I liked the Ruth Plumly Thompson ones better than the Baum ones, actually.
And we live to fight another day.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Betsy HP - Mar 11, 2004 8:53:23 am PST #1277 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Atropa - Mar 11, 2004 8:55:43 am PST #1278 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
What does a "movie-tie-in novel" mean?
A novel or book based on the plot of the movie, and usually not very well-written, but with pages of photos from the movie. The Return to Oz one was a weird case because the movie is based off of an exisiting book, but the tie-in novel isn't just a re-print of that exisiting work.
We will not speak of the abomination that was the movie-tie-in novel for Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula. Even the pretty pictures didn't help.
Katie M - Mar 11, 2004 8:57:16 am PST #1279 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Good Thought For The Day: There are no tie-in books for The Lord of the Rings.
Nilly - Mar 11, 2004 8:57:35 am PST #1280 of 10002
Swouncing
Thanks for the explanation, Hec and Jilli. I don't think we have anything like that here. No, wait, we do - for one horrid Israeli movie. Let;s not speak of it.
along with Tarzan.
Tarzan was huge here in the early days of Israel - there were short books published about him by Israeli writers (not sure if they cleared the legal issues first), but I still think that plenty of even the books weren't translated.
strangely laconic short guitar player with cool hair.
She's taller than me and my other sister, she learns to play guitar, she has nearly Rio-like curls, she's not laconic, but she probably shares lots of Oz' musical tastes. Close enough.
DavidS - Mar 11, 2004 8:57:58 am PST #1281 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There are no tie-in books for The Lord of the Rings.
Except the movie picture covers.
erikaj - Mar 11, 2004 8:59:38 am PST #1282 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Jilli, sort of off-topic, but I finally saw "Nightmare before Christmas"...I liked it a lot, but not as much as you...it was truly very Jilli-ish. Quite an experience...I'd never seen anything like it.
Katie M - Mar 11, 2004 9:00:46 am PST #1283 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Except the movie picture covers.
Well, that's true, but that doesn't really bother me.
DavidS - Mar 11, 2004 9:02:47 am PST #1284 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well, that's true, but that doesn't really bother me.
I appreciated that while they did the movie covers, they kept non-movie covers in print simultaneously. That was smart.
Atropa - Mar 11, 2004 9:05:10 am PST #1285 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
but I finally saw "Nightmare before Christmas"...I liked it a lot, but not as much as you
Oooh! I'm glad you finally saw it. One of my favorite movies of all time, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
The movie-tie-in kids' book for Nightmare is good. Of course, it's only about 25 pages long and is all Tim Burton drawings, so it was hard to go wrong.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 11, 2004 9:12:17 am PST #1286 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
He's a huge Oz fan.
Plot developments on Oz. (Oddly enough, not the one Hec and Nilly are discussing.)
Heh. Hec's quote had me wondering if Harlan Ellison was a big Beecher/Keller shipper.