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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:29 AM Original message |
Name a book you think would make a great movie. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think msb's darkover series would make a great tv show |
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commander bunnypants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. SWord of Shannara |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. They could just use all the LotR footage and then just |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Doh - miplaced post. Sorry! |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. My Pet Goat |
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SeanQuinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. That's what I was thinking. nt |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. It's already a movie, in a way! |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. Hiroshima Joe |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Mean On Sunday" |
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SuperWonk (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The Bible... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Wasn't the New Testament |
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shugah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
81. indeed it was! |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. Jitterbug Perfume § |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I LOVE that book n/t |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. The Walls of Jericho: Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey... |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. Chuck Palahniuk's "Survivor" |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. second for "Survivor" - and also "Choke" |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I haven't read Choke yet |
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LeftyDarthBrodie (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
47. If you search then internet enough |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Yeah, I heard mention of the possibility a while back |
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LeftyDarthBrodie (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. While on book tours |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Cool! |
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Kraklen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. "Monkey" or "Journy Into the West" by Ch'Eng-En Wu. |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. Last Car to Elysian Fields by James Lee Burke |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
15. the Whitewater Report |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. The Chronciles of Amber by Roger Zelazny |
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Debbi801 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Oh I agree! (m) |
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FuzzySlippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. "Ulysses" |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
20. Lonesome Dove! Oh, it's been done... |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
24. His Excellency |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
60. you just gave me another one. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. Martin Amis' "Money" or "London Fields" |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. House of Leaves |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'd love to see that too |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. or Jeunet and Caro |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. that looks interesting, what's it about? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Post-modernist horror taken to it's self-indulgent apex |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
28. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay |
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LeftyDarthBrodie (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. I heard that as well |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. The Cowboy And The Cossack by Clair Huffaker |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. "The Confessions of Max Tivoli" by Andrew Sean Greer |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. is that the one where he starts old, and gets younger |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Yes, that's the one. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. LOL. i must have read the review or a exerpt or something a while back. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. No, it's good, not sappy. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. i had to get reading glasses and i was in such denial that i convinced |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. The Lord of the Rings movies perhaps opened the door to serious fantasy |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
37. A Confederacy of Dunces |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. Johnny Carson owned the rights to it |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Inside the Aquarium by Viktor Suvorov |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. 'The Butterfly Kid'....by Chester Anderson.. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. Tim Powers' ON STRANGER TIDES |
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silverpatronus (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
41. gaiman/pratchett's good omens... |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Oh hell yes to Good Omens |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
42. There's plenty... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. If done right, "Just One Look" by Harlan Coben |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
46. Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them |
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LeftyDarthBrodie (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
49. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
69. I like Krakauer |
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LeftyDarthBrodie (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-05 12:08 AM Response to Reply #69 |
84. Might have been a tv movie |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
50. The Known World - Edward P. Jones |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
52. David Sedaris' "Santa Land Diaries" |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. I heard an essay of his on NPR |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 05:09 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I'm reading his new book. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
53. "Weaveworld" |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
57. "Startide Rising" by David Brin |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
63. "Forever War" by Joe Haldeman |
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StaggerLee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
66. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
67. "Otherland" by Tad Williams |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I LOVED those books...and I'm not a sci fi fan. |
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Democracy White (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
71. I am going to say 'The Handmaid's Tale' |
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AuntieM1957 (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 08:41 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. It's been done |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. "The Joyous Season" by Patrick Dennis (wrote Auntie Mame) |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
74. A Great movie would be the Carlos Castaneda's first 3 Books |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
75. The Xanth Series :) (nt) |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
76. I saw that as a series several years ago on PBS I think |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
77. "Rubyfruit Jungle" by Rita Mae Brown |
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dad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
78. Jennifer Government by Max Barry |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:53 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. That's what I was going to say |
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giant_robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
79. Actually, I feel that short stories translate better to film than books. |
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shugah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
80. the sunne in splendour (sharon kay penman) |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
82. Jennifer Government, by Max Barry |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-05 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
85. The Mote in God's Eye |
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