I'm glad to see you enjoyed two great books visiting the greatest place on earth...
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- Jim blog <http://jimpeluso.wordpress.com> "Keep moving Forward" -- 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.
