Dragons: A fantasy Made Real
I found this DVD for 99p in a bargain bookstore a couple of days ago. It's a documentary that the discovery channel did a while ago (I'm not sure when), it was narrated by Patrick Stewart. When I bought it I figured it was going to be the sort of thing which tells you how history would have occurred with dragons in them i.e. with a view to them
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Of course it doesn't always help, I once got a book where it had either 1 or 2 five star reviews on amazon and when I actually read it, I thought it was really bad. The characters started out as kids, but the behaviour of the adults at that point was so out of character for adults to behave, that it was like some kids shows where the kids are really smart and the adults allow them to do whatever they want because they act more like kids themselves. I would've said the author was aiming it at children, except that there was a sex scene right in the middle of it (after the kids had grown up of course). After I read it I was amazed someone would be willing to give it that many stars.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has recently been made into a film. As a result it's one of those 'hot' books.
The bookstore had it under hot topics.
The Servants is another one that is 'of the moment'
I just found that one in the science fiction section near the Terry Pratchett books, I had no idea it was popular book.
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Ah that makes sense.
I've just happened to have a few people asking after it in the library ;-) That skews my perspective.
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