02-21-2018, 11:27 AM | #1 |
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Amazon may be making a series based on Iain M. Banks’ Culture books
Starting with Consdider Phlebas.
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02-21-2018, 12:02 PM | #2 |
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I hope not. That was an awful book.
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02-21-2018, 03:28 PM | #3 |
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It must be snowing the Matto Grosso.
I... ah... ahh... agree. Quit halfway through. Reminded me of Grant Morrison. Random terms joined together and a bunch of stupid folk running in circles. Left me with little interest to finish, much less to follow the series. Dunno, maybe it's like Monty Python. |
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02-21-2018, 04:27 PM | #6 |
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Ringworld should be interesting if you like special effects. I don't, really but I think i'll want to see this one just to see what they've done with it.
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02-21-2018, 06:12 PM | #9 |
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I remember a few years ago when the discussion of adapting dense books as movies would come up, there was always the suggestion that it would work better as a single season TV series (Dune and Watchmen are the two I remember most). But then, what network would invest the funds needed to create a series that would only run one season?
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I’d like to see Anne McCaffrey’s Ship Who Sang made into a series...
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02-22-2018, 02:05 AM | #12 |
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We know. Any time someone mentions the Culture series, you have to tell us that Consider Phlebas is awful, that almost everyone in your book club hated it, and the Culture series must not be worth reading because the first book published was so bad, not that you ever gave the rest of the novels a try. Can't you give it a rest?
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I'm glad to learn that I'm not the only one who did not get any enjoyment out of that book (CP) at all.
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