heheheh :) I think the kids who'd say "ain't no thang" are probably almost as old as we are.
There is a possible problem I've thought of with dropping ice on the Sahara. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas, though when it forms clouds it has a cooling effect (reflects light back out to space and shades the ground). So if the ice didn't end up forming clouds it could exacerbate the problem...
I think I know why you are drawn into the Edgar Rice Burroughs books. He originally wrote most of them as serials in newspapers, so they had to hold people's attention. This taught him to become a master at doing that. I love the way he can pull the reader into a story. Compare with the way most writers have peaks and lulls in their stories. His stories are like trance music: high energy the whole way through. I'm surprised more haven't been turned into TV series. They are really perfect for that... although modern audiences might be too sophisticated for some of his characters.
On a related note, did you see the movie, "John Carter"? It kept a lot of the look and feel, but changed the story enormously. I feel it was nevertheless a very good adaptation, though, given the aforementioned problems of satisfying a modern audience.
An aside: I've always been tempted to write "adaption" instead of "adaptation". The extra syllable makes no sense. We don't say "adaptate". More logical is "adopt/adoption". That's one thing I'm with the Yanks on -- rationalising English spelling (though I don't like the way they replace "s" with "z" at the drop of a hat). Dropping the "u" in many words makes the lives of so many kids much easier (color, armor, favor, etc.). I'm fortunate to be an effortless speller, but I've always felt sorry for those who are sabotaged by our absurdly illogical language.
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There is a possible problem I've thought of with dropping ice on the Sahara. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas, though when it forms clouds it has a cooling effect (reflects light back out to space and shades the ground). So if the ice didn't end up forming clouds it could exacerbate the problem...
I think I know why you are drawn into the Edgar Rice Burroughs books. He originally wrote most of them as serials in newspapers, so they had to hold people's attention. This taught him to become a master at doing that. I love the way he can pull the reader into a story. Compare with the way most writers have peaks and lulls in their stories. His stories are like trance music: high energy the whole way through. I'm surprised more haven't been turned into TV series. They are really perfect for that... although modern audiences might be too sophisticated for some of his characters.
On a related note, did you see the movie, "John Carter"? It kept a lot of the look and feel, but changed the story enormously. I feel it was nevertheless a very good adaptation, though, given the aforementioned problems of satisfying a modern audience.
An aside: I've always been tempted to write "adaption" instead of "adaptation". The extra syllable makes no sense. We don't say "adaptate". More logical is "adopt/adoption". That's one thing I'm with the Yanks on -- rationalising English spelling (though I don't like the way they replace "s" with "z" at the drop of a hat). Dropping the "u" in many words makes the lives of so many kids much easier (color, armor, favor, etc.). I'm fortunate to be an effortless speller, but I've always felt sorry for those who are sabotaged by our absurdly illogical language.