he co-wrote the screen play and both were based on a short story so yes was more than that
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 23/02/2013 11:19:31 PM
He didn't adapt a screen play to a book he adapted a stroy he was writing to a screen play. It was clever marketing but it wasn't a Star Wars novel.
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- 16/02/2013 07:13:08 PM
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So you're looking for series that are not yet on your list, yes? I'm a little confused. 
- 16/02/2013 09:05:53 PM
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- 16/02/2013 09:05:53 PM
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I am but figured a list would save time and multi-task
- 16/02/2013 09:58:18 PM
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Fair point, could be useful to point to whenever people ask the same question of what to read next.
- 16/02/2013 11:05:06 PM
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Yes, there is that, I have always felt the site could use a recommendation list
- 17/02/2013 02:45:43 AM
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Lloyd Alexander, Chronicles of Prydain - 5 major books and one anthology.
- 17/02/2013 06:25:29 AM
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Re: Lloyd Alexander, Chronicles of Prydain - 5 major books and one anthology.
- 17/02/2013 04:55:33 PM
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Barsoom is my overrall favorite book series, not just on SF, but in general.
- 17/02/2013 10:47:52 AM
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Bakker's SECOND APOCALYPSE novels. Two trilogies, same world, same characters. *NM*
- 17/02/2013 10:48:31 AM
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For myself, there seems to be a lot of shit on that list
- 17/02/2013 08:02:37 PM
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- 17/02/2013 08:02:37 PM
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Heh.
- 18/02/2013 12:30:48 PM
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Was that a snarky way of saying you don't like Adams or something?
- 18/02/2013 06:30:49 PM
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I think it was a not so snarky way of saying Hitchhiker's Guide started as a radio show. *NM*
- 18/02/2013 06:41:44 PM
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Not a TV series, movie series or video game...and not really even based on a radio show.
- 19/02/2013 06:56:15 PM
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2001 violates rule number 2. *NM*
- 19/02/2013 12:29:26 PM
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The movie and the book were written at the same time *NM*
- 19/02/2013 05:49:44 PM
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Clarke wrote both, so is the book really anything more than a novelization of the screenplay? *NM*
- 19/02/2013 06:18:31 PM
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he co-wrote the screen play and both were based on a short story so yes was more than that
- 23/02/2013 11:19:31 PM
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I find it strange that you list the Donaldson's Gap series but not the Thomas Covenant series
- 19/02/2013 05:52:58 PM
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??? It is on there
- 19/02/2013 07:39:36 PM
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I guess my eyes skiped it
- 21/02/2013 06:14:54 PM
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Re: I guess my eyes skiped it
- 21/02/2013 09:52:57 PM
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He is a wordy writer and the main character is not very likeable
- 23/02/2013 11:15:33 PM
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I finished that one just now, too. It was... interesting. *NM*
- 21/02/2013 06:20:18 PM
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did you read the entire series?
- 24/02/2013 01:22:03 AM
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Steven Brust - Jhereg / Elizabeth Boyer - various novels in same world *NM*
- 19/02/2013 06:26:21 PM
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