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Theta9:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 16 Apr 2019, 12:21 ---Pratchett is one of the few authors I always turn to when I need a pick-up, and it always saddens me that more won't be forthcoming. But the Discworld spins on, I guess. I understand that there are going to be small-screen adaptations coming out with his daughter (who is an established author in her own right as well as being heiress to the IP) involved that I eagerly await.
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I find that Pratchett adaptations suffer from the same problem as Adams and Wodehouse. The humor is more in the narrative than in the action and dialogue, so it doesn't translate well to the screen. I was thoroughly underwhelmed byHogfather and The Colour of Magic.
cybersmurf:
The first five to ten Discworld novels are pure gold.
Is it cold in here?:
I just finished Jill Bolte Taylor's "My Stroke of Insight" and learned a great deal.
Is it cold in here?:
"De Vita Beata", "On the Happy Life", Seneca.
Egomaniacal garbage frequently antithetical to Stoicism.
LeeC:
I just finished the 4th book in the Cain's series (1st in the second Omnibus titled "Defender of the Imperium") "Death of Glory" where we travel back before the events of the first Omnibus' novels, to the event that made Cain famous. "Death of Glory" is where he saves the planet of Perlia from an Orkish invasion. Boiling the story down it, was essentially a mix of Mad Max: Fury Road, Von Ryan's Express, and Brigadier Gerard. Great story telling with wonderful characters told from the point of view of Cain along with a few others of his exploits on Perlia that inadvertently made him a legend (which Cain regrets considering he would be involuntarily put into more dangerous situations because of his legend created here). All in all great fun!
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