Wait... what?

[kickaha]

You know, it's been a while since I read the Shannara books, but I really don't remember skyscraper and subway remnants...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3iafcae22cb7023ba6f6f5a63e2d91531d

WTF? Did they get as far as 'Sha...' and confuse Shannara with Shadowrun??

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[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Hmm. While I always felt that it was hinted at/assumed that it was a future time from ours, and that the various races (except elves) had been created through mutations from a nuclear war, I don't recall anything *explicit*. Frankly, I think making it obvious would have diluted it. Instead, it made it kind of timeless, adding a certain cyclic nature to the story, by hinting at it being set in the future, but using elements from our past myths.

So yeah, if subways and skyscraper ruins show up explicitly in a Planet of the Apes way, I'll be gravely disappointed. Then again, I'm not sure how you'd do even a single Shannara book as less than a miniseries, and do it any sort of justice. *shrug*

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

I have a vivid mental image of an illo from (I'm pretty sure it was) _Wishsong_, with Allanon descending a hillside with ruined skyscrapers in the background. I had the trade paper edition, but M. culled them years ago, so I can't check my memory.

I have yet to see true justice done to any novel of reasonable depth and complexity; Peter Jackson did as good a job as I think is possible with the medium, and I was still very often annoyed by the LOTR movies.

I'll be interested to see the reviews, if it ever comes out. I might even go see it. But I won't reread the novel first. Or even after, probably. :)