I Loved Reading That TV Show

guess i'm all alone on this one

I haven't seen any of the Narnia films, but I've read the books. Same with Harry Potter.

I know there are more...have to think on it

Bronowski's The Ascent of Man was one of the most fascinating books that I have ever read. I felt no need to watch the TV series. The book itself is heavily illustrated.

I read Lois Duncan's teen novel I Know What You Did Last Summer. I never saw the movie. I read that Lois Duncan was unhappy with the movie version. Her novel was not at all about the "slasher" in the film.

something else i noticed about the books i mentioned, the shows associated with them are all pre VHS

i wonder if people aren't as keen to read a book based on a major event (or vice versa) since anything on TV now can be recorded or purchased and viewed at any time

I'm probably about equal on that......if I like a series I will often read the book, if it precedes the TV version, as I assume it will be both richer and generally more accurate than the broadcast.

If I have liked a book I will give a TV or film version a go but I am not infrequently disappointed.

Not being much of a television watcher, I missed this BBC series - The Shock of the New - when it was first broadcast in the early 1980s, but bought the book, because (like the tv series) it had received rave reviews & I was interested to see what all the fuss was about.

I wasn't disappointed! Shock was/still remains one of the most informative & exciting explorations of modern art I've ever come across. Brilliant, fantastic & so informative! I'm still reading my now quite tatty & worn copy to this day.



Of course, I eventually had to get my hands onto a copy of the tv series. Which I did - on VHS tapes - which have deteriorated so badly over time that they are now unwatchable. But I still have the book!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/shock-new-eps.shtml

Thank you for that recommendation....I love Hughes.

Hughes is an intelligent art historian who can get his point across without the need for intellectual smoke and mirrors.

One day, I'll return to his Goya biography and try again to reread it.

As for DJ's posting (and related to Mr. Hughes), I once had his hardcover book of American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America (1st edition). Loved flipping through it.

No idea where the book is now and I'm frustrated that the NYPL has no will in ever getting the series on DVD. Never got a chance to see it when PBS first aired it. Probably will get a paperback version of the book to replace my long gone copy.

Deb & the tsar, I totally agree with your comments about Robert Hughes.
With all that detailed knowledge he possesses about so many subjects, say nothing of his brilliance in communicating it to readers & viewers, while at the same time keeping his ego in check .... well, that is truly an amazing achievement!

I think he's terrific.

interesting, will have to look that up

I loved books, however, what i didn't like were their film/t.v adaptations. Well some tv adaptation were great, but sadly, most of them had changed the plot or the whole story itself! ugh! It seems like, they're ruining the story and i hate it,, I love books, but television... i dunno.