Fiction of the Apocalypse

[onewyteduck]

Some double chocolate chip, Danlo? It just shows that you were right!

And Roland, do read the Earth Abides. It's a beautiful story. If you can't find it anywhere, I'll lend you my copy. But please bear in mind that I said some of the similarites BORDERED on plagerism......I did not, will not, make a flat out accusation. Perhaps it was just an uncomfortable coincidence.

[Variol Farseer]

Huh. Even the title of his most popular series, 'The Dark Tower', was stolen from CS Lewis. I can't believe he didn't know Lewis had published a book with that title.

Actually, The Dark Tower by C.S. Lewis was published long after his death. There is a good deal of controversy over the manuscript, some critics claiming that it was heavily rewritten or even totally faked by Lewis's literary executor, Walter Hooper. Furthermore, it is only a story fragment; if Lewis did write it, he never finished it, and never intended it for publication.

In any case, as pointed out elsewhere in this thread, 'the Dark Tower' comes from Browning. If King plagiarized it, so did Lewis (or Hooper). And so did Tolkien: remember Barad-dûr?

[Dragonlily]

I saw The Postman before I read The Postman. I'm one of the few people who liked the movie, and I still like it after reading the book. I would like to see another film that stays truer to the source material.

I agree, Cail, I like the movie. I first saw it in the theater, where the cinematography can best be appreciated. There are some carefully planned set-pieces and some others that were purely nature's cooperation, that had me on the edge of my chair. I also thought Costner found some outstanding young actors. I've been following the career of Larenz Tate (Ford Mercury) ever since, and of course that's where Giovanni Ribisi established his image.

[Roland of Gilead]

Onewyteduck, thanks for offering to lend me Earth Abides. Actually, I own a copy. Just haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

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Too many. Canticle is without doubt one of my favourites, along with The Stand and Good Omens.

What about Ellison's I have no Mouth and I Must Scream?

And for anyone looking for another, James Morrow wrote one called This is the Way the World Ends which was quite interesting, especially his take on Nostradamus, which I quite enjoyed.

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