[ebooktalk] Re: BOOKS OF MY LIFE
- From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:43:15 +0100
When I was a child I was told many times that I had "Too much imagination" and
I've never lost my love of the land of "Pretend". Consequently, I enjoy
fantasy, preferably when it's written with some humour. Unlike Steve, I like
being able to suspend the rules and escaping into other worlds. I love many of
Pratchet's books, though some of them just don't work for me. I can understand
why people don't like him, but at his best I just find him so funny. I like
some of Tom Holt's books for the same reason, though must admit that some of
them go too far into the world of fantasy, even for me. And of course, there's
"Hith-hikers' Guide", total fantasy, totally daft, and hilarious! I haven't
read any Mervyn Peak, I heard a radio version of one of his books once and it
didn't inspire me to read his books.
Has anyone read any Neil Gaiman?
Trish.
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From: Shell
To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 11:31 AM
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BOOKS OF MY LIFE
I really don't like fantasy, I've tried Rowling, Pratchet and Mervin Peak, as
well as a few other famous author's in that genre and it just does nothing for
me. I think I like the hobbit and Lord of the Rings because I first read them
as a child, I didn't enjoy them so much when I tried to re-read them a few
years ago.
I do like hard sci-fi, or books based on science, which base a story around
more factual based ideas.
Books which try to describe a possible future or even life on other planets
which are plausible. I'm afraid that if I see the words elves, goblins,
fairies, werewolves or vampires, then it's not even going to make it onto my
pile at all. Though, I did read a good vampire book once by Elizabeth Costova
and I love books about ghosts, which I don't actually believe in either, so it
all makes no sense to me anyway.
Shell.
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From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 11:25 AM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BOOKS OF MY LIFE
> Hi Steve, the tolkien adaptation you heard in 69 was in fact The Hobbit
with Paul Daneman in the role of blbo Baggins. The dramatisation of LOTR was
first broadcast in, I think, 1981. That had Ian Holme as Frodo, Michael Horden
as Gandalf Bill Nighy as Sam and John le Mesurier as Bilbo. I've never been
able to get away with Terry Pratchett either in books or as dramas. Which
brings me to another question. What's the view on Mervin Peak?
> On 30 Jun 2013, at 09:55, Steven Bingham wrote:
>
>> Hurray someone else who doesn't like Lord of the Rings. I tried listening
to
>> the radio series back in 1969 and hated it. Under considerable pressure I
>> tried to read it a few years ago and gave us. I don't know if it is the
>> fantasy or whether it is that I feel the whole thing is just a pointless
>> exercise.
>>
>> I am not keen on Terry Pratchett either but there I think it is something
to
>> do with there being no rules. If there are no rules anything can happen and
>> there doesn't have to be a reason for it. I gave up all attempts at reading
>> him after the story I was reading suddenly materialised in the middle of a
>> present day aircraft. Pointless!
>>
>> Harry Potter I can deal with because although there is magic it does
conform
>> to its own rules. I like the way that the magic is played down and the
>> normal is slightly exaggerated.
>>
>> I am also trying to come up with the books of my life but it is not easy.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Pele West
>> Sent: 30 June 2013 09:15
>> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BOOKS OF MY LIFE
>>
>> Hi Everyone
>>
>> I cannot get on with "Lord of the Rings" at all. Peter reread it recently
>> and I heard bits and still did not like it. There is too much fantassy for
>> me.
>>
>> One of the things I like about Harry Potter is that there is enough normal
>> things, such as having to do homework and difficulties with being
teenagers,
>> to keep me interested.
>>
>> Pele
>>
>>
>
>
>
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