<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books --> <!--X-From-R13: [nqql <znqqlNslfu.bet> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 15:21:49 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: E0xiLIn-0002ej-00#crucigera,fysh.org --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:maddy#fysh,org"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00848.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00850.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00850.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00860.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00849">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00849">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00849">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Maddy <<A HREF="mailto:maddy#fysh,org">maddy#fysh,org</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 15:22:25 +0000 (GMT)</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Matt Chatterley wrote: > On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Sauron wrote: > > Matt Chatterley wrote: > > > On Fri, 12 Dec 1997 s001gmu#nova,wright.edu wrote: > > > > On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Adam Wiggins wrote: > > > > > Frank Herbert's Dune. See Tolkien. [Lengthy discussion about the Dune books] > Heh. This can be said to be true - I did read all five (or was it six? I > seriously lost count!), and elements did carry through well. I think the > style with which Herbert tackled them was quite different to anything else > I had (have?) read, and intruiged me for a book or too, but soon wore > thin. I would definitely read Dune again, and even Messiah, but I wouldn't > go further purely on literary merit. Quite right; chapterhouse was just > plain strange. > > And the film was *dire*! Actually I liked the film - it helps if you disassociate the book from it and treat it as a seperate thing. > > > Heh. I am repeatedly impressed by the quality of the TV show, as far as > > > spin-off shows go. The first movie was a *classic* (Chris Lambert, AND > > > Sean Connery!), the second was utterly bizarre, and the third sucked. > > > > I really loved the first, the second one was well I don't know what it > > was, and the third on its own was a fairly good movie, but when compared > > to the rest of the "franchise" it is disappointing. > > The third was reasonable as a 'run of the mill action movie', something > which I counted the original above. This is the trouble with sequels - you > compare them to the originals, and they have generally lost the sparkle. The 2nd Highlander film should be ignored completely - it only makes sense if you see the highly editted version of Highlander that the Americans saw. Basically they removed all the plot, charactisation and just made it into a full action movie. McCloud lost all of his past etc. and so they were able to make one up for the 2nd film. Anyway, might as well give a brief list of the books that have influenced me. Nothing has really and truely biased me, but I still like most of the books. - The majority of the Forgotten Realms series. A good clean consitant story world - plenty of nice ideas about how to do religions. - Discworld: Terry Pratchet Very very funny - my style of actual writing seems to bend towards the same as T.P. - at least that is what people have told me. - The Xanth series: Piers Anthony. Likewise, very funny. Putting puns in a mud would probably be a bad idea, but humour definitely is. - Master of the Five Magics: (can't remember who wrote it) I like this mainly for the detailed magic system. Maddy </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00893" HREF="msg00893.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Sauron <dlove#kusd,kusd.edu></li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00874" HREF="msg00874.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com></li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00860" HREF="msg00860.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Matt Chatterley <root#mpc,dyn.ml.org></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00848.html">Seems rather quiet</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00850.html">I live over there!</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00850.html">I live over there!</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00860.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00849"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00849"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00892" HREF="msg00892.html">META: nospam in email addresses</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Sat 20 Dec 1997, 21:48 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00891" HREF="msg00891.html">OT: My Web Page</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 20 Dec 1997, 19:23 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00852" HREF="msg00852.html">LIST: Now back on the air</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 06:21 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00850" HREF="msg00850.html">I live over there!</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 05:09 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00849" HREF="msg00849.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Maddy <a href="mailto:maddy#fysh,org">maddy#fysh,org</a>, Wed 17 Dec 1997, 15:21 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00860" HREF="msg00860.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 09:18 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00930" HREF="msg00930.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Tue 23 Dec 1997, 07:22 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00945" HREF="msg00945.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Wed 24 Dec 1997, 10:11 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00874" HREF="msg00874.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 19 Dec 1997, 04:31 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>