Re: OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday

[Peter Alling]

You know that's very true, hard science fiction masquerading as fantasy or 
fantasy masquerading as hard science fiction.  I'd doubt most Hollywood 
producers would understand it well enough to do a good job.

At 12:09 AM 1/4/2003 -0600, you wrote:

On Friday, January 3, 2003, at 04:41  PM, Cotty wrote:

My son was watching Dinotopia on tv and it made
me wish someone would make a movie of Ringworld.

Cotty


But only if it was a _good_ movie of Ringworld. Varley's Titan, Wizard and 
Demon would also make a great series of movies.

Dan Scott

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.  --Groucho Marx

Re: OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday

[Gary J Sibio]

At 12:07 PM 1/3/2003 -0600, you wrote:

JRR Tolkien begins the Lord of the Rings tale with a 111th birthday party
for Bilbo Baggins, calling it an eleventy-first birthday ... a very curious
number and a very respectable age for a Hobbit. Today is Tolkien's
eleventy-first birthday.



My wife and I are celebrating by going to see The Two Towers again.


Gary J Sibio
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Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like bananas. 

Re: OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday

[Mark Roberts]

Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

JRR Tolkien begins the Lord of the Rings tale with a 111th birthday party
for Bilbo Baggins, calling it an eleventy-first birthday ... a very curious
number and a very respectable age for a Hobbit. Today is Tolkien's
eleventy-first birthday.

Just noticed the article about this on the BBC web page. Bet the movie
theatres will be packed today!

-- 
Mark Roberts
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