Very odd story, and referred back to some previous stories that I didn't remember well off the top of my head. Had to go look up the references.
Started on The Mary Sue Extrusion. It's taking a bit to get into it. I'm up to chapter 4.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Apr 25, 2016 10:15:55 GMT
Finished Bernice Field Where Angels Fear today. Very odd story, and referred back to some previous stories that I didn't remember well off the top of my head. Had to go look up the references. Started on The Mary Sue Extrusion. It's taking a bit to get into it. I'm up to chapter 4. It was a good book, like you I found that it took a little to get into it.
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Post by Ela on Apr 25, 2016 14:40:19 GMT
Well, that's good to hear. Some of those New Adventures are very variable in quality, I've found.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Apr 25, 2016 15:05:45 GMT
Well, that's good to hear. Some of those New Adventures are very variable in quality, I've found. That is a polite way of putting it.
Actually I found the quality of the Bernice Summerfield range a little more stable than the Doctor Who range.
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Post by Ela on Apr 25, 2016 15:37:14 GMT
Well, that's good to hear. Some of those New Adventures are very variable in quality, I've found. That is a polite way of putting it.
Actually I found the quality of the Bernice Summerfield range a little more stable than the Doctor Who range.
Agreed.
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Post by mrperson on Apr 25, 2016 18:06:56 GMT
One Hundred Years of Solitude. I usually prefer books with more of a plot, but I'm also into great prose, and the words are often delightful, even through translation. Also a broad scope and a lot of memorable characters. The terminally ill old woman who tries to make up for a lifetime of meanness by collecting letters to dead loved ones really got to me for some reason. Indeed. I found it very well written, but it's definitely an odd novel.
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Post by TinDogPodcast on Apr 28, 2016 15:00:54 GMT
Mine
It was great.
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Post by kurumais on Apr 29, 2016 22:36:14 GMT
Re-reading A Princess of Mars. Still good after 100 years. may i ask you a question did you see the movie john carter? what did you think? when i was a kid i read the comics then i read the books. i really enjoyed the movie maybe ill read the books again
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Post by Hieronymus on Apr 30, 2016 6:50:33 GMT
may i ask you a question did you see the movie john carter? what did you think? when i was a kid i read the comics then i read the books. i really enjoyed the movie maybe ill read the books again I watched both Disney's John Carter and the low-budget Princess of Mars. The former was more polished, and held truer to the spirit of adventure, but blended ideas and events from several books. The latter stayed truer to the plot of the first book, but with significant changes and with less impressive Tharks.
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Post by Ela on May 1, 2016 16:43:10 GMT
Finished The Mary Sue Extrusion over the weekend. It was interesting. Sometimes, reading these books, I have the urge to go back and re-read things that are background for what's happening in the current story I'm reading. That's certainly the case for this book, and for the next book in the Benny series, which I am currently about halfway through. I think the background would help me remember/understand things that are referred to better. Can't remember everything I've ever read. For the time being, I am satisfying myself by reviewing various online summaries, which is way quicker than re-reading a whole book. Some of these books are quite long and slow going. I'm now reading Dead Romance. Odd story. I like it cause it has Chris Cwej in it, but he is odd and a little different than in the past. I'm wondering how this relates to his appearance in Deadfall and how he got to where he is now. Not sure if that is explain elsewhere. Especially amused by references to a time traveler only known in the book as the "Evil Renegade." Very interesting, so far.
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