The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (book)

Mr_Flashpants · Post by **Mr_Flashpants** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 4:31 pm 0

Yeah, I bought this book for my g/f last year and she seemed to like it. I must blag it back off her one day and read it.

Another good simple tale with a hidden depth of spirituality is The Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 00-6608659

Another book I haven't got round to.

matt · Post by **matt** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 4:42 pm 0

Mr_Flashpants wrote:Another good simple tale with a hidden depth of spirituality is The Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

I heard this was "heavily influenced" by another book.

http://books.guardian.co.uk/bookerprize ... 92,00.html

Who said rip off - me?

Still, i've ordered it! just for the cover artwork.

koworld · Post by **koworld** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 4:44 pm 0

It's okay. Nice message but I'm not sure the translations are really up to snuff.

This one is in a similar vein but nice and dark and oooh

PFVA · Post by **PFVA** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 5:13 pm 0

matt wrote:
PFVA wrote:Matt didn't answer so i guess i will.
I did too! (above)

http://smokey.blackcatnetworks.co.uk/~l ... 5925#95925

Sorry, Matt. I'm still jetlagged, half asleep.
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matt · Post by **matt** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 5:15 pm 0

PFVA wrote:Sorry, Matt. I'm still jetlagged, half asleep.

It's not a problem, to be honest I was more worried about me going mad by thinking I had when I hadn't.

matt · Post by **matt** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 1:07 pm 0

I finished the book on the bus last night and it really is special. I will no doubt read it aghain soon. I have Jonathan Livingston Seagull and The Life of Pi to read now.

I'm also thinking of making a game based on The Alchemist. What do you lot think? It would involve:

x Sheep herding
x Travelling
x Trading
x Crystal polishing
x Horse riding
x Summoning the wind
x Dreaming
x Loving

matt · Post by **matt** » Tue May 06, 2003 7:12 pm 0

In response to my own post of a few weeks ago, I'm been amazed at the similarity between The Alchemist story and Zelda: The Wind Waker. Because of this I love it even more:

I'll draw the parallels here:

matt wrote:x Sheep herding

TWW = pig herding.

matt wrote:x Crystal polishing

TWW = letter sorting.

matt wrote:x Summoning the wind

TWW = waking the wind

matt wrote:x Travelling
x Trading
x Horse riding
x Dreaming
x Loving

There are equivalents to almost all the concepts I stated for a game based on The Alchemist, and that makes me very happy indeed. It saves me going to the trouble, seeing as Miyamoto has done it so well!

matt

backpackr · Post by **backpackr** » Tue May 06, 2003 7:50 pm 0

matt wrote:In rsponse to my own post of a few weeks ago, I'm been amazed at the similarity between The Alchemist story and Zelda: The Wind Waker. Because of this I love it even more:

I'll draw the parallels here:

matt wrote:x Sheep herding
TWW = pig herding.

matt wrote:x Crystal polishing
TWW = letter sorting.

matt wrote:x Summoning the wind
TWW = waking the wind

matt wrote:x Travelling
x Trading
x Horse riding
x Dreaming
x Loving
There are equivalent to almost all the concepts I stated for a game based on The Alchemist, and that makes me very happy indeed. It saves me going to the trouble, seeing as Miyamoto has done it so well!

matt

hey Matt, during a recent trip through Europe I got a chance to read The Alchemist but then traded it with another traveller for another Coelho book called; The Pilgrimage. (It is actually in French called...Le PÃ©lÃ©rinage De Compostelle.) It was also a nice, insightful book about finding oneself through travelling. (at least that is what I got from it....)

Now that I think of it there are sheep and goats in that book as well. The guy in the book travels from North-east Spain to Far north-west Spain over mountains and shit and encounters many farms with lots of animals. Hmmmmmm....

You found common links between The Alchemist and Zelda... Let me find common facts between Paulo Coelho and Yak...

Paulo........writes books with furry animals like sheep in them
Yak..........has a website with furry animals on it

Paulo.......Writes books about travel and insight
Yak..........Looks like he likes travelling and is always ready to give insight.

Paulo.......Has funky covers to his books
Yak.........have you ever seen a funkier website

Paulo...Yak....Paulo...Yak.... are you telling me that.....no...it cant be...... that would mean that.... Paulo IS the YAK!!!!!
Tell me it aint so!!

Anyway,
salut...
bp

dtj · Post by **dtj** » Tue May 06, 2003 8:33 pm 0

matt wrote:I'm also thinking of making a game based on The Alchemist. What do you lot think? It would involve:

x Sheep herding
x Travelling
x Trading
x Crystal polishing
x Horse riding
x Summoning the wind
x Dreaming
x Loving

Please do. It is exactly the kind of innovation this wretched industry needs.

matt · Post by **matt** » Wed May 07, 2003 10:25 am 0

dtj wrote:
matt wrote:I'm also thinking of making a game based on The Alchemist. What do you lot think? It would involve:

x Sheep herding
x Travelling
x Trading
x Crystal polishing
x Horse riding
x Summoning the wind
x Dreaming
x Loving

Please do. It is exactly the kind of innovation this wretched industry needs.

Feeling a little jaded dtj? I have some ideas I'd sketched down prior to playing Zelda, but can I really compete with Miyamoto (I'll give it a try!)

matt

marf · Post by **marf** » Wed May 07, 2003 1:17 pm 0

My copy of the alchemist is a hard cover and has full page color illustrations by Moebius.
Just beautiful, I tell you.
The story and pictures, I mean.
marf

matt · Post by **matt** » Wed May 07, 2003 2:04 pm 0

must check it out.

dtj · Post by **dtj** » Wed May 07, 2003 7:07 pm 0

matt wrote:but can I really compete with Miyamoto

Yes, matt. You can.

matt · Post by **matt** » Thu May 08, 2003 2:17 pm 0

dtj wrote:
matt wrote:but can I really compete with Miyamoto
Yes, matt. You can.

I'll try that's for sure.

PFVA · Post by **PFVA** » Thu May 08, 2003 8:44 pm 0

If you totally base it on The Alchemist - and it would be a cool game_ would you have to pay rights to the author?
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