Pillars of the Earth

[8Ace]

Had nothing to read on Friday so picked this up again. Now have massively bloodshot eyes due to not being to put the bloody thing down. Love this book.

And now, it appears that it's been turned into a series for the telly:

http://www.the-pillars-of-the-earth.tv/

Coming to channel 4 later this year. Hope they've not completely ruined everything.

[WorAl]

8Ace said:

Had nothing to read on Friday so picked this up again. Now have massively bloodshot eyes due to not being to put the bloody thing down. Love this book.

And now, it appears that it's been turned into a series for the telly:

http://www.the-pillars-of-the-earth.tv/

Coming to channel 4 later this year. Hope they've not completely ruined everything.

See if you had just waited you could have watched the series in 6-8 easy to digest picture shows. Rather than depriving yourself of sleep.

[soad]

Thanks for sharing - book has got stonking good reviews on a certain online book retailer site.

[Malx]

I just picked this up recently and am less than 100 pages in. It's a mammoth sized book but the reviews list it as a must read. Let's hope it's worth it.

[warp9]

Fantastic book. Hope they do it justice in any tv adaptation.

[Rach*]

8Ace said:

Had nothing to read on Friday so picked this up again. Now have massively bloodshot eyes due to not being to put the bloody thing down. Love this book.

And now, it appears that it's been turned into a series for the telly:

http://www.the-pillars-of-the-earth.tv/

Coming to channel 4 later this year. Hope they've not completely ruined everything.

I love love love this book!

Have you also read World without end?

[8Ace]

Rach* said:

8Ace said:

Had nothing to read on Friday so picked this up again. Now have massively bloodshot eyes due to not being to put the bloody thing down. Love this book.

And now, it appears that it's been turned into a series for the telly:

http://www.the-pillars-of-the-earth.tv/

Coming to channel 4 later this year. Hope they've not completely ruined everything.

I love love love this book!

Have you also read World without end?

Yep. great in it's own right, but not quite up to the standard of PotE.

[thegman]

Agree - the sequal was a bit of a let down. Personally I think POTE was Ken F's one masterpiece. I imagine he was under a lot of pressure to deliver a sequal, but I think POTE was a bit of a one-off.

[sinizter]

It was good book. Been many years since I read it. What's this about a sequel ?

[Spiritual_Beggar]

Without giving too much away;

What's it about?

[thegman]

sinizter said:

It was good book. Been many years since I read it. What's this about a sequel ?

World without end

[thegman]

Spiritual_Beggar said:

Without giving too much away;

What's it about?

Its about building a cathedral in medieval England. Its historical fiction - but dont let that put you off. Its not knights and dragons etc.

[sinizter]

thegman said:

sinizter said:

It was good book. Been many years since I read it. What's this about a sequel ?

World without end

Thanks. Might give it a try.

[plasticpig]

thegman said:

Agree - the sequal was a bit of a let down. Personally I think POTE was Ken F's one masterpiece. I imagine he was under a lot of pressure to deliver a sequal, but I think POTE was a bit of a one-off.

Earthsearch and Earthsearch 2 are Follet's best work IMHO. Always though they would make a good film.

[sinizter]

plasticpig said:

thegman said:

Agree - the sequal was a bit of a let down. Personally I think POTE was Ken F's one masterpiece. I imagine he was under a lot of pressure to deliver a sequal, but I think POTE was a bit of a one-off.

Earthsearch and Earthsearch 2 are Follet's best work IMHO. Always though they would make a good film.

Eye of the needle was pretty good too.

Earthsearch is by James Follet, explaining why I had never heard of it.

[plasticpig]

sinizter said:

plasticpig said:

thegman said:

Agree - the sequal was a bit of a let down. Personally I think POTE was Ken F's one masterpiece. I imagine he was under a lot of pressure to deliver a sequal, but I think POTE was a bit of a one-off.

Earthsearch and Earthsearch 2 are Follet's best work IMHO. Always though they would make a good film.

Eye of the needle was pretty good too.

Earthsearch is by James Follet, explaining why I had never heard of it.

Your right. Always thought it was written by Ken Follet.

[tonyvid]

Malx said:

I just picked this up recently and am less than 100 pages in. It's a mammoth sized book but the reviews list it as a must read. Let's hope it's worth it.

It certainly is! I'm about 1/3rd of the way in. I did an interview with Ken a few months ago and realised I hadn't read any of his books....(thought it best not to ask about his Missus though!)

[tankplanker]

Just started watching the TV series for this (I've not read the book, find it raises expectations that the TV adaptation never meets) and I'm up to episode 3. I've found the TV series more than a little busy, so much going on there just isn't enough focus on each of the characters, its like channel hopping between two or three different historical dramas for an hour. Still it has a good cast, reasonably good special effects considering its on Starz (mostly around crowd size enhancement) and the story has enough to keep me coming back.

[rudecherub]

tankplanker said:

Just started watching the TV series for this (I've not read the book, find it raises expectations that the TV adaptation never meets) and I'm up to episode 3. I've found the TV series more than a little busy, so much going on there just isn't enough focus on each of the characters, its like channel hopping between two or three different historical dramas for an hour. Still it has a good cast, reasonably good special effects considering its on Starz (mostly around crowd size enhancement) and the story has enough to keep me coming back.

+1

although I've read the book.

I think the problem comes in it's a mammoth sized book, and it's style is very much IIRC told in the heads of the characters, so you have pages of character development to relate to the motives of the protagonists - where as the adaption the actors have to show you what they are thinking / feeling, and given the breadth of the story some of the 'shows' are too obvious - in the same way the plots big reveal seems more obvious in the TV version than the book, but that maybe my memory since it's a couple of years ago since I read this.

[sinizter]

I am quite enjoying the series. It probably helps that I have almost totally forgotten the book, which I read many years ago.