From what I've read so far, they've missed out quite a lot of the book in the film. It's definitely worth a read!
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From what I've read so far, they've missed out quite a lot of the book in the film. It's definitely worth a read!
My girlfriend is reading it at the moment, I wish she would read faster so I can get onto it!
Ilisten the audiobook and just finished "Under the dome". Tis a mighty epic and a worthy "read". The best thing about the audiobook version though is the narration of Raul Esparza. He gives each character an individual voice, never gets them mixed up and managed to make me hear all the characters from a 6 year old boy to an 80 year old woman; all from his own throat. That talent is something that I found quite amazing all the way through the nearly 30 hours of the book.
I'm actually reading "The girl with the dragon tattoo". To be honest, I'm struggling to see what all the hype is about. I'm 70% through it and it is like reading someone's diary but one where bugger all really happens. I'm really only continuing because one of the women I work with assures me it is fantastic and that I have to read it to the end. She has 30% left to prove herself correct. I don't have much optimism.
I'm actually reading "The girl with the dragon tattoo". To be honest, I'm struggling to see what all the hype is about. I'm 70% through it and it is like reading someone's diary but one where bugger all really happens. I'm really only continuing because one of the women I work with assures me it is fantastic and that I have to read it to the end. She has 30% left to prove herself correct. I don't have much optimism.
I loved Life of Pi. I think I take a lot from it about religion. I don't think my wife likes what I took from it though! She's more fundamental than me. I'm not exactly "many ways up the mountain" about the whole affair, but I did like what the book had to say about different interpretations of the same thing.
I'm reading Boomerang by Michael Lewis. It's about the financial collapse, and how various of the countries involved fell apart. I've read Iceland and Greece so far, and I'm into Ireland. It seems pretty good as popular economics goes.
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Just finished The Sense of an Ending. Now finishing my half read, The Selfish Gene.
Been struggling to get back into reading fiction, used to love it but been too busy / not made the time.
Following Season 2 of The Walking Dead finishing I picked up the new book set in that universe, have since zoomed through that plus the first two Day by day Armageddon books; now just finishing World War Z. I think I'll run out of Zombie books before Season 3.
Started Under the Dome myself, need to pick it up again after the recent zombie diversion.
Following Season 2 of The Walking Dead finishing I picked up the new book set in that universe, have since zoomed through that plus the first two Day by day Armageddon books; now just finishing World War Z. I think I'll run out of Zombie books before Season 3.
Would be interested to hear your thoughts at the end of the first book, I was hooked by then. Think of it as being two thirds of the way through the first act rather than two thirds through a book.
Started Under the Dome myself, need to pick it up again after the recent zombie diversion.
Just finished 'Catching Fire' by Suzanne Collins. An enjoyable, easy to read and quite exciting follow on from 'The Hunger Games'. Looking forward to reading the final book, 'Mockingjay'.
Before that I'm reading 'Autumn: The City' by David Moody. Loved the first one so have high hopes!
Before that I'm reading 'Autumn: The City' by David Moody. Loved the first one so have high hopes!
Hadn't heard of Autumn, will read that next I think.
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The selfish gene.
Been reading some old Arthur C Clarke - A Fall Of Moondust
(have '2010 - odyssey two' next)
But, I've just finished Greg Bear's 'Eon'. Well I say 'finished' but more of that in a minute.
It's a good read, end of the world, politics, aliens, gates between worlds, faster than light travel and all of that good sci-fi stuff to wash over you and dull out everything around you (as any good book should).
Anyway, I bought this particular book second hand and it's not for this that I'm complaining (or going to seek a refund for that matter), but I am going to wish a pox and a plague of boils in that most sensitive of places, on the philistine who thought it necessary to remove pages 491-496 from the novels 503 pages. While the majority of the plot has been divulged, I have the feeling, from the pages before and after the 'omission', that there is a subtle 'tying up of loose ends' in explanation of what happened next and dialogue between principal characters and setting the scene to an epilogue based around one character in particular.
All I can say is WTF?! ...really, W T F?
Having been so rudely jarred from my immersion in this fine work of imagination by this deliberate vandalism; whoever you are, wherever you are, you plot spoiling pustule on all literature, I hope you have an itch you cannot possibly scratch safely without raking blisters raw.
(have '2010 - odyssey two' next)
But, I've just finished Greg Bear's 'Eon'. Well I say 'finished' but more of that in a minute.
It's a good read, end of the world, politics, aliens, gates between worlds, faster than light travel and all of that good sci-fi stuff to wash over you and dull out everything around you (as any good book should).
Anyway, I bought this particular book second hand and it's not for this that I'm complaining (or going to seek a refund for that matter), but I am going to wish a pox and a plague of boils in that most sensitive of places, on the philistine who thought it necessary to remove pages 491-496 from the novels 503 pages. While the majority of the plot has been divulged, I have the feeling, from the pages before and after the 'omission', that there is a subtle 'tying up of loose ends' in explanation of what happened next and dialogue between principal characters and setting the scene to an epilogue based around one character in particular.
All I can say is WTF?! ...really, W T F?
Having been so rudely jarred from my immersion in this fine work of imagination by this deliberate vandalism; whoever you are, wherever you are, you plot spoiling pustule on all literature, I hope you have an itch you cannot possibly scratch safely without raking blisters raw.
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Edouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat
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Having now finished TGwtDT I will answer you query. Frankly, I am completely at a loss to understand the hype that has grown up around this book. Reading this book reminded me of watching "Jeepers Creepers". That movie felt like it was made of two parts of entirely different films (one involving a pyscho truck driver, the other about a winged demon/monster) that had been roughly spliced together halfway through the run time. TGwtDT felt like that to me. In this case the plot devices are: The Wennerstorm case, The Vangar disappearance (the resolution of which seemed obvious to me as soon as the initial situation was described -and I'm no Poirot!), a random serial killing family and a half-baked "Oceans 11"/"Sneakers" clone at the end. All jammed together. I was struck by a constant sense of jumping between various plots. I also found myself simply not "taking" to the two leads in any manner. Frankly, if they had died I don't think I would have cared. Given the jumbled plot I'm not even sure I would have noticed.
In summary, I have no intention at all of bothering with the next two novels. Far too many engrossing books of there awaiting my attention to waste a few days on something that hold no interest for me.