MuzikTyme Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 I particulary was appreciative when manipulation of the camel was set through the eye of a needle . . . Quite extraordinary, if I may . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Follett wrote many great mystery novels. Some becaame movies...good ones like Eye Of The Needle. Did they make that into a movie Joe? I've heard of it before but it seems like a long time ago. I could google but I'm to lazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Lea...It was an excellent movie, very true to the book. Kate Nelligan was very good as Lucy. Read about the movie here>> Eye Of The Needle For more on Follett and his movies, TV movies and TV appearances see this>> Ken Follett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 I finally finished the Follett books and I think I liked World Without End just slightly better then The Pillars of the Earth. I would recommend them both to anyone. Thanks for pointing them out you guys. I think I would have over looked them if you hadn't. 9/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 ^ I haven't finished World Without End yet. I only allow myself to read a few pages every few days But I just finished Maus by Art Spiegelman... it's a comic book about the Holocaust. I was very sceptical at first and couldn't quite see how a comic book would be able to deal with such a serious issue, but it was very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 I think they're called "graphic novels" "comic book" - pish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 When I was young, we still called them comic books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Everybody I know is reading Ken Follet now... I love those 1.500 pages books but I dunno, I dunno... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 I could read a 1,500-page Takahashi Rumiko comic book about an alien girl with green hair who happens to fly and whose family wants to take over the earth, and the earth's only chance is a luckless letch that everyone hates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Anyone here ever read the book "The Journeyer" by Gary Jennings about Marco Polo? It's over 1,000 pages long, but I'll be diving into that within the next week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Next I recommend The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich...a rivetting read. (William Shirer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 I've read his other Hitler book: "The Nightmare Years". Definitely interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Right now I'm listening to The Talisman by King. I read it years ago and still have the book. I had been wanting to read it again for quite sometime but can't see the words. I now have it on audio . The Talisman and The Stand were always my favorites by King. I always wondered why they didn't do a movie from The Talisman book. I always thought Catman Scruthers would have been great in the part of Speedy Parker and Larry Hagman would have made a great Morgan Slout. Add Ann Margaret as mom and you have a good recipie for a hit movie It's a little late for that now I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 I read that years ago also Lea....If I ever have the time, I'd like to read it again....and you're right, it would of been a good movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 "Right here and now, Wolf! Right here and now!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Shawna, stop doing that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Let's see... the last thing I read ^. Hmmm. Sounds a li'l like potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Raymond Carver tales again. I love them. Tennessee Williams, "The Knightly Quest: a Novella and Four Short Stories". I´m still reading them. I´ll rate them by the weekend or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 I just finished Sarah Gruen's Water for Elephants, a great novel about how a young man, due to sad circumstances, comes to be a veteranarian for a circus in the summer 1931, and how an elephant changed his fate. The book manages to be both an interesting look into circus life and a commentary on the elderly. Excellent book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 " No one belongs here more that you" by Miranda July. A collection of short stories, some of which was very moving, some not as much. If you enjoyed her film "me you and everyone we know", you will probably enjoy this too. "The day of the triffids" by John Wyndham. Surprisingly good! Many "disaster"-type movies have heavily borroughed from this book, the premise and opening scene o0f which reminded me of "28 days later". I didn't even mind the seemingly stupid concept of the triffids. Definitely reccommended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 what's a triffid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) Triffids are (fictional) plants capable of animal-like behaviour: they feed on rotting meat, are able to uproot themselves and move about on their three "legs", possess a deadly whip-like poisonous sting, and appear to communicate with each other. The triffid is a highly venomous fictional species of plant that appears to have limited intelligence and survival instincts. It is the titular antagonist from the 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham and also later appears in Simon Clark's novel The Night of the Triffids, a sequel set 25 years later, in which the triffid evolves into a more threatening form. link that sounds actually quite interesting Edited May 11, 2008 by Guest additional quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 it definitely was, my boyfriend was surprised that i picked up a sci-fi book (he is a huge scifi fan, I make fun of him) but this was an interesting read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 " No one belongs here more that you" by Miranda July. A collection of short stories, some of which was very moving, some not as much. If you enjoyed her film "me you and everyone we know", you will probably enjoy this too. Thanks for mention this one rach, I've been curious about it for a while. I will definitely check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted May 12, 2008 Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 what's a triffid? And does Dennis Moore know of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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