Book jam - what you all reading?
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baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
See, I think the movie should have been called "loosely based on Ender's Game"
I think the stuff they left out just wouldn't play that well on screen. All the back-home-politics works better on the page but would be boring flashback or canned news reports or something silly on screen. The director focused on the individuals involved in the training and their arc.
Punchy
Slacker Supreme
To me, just about everything they left out was what made the story though, not to mention the revamped ending. Oh well, different strokes, I guess.
Scott Powell
Blackmore Wannabe
The Myth of the Great War
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
It's funny how some material some people get emotionally attached to and are upset when there are changes but other material that if it isn't as personal you feel fine with variation.
Not right or wrong... just an observation.
I experienced it while debating with people why Man of Steel wasn't as good as it could have been if they were more true to the character, but then being on the other side when some people were upset with a black actor being cast as Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four and it didn't bother me.
Punchy
Slacker Supreme
@baimun - I know what you mean. That being said, in regards to Ender, though, I feel like it's almost not the same story and didn't really see how they could make the second book into a movie with how it ended.
But I read the first four books back to back, twice, not long before the movie came out. So I was probably a little attached when I formed that opinion
But I read the first four books back to back, twice, not long before the movie came out. So I was probably a little attached when I formed that opinion
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
I'm not a movie person to begin with, but after Burglar and LOTR I refuse to see a movie based on books that I love. Even if they do their best to stay true to the book, they can't match the visual images I created while reading the books.
The exception to this was the Nero Wolfe program on A & E a few years back. The actors playing Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin so matched that now I see them in my mind as I read the books.
The exception to this was the Nero Wolfe program on A & E a few years back. The actors playing Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin so matched that now I see them in my mind as I read the books.
I really need to get back into recreational reading, but finding the time to dig deep into a novel is hard these days. I like to get so immersed I spend hours and hours.
Best I've done lately is revisited some old favorites from this
I love Harlan Ellison. Very dark and powerful stuff.
And he penned one of my favorite quotes: "Stupidity and hydrogen are the two most common elements in the universe."
Flamencology
You don't deserve koa.
excellent fantasy writer. Mark, if you like this genre, you would like this book.
it's Book 1 of a trilogy (aren't they all), the second one is out now.
I don't typically read fantasy, but I read that one back in '08 based on a 'best of '07' list, and really enjoyed reading it, despite some notable criticisms.
At that point, however, Rothfuss stated that he had completed the trilogy, and that the publisher was going to be releasing the books annually. Fair enough.
Time goes by. He blogs compulsively. Comes clean that it's still a work in progress. Part 2 came out in '11 or so.
He now blogs more and more frequently. He is no longer willing to discuss the trilogy. He's making George RR Martin look good.
davebols
Habanero Chomper
The Bar Singer by a friend who spent the better part of the last 40 years traveling this great land playing one nighters in mostly dive bars to folks that were drunk and staring at tvs. on the walls.
It's a realistic look at what being a troubadour can do to your mind and soul.
It's a realistic look at what being a troubadour can do to your mind and soul.
I've seen a few people mention mystery and suspense type novels. Does anyone have recommendations for anything that could scratch my Tom Clancy itch? I mean his good stuff (the first four or five books).
I've read several Ludlum novels, which I've enjoyed, but his stuff tends to run together, at least to me.
I've read several Ludlum novels, which I've enjoyed, but his stuff tends to run together, at least to me.
Flamencology
You don't deserve koa.
This is what's currently on my nightstand.
Some of it's stuff that I read ages ago but am kind of revisiting/skimming. The anthology is for the class I'm teaching. A handful are YA fiction, which I've been taking an interest for no good reason other than curiosity.