Cajungal
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I'm sad now.
Why is the book sacred?
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I'm sad now.[/QUOTE]
Don't be sad. You have the awesomeness of the show and Michael C. Hall to cheer you up!
Don't be sad. You have the awesomeness of the show and Michael C. Hall to cheer you up!
I kinda hold books sacred as objects. I still have every non-textbook that I've ever purchased. I even have about half of my textbooks.
My brothers get a little pissed off at me every time I ask them to help me move, and they end up carrying about a ton of paper around.
My brothers get a little pissed off at me every time I ask them to help me move, and they end up carrying about a ton of paper around.
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Philosopher B.
This. ^
Also ... books smell nice.[/QUOTE]
...whereas I can't get much of a smell out of my DVDs.[/QUOTE]
Exactly.[/QUOTE]
Ironically this can be my only problem with books, or more specifically, I can't read old books because I am allergic
[/QUOTE]Aww man, that sucks!
It would kill me if I had that problem. I've got piles of old books from various booksales; they each have their own unique smell and character.
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Chazwozel
Green_Lantern
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I thoughed that futurama made that up, good to know the truth.
(I still think it sounds lame as a premise)
There are at least 4 Twilight Zone episodes that everyone should watch. (I mean, they should watch the whole series, but these are the tops.)
Burgess Meredith as the last man alive.
Agnes Moorhead being attacked by the little aliens (LOVE the twist at the end)
William Shatner and the gremlin on the plane.
And finally Bill Mumy(sp?) as the child with the power to do anything he wants with his mind.
If you don't know who Bill Mumy is, he played Will Robinson in the original Lost in Space and Lenier in Babylon 5.
Burgess Meredith as the last man alive.
Agnes Moorhead being attacked by the little aliens (LOVE the twist at the end)
William Shatner and the gremlin on the plane.
And finally Bill Mumy(sp?) as the child with the power to do anything he wants with his mind.
If you don't know who Bill Mumy is, he played Will Robinson in the original Lost in Space and Lenier in Babylon 5.
I'm a bit biased.
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That's about 1/3 of our books, the rest are in storage.
And that's the total after we donated about five or six thousand to charity a couple years ago.
--Patrick
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That's about 1/3 of our books, the rest are in storage.
And that's the total after we donated about five or six thousand to charity a couple years ago.
--Patrick
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Philosopher B.
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Oh, so it's a private library fight you want, eh?
Y'know, someone at work said the same thing after seeing this picture.
It's not a fight I want. Just more books.
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Cajungal
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I like the "Mr. Death" episode.
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Chazwozel
Now the real question. Have you actually read them all?
Cajungal
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Also great. It's just such a good show. Love it when the scifi channel runs a marathon.
Yes, people should watch the whole series. The ones I pointed out are the most referred to in pop culture.
I also loved the one about the wild west tonic salesman and the one with William Shatner as an actor in the diner with the fortune telling devices on the tables. Also the one where all the power goes out in the town.
I also loved the one about the wild west tonic salesman and the one with William Shatner as an actor in the diner with the fortune telling devices on the tables. Also the one where all the power goes out in the town.
Green_Lantern
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Another things: Books tend to have more artistic integrity than movies, simply because there are much less non-artists (or just people) controlling its development. Did you know or remember that they tried to make Harry Potter a American in the movies? just because they wanted to make a buck.
Weird, sound to me like they wanted to do the exact opposite... just ask the people behind the Constantine film.
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I actually liked the Constantine movie. I never read the comic, so I wasn't influenced (though I've heard the complaints). For one, I don't think I've ever heard anyone pronounce it "con-stan-TYN", so that one was pretty low on my don't-care list. I also can't say that I minded it focusing on Judeo-Christian pantheons, because it would've been too much to do multiple religions. Esp if you wanted to sell it to the US.
(see CG? I said I liked something)
(see CG? I said I liked something)
Cajungal
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No, but that's not surprising. For a while, Kati was selling books online in order to work from home. When she stopped, we donated everything that neither of us wanted to keep. Additionally, we combined our 'keeper' collections...and I haven't read much of her collection (nor do I ever think I will), and vice versa just due to different interests (I'm not big into Regency romances, she doesn't care about *nix administration, that sort of thing).
This past year, we finally went through and culled all the duplicates. This resulted in about another 1500 books donated to a library in her hometown. So what we have left is a pretty respectable collection of titles, even if the majority of them do happen to be SF/F.
--Patrick
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