Books - What are you reading?
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My mistale...
I've just finished "The Dead Place" by Stephen Booth, that was pretty good and I've got another of his in the boot of the car. Derbyshire-set police series.
I've started "The Hangman's Song" by James Oswald, having enjoyed his "Natural Causes". Unfortunately I've skipped a book, so hopefully that won't cause too many issues, it's an unavoidable side-effect of buying used books the way I do.
I've started "The Hangman's Song" by James Oswald, having enjoyed his "Natural Causes". Unfortunately I've skipped a book, so hopefully that won't cause too many issues, it's an unavoidable side-effect of buying used books the way I do.
jbudgie said:
"Chose the book before the film"
As always.
To add - then never watch the film as it is pants in comparison and always so much left out. As always.
Reading is a lovely personal thing and you can sip a scotch of many while page turning.
A film is a great visual experience and you can do it within 4 hours whereas I don't know anyone who can read s book in that time frame heck I need a good 10am -1am run as I cannot keep up the pace (2x kids)
jbudgie said:
Welshbeef said:
jbudgie said:
"Chose the book before the film"
As always.
To add - then never watch any film as it is pants in comparison and always so much left out. As always.
Reading is a lovely personal thing.
Just finished "Hell's foundations quiver" by David Weber.
The safehold series, like the rest of his books are getting more and more formulaic and I find myself almost flick reading them - I certainly gloss over the battles as they're getting almost tiresome.
This is a problem with all of his series - the early novels in each series tend to have smaller skirmishes, but by several books in he's worked up to huge snooze inducing set piece battles that seemingly differ only in the nature of the gruesome death from the viewpoint of the enemy soldier introduced for that purpose.
While I want to know how it's going to end, the vast majority of the journey there isn't that interesting, apart from the bits dealing with the back story.
I wouldn't bother reading the next unless you've already started the series, if it was finished, I'd read up on it on Wikipedia and call it good.
I've also just finished "Saturn Run" by John Sandford and Ctein. As formulaic a plot as safehold, and one that's been done to death, but engrossing and much more entertaining. I was pleased with myself for pretty much calling every plot twist and for catching a lot of things they'd tried hard not to signpost - but it didn't lose anything for that.
Certainly worth picking up if you want a relatively light sci-fi adventure; recommended.
The safehold series, like the rest of his books are getting more and more formulaic and I find myself almost flick reading them - I certainly gloss over the battles as they're getting almost tiresome.
This is a problem with all of his series - the early novels in each series tend to have smaller skirmishes, but by several books in he's worked up to huge snooze inducing set piece battles that seemingly differ only in the nature of the gruesome death from the viewpoint of the enemy soldier introduced for that purpose.
While I want to know how it's going to end, the vast majority of the journey there isn't that interesting, apart from the bits dealing with the back story.
I wouldn't bother reading the next unless you've already started the series, if it was finished, I'd read up on it on Wikipedia and call it good.
I've also just finished "Saturn Run" by John Sandford and Ctein. As formulaic a plot as safehold, and one that's been done to death, but engrossing and much more entertaining. I was pleased with myself for pretty much calling every plot twist and for catching a lot of things they'd tried hard not to signpost - but it didn't lose anything for that.
Certainly worth picking up if you want a relatively light sci-fi adventure; recommended.
Books are books and films are films ; they don't translate. All a film can do is to provide an impression of the book and it only has a maximum of 3 hours to do it . About a third as much as even a regular novel. Film is a wonderful genre but comparing them with books is like painting about music (to misquote - Dylan ?)
Halb said:
Magicians of the Gods....frakking brilliant so far.
Books and films? Occasionally, films can have that creative spirit of the book and add to it, rather than copy or detract.
Watership Down and Babe/The Sheep Pig are two of the best examples.
A Clockwork Orange was a pretty good adaptation. Books and films? Occasionally, films can have that creative spirit of the book and add to it, rather than copy or detract.
Watership Down and Babe/The Sheep Pig are two of the best examples.
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