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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43018.0&return_msg=43018.6"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43018.1">1–8</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=43018.6">The Eternal daughter and Poor Things</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="43018_6_8_10"> <a name="a43018_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_43018_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">15 Mar 11:29</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 20 Mar 10:40"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43018.6">43018.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43018.4">43018.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote">I've read Poor Things once</div> <br /> What did you think of it? Your mate who was horrified by it: did he say why, or do you know why? I haven't really ever been horrified by a book. I started to read <em>Atlas Shrugged</em> but gave up because it's stunningly boring and badly written, full of contrived situations and wooden characters. I suppose I'm horrified that so many people consider it a great work of literature. I didn't enjoy <em>American Psycho</em> much, largely because the author's relish for the pornographic ultra-violence (mainly directed at women) was a bit too apparent. <br /> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43018.6&return_msg=43018.6" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43018.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43018_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_43018_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)<span class="message_time">20 Mar 10:45</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 20 Mar 10:46"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43018.7">43018.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43018.6#a43018_6" target="_self">43018.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> My wording was unclear - my mate was horrified that the film stripped the book of the Gray-ian Glaswegian elements and plunked it iin a twee, whimsical steampunk-eqsue world.<br /> <br /> TBH, I can't remember much about the book, it as a while ago. In terms of being horrified by books by Scottish Authors, I'll point you in the direction of Iain Bank's Wasp Factory and Complicity as ones which I've struggled with because of the violence.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43018.7&return_msg=43018.6" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43018.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43018_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_43018_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">20 Mar 11:07</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 21 Mar 07:55"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43018.8">43018.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43018.6#a43018_7" target="_self">43018.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Ah, I see. I can understand why that might be horrifying. On the other hand, a book is one thing and a film another. And sometimes (not saying this time) the film is better than the book. Any film based on the writing of Dan Brown springs to mind. I try not to think of a film as being the book in another form, but it is difficult, and annoying sometimes.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43018.8&return_msg=43018.6" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43018.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>