I recently finished reading The Lost Empire by Clive Cussler and enjoyed it, I may pick up another book by him.
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Dug B. <[email protected]> wrote: > Just read Guy Gavriel Kay's *Ysabel*. I have yet to be disappointed with > any of his books. > > > 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. > > > > -- > 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.
