Not a TV series, movie series or video game...and not really even based on a radio show.
Tom Send a noteboard - 19/02/2013 06:56:15 PM
The Hitchhiker's Guide books are so far from what Isaac was getting at that I don't know how/why jh could say they violated Rule 2. First, it was radio. Second, the author was the same for both (as opposed to "this is a novel written in the Star Wars universe by a guy who writes other stuff and who was hired by the publishing company with Star Wars distribution rights to make something that got blessed by Lucas and his team", which is totally different). Third, the series was totally reworked and changed when translated into book form (as opposed to, "Hey, Star Wars Episode XVIII just came out in theatres and we want to milk this franchise even more, could you just write it as a book?", which is totally different).
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Best SF/F series
- 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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