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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 09:25 PM Original message |
What book(s) do you hope are NEVER made into a movie? |
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corporatemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. My Pet Goat |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Dang! Ya beat me to it! nt |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Schild's Ladder |
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BeachBaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bill Clinton's "My Life". :-) n/t. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. That might be an interesting movie, though. OTOH, I don't think I would |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
56. I wish people would stop screwing up fun threads with anti-Clinton shit. |
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BeachBaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Ummmm......anti-Clinton? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester |
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Arkham House (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Maybe--with a young Sean Connery, a script by Harlan Ellison... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Harlan would be good |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Quran; The Congressional Record; Scooter's bear-rapist epic. |
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avasmom (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
76. i own scooter's horrid book |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. I was just thinking I hope they don't turn George R.R. Martin's books into movies. |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. um |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Yep. |
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LDB (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
67. even if they did it right |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Opus Pistorum" by Henry Miller |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'd love to see a movie made out of "God's Little Bits of Wood" - an african novel. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. ebay for Dummies |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm so glad nobody made novels out of "The Jeffersons" or "Diff'rent Strokes" |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
53. LOL! |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Robert's Rules of Order, 2004 Revised Edition |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. "The Catcher in the Rye" |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. Everyone poops |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
52. Cinematic masterpiece! |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. Any of the illustrious "Captain Underpants" series... n/t |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Silmarillion |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. They could dramatize some of the stories |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
54. Ah, Tolkien |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. "You want me to do what?" |
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LDB (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. not wolves |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. Too late for 'Discworld' |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Were they any good? |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. 'Hogfather' is. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Good - because I gave the DVD of it to my niece for Christmas |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
60. I'm a big fan. I would have loved to have seen that. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. Life of Pi. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 02:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
48. already in the works |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. On the Road. |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That would suck. |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. the threatened Ridley Scott "Blood Meridian" |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm a sucker for movies of books I love |
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Arkham House (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Foundation Novels |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. "Mrs DeWinter" the non-Daphne DuMarier sequel to "Rebecca" |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. Almost anything by John Crowley. |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. The Last Temptation Of Christ |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. The Secret History |
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Diana Prince (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. "Five Smooth Stones" by Ann Fairbairn |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. British Aviation Law |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
38. Cat in the Hat.......Mouse in a House.....Dog on a Log |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Too late for "Cat in the Hat." |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Walter, the Farting Dog. |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
39. That novel by Lynne Cheney n/t |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
43. "The Room" by Hubert Selby |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
65. The movie of his "Last Exit To Brooklyn" was fucking horrible... |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
44. The Dragonriders of Pern. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. They tried to. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Good for her |
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Lady Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 04:28 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. They cut to much and wanted to add from the other books in the series. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
46. Lord of the Rings. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
62. Look on the bright side |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
49. Everyone Poops |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
50. Anything by L. Ron Hubbard |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
55. Hey you should see the Hogfather |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
58. This one |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. heh |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Up until now..... |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
63. All of them will eventually, it's hopeless. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
68. "The Joy of Cooking" |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
69. The phone book |
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avasmom (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. my unique kids |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
70. "Atlas Shrugged" |
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avasmom (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. its a damn good book, though |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I kinda hate to tell you this |
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avasmom (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. DAMMIT |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Galt's 60 page screed promises to be...uh...uh...riiveting on the screen |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
73. *'s "auto"biography |
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