During my business trip to Rhode Island, I have read the novelizations of both Iron Man and Iron Man 2.
Iron Man is handled by Peter David, and is a very, very cool novelization. David fleshes out the characters using information from the comics and the whole thing reads very organically. (Happy Hogan, for instance, has little more than an extended cameo in the movie but is given some nice moments in the novel.) The action is well written and the characters all have a good "voice." Iron Man 2 is adapated by Alexander Irvin, and is somewhat rougher going. A lot of the action scenes are more sumarized than described, which makes it harder to appreciate what is happening. There are also some editorial wonkiness. For instance: the scene where Natalie beats up Happy Hogan is referred to several times, but is never actually depicted as happening! So while it was alright it's not as good as the first one. Since I picked the pair up for a buck total, I definitely got my money's worth. Now I am about 90% through Doctor Who And The Tenth Planet (thanks, Shag!), and adaptiuon of the last First Doctor serial, The Tenth Planet. On Feb 11, 11:57 am, Van <[email protected]> wrote: > Shag-- back in high school, some friends and I all read Julian May's > four-part series that ties into that trilogy you mentioned. It's > called the "Saga of Pliocene Exile," and includes "The Many-Colored > Land," "The Golden Torc," "The Nonborn King," and "The Adversary." It > was a very fun read, as I recall. But I never read the trilogy you > mention, which either comes before or after those and includes some of > the same characters and background. Curious to see what you think. > > --Van -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
