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DomanickX
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I refuse...To fade away!
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« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2008, 12:49:39 PM » |
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Mystery Fish
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« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2008, 01:07:38 PM » |
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I don't know what to make of it.  I like the Artemis Fowl books, but, then again, I haven't read the Hitchhiker's books yet (I keep meaning to, but my local library doesn't have them and I don't have the monies to buy them), so I don't know if Colfer could pull off the same style Adams used. |
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  <Science isn't about why, it's about why not.>
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Chris Hallbeck
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« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2008, 01:12:14 PM » |
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Yeah that's the thing. The big draw for me was his writing style.
On the other hand why not? If I don't like it I can choose to ignore it.
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Silfedac
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« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2008, 01:53:25 PM » |
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We're talking about CROTCH BEARDS.
I don't want the world, I just want your half. |
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Pieman
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« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2008, 02:57:41 PM » |
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Curse you beating me to it! Although I was going to link to the BBC news article.
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
You become incredibly well-muscled and accidentally crush Pel's head. |
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Mystery Fish
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« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2008, 03:29:40 PM » |
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On the other hand why not? If I don't like it I can choose to ignore it.
That is indeed true, and something many people seem to overlook, on almost all aspects of life. |
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<Science isn't about why, it's about why not.>
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Pieman
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« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2008, 03:32:41 PM » |
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I'll read it, and depending how good (or bad) it is, I'll just think of it as a tribute novel, or book six in the trilogy of five.
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
You become incredibly well-muscled and accidentally crush Pel's head. |
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SpriteMeister
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« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2008, 09:41:17 PM » |
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I can't wait.
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Drakey
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« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2008, 11:53:03 PM » |
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Maaan, I still have yet to get my hands on a copy of Mostly Harmless...
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Wow. I am so full of bull.  Gre sprite courtesy of Spritemeister (all rights reserved) Oh, that's just Marvin. He's dead, so he kinda smells a little bad. |
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the Scarf
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« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2008, 12:06:00 AM » |
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The best person to write another novel in the hitchhikers series would be Terry Pratchett, I think. Colfer is just a bit too juvinile. I liked the first Artemis foul, but after #2 they went pretty down hill and fanfiction-y. They're all right, but nowhere near Douglas Adams. They have completely different styles!
Maybe it will be like with Star Trek, how they now have a bajillion books all written by different people. In fifty years or so, there will be a huge ton more...
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The sky and air are full of cancer and the ground is full of poison. Only the internet understands. |
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Pieman
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« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2008, 01:51:55 AM » |
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They have completely different styles!
This also applies to Terry Pratchett, no matter how great they both are. |
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
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the Scarf
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« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2008, 09:49:01 AM » |
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Yes, but Terry Pratchett is a step up rather then a step down. Also, they are both excellent at witty humor.
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The sky and air are full of cancer and the ground is full of poison. Only the internet understands. |
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SpriteMeister
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« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2008, 06:54:15 PM » |
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I would have to agree with Scarf on this one.
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the Scarf
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« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2008, 10:20:51 PM » |
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The sky and air are full of cancer and the ground is full of poison. Only the internet understands. |
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Pieman
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« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2008, 01:53:16 AM » |
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Yes, but Terry Pratchett is a step up rather then a step down. Also, they are both excellent at witty humor.
I agree with that. |
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
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the Scarf
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« Reply #16 on: September 19, 2008, 04:49:45 PM » |
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Yes. It's sort of a moral dilmma for me, because Douglas Adams was there first, and I have been a fan of his for such a long time whereas I've only read two books of Pratchett, but Terry Pratchett is actually better than Douglas Adams writing-wise.
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Pieman
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« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2008, 06:22:56 PM » |
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Yeah.
The problem between the two authors isn't which is better, but who has the closest style to Douglas Adams.
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
You become incredibly well-muscled and accidentally crush Pel's head. |
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JezMM
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I need to post here more often. D=
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« Reply #18 on: September 19, 2008, 08:25:11 PM » |
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Wow that does seem pretty bizarre. I wouldn't have imagined it was even that easy to just carry on someone's series like that. And so soon after his death too. o.o
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« Reply #19 on: September 19, 2008, 08:29:26 PM » |
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I dunno, I mean. I guess over in britland their more accustomed to that sort of thing. What with Doctor Who being multiple writers... I want Terry Pratchett to do H2G2 now.  (Also, hey JezMM!) |
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« Reply #20 on: September 20, 2008, 12:45:37 PM » |
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(Hello! I've been offline a lot over the summer and only just getting round to catching up on all my sites! X3)
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« Reply #21 on: September 20, 2008, 08:06:55 PM » |
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(Ooh! are we putting our off-topic-ness in parentheses now?)
Also, has anyone considered Neil Gaiman yet?
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We're talking about CROTCH BEARDS.
I don't want the world, I just want your half. |
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Chris Hallbeck
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« Reply #22 on: September 20, 2008, 08:53:10 PM » |
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(Hello! I've been offline a lot over the summer and only just getting round to catching up on all my sites! X3)
(Yay!) |
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Torg
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« Reply #23 on: September 21, 2008, 08:15:46 AM » |
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(Ooh! are we putting our off-topic-ness in parentheses now?)
(That would appear to be the case.) |
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As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero. The idea of you with a tank brings fear like I've never known.
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Silfedac
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« Reply #24 on: September 21, 2008, 11:41:51 AM » |
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(It's kind of unorthodox, but I like it.)
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We're talking about CROTCH BEARDS.
I don't want the world, I just want your half. |
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the Scarf
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« Reply #25 on: September 21, 2008, 03:34:00 PM » |
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(I think Parenthesis are going to be used a lot in this thread...)
What are some books that Gaiman wrote?
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Torg
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« Reply #26 on: September 21, 2008, 04:10:58 PM » |
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All I know is Good Omens.
I'd Google him, but I'm lazy.
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As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero. The idea of you with a tank brings fear like I've never known.
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JezMM
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« Reply #27 on: September 21, 2008, 04:24:22 PM » |
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(Yay I started a fad!)
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« Reply #28 on: September 21, 2008, 04:33:29 PM » |
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(And Chris made it official.)
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As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero. The idea of you with a tank brings fear like I've never known.
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Pieman
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« Reply #29 on: September 21, 2008, 04:45:03 PM » |
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All I know is Good Omens.
Didn't Terry Pratchett have something to do with that book? |
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
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