The Day Of The Triffids to return to BBC next year

Gooner14 · 30 Dec 2009 at 20:48

Meridian said:
John Christopher was writing far better EotW books att he same time, with The Death of Grass being the best known (The World in Winter is probably better).

Death of Grass for me. WiW is a great read though.

Alas, Babylon?

Kainz · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:26

Yeah but, Joely Richardson....you would wouldn't you?

Participant · 30 Dec 2009 at 22:00

Damn straight. She rocks my world.

Sankari · 30 Dec 2009 at 22:13

Kainz said:
Yeah but, Joely Richardson....you would wouldn't you?

No. She's skinny and breastless.

Participant · 30 Dec 2009 at 22:28

LOL

Evangelion said:
No. She's skinny and breastless.

Evangelion - I've seen your pics...you would hit that, I promise.

Meridian · 30 Dec 2009 at 22:45

Gooner14 said:
Death of Grass for me. WiW is a great read though.

Alas, Babylon?

No. I've heard of it, but never actually seen it in print (but some irony I've never been able to understand all the good SF goes out of print and all the dross stays on forever) so never had the chance to read it.

M

Cosimo · 30 Dec 2009 at 22:50

Evangelion said:
No. She's skinny and breastless.

The same could almost be said of the Triffids and even the whole production.

Sankari · 30 Dec 2009 at 23:00

^^ Indeed!

Robbie G said:
Evangelion - I've seen your pics...you would hit that, I promise.

I've seen her pics... and I can promise you that I wouldn't! :eek:

If a woman doesn't have clearly defined hips, breasts and a backside I am not interested.

Gooner14 · 31 Dec 2009 at 00:07

Meridian said:
No. I've heard of it, but never actually seen it in print (but some irony I've never been able to understand all the good SF goes out of print and all the dross stays on forever) so never had the chance to read it.

M

About £5 at Abebooks, it's on Amazon's site too

Really good read. Personally I enjoyed it more than both Christopher books. I'd also recommend 'Down to a Sunless Sea' by David Graham

I'm also reading 'A Wrinkle in the Skin' by John Christopher, much the same as the other 2.

arknor · 31 Dec 2009 at 00:09

Robbie G said:
Evangelion - I've seen your pics...you would hit that, I promise.

Sankari · 31 Dec 2009 at 01:10

Good SF never goes out of print. I bet you can get just about anything you want in Penguin Classics.

*edit*

Sure enough, I've just found The Death of Grass on the Penguin Classics website for £9.

Gooner14 · 31 Dec 2009 at 01:57

It only went to reprint in Mar 09

It was out of print for sometime before that as I was looking for it for ages, and had to buy a 2nd hand copy for £15+

Sankari · 31 Dec 2009 at 02:00

arknor said:

Hey, even us ugly guys are fussy.

Ziggy · 31 Dec 2009 at 02:18

Phwoar.

BloodyL · 31 Dec 2009 at 02:41

My eyes!!, the goggles!, they do nothing!!!!

Sankari · 31 Dec 2009 at 03:12

To be fair, I think those photos are from 2007. But I doubt she's improved much since then.

Definitely a case of "what-the-hell-do-people-see-in-that-chick?" for me.

Azagoth · 31 Dec 2009 at 06:58

I've met her, and she wasn't skinny!

Meridian · 31 Dec 2009 at 08:36

Gooner14 said:
About £5 at Abebooks, it's on Amazon's site too Really good read. Personally I enjoyed it more than both Christopher books. I'd also recommend 'Down to a Sunless Sea' by David Graham

I'm also reading 'A Wrinkle in the Skin' by John Christopher, much the same as the other 2.

I have read those two. The Graham was a pretty bigger seller when it came out. I seem to remember reading another book by him, but I may be imagining it.

M

Meridian · 31 Dec 2009 at 08:41

Evangelion said:
Good SF never goes out of print. I bet you can get just about anything you want in Penguin Classics.

*edit*

Sure enough, I've just found The Death of Grass on the Penguin Classics website for £9.

Most of it does, but about 10% keeps coming back on "classic" editions. But mainly I mean what you see in book stores: just because it's "New" on-line doesn't mean that it's still in print - there are warehouses full of these things. Book shopping on-line is a pale shadow of book shopping at a proper shop. It's far easier to tell if a book you've never heard of will be worth reading for one thing.

M

Participant · 31 Dec 2009 at 10:00

Evangelion said:
I've seen her pics... and I can promise you that I wouldn't! If a woman doesn't have clearly defined hips, breasts and a backside I am not interested.

Springs to mind

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Ziggy you can find terrible pictures of any woman to try and prove a point.

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