matts2 t1_iugr903 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:09 AM

I used to recommend To Say Nothing Of The Dog to everyone. It is brilliant. It is the only novel I've read that stars Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn directed by Billy Wilder. The whole series is amazing, each a different subgenre.

I hadn't thought of her in a while. Thanks.

Errant_Carrot t1_iuia34u wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:21 PM

I use the phrase "the Bishop's bird-stump" more than any normal person should.

matts2 t1_iuii1ev wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:15 PM

As you should.

FranticPonE t1_iujcvtw wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:40 PM

Same here, and yet few seem to know of her.

I'd love to see an Oxford Time Travel series if it had enough budget. Part of the fun of it all is the historical research. Certainly series like Andor show you can get something wild out of today's big budget TV shows, but I doubt Connie Willis is recognizable enough as a name to get a $10+ million dollar an episode budget.

ricocrispies OP t1_iugrskg wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:15 AM

My uncle introduced me to her with that book. That casting is absolutely perfect! Now I am sad that we can never see that on screen...

matts2 t1_iugryuu wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:18 AM

So what is Heaven for?

ThisIsNotTheBear t1_iui3y7x wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:38 PM

Do you ask people to read Three Men in a Boat first? I’ve done so but I have people bail before finishing Jerome without even getting to Willis.

matts2 t1_iuihnn7 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:12 PM

I suggest they read it after. I needed Connie to show me that TMisB was a great book.

MenudoMenudo t1_iujflks wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:58 PM

Honestly, it's not necessary. I hadn't read of Three Men in a Boat first, but was able to figure out enough through context that it didn't diminish my enjoyment at all.