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<LI><em>From</em>: Maddy <<A HREF="mailto:maddy#fysh,org">maddy#fysh,org</A>></LI>
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On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Matt Chatterley wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Sauron wrote:
> > Matt Chatterley wrote:
> > > On Fri, 12 Dec 1997 s001gmu#nova,wright.edu wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Adam Wiggins wrote:
> > > > > Frank Herbert's Dune. See Tolkien.
[Lengthy discussion about the Dune books]
> Heh. This can be said to be true - I did read all five (or was it six? I
> seriously lost count!), and elements did carry through well. I think the
> style with which Herbert tackled them was quite different to anything else
> I had (have?) read, and intruiged me for a book or too, but soon wore
> thin. I would definitely read Dune again, and even Messiah, but I wouldn't
> go further purely on literary merit. Quite right; chapterhouse was just
> plain strange.
>
> And the film was *dire*!
Actually I liked the film - it helps if you disassociate the book from it
and treat it as a seperate thing.
> > > Heh. I am repeatedly impressed by the quality of the TV show, as far as
> > > spin-off shows go. The first movie was a *classic* (Chris Lambert, AND
> > > Sean Connery!), the second was utterly bizarre, and the third sucked.
> >
> > I really loved the first, the second one was well I don't know what it
> > was, and the third on its own was a fairly good movie, but when compared
> > to the rest of the "franchise" it is disappointing.
>
> The third was reasonable as a 'run of the mill action movie', something
> which I counted the original above. This is the trouble with sequels - you
> compare them to the originals, and they have generally lost the sparkle.
The 2nd Highlander film should be ignored completely - it only makes sense
if you see the highly editted version of Highlander that the Americans saw.
Basically they removed all the plot, charactisation and just made it into a
full action movie. McCloud lost all of his past etc. and so they were able
to make one up for the 2nd film.
Anyway, might as well give a brief list of the books that have influenced
me. Nothing has really and truely biased me, but I still like most of the
books.
- The majority of the Forgotten Realms series.
A good clean consitant story world - plenty of nice ideas about how to do
religions.
- Discworld: Terry Pratchet
Very very funny - my style of actual writing seems to bend towards the same
as T.P. - at least that is what people have told me.
- The Xanth series: Piers Anthony.
Likewise, very funny. Putting puns in a mud would probably be a bad idea,
but humour definitely is.
- Master of the Five Magics: (can't remember who wrote it)
I like this mainly for the detailed magic system.
Maddy
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00892" HREF="msg00892.html">META: nospam in email addresses</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Sat 20 Dec 1997, 21:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00852" HREF="msg00852.html">LIST: Now back on the air</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 06:21 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00850" HREF="msg00850.html">I live over there!</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 05:09 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00849" HREF="msg00849.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>,
Maddy <a href="mailto:maddy#fysh,org">maddy#fysh,org</a>, Wed 17 Dec 1997, 15:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00860" HREF="msg00860.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 09:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00930" HREF="msg00930.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00945" HREF="msg00945.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>,
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