Dear Cindy, SF Readers, and Movie Fans,Cindy, you and I are so alike in the way we react to scary movies, but in books, I never jump to the end, though I feel bad when I work my way to an ending that disappoints me or leaves me sad. Even if the critics and readership thinks the sad ending is appropriate, I want endings to be happy.
I bailed on the movie today because reviewers used words like dystopia to describe the society and I decided I could read books on my Braille Note more comfortably at home than in the lobby. I usually enjoy SF books where the world is rebuilding after a massive catastrophe. When I was little I fondly called them, "after the nuke," books, though that category has come to encompass a variety of catastrophes creating categories like after the pandemic, after global warming, etc. So with Netflix making it easy to see videos, and the almost certainty I'll be able to read, Children of Men," compliments of Bookshare, I opted out of going to see the movie today.
Robin Williams is still an interesting read, though not as light as it was at first. He has more excuses for his bad behavior than kids who don't do their homework.
Always with love, Lissi----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <cindyr@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 5:32 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: P D James book request and thanks
I'mlike you, Lissi--I can read books that are scary (though I usually look at the end first so I don't get too tense) but I don't like to see movies that are scary. However, watching a video at home isn't so bad, since the screen is smaller and I can leave the room if a scene bothers me too much; then my husband can tell me when it's over and I can come back. smileCindy-----Original Message----- From: airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 02:36:39 -0500 To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] P D James book request and thanks Dear Bookshare Volunteers, Tomorrow I'm going to see the movie, Children of Men which Fandango says is based on a book by P. D. James. As far as my search can tell, we don't have this book in the collection. If anyone is interested in scanning it, I'd be glad to validate or be just as glad if someone else wants to validate it. The movie summary says it's a near future story about a world where the youngest citizen, an 18 year old has just died and there is an infertility crisis. A bureaucrat is brought to a pregnant woman. he attempts to take her to a place where she can have her baby in safety and scientists might discover why she alone was able to become pregnant. One of the first books I downloaded and read from Bookshare was an Adam Dalgliesh mystery, and I just downloaded 6 more that I haven't read yet. We also have a P. D. James book about a woman detective's first case, but I didn't know James had written speculative fiction. If the movie is too violent, I'll be in the lobby reading a bookshare download on my braille note. For some reason I can read books which are too intense for me in movie form, and, I almost always prefer the book to the movie because there are more details in the book and I'm not missing anything by not being able to see the screen. As I was downloading, I noticed some names of volunteers who did the scanning so thanks to Jane, Kaitlyn, Rick Carrie and others who worked on these books. Always with love, Lissi To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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