tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post7103770594616353550..comments2024-03-29T07:00:46.755-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Friday Forgotten Books, Winter Holidays in Fictionpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42837851125684269052015-11-20T16:37:27.781-05:002015-11-20T16:37:27.781-05:00Just now read Megan's story in CHRISTMAS AT TH...Just now read Megan's story in CHRISTMAS AT THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP. Clever dialogue. Had me all the way to the reveal. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85321265402433741192015-11-20T14:43:16.964-05:002015-11-20T14:43:16.964-05:00Haven't read the novels, Kent, but I liked the...Haven't read the novels, Kent, but I liked the writing in these stories a lot. Felt very natural. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-18653494272753303482015-11-20T14:26:46.631-05:002015-11-20T14:26:46.631-05:00I've got one posted too, Patty. I've slipp...I've got one posted too, Patty. I've slipped back into the Friday Forgotten Book pattern. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-80463802631122638162015-11-20T14:16:06.321-05:002015-11-20T14:16:06.321-05:00I was looking for a book to write about, but could...I was looking for a book to write about, but couldn't find one. I recently did read Craig Johnson's book of 12 Longmire stories titled Wait For Signs and it could have qualified. In the acknowledgments, Johnson said he wrote the first story as a free holiday gift for the subscribers of his newsletter and learned that his readers expected a story each year. Several of the stories are set during the holiday season. I like the short stories better thanh the novels I have read. Kent Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834261948994921554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-23155511762583886372015-11-20T13:43:30.880-05:002015-11-20T13:43:30.880-05:00Though it's becoming less so, the direct adapt...Though it's becoming less so, the direct adaptation of novels or fiction to television has been pretty rare outside the miniseries format for most of US television's run, anyway...though it did occur to me how we're now seeing the likes of THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE and CHILDHOOD'S END being offered as prestige projects by television sources that are still trying to establish themselves or improve their reputations. How many open-ended series have been based on fiction without a major cinematic release coming between them...even LASSIE doesn't pass that test...though MR. BELVEDERE does...<br /><br />Certainly some adaptations, such as Stacy Keach's Mike Hammer, are more in keeping with the originals than others, such as Darren McGavin's Mike Hammer. <br /><br />One of the worst examples not only saw some serious revision going from page to cinema, but further revision going from movies to tv, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-80151525820075357132015-11-20T13:26:10.622-05:002015-11-20T13:26:10.622-05:00John Thaw's MORSE was one of the few where the...John Thaw's MORSE was one of the few where the media and the book matched evenly. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27312959330968660792015-11-20T13:20:33.260-05:002015-11-20T13:20:33.260-05:00I agree. It was one of the stronger anthologies, ...I agree. It was one of the stronger anthologies, not nearly as uneven as so many of them are. Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-52754031424784954892015-11-20T13:20:29.910-05:002015-11-20T13:20:29.910-05:00I agree. It was one of the stronger anthologies, ...I agree. It was one of the stronger anthologies, not nearly as uneven as so many of them are. Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81755660609963712072015-11-20T12:49:43.816-05:002015-11-20T12:49:43.816-05:00I liked CHRISTMAS AT THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP so mu...I liked CHRISTMAS AT THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP so much that, after reading a library copy, I bought it.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-83638495229644317342015-11-20T12:48:28.060-05:002015-11-20T12:48:28.060-05:00Patti, that's why I always want to read the bo...Patti, that's why I always want to read the book first, if I can. I trust the author's version more than a screenwriter's, and the author's, and my imagination, more than the casting director. I did see Midsomer Murders first, and it spoiled the book (I only tried one) for me. Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-35865846189158119322015-11-20T11:31:37.359-05:002015-11-20T11:31:37.359-05:00A holly jolly over the river festival of lights ki...A holly jolly over the river festival of lights kind of FFB entry, or merely another slightly subdued one:<br /><br />FFB, Winter Holiday Edition: ALL THE LIES THAT ARE MY LIFE (and SHATTERDAY, the collection) by Harlan Ellison (1980 publications in various formats)<br /><br />http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2015/11/ffb-all-lies-that-are-my-life-and.html<br /><br />Thanks, Patti. I probably should throw in a citation for Ellison's "Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R." if not Westlake's "Nackles"...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-69637381848087962792015-11-20T10:25:23.076-05:002015-11-20T10:25:23.076-05:00Somehow the "in fiction" hit my mental f...Somehow the "in fiction" hit my mental firewall when reading this week's suggested assignment. Sorry about that, altho arguably some of the metaphysical "facts" ascribed to the nonetheless phenomenally brilliant and scholarly Albert Magnus might belong to the preferred category. I shall stay out of any such arguments should they arise. Happy Thanksgiving, all.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-36073594827752520592015-11-20T09:41:04.115-05:002015-11-20T09:41:04.115-05:00Do I have trouble moving from books to TV or vice ...Do I have trouble moving from books to TV or vice versa? Sometimes yes. Jackie used to read the Rizzoli & Isles series by Tess Gerritsen (until a certain plotline started creeping her out too much). But when they put it on TNT it had changed the characters out of all recognition (in her opinion) and she couldn't watch it.<br /><br />I don't have a problem with the Longmire series in general, despite the changes, with one exception: in no way, shape, or form is Lou Diamond Phillips acceptable to me as Henry. He is the same age as Walt - both were Vietnam veterans - and is even bigger than the Sheriff. The idea of him being locked up in that ludicrous way and intimidated could never have happened.<br /><br />Also, I like the character of Vic a lot in the books. On television, not so much.<br /><br />But Taylor is so good the rest is acceptable.<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-29775200661443197252015-11-20T09:40:21.244-05:002015-11-20T09:40:21.244-05:00Maybe this year I will read a Christmas type book ...Maybe this year I will read a Christmas type book at Christmas. Don't do that very oftenCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com