[ebooktalk] Re: BOOKS OF MY LIFE
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:25:55 +0100
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-----
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> On Behalf Of Pele West
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> 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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