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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
How on earth would reading it before hand "make sure" it doesn't screw things up? Surely reading it beforehand would only make one notice any deviations from the source material more readily--good or bad. I'm a firm believer that bad movies/shows cannot possibly "spoil" the previously written good books they were based upon.
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And I'm a firm believer that they can. Watching a movie/series done badly can turn people off from actually reading the books or even writing off the entire series (of books).
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To the rest ... I'd say just see if you like the show or not.
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With that, I agree. Sometimes a 'based on' movie can be very good despite not closely adhering to the source material.
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Originally Posted by conan50
It has probably been around 8 years since I read it, so I'm due. I picked up two Shannara books yesterday at a Library book sale that I have never read, the two Legends of Shannara books. I like Terry's books, I'm rarely disappointed in his work.
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Heh. I've just started "Bearers of the black staff" myself, after finishing the three Genesis books.