What are you reading?
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Yep - I've got the set (so far) and the research Auel does is truly remarkable as is the detail she goes into in her narrative... I have to say that by the end of Book 3 I was getting rather irritated with Ayla being so bloody wonderful - and her boyfriend too, but that's just me being picky.
One thing I do still find really amazing though is that the character of Creb was actually a real person whose remains were found in a cave in modern day Turkey - the neanderthal skeleton had more or less the same injuries and malformations as Creb and he was (I think anyway) the oldest homo neanderthalis found to date
One thing I do still find really amazing though is that the character of Creb was actually a real person whose remains were found in a cave in modern day Turkey - the neanderthal skeleton had more or less the same injuries and malformations as Creb and he was (I think anyway) the oldest homo neanderthalis found to date
Straw Walker said:
Tonyblack said:
They are like that in the Thursday Next books as well. 
I believe there was a movie made of that book.
*looks on Google*
Yes indeed HERE.
I believe there was a movie made of that book.
*looks on Google*
Yes indeed HERE.
I've just found a centuries old ENGLISH copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, all scribbled full with german translations from the previous reader and the pages yellow with age. BUT GOSH DO I LOVE IT!!
I think anyone who read the book would agree with me that the new film they made was horrible. The first half's sort of okay, but they've totally changed off the second bit. Especially Marvin doesn't look right to mee - he's too round and mind you, Zaphod's second head's suppoest to be NEXT to his first one and NOT under it.
I think anyone who read the book would agree with me that the new film they made was horrible. The first half's sort of okay, but they've totally changed off the second bit. Especially Marvin doesn't look right to mee - he's too round and mind you, Zaphod's second head's suppoest to be NEXT to his first one and NOT under it.
Tonyblack said:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was originally a radio show before it became a book. The BBC TV series is worth checking out if you get the chance. I agree with you about the movie - I really hated it. 
Cheery said:
Tonyblack said:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was originally a radio show before it became a book. The BBC TV series is worth checking out if you get the chance. I agree with you about the movie - I really hated it.
Over the last week I read Equal Rites and Wyrd Sisters. Loved both of them (Wyrd Sisters was of course slightly better, you can see that Pratchett's style has grown over the years... And it feature all three fabulous witches that I love. Every time they had a dialogue I couldn't do anything but laugh )
I read somewhere here that someone had read 6 discworld novels in 1 weekend. I won't ever do that. I think it's called speed-reading: you just read the dialogues, you skip a lot of things... I think it show a lack of respect for the author. It may not be your type of book, but someone has worked hard for this book to be published and we should appreciated by at least reading it properly. In my opinion you can't really judge a book if you speed-read it.
Sooo, now I'm going to read Witches abroad. But first I'll write a review for Wyrd Sisters in my blog. Love these books.
Apropos (or is it à propos?? I keep wondering!) someone recommended American Gods to me. I haven't read anything by Gaiman, except Stardust... Is it a nice novel?
)I read somewhere here that someone had read 6 discworld novels in 1 weekend. I won't ever do that. I think it's called speed-reading: you just read the dialogues, you skip a lot of things... I think it show a lack of respect for the author. It may not be your type of book, but someone has worked hard for this book to be published and we should appreciated by at least reading it properly. In my opinion you can't really judge a book if you speed-read it.
Sooo, now I'm going to read Witches abroad. But first I'll write a review for Wyrd Sisters in my blog.
Love these books. Apropos (or is it à propos?? I keep wondering!) someone recommended American Gods to me. I haven't read anything by Gaiman, except Stardust... Is it a nice novel?
I wouldn't exactly call it nice as there's a serial killer in there and a lot of nasty stuff. But there are some great ideas and the story is really gripping. It's a huge book, but I found it very hard to put down.
The title refers to all the people's from various parts of the world who have migrated to America and brought their gods with them. As with Terry's gods, they have become anthropomorphic personifications created by belief and they've taken up residence in the US.
The title refers to all the people's from various parts of the world who have migrated to America and brought their gods with them. As with Terry's gods, they have become anthropomorphic personifications created by belief and they've taken up residence in the US.
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