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From: Brian Kerr-Jung <bkerrjung>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:11:36 -0400
Sci-Fi, now laughably Syfy, seems to have completely distanced itself from literature. They used to have a great website that published both new and classic science fiction short stories. It's gone. And they don't seem to be doing adaptations anymore either. Perhaps it's for the best.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:51 PM, James Elliott<libraryjim at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> I didn't see "Dark" but it couldn't have been a worse interpretation than Sci-Fi's chop job on "Earthsea". Even Ursula K. LeGuin disavowed the mini-series!
>
> Jim Elliott
> N. Ga.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Margaret Boling Mullin <mbmullin at indiana.edu>
> To: ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu
> Sent: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:24:32 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Books to Movies
>
> I don't remember Prince Caspian particularly, but do remember enjoying
> Lion. ?I also thoroughly enjoyed the Lord of the Rings, though had
> quibbles with the ending of the third movie.
>
> And while we're on fantasy chapter books, did anyone pay to see the
> film adaptation of The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper? ?That had to be
> one of the worst films I've seen, and what it did to the plot of the
> book was unspeakable!!!
>
> Margaret Boling Mullin
> Doctoral Candidate, Dept. of Literacy, Culture & Language, Indiana University
> Elementary Reading Specialist, Maplewood Elementary, Indianapolis
>
> Qu
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:11:36 -0400
Sci-Fi, now laughably Syfy, seems to have completely distanced itself from literature. They used to have a great website that published both new and classic science fiction short stories. It's gone. And they don't seem to be doing adaptations anymore either. Perhaps it's for the best.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:51 PM, James Elliott<libraryjim at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> I didn't see "Dark" but it couldn't have been a worse interpretation than Sci-Fi's chop job on "Earthsea". Even Ursula K. LeGuin disavowed the mini-series!
>
> Jim Elliott
> N. Ga.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Margaret Boling Mullin <mbmullin at indiana.edu>
> To: ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu
> Sent: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:24:32 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Books to Movies
>
> I don't remember Prince Caspian particularly, but do remember enjoying
> Lion. ?I also thoroughly enjoyed the Lord of the Rings, though had
> quibbles with the ending of the third movie.
>
> And while we're on fantasy chapter books, did anyone pay to see the
> film adaptation of The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper? ?That had to be
> one of the worst films I've seen, and what it did to the plot of the
> book was unspeakable!!!
>
> Margaret Boling Mullin
> Doctoral Candidate, Dept. of Literacy, Culture & Language, Indiana University
> Elementary Reading Specialist, Maplewood Elementary, Indianapolis
>
> Qu
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-- Brian Jung http://mrchompchomp.blogspot.comReceived on Mon 17 Aug 2009 04:11:36 PM CDT
