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  • #52
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    It's on my to-buy list when I get some spare cash, the engagement of the author was a nice touch


  • #53
    xiankiefer
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭xiankiefer


    Well heck I was pretty pleased that someone recommended it. & Slattsy: although my book is very different, Revolutionary Road was a big influence--not in terms of the actually writing (Yates is great, but not really what I do) but in terms of how I dealt with--or tried to deal with--the American suburbs.

    Thanks for reading it, all. Happy new year!


  • #54
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,257 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    xiankiefer wrote: »
    Well heck I was pretty pleased that someone recommended it. & Slattsy: although my book is very different, Revolutionary Road was a big influence--not in terms of the actually writing (Yates is great, but not really what I do) but in terms of how I dealt with--or tried to deal with--the American suburbs.

    Thanks for reading it, all. Happy new year!

    I've just finished my current book, i'm grabbing this to read next!


  • #55
    kop-end
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭kop-end


    2 Books which really moved me over the last few years were:

    I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
    The Road by Cormac mcCarthy

    I was lucky enough to read both books before I seen either of the movies, thank god for that as Hollywood did these no justice ar all.
    I pity people who never got to enjoy good books and were tarnished by the Hollywood ruin of them.....

    maybe that a good idea for another thread....TBC...


  • #56
    Paranoid Mandroid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 458 ✭✭Paranoid Mandroid


    kop-end wrote: »
    2 Books which really moved me over the last few years were:

    I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
    The Road by Cormac mcCarthy

    I was lucky enough to read both books before I seen either of the movies, thank god for that as Hollywood did these no justice ar all.
    I pity people who never got to enjoy good books and were tarnished by the Hollywood ruin of them.....

    maybe that a good idea for another thread....TBC...

    The road is a great movie IMO. Maybe reading the book first ruins the experience of watching the movie. Either way, you can't compare a movie to a book, the book will win nearly every time.

    I wonder if seeing the movie revolutionary road, the experience of reading it is totally ruined? By all accounts 'the count of monte cristo' is an amazing book but likewise I've seen the movie (two versions). Would I be wasting my time?


  • #57
    Boskowski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭Boskowski


    Probably been said already or may be common knowledge but the Game of Thrones series are actually really good books. Well written but not testing easy read and never boring.


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