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Post by twyrch on Feb 7, 2005 10:29:19 GMT -5
The notice board contains the following images. This one tells me that he is probably working on a re-release of the Pendragon Cycle. ********************************************* Does anyone have any idea who THIS guy represents? From the background area, I'd guess he were in the Middle East / Asia... but I can't be sure. ********************************************* People have theorized this has to do with Robin Hood... The name of the picture is "KR-BkSnp.jpg".... Could that stand for King Richard Book, Snapshot? Perhaps we are looking at the wrong subject of the story... ********************************************* Let's see.... This picture is called "AlbSktch-Birds.jpg" and most likely means... Albion Sketch Birds. It does look like two people running for an opening in the Cairn and being attack by crows or ravens... Could SRL be working on a re-write of this series as well or perhaps building off of the original series with something fresh?
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Post by Adam on Feb 7, 2005 10:36:06 GMT -5
The top one is a special release, signed by the author, all contained in a display box.
I had one in my hand in a shop in London, near where I used to work but had no money at the time. It sold for £35.00.
That was about Six months ago. Never found it again.
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Post by skyparker on Feb 7, 2005 10:57:39 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure I've seen the guy with the red hat when I studied a bit of renaissance art,(could've been earlier).. I think he was a patron of some painter.. he could be italian..
and the albion drawing, I'm guessing that stephen lawhead's son drew that, he's into drawing comics from what I know..
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Post by Riothamus on Feb 7, 2005 11:07:11 GMT -5
Held the set in your hand and couldn't get it? I believe that would be pretty much the end for me. Interesting thought about the arrow--King Richard novel? Of course, there's still the deer in the navbar (with writing on the bottom--has anyone been able to figure that out?) and the ambiguous Q&A, all of which are mentioned in the Robin Hood thread. As a matter of fact, the filename is pretty ambigous, even if you're interpreting it correctly. Remember, the working title of Attack of the Clones was "Jar Jar's Big Adventure." As to the Albion Sketch--on the previous board, some others speculated that there's a graphic novel in the works, an adaptation, perhaps, of the trilogy. Not certain, myself. It doesn't look like the cairn-entry scene in the first book--at least, not to me. Too frantic on the man's part. Are there more such entries later in the trilogy (just a yes-or-no question--I'm trying to avoid spoilers on this one. ) Red Hat Guy--no idea. At the risk of being a bore, and repeating myself, he looks Italian to me. I have no idea why. [Ah! See post above mine. That's what I get for taking so long to get these things written!]
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Post by twyrch on Feb 7, 2005 12:05:09 GMT -5
Interesting thought about the arrow--King Richard novel? Of course, there's still the deer in the navbar (with writing on the bottom--has anyone been able to figure that out?) and the ambiguous Q&A, all of which are mentioned in the Robin Hood thread. As a matter of fact, the filename is pretty ambigous, even if you're interpreting it correctly. Remember, the working title of Attack of the Clones was "Jar Jar's Big Adventure." As to the Albion Sketch--on the previous board, some others speculated that there's a graphic novel in the works, an adaptation, perhaps, of the trilogy. Not certain, myself. It doesn't look like the cairn-entry scene in the first book--at least, not to me. Too frantic on the man's part. Are there more such entries later in the trilogy (just a yes-or-no question--I'm trying to avoid spoilers on this one. ) Perhaps he will do a few stories about the rennasance... that would fit in with his current path of writing..... A graphic novel? That's how HERO was described with I purchased it from Barnes and Noble. What is a "Graphic" novel?
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Post by eldon on Feb 7, 2005 13:02:08 GMT -5
Perhaps he will do a few stories about the rennasance... that would fit in with his current path of writing..... A graphic novel? That's how HERO was described with I purchased it from Barnes and Noble. What is a "Graphic" novel? A Graphic novel is just a glorified comic book.
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Post by Adam on Feb 7, 2005 13:48:01 GMT -5
A Graphic novel is just a glorified comic book. A little unfair. Some are very good, and meant only for an adult audience. Has anyone ever read Maus? I think this is excellent. It is set in Nazi Germany with each group being portrayed by different animals. Mice=Jews, Pigs=Poles etc. www.iath.virginia.edu/holocaust/spiegelman.html
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Post by twyrch on Feb 7, 2005 14:27:29 GMT -5
A Graphic novel is just a glorified comic book. So.... I'm paying $10 for a freaking comic book? *Sigh*
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Post by eldon on Feb 7, 2005 15:10:55 GMT -5
So.... I'm paying $10 for a freaking comic book? *Sigh* hehehe, hey, some are pretty good. If Stephen Lawhead has anything to do with it...
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Post by dinadan on Feb 7, 2005 16:43:52 GMT -5
Actually, the Graphic Novel business has gotten to be pretty nifty and huge these days. Basically, what a lot of comic book companies who have large adult fan bases do (DC and Dark Horse especially) is release miniseries or chunks of regular titles collected together in a single volume. This allows the more adult readers to walk into your average middleclass upscale bookseller (B&N, Borders, etc) and go over to the graphic novel section and pick up the latest in whatever they are itnerested in without being looked at as if they were a potential pedophile by hanging out at the local comic shop waiting to get them issue by issue.
I, myself, am not above the graphic novel and world love to see an adaptation of SOA in such a format--especially if they get the right people involved.
Speaking of good graphic novels, the original "Books of Magic" by Neil Gaiman is just about as good as it gets.
As to the man in the red hat...I'm almost sure that that is supposed to be the Borgian Pope (his papal name was Alexander, but I don't remember which number) back when he was still a cardinal--at any rate he is the pope that had a "special" relationship with his daughter, poisoned a son (I think), and tried to use the Church to conquer extensive parts of Burgundy.
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Post by twyrch on Feb 7, 2005 16:46:53 GMT -5
hehehe, hey, some are pretty good. If Stephen Lawhead has anything to do with it... So which one is which? I don't want the Graphic Novel... I want the real deal.... Hero Hero: City of Dreams
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Post by dinadan on Feb 7, 2005 16:49:27 GMT -5
It is my understanding that the HERO project was multimedia and multiartist--that being said, the novelization was supposed to be broken up into three books, and City of Deams was the first one. The others have been scrapped, to tbe best of my knowledge.
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Post by twyrch on Feb 7, 2005 17:00:46 GMT -5
It is my understanding that the HERO project was multimedia and multiartist--that being said, the novelization was supposed to be broken up into three books, and City of Deams was the first one. The others have been scrapped, to tbe best of my knowledge. Great! Thanks. I'm gonna scrap my order at Barnes and Noble and get it from overstock.
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Post by Riothamus on Feb 7, 2005 17:47:19 GMT -5
How cheerful can you get? It's a sure-fire crowd pleaser. Forget a single novel, let's have a Borgia Cycle!
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Post by amodman on Feb 15, 2005 1:17:15 GMT -5
Twyrch, of the two links you posted, the first ('HERO') is the comic book. Those guys were all over cornerstone (christian music festival) a couple of years ago, and the cover is clearly comic book art .
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