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| Which book do you prefer? |
| Fahrenheit 451 |
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58% |
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| The Restaurant at the End of the Universe |
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41% |
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| Total Votes : 24 |
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mith
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Jedo the Jedi
Paragon in Training
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 Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 3:51 pm Post subject: 2 |
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I would be happy with either, but I went ahead and voted Fahrenheit 451 because I don't think it'll win anyway.
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Courk
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:54 pm Post subject: 3 |
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| I haven't read Fahrenheit, but I wasn't overly impressed with Restaurant. No vote from me, I guess. |
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Scurra
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:51 am Post subject: 4 |
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| I would be happy with either, but I went ahead and voted Fahrenheit 451 because I don't think it'll win anyway. |
Have you read "Adventures in the Screen Trade" by William Goldman?
It was written in about 1980, and he spent a lot of time interviewing prominent movie folk. And, with each interview, he asked them (in confidence, obviously), which movie they were voting for as "Best Picture" for the Oscars that year. And he writes that an amazingly large number said
"Chariots of Fire, but it hasn't got a chance."
So Goldman was one of the few people not surprised by the result... 
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Jedo the Jedi
Paragon in Training
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:20 pm Post subject: 5 |
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Never heard of that book, but that sounds very interesting what you just wrote.
And what do you know? F451 is on top.
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mith
Pitbull of Truth
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:27 am Post subject: 6 |
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| It's a movie. You've never seen it? That was one of my favorites when I was little. |
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Courk
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject: 7 |
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| *guesses that Jedo was referring to "Adventures in the Screen Trade"* |
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dethwing
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:29 pm Post subject: 8 |
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This was a hard vote for me, I don't recall who I ended up going with, but whoever wins has my vote till they lose.
They are very different, but both do what they set out to do very well. |
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Jedo the Jedi
Paragon in Training
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject: 9 |
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Courk is correct. I was refering to the book. I have seen Chariots of Fire.
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mith
Pitbull of Truth
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:03 pm Post subject: 10 |
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| I need to stop posting until I get home. Too much skimming. |
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L'lanmal
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject: 11 |
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Wow, it looks like you people really were reading it for the articles! Who knew?
(wrt. Fahrenheit 451, originally published in Playboy magazine issues 2-4.) |
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