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Post by Avril on Jul 13, 2011 1:37:25 GMT -5
More about Peter O'Donnell. Sorry the images are so huge. I don't know how to make them smaller. At the 2006 Asturias Internation Comic Convention in Spain, Peter won the Haxtur Award in the category Best Script for the Modesty Blaise strip story Bad Suki. The 'proudest moment of his career'. The 'best advice he ever had'. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had As A Writer
In 1948, I was working freelance and, amongst other things, was writing two, 3,000 word stories a week for Film Fun. The editor was a tough but fair man, a big horse racing enthusiast always reading his racing paper, even when we were discussing stories. I used to go into his office each Thursday morning, about 10, with the ideas for that week’s stories. He would be sitting behind his desk reading his racing paper. I would give him the general plot of each of the stories, he would OK them and go back to his paper. I would then write one of the stories during the rest of that day, the other one on Friday and deliver both to him by Friday evening.
On one occasion, I had been very distracted. My wife was giving birth to our second daughter by caesarean section, not a common occurrence in those days, and I was very worried about her. On that Thursday, when I went into his office I had no ideas in my head. I told him I had been very distracted due to personal circumstances and said that I really needed a little bit of help. I asked if we could go around a few ideas. He lowered his paper slowly, fixed me with a stony eye and said --- "You’re supposed to be an author aren’t you?" I started to mumble an apology but he broke in --- "Well f*** off and auth" and raised his paper.
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Post by Avril on Jul 24, 2011 19:42:02 GMT -5
Following the screening of the first three eps of Game of Thrones I've bought the books for my Kindle. ;D
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jul 25, 2011 1:40:28 GMT -5
HHAHAHAHAHA ... youve become a convert to George RR Martin, Now you can cuss wid the rest of us when we wait another 4 years for the 6th book. And believe me , these are fast reads becuz they are so exciting! Sooo ... whut do you think so far of the show? Didnt you just feel like slapping Joffrey 50 times? PS. I am on the 3rd book, A SHIVUR OF SWORDS or something like that, and I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED, I tells you. Someone ugly gets uglier still, Sex actually occurs at the Wall, and the Danaerys parts are actually the least interesting in the book, which must tell how wildly fascinating things are in the Seven Kingdoms.
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Post by Avril on Jul 25, 2011 3:52:51 GMT -5
I can't stand Joffrey, and suspect he is the incestuous offspring of the odious Lannister twins, with a double helping of cruel greed for power and narcissistic entitlement. I'll have more to discuss when I've seen/read more...
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jul 25, 2011 14:28:56 GMT -5
Are you going to read GAME OF THRONES book as you watch the episode? It wuz very hard for me not to rush ahead.
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Post by Avril on Jul 25, 2011 22:00:27 GMT -5
As I read it, I'm seeing the scenes I've already watched in my head, and noting differences - like the difference in Bran's age when he saw the beheading, seven in the book, 10 in the TV series. I think I prefer to read it first before seeing it, so I can make my own pictures. It seems to be more involving.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jul 25, 2011 22:11:58 GMT -5
Yes, the producers said they had to make all the principals older becuz theyre practically babies in the book. I think Dany wuz only 15 in the book when she married KHAL Drogo, for instunce. The Dire wolves also dont look dire enough (except for the gigantic dead mother direwolf). Next season, all dire wolves will be CGI. How do you like the charming Viserys? He's actually just as revolting as Joffrey.
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Post by Avril on Jul 25, 2011 22:19:16 GMT -5
Dany is 13 in the book. Viserys is disgusting. Looking forward to the rest.
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Post by sunfrog on Jul 26, 2011 2:25:51 GMT -5
Who's Visery? Who's Joffrey? I've watched the first 5 episodes online so far. The first few were interesting until the boy woke up with amnesia, then it started to drag. They introduce interesting characters then they leave their stories unfinished and go off on some boring parts. Who cares about a fat coward at the wall? Skip that part. Show more dire wolves and the hot queen, also the dwarf is cool but if he talks his way out of his dilemma that will suck. My favorite character is Mya, or whatever her name is, the little girl. Malfoy is annoying. I hope the dire wolves eat him and his sister stops the invasion.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jul 26, 2011 2:34:49 GMT -5
REALLY? GAME OF THRONES is available online? Waahhhh!
Joffrey is the Malfoy lookalike son of Queen Bitch Cersei -- he got slapped for rudeness by his dwarf uncle, Tyrion. Viserys is the arsehole brother of Dany -- he sold her to Khal Drogo! Hoo boy, will Viserys have an interesting coronation in his future! Arya is the name of the little girl wid her cute sword called Needle. I want a NEEDLE! Fat Boy will be Best Friend of Jon Snow, and will have a bigger part in the 3rd book although yeah, he is boring.
Borrow book from library, Sunfroggy! It is fascinating!
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Post by sunfrog on Jul 26, 2011 10:46:59 GMT -5
Is the books better than the tv show? Oh, I thought Viserys was Malfoy and Joffery was Justin Bieber. I'm pretty sure Visery will never be king. If I were Khal I would kill him during the fight for the throne. I hope Arya kills Joffery and somehow becomes king. Favorite characters so far.Scary story grandma lady. More scary stories please!! Arya! I hope she becomes king. If she dies I'm going to make a crazy rant video and put it on YouTube like that guy did. Viserys. I hate him but he's always interesting and steals the show with his spoiled bratness. Tyrion, he's charming, but good or evil, I dunno. The Mountain and the Hound Queen Cersi, she's pretty bland but I like looking at her. The dire wolves. They should eat someone in every episode! Everyone else is interesting but they don't stand out. Maybe in future episodes. Well I'm off to watch more episodes. You can view them here Peas. series-cravings.info/watch-game-of-thrones-online-free Everything is online, that's why I love the internet.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jul 26, 2011 12:10:22 GMT -5
WOW, does HBO know about this? Goodness me!
Yeth, the book is actually 10x better than the series becuz its so fat & has a million more nuances. Im not insulting the TV series, but all of the books are tremendous. You find out more about each charactur than you ever could just by watching them on TV.
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Post by sunfrog on Jul 26, 2011 19:26:26 GMT -5
Waaah! I just watched the season finale! Waaaah!!
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jul 26, 2011 19:34:10 GMT -5
Whut! You watched 5 eps in one day? Oh my. Its too bad we cant discuss it yet becuz Avrillys planky continent is only on the third episode and I dont think she fancies watching the rest of the eps on the Internuts. So rate it, sunfroggy!
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Post by sunfrog on Jul 26, 2011 19:55:20 GMT -5
Yup, I've been sitting at my computer watching it all morning. Well, I think it's going to suck now that that thing happened to Mr Bean. I think season 2 will suck. I also think the dwarf will just add a lot of talking to the show now. I'm sick of the Lanisters, or whatever their house name is, kill them all. Where's the dance instructor? Season 2 will suck. What a stupid way to end the season. It makes me not want to watch. The story of Dany suddenly turned interesting. Even Arya can't save season 2 I'm afraid. The dwarf's whore might be interesting. When does season 2 start?
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