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I will post in here when I've done them, but I'm doing a fair bit of converting at the moment (Earth 2 - Alien Nation - Something Is Out There) so it may not be done 'till January.

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Ta :)

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Oh and by the way - I just thought I'd point out There are plans for a 'Tripods' film in the works, which is of course also based on The War Of The Worlds :)

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ok, completely OT, but....

What was the name of that sci-fi series that involved the aliens that came to earth to save mankind, but they were actually harbouring some secret - I think there were atleast 2 series of it, and at the end of the first one the main character (a guy with a big nose) got killed off, because he was so boring, and they tried to inject some excitement into the series with the new main guy being half man, half alien.... ring any bells?

dilligaf is sure to know, he seems to be a sci-fi buf :)

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I thought the tripods was great - i remember reading the 3 books, and thought they were brilliant - did the tv series only make 2 of the books?

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Earth - Final Conflict


The aliens were "Taelons".

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There were FOUR books (Although the 4th book came out a while after the original 3) :) - and yes they only made 2 of them :(

Season 1 came out on dvd (which I have :)) and Season 2 was pulled before release due to the rights being sold for the film. Apparently the season 2 dvd will come out soon(ish) now.

But I've done a season 2 dvd already :)

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4 book???? damn... a trip to amazon perhaps....

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Yes. The viewing figures were never that good, despite the (relatively) huge budget. The BBC canned it after 2 series, and completely changed the ending to absolve themselves of having to make the third. Morons. This meant, of course, that anyone wanting to find out how it all ended by picking up a copy of 'The Pool of Fire' had to tune in to quite a radically different story, as it wasn't just the ending they changed. Actually, large parts of the second series are completely unrecognisable if you're trying to compare with the book.

But I'm going to stop ranting now. :D

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Check out this...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...774839-2383852

If you don't have any of them any more.

And this...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...774839-2383852

If you just need the one :)

edit - also have a look here... http://www.thetripods.org/ for more tripods stuff :)

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Don't bother. The prequel is a bit lame, and clearly just an attempt to cash in. But if you're determined, it's called 'When the Tripods Came'.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...213792-1516415

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If I remember rightly - and it's been a long time since I've read it - didn't someone die at the end of the second book (I shan't say more incase someone wants to read it)

OK - so what was the 4th book? - at amazon they have :

When the Tripods Came/the White Mountains/the City of Gold and Lead/the Pool of Fire

Is 'When the tripods came' the 4th book, a prequel?

Edit : all questions answered mid typing :)

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While it's not the best, it's still worth a read just to see how it all started.

Mind you I only paid 10p for mine, and some could say that is all it's worth :)

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I've heard that the relase date for 'War of the Worlds' is 7th July 2005. I'll be there on opening night.

I've got the original 1950's version, and the new version by Steven Spielburg is suppost to be close to the book, even though the book is set in 1890's London the film is set in modern day US.

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I'd have a look in this thread if I was you :)

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ghlight=worlds

p.s. The other release looks a lot more like following the book.