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I wish they had kept some of the original characteristics of the characters from the book in Jurassic Park: Ellie and Alan are not romantically interested in each other, Alan likes kids, John Hammond is an irredeemable capitalist who dies from his hubris, and Dr. Malcom goes crazy from his injuries and eventually dies (only to revived), and Dr. Wu actually exists for longer than a scene. I know Tim and Lex's ages and personalities were flipped from the book, but that was probably the correct choice for a movie. Alternatively, make the movie R rated and show the part where Nedry has to carry his intestines, Muldoon blows up a raptor with a rocket launcher, and Dr. Wu gets ripped apart.
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I tried to read a John Grisham novel in 2020 (it was a pandemic, I was bored) and I couldn't get more than 2 chapters in. It was horrible. And my judgement is sus because I read some really questionable stuff so if I think it's bad, it's bad.
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shirts and skins posted:I read Clive Cussler books too haha those are the ones I could never do. just extremely strong old person vibes I think I've read a couple Grishams, not great but I actually do have a soft spot for legal thrillers. For some reason, since they are kinda super dumb
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drat, I have to travel for work on my birthday next month. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I read Airframe and god was that a waste of time
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I watched a lot of John Grisham movies in 9th grade Civics, for some reason
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Play posted:hey ive read the majority of the Jack Reacher books, please ignore my glass house and do NOT throw stones at it its fragile Whoops
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Growing up in Maine meant I was given a copy of Stephen King books to read in grade school. Then again, noticing landmarks in his novels as real places was  .I was also really big into Clive Barker novels. The Hellbound Heart that Hellraiser was based on was fun, and I read a poo poo ton of Hellraiser comic books from Marvel's Epic line back in the day.
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Pron on VHS posted:Jack Reacher books are GREAT I been talking about them in this thread for a while. Jack Reacher is the epitome of airport fiction, and I mean that as a compliment.
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Braksgirl posted:I tried to read a John Grisham novel in 2020 (it was a pandemic, I was bored) and I couldn't get more than 2 chapters in. It was horrible. And my judgement is sus because I read some really questionable stuff so if I think it's bad, it's bad.  my mom had me walk her through getting all of Grisham's books to her kindle from the library in early pandemic times, which was frustrating over the phone. And she steadfastly refused to remember the process. I never read one so I have no opinion, I gather they're probably like Law & Order translated to book media? I could be way off there, I'm talking about something I'm not familiar with. But from what I'm imagining maybe they're kinda samey but different enough, and if it's something you like it's comforting?
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LeeMajors posted:The Hunt for Red October movie was ten times as good as the novel. Maybe ten thousand. His 80's books are at least entertaining, and I still really like the standalone Red Storm Rising (Keep in mind, I also read Team Yankee and Hackett's Third World War stuff, cause that poo poo always interested me), but once you get to the 90s his books get progressively longer and crazier, although they have their moments of action here and there, which is what I mostly cared about when I was 13. Then his (Possibly ghostwritten) stuff from the 00's is where they somehow get even more crazy, like somehow having 9/11 still happen just like in real life even though the Ryanverse had gone off on it's own tangent in like 1988 and everything after 1994~ was totally different (A nuked Super Bowl, wars with Japan and Iran, weaponized Ebola and ecoterrorists!).
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Grisham is at least competent. His early books were decent reads. No idea how Legal Thriller #36 turns out
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I just ate all the garlic cloves out of the bottom of the jar of pickled jalapeños I made last weekend and God drat I wanna eat that every day
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Playing for Pizza by John Grisham has absolutely no law stuff and I remember it being pretty good. I also read it like 10 years ago so YMMV
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3 DONG HORSE posted:drat, I have to travel for work on my birthday next month. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Doesn't your work travel normally take you to Vegas? Extend the trip and either do more of that or trek out to Bryce Canyon/ Southern Utah?
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The most "oh, now I get it" about a super popular genre that I had never considered reading before was when I found myself desperate to kill a few hours at a target when my phone died and picked up Murder on the Orient Express. drat does Agatha Christie go down smooth.
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Look at this kitten https://i.imgur.com/ZirEVPU.mp4
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Dango Bango posted:Doesn't your work travel normally take you to Vegas? Extend the trip and either do more of that or trek out to Bryce Canyon/ Southern Utah? Yeah normally but this time I'm headed to a conference in Charleston. I know nothing of that town. e: I'm sure it's cool, I miiight extend my trip to take up the weekend.
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Ornery and Hornery posted:Look at this kitten  ahhhhhhh
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I read all the Clancy RyanVerse books from Without Remorse through The Bear and the Dragon during my time in college 20+ years ago ( ) and enjoyed them. There's no way in hell I'm cracking them now because I want to remain in blissful ignorance of how bad they actually were 😕
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I liked Patriot Games but I haven't gone back to in in decades so uh maybe I'll let that one stay forever gold. Bear and the Dragon is funny for how jingoistic milporn like a book written about Command and Conquer Generals also being best friends with their Putin analogue.
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3 DONG HORSE posted:Yeah normally but this time I'm headed to a conference in Charleston. I know nothing of that town. e: I'm sure it's cool, I miiight extend my trip to take up the weekend. Charleston has some good food at least. Could also go to the beach. Not sure how warm the water is there this time of year though.
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3 DONG HORSE posted:Yeah normally but this time I'm headed to a conference in Charleston. I know nothing of that town. e: I'm sure it's cool, I miiight extend my trip to take up the weekend. Charleston is pretty cool and it’s pretty easy to get the most out of it in a weekend, so you should have a good time. Do the City Market in the afternoon, walk around and check out all the cool old houses, and then in the evening you can basically throw a dart at the map and hit a good place to eat. There’s also a rooftop bar right by Waterfront Park that is a great spot at sunset.
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Kalli posted:The most "oh, now I get it" about a super popular genre that I had never considered reading before was when I found myself desperate to kill a few hours at a target when my phone died and picked up Murder on the Orient Express. Love Agatha Christie. I've read every single book and I love them all.
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shirts and skins posted:I read Clive Cussler books too haha I read all of them up until ~1996, after he had wrung every possible drop out of Pitt and switched main characters. I can’t imagine being a writer who gets stuck writing the same poo poo for decades, despite probably getting paid well, and just mindlessly churning out Mary Sue parp.
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Braksgirl posted:Love Agatha Christie. I've read every single book and I love them all. https://youtu.be/lVIhDhN7Nxw
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Agatha Christie slaps, and could write fantastic mysteries. Hollywood needs to use more of her ideas.
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seiferguy posted:I wish they had kept some of the original characteristics of the characters from the book in Jurassic Park: Ellie and Alan are not romantically interested in each other, Alan likes kids, John Hammond is an irredeemable capitalist who dies from his hubris, and Dr. Malcom goes crazy from his injuries and eventually dies (only to revived), and Dr. Wu actually exists for longer than a scene. I know Tim and Lex's ages and personalities were flipped from the book, but that was probably the correct choice for a movie. I think movie Hammond is a much more interesting character than book Hammond, who’s just kind of a boring suit.
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Aaaaaaarrrrrggggg posted:I read all the Clancy RyanVerse books from Without Remorse through The Bear and the Dragon during my time in college 20+ years ago ( Whoever's taken over has turned Jack Ryan hard right, but he's still in the presidency in a ton of new books, and his son has a spinoff series too. Not great, but I always liked the character. Grisham chat, I remember loving A Time To Kill as a kid, and reread it last year. I forgot how many racial slurs were in the book. It honestly shocked me. King chat, after Gerald's Game, I lost interest. I tried reading a couple of his newest ones, but they're just not the same. I'm just on an alternate history/time travel/apocalyptic fiction kick for the last few years, and I grab whatever Kindle Unlimited has. Douglas E. Richards has a formula and he sticks to it, but drat if he doesn't write enjoyable near-future sci-fi thrillers.
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General Dog posted:I think movie Hammond is a much more interesting character than book Hammond, who’s just kind of a boring suit. yeah but book hammond falls down and gets eaten by tiny little kitten sized dinos which is cool
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Intruder posted:yeah but book hammond falls down and gets eaten by tiny little kitten sized dinos which is cool That reminds me, Michael Crichton had a book called Micro where people were shrunken maliciously. Crappy book in the end, but there's a scene where the shrunken army guys get ripped apart by ants and that scene that is described as "the soldier had an eternal surprised face as his head was taken into the nest" has always stuck with me for some reason.
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Silly Burrito posted:
I would recommend Michael Moorecock
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Skwirl posted:I would recommend Michael Moorecock Thanks, I'll check him out!
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3 DONG HORSE posted:Yeah normally but this time I'm headed to a conference in Charleston. I know nothing of that town. e: I'm sure it's cool, I miiight extend my trip to take up the weekend. Oh dang, my town. PM if you need recommendations.
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https://twitter.com/A_aphrodisia/status/1501730963700826112
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Silly Burrito posted:Whoever's taken over has turned Jack Ryan hard right, but he's still in the presidency in a ton of new books, and his son has a spinoff series too. Goddamnit  Maybe I'll just stick to the Culture series by Ian M. Banks.
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Cephalapods are loving aliens and you can't convince me otherwise.
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swickles posted:Cephalapods are loving aliens and you can't convince me otherwise. They’re easily the most fascinating creatures on earth. I hope they survive all the damage we are doing and inherit the planet.
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swickles posted:Cephalapods are loving aliens and you can't convince me otherwise. I just get wrap my mind around how they can go completely transparent. Like, ok, they can alter their pigmentation, but it has to go somewhere, right?
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