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<LI><em>From</em>: Nathan Yospe <<A HREF="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 00:10:50 -1000</LI>
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On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Matt Chatterley wrote:
:> 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.
I saw no such thing - the first Highlander movie was the same one as on the
other side of the pond(s), the second was $#!+...
:Yeah; which is a shame. I have heard rumours of a new film, starring
:Adrian Paul from the TV series though, which could be promising.
:Especially if they let him direct it, since his talents seem to lie in a
:combination of acting and directing (see the latter episodes from the
:5th/6th series which he directed; they are some of the very best).
Not one of those made-for-TV movies, was it? There've been two or three. (One
was a crossover between the movie McCloud and the TV cousin.)
:> as T.P. - at least that is what people have told me.
:Pratchett is one of the great modern authors in the genre. Well, after a
:fashion. The spoofs on RoboCop in 'Feet of Clay' caused me to spill a cup
:of tea. "We can rebuild him, we have the pottery!" and "Undead or alive,
:you are coming with me." were particularly notable lines.
*sputter* Missed annotation, and I don't even get it from AFP... of all the
places...
:> - The Xanth series: Piers Anthony.
:> Likewise, very funny. Putting puns in a mud would probably be a bad idea,
:> but humour definitely is.
:Never read any PA, but I think I may now I have heard the praises herein
:(from several folks).
Its really not that good. Particularly the last five or six years worth.
Some of Anthony's work, on the opther hand... I have to admit to having
stolen the theme I used for my first mud (Beyond the Veil of Shadows) in
minor form from his Adept series. No characters or specifics, but the veil
was certainly reminicent of the curtain...
:> - Master of the Five Magics: (can't remember who wrote it)
:> I like this mainly for the detailed magic system.
:Another book well worth the read for some very interesting and original
:ideas is "To your Scattered Bodies go", the first of the Riverworld series
:by Philip Jose Farmer.
Particularly the suicide exploration and the question of degradation over
iterations. Might be interesting in a mud.
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<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>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Tue 23 Dec 1997, 07:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00945" HREF="msg00945.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Wed 24 Dec 1997, 10:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00874" HREF="msg00874.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 19 Dec 1997, 04:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00893" HREF="msg00893.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>,
Sauron <a href="mailto:dlove#kusd,kusd.edu">dlove#kusd,kusd.edu</a>, Sun 21 Dec 1997, 00:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00863" HREF="msg00863.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 15:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00936" HREF="msg00936.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>,
Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Tue 23 Dec 1997, 15:27 GMT
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