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Books read 2010

Jan 02, 2011 14:02

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doyle_sb4 March 29 2010, 12:16:36 UTC

'The Plague Dogs', by Douglas Adams.

Richard Adams, I think! (Although a Douglas Adams comedy sci-fi version would be amazing)

pet_lunatic March 29 2010, 12:20:37 UTC

Lol! Can't believe I did that. Thanks for pointing it out, will fix! I agree, it would be cool, and also a lot less depressing, I imagine.

doyle_sb4 March 29 2010, 12:22:30 UTC

I did a binge of the Enid Blyton boarding school books a while back, too. There are sequels now, but I haven't tackled those yet (mainly because the idea that someone gets paid to write Enid Blyton fanfic makes me seethe with jealousy)

pet_lunatic March 29 2010, 12:30:02 UTC

Hee. I'm glad it's not just me. I haven't tried the ones written by anyone else, either. I'm not sure they'd feel right :/ Occasionally I've come across the modernised/censored versions of one of two of the Famous Five books, and the characters feel wrong - the change in language throws the whole thing off! Julian calling Dick 'stupid' instead of 'fathead' or 'ass' just isn't right at all. The funny old slang is half the fun to me, lol. Still, I imagine some modern kids would wonder why Julian kept calling his brother an asshole ;)

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