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Posted by Moses (Member # 6191) on :

Is there a way to get a copy of the script for the musical Stone Tables? I know the novelization is available, but I haven't been able to find a copy of the original. Can anyone help me out?

--Moses (yes, this really is my name, ironically enough)

Posted by kacard (Member # 200) on :

Sorry, the script is not available. Though Card and Stoddard are thinking of revising it at some point and making it available for production. But I don't see that happening like this week [Smile]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

So, next week, then?

O:)

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

I knew someone else named Moses, and I am ashamed ot admit that I did indeed make one or two Red Sea jokes. [Embarrassed]

Hobbes

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

::is actually really interested in what Rivka thought of the Stone Tables novel::

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

Well, I"m not rivka, but I'll tell you that I loved it. [Wink]

But yeah, that's not as interesting coming from me, I'll admit. [Smile]

What did you think of it rivka?

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

I had this long email I wrote shortly after I read Stone Tables where I analyzed it in detail. I was sure I'd saved the thing, but apparently not. [Grumble]

So I'm going by memory alone. (Oh, and I glanced at the last discussion I had here about the book.)

I really liked the book. And . . .

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. . . OSC's suggestion of why there is no Egyptian record of the Jews is brilliant, and (to my knowledge) unique. I thought there were some wonderful insights into characters and history. Identifying Batya with the only female Pharaoh in history was intriguing, and makes a good deal of logical sense.

OTOH, there were elements that conflict with traditional Jewish views of Moses, the Jews, and/or the Egyptians. Those bothered me a little -- but then, I view this book as speculative fiction, so it was just a bit. [Smile]