Is anyone interested in a great books thread?

[JaniceFerSure]

I'm still reading the Dune series,presently(almost) halfway through Children of Dune.I also had time to read Five People That You Meet in Heaven,while at work.Very moving book,I highly recommend it.

 

[Don'tLiveonMoon]

I've been wanting to read "Five People..." I taped the movie on Sunday and am waiting for a chance to watch it.
Erin

 

[JaniceFerSure]

I've been wanting to read "Five People..." I taped the movie on Sunday and am waiting for a chance to watch it.
Erin

I did the same as you Erin & taped it.I watched it last night,made me cry a lot; was very inspiring. I hope you like it.

 

[christyb]

A book I recommend is The Princess Bride. Both the orginal and abridged versions. However I really didn't care for the movie. Oh well.

 

[AndyWan Kenobi]

A book I recommend is The Princess Bride. Both the orginal and abridged versions. However I really didn't care for the movie. Oh well.

Just for the record... There is no "original" version, just the "abridged" or "good parts" version. That's the only version there ever was--the "original" version is a hoax...

 

[Whatever]

Just for the record... There is no "original" version, just the "abridged" or "good parts" version. That's the only version there ever was--the "original" version is a hoax...

Right, but it's awesome.

 

[christyb]

Boy am I confused. Ok here's what I meant. But please clarify for my brain (which is having one of those short circuit days) what you meant. I have read both the good parts version and a copy by what is supposedly the orginal author Morganstern something or other. That's what I meant by orginal and abridged. So what do you mean by hoax?? Boy am I confused.

 

[Don'tLiveonMoon]

You *read* S. Morgenstern's version?? See, when I first read "The Princess Bride," I believed the narrator and thought it was based on a really old and overly long book by S. Morgenstern, but my dad told me that this was an unreliable narrator and I had been taken in. But if there is a supposed original floating around somewhere... Hm. Perplexing.
Erin

 

[christyb]

Well... I read the goodparts version a while back. Then I was browsing through my university library here and found a book titled The Princess Bride by: S. Morgenstern. So I picked it up and read it. It has all the parts that the 'good parts' version including the ones that he said he cut out. So now ya'll got me wondering. What the heck did I read??

 

[AndyWan Kenobi]

This ought to help:

http://smorgenstern.pkmoutl.net/abouttheauthor.html

There really is no "original" version. S. Morgenstern is a figure made up by William Goldman. There's also an interview I found on this site where Goldman talks about this.