return to the land

Post by **limelight** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:30 am

having read the first 2 chronicles 20 years ago i have just started reading the first it made to a great holiday on the beach to return i forgot how good the books were and to find out srd is writing more is brilliant
happy days!!

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:46 am

Be Welcome to the Watch, limelight. Be Well Come and True.

Post by **aTOMiC** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:51 am

I perform my ritual "Return to the Land" every couple of years and each time I crack open Lord Foul's Bane to begin I'm instantly transported not only back to the Land but somehow back to the first time I read the book. It's quite wonderful.

Yes. Welcome to the Watch limelight. Make yourself at home.

Post by **[Syl]** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:08 pm

They get better every time you read them, limelight. Don't let it take so long next time, eh (this coming from the guy whose annual reread is going on three years overdue, but...)?

And welcome to our little corner of the 'net. Be sure to stop by the Summonsing and introduce yourself.

Post by **SoulBiter** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:07 pm

I couldnt begin to tell you how many times I have read these. Matter of fact Im going through them again right now. Just about done with LFB. But it never fails that I read something and think "How did I miss that? I didnt remember that."

Post by **limelight** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:33 pm

thanks for the replies like fine wine the books seem better now than 20 years ago
slainte

Post by **thefirst** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:20 am

I've read them every year for 15 years now, and I never get tired of them.

Post by **Carson Napier** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:53 pm

I've only read the Chrons 5 or 6 times over the past 15 years.

I find them to be more enjoyable every time I read them though, I always seem to get a bit more out of them. And they never fail to leave me absolutely devastated when I open book one of the 2nd Chrons and see what that bastard foul has done to The Land.

Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:30 am

I used to read the TCTC once every couple years since i started them at 14, and about 5 years ago i created mp3 audio books out of them by reading them into my computer through a microphone, I Listen to them once every six months or so on my mp3 player now.. great for long drives.

Post by **Audio Covenant** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:39 pm

Blackhawk wrote:I used to read the TCTC once every couple years since i started them at 14, and about 5 years ago i created mp3 audio books out of them by reading them into my computer through a microphone, I Listen to them once every six months or so on my mp3 player now.. great for long drives.

Wow, that's dedication! All six books? That must've taken forever. Good man.

Best,

Scott Brick

Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:42 am

Audio Covenant wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:I used to read the TCTC once every couple years since i started them at 14, and about 5 years ago i created mp3 audio books out of them by reading them into my computer through a microphone, I Listen to them once every six months or so on my mp3 player now.. great for long drives.
Wow, that's dedication! All six books? That must've taken forever. Good man.

Best,

Scott Brick

yeah.. I really wanted an audio version of these books, it was the last read i have done on TCTC and i thought why not try it out loud since im reading it anyway,it took me about 4 months or so to do all six,I tried to read about half an hour or more every night before i went to sleep,..I sounded a bit flat or tired at first with my inexperience but i got alot better as i went on.. I didnt make any corrections so i have fumbled words here and there

my favorite parts were the giant voices,. Its gotten me through the years..I thought I was going to have to do Fatal Revenant until i heard the great news,..now im looking forward to the rest of yours...I already have Runes and as good a job as you did on that, im already sold on the rest.

Post by **Mysteweave** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:26 pm

I'm re-reading the Chronicles after a seven year dry spell. I'm just about to finish Wounded Land.

I had actually forgotten how much I love these books. Shame on me!

Post by **Audio Covenant** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:33 pm

Blackhawk wrote:
Audio Covenant wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:I used to read the TCTC once every couple years since i started them at 14, and about 5 years ago i created mp3 audio books out of them by reading them into my computer through a microphone, I Listen to them once every six months or so on my mp3 player now.. great for long drives.
Wow, that's dedication! All six books? That must've taken forever. Good man.

Best,

Scott Brick

yeah.. I really wanted an audio version of these books, it was the last read i have done on TCTC and i thought why not try it out loud since im reading it anyway,it took me about 4 months or so to do all six,I tried to read about half an hour or more every night before i went to sleep,..I sounded a bit flat or tired at first with my inexperience but i got alot better as i went on.. I didnt make any corrections so i have fumbled words here and there my favorite parts were the giant voices,. Its gotten me through the years..I thought I was going to have to do Fatal Revenant until i heard the great news,..now im looking forward to the rest of yours...I already have Runes and as good a job as you did on that, im already sold on the rest.

I'll say it again, wow. That's terrific. I did something similar, a few years before I started narrating professionally a buddy came to me with Startide Rising by David Brin, he'd licensed the property and was hoping to make it into an animated movie, and he asked me to read it onto cassette tapes so his partners could listen to the story in their cars, as they had no time to read. So I did it like you, I had some fumbled words here and there, and I'd occasionally rewind to correct them, but then of course you'd hear that horrible crunch noise at the edit point. But still, it was a fun learning experience, and I definitely started improving after just a few tapes. I still have them somewhere. I mentioned them to Brin once and he actually wanted to hear them!

Well, happy I could help with FATAL REVENANT. I wanted to post the first chapter of that online, too, but it's a really long chapter, so I opted just for LFB.

Best,

Scott

Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:21 am

thats great Scott...what happened with the animated movie, did it ever get made? my Aunt Introduced me to David Brins Work when i was about 12. I read startide rising and the the uplift war so would be interested to see either as an animated movie or CGI.

Post by **Audio Covenant** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:22 am

Blackhawk wrote:thats great Scott...what happened with the animated movie, did it ever get made? my Aunt Introduced me to David Brins Work when i was about 12. I read startide rising and the the uplift war so would be interested to see either as an animated movie or CGI.

Sadly, no, it never got made. I wish it had, that was a tremendous book, although for whatever reason I've never gotten around to reading The Uplift War. My friend's option ran out after five years, he hadn't made the movie by that point and didn't have the money to spend on another option, so everybody went their separate ways.

I also really liked The Postman, I read it the summer it came out and told all my friends, "This would make a TERRIFIC movie." Hmmmm, maybe I shouldn't be telling this story...

I remember hearing at the time that Tom Hanks was interesting in making it, but unfortunately it wound up passing to Costner. It really was too bad, 'cuz it was a terrific book. The thing that did him in, I think, was that between the time Brin wrote it and the time the movie got made, so many postal workers went nuts and shot people. From that point on, once "going postal" had entered our lexicon, I don't think any story with a postman as a hero was going to work.

Best,

Scott

Post by **dlbpharmd** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:21 pm

The Postman was very underrated, as are most of Costner's films.

Post by **iQuestor** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:54 am

dlbpharmd wrote:The Postman was very underrated, as are most of Costner's films.

the book was quite good. Very good. I liked the film, and actually like costner in most of his films.

Post by **Audio Covenant** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:25 am

dlbpharmd wrote:The Postman was very underrated, as are most of Costner's films.

Ordinarily I'm a Costner fan too, but not when he changes the property he's basing his movie on. I really liked the first half of The Postman, the part that's the same as the book, but right about the time he started diverging from the book, he lost me.

Scott

Post by **iQuestor** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:12 am

Audio Covenant wrote:
dlbpharmd wrote:The Postman was very underrated, as are most of Costner's films.
Ordinarily I'm a Costner fan too, but not when he changes the property he's basing his movie on. I really liked the first half of The Postman, the part that's the same as the book, but right about the time he started diverging from the book, he lost me.

Scott

I thought Costnewrs speech as his "army" of children and housewives approached the bad guys was well done.

The book was about military guys who were physical supermen who beat the crap out of each other at the end. i thought the film ending was more satisfying.

Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:13 am

Audio Covenant wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:thats great Scott...what happened with the animated movie, did it ever get made? my Aunt Introduced me to David Brins Work when i was about 12. I read startide rising and the the uplift war so would be interested to see either as an animated movie or CGI.
Sadly, no, it never got made. I wish it had, that was a tremendous book, although for whatever reason I've never gotten around to reading The Uplift War. My friend's option ran out after five years, he hadn't made the movie by that point and didn't have the money to spend on another option, so everybody went their separate ways.

I also really liked The Postman, I read it the summer it came out and told all my friends, "This would make a TERRIFIC movie." Hmmmm, maybe I shouldn't be telling this story... I remember hearing at the time that Tom Hanks was interesting in making it, but unfortunately it wound up passing to Costner. It really was too bad, 'cuz it was a terrific book. The thing that did him in, I think, was that between the time Brin wrote it and the time the movie got made, so many postal workers went nuts and shot people. From that point on, once "going postal" had entered our lexicon, I don't think any story with a postman as a hero was going to work.

Best,

Scott

thats too bad about Startide, .. I have a feeling that in the future as CGI becomes more and more easy to work with just about anything and everything is going to be turned into a film...look at all the marvel comics now coming out as CGI movies, and with LOTR and Narnia its only a matter of time,.. I have seen some pretty worthless storylines out there having money shoveled into them..and hopefully someone with some money and a dark enough mind to let this/these movies get made as they were meant to be shows up..... I know one thing..it wont be Disney

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