The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[RealAlHazred]

Is that the absolute fastest anyone's been permabanned on ENWorld? And for such a ridiculous and obviously-pointless thread?

Nope, nevermind, I was dumb and answered my own question.

 

[darjr]

Why choose?

Because I’d feel like the exact opposite of which ever it is.

 

[darjr]

Checking the rules I dint see any points granted for accidentally calling out yourself. I could have sworn it was there.

I’m sure it’s there. Just can’t find it.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Narnia 1-6 (original order)

It really says something about how Narnia has fallen off the cultural radar that more people aren't furious about the "intended order" lie that's allowed an outsider to siphon off Lewis estate money for himself.

 

[Ryujin]

Finally finished the last of the big bedtime reading projects* with my now 13 yo. Well, he let me read through the eagles are coming, and then took it to school to finish and see what was happening back at the Shire. We'll see the 3rd movie this weekend.

* The Avengers 1-202, Narnia 1-6 (original order), the complete Earthsea (minus a few paragraphs), and Hobbit/LotR. Me and my other half also tag-teamed him through Bone and Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, those might be his favorites and are certainly the most re-read.

Not too long ago I bought a hardcover of "The Works of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition", when I finally found out that the first three books weren't all that there were. I really need to sit down and read it through and I really wish that someone could produce a fairly faithful series based on the books. So far there's been a SyFy Network version that was pretty bad, despite the presence of both Shawn Ashmore and Kristiin Kruek, and the anime adaptation, that wasn't really faithful.

 

[RealAlHazred]

It really says something about how Narnia has fallen off the cultural radar that more people aren't furious about the "intended order" lie that's allowed an outsider to siphon off Lewis estate money for himself.

I don't know what you're on about here. When I read a book, I always read the last chapter first so I don't get anxious about not knowing any of the other things going on in the previous chapters.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Not too long ago I bought a hardcover of "The Works of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition", when I finally found out that the first three books weren't all that there were. I really need to sit down and read it through and I really wish that someone could produce a fairly faithful series based on the books. So far there's been a SyFy Network version that was pretty bad, despite the presence of both Shawn Ashmore and Kristiin Kruek, and the anime adaptation, that wasn't really faithful.

I loved the first three books, and the short story. And then there was a gap and I found the newly-published fourth book in the bookstore, bought it and brought it home with a huge sense of anticipation, and then... was completely devastated as a reader. The tonal shift is jarring, which makes sense -- it was written decades after the first three after all. And it's a fine story. But I was expecting the continuation of tones and themes from the first three books, and that's not at all what Ms. Le Guin had in mind with it.

After introducing the series to my wife, she's read all five, and advises me to try the fifth at some point. But I don't know. The jarring feeling is still fresh in my mind, like a wound on my childhood psyche.

 

[Cadence]

Not too long ago I bought a hardcover of "The Works of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition", when I finally found out that the first three books weren't all that there were. I really need to sit down and read it through and I really wish that someone could produce a fairly faithful series based on the books. So far there's been a SyFy Network version that was pretty bad, despite the presence of both Shawn Ashmore and Kristiin Kruek, and the anime adaptation, that wasn't really faithful.

That's the one we read

I wish I had $xx,000 sitting around when Vess sold off most of the originals early this year.

 

[Cadence]

It really says something about how Narnia has fallen off the cultural radar that more people aren't furious about the "intended order" lie that's allowed an outsider to siphon off Lewis estate money for himself.

I guess we should just be grateful that they haven't edited the actual text to hide all the parts that make it clear what order they were written in.

 

[darjr]

@Cadence @Whizbang Dustyboots

I’m unfamiliar. What happened to Narnia? If you don’t mind.