From maryann.sullivan1 at verizon.net Thu Sep 15 09:55:05 2016 From: maryann.sullivan1 at verizon.net (Mary Ann Sullivan) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:55:05 -0400 Subject: [boc-l] Foundation and SF concepts In-Reply-To: <5beg4b2y8hxe6bdlow1tox79.1463323698325@email.android.com> References: <5beg4b2y8hxe6bdlow1tox79.1463323698325@email.android.com> Message-ID: <2afc501d20f58$c4298600$4c7c9200$@sullivan1@verizon.net> I admit, I do enjoy GOT, read it years ago, but foundation would be a far better series. Still reading about my telepathy, most of the stuff is light, but that Silverberg is disturbing, I felt bad for David. Always, your friend, Mary From: boc-l [mailto:boc-l-bounces at lists.ispnet.net] On Behalf Of jill.strobridge via boc-l Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 11:12 AM To: BOC / Hawkwind Discussion List; asg at mvdbase.com Cc: jill.strobridge Subject: Re: [boc-l] Foundation and SF concepts And Azimov introduced the needle gun of course - although as a hunting device! Unsurprisingly the beast concerned never features again - undoubtedly driven to extinction! Yeah I think Foundation might make a good tv series not least because the characters are all renewed at regular intervals so there is no need for actor continuity and quite a lot of it is political intrigue rather than action - Wolf Hall-ish rather than Game of Thrones. I would be inclined not to include the encyclopedia entries tho' simply because the narrative tension is whether the Seldon Plan is still working or has failed and the entries rather remove that uncertainty. Jill Sent from my Samsung device -------- Original message -------- From: Jerry via boc-l Date: 14/05/2016 22:54 (GMT+00:00) To: asg at mvdbase.com, BOC / Hawkwind Discussion List Cc: Jerry Subject: Re: [boc-l] And now... a word from our sponsor On 5/10/2016 10:21 AM, Alex S. Garcia wrote: >> I've long thought that the *original* Foundation concept (Asimov >> reverse-engineered a bolted-on Robots narrative underpinning it much >> later) would make >> a great TV SF series or even film franchise. > > Definitely. I'm actually quite surprised that it hasn't been done yet. > > And I really should reread the books. I used to reread those (along with "The Lord of > the Rings") regularly when I was young. But it's been a while now, though, since I last > did. I should dig my copy out and read it again (Foundation). Another series I liked was Andre Nortons' Witch World - read all of them in one multi-day session in the early 80's (the ones that were out). Also started getting into Piers Anthony after reading Ox, Orn, Omnivore - I'd recommend those 3 for a long time. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From M.Holmes at ed.ac.uk Thu Sep 15 10:42:18 2016 From: M.Holmes at ed.ac.uk (Michael Holmes) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:42:18 +0100 Subject: [boc-l] In The Summertime Message-ID: <57DAB34A.4080605@ed.ac.uk> Just caught this show at Edinburgh Playhouse last night. It's written by Ray Davies and covers the early history of The Kinks. It features all the songs you'll know and gives a sometimes amusing, sometimes sad picture of the band fighting amongst themselves; getting ripped off by music biz folks; and failing to break into the US. I thought it was a great show and very good entertainment. If it comes to a theatre near you... FoFP -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.