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The Foundation seres. Loving it.

Picked this up from the library. I’ve enjoyed it. The chapter on Chinese writing is quite heavy, but I’ve enjoyed learning a little about the Chinese way of life.

In my opinion, when it comes to such treasures as Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, I Am Legend and Chocolat I would recommend watching the film first (which I accept is difficult when books have been around since birth and films are popped out at age 20yrs+).
I was VERY disappointed with Hitchikers Guide film. It was a mess. How on Earth could two hours do justice to a tome of greatness. I must watch the 1981 TV series.
I enjoyed the Chocolat film, but struggled to keep the appearance of those characters out of my head when I read the book. It would have been nice to forget the film and to forge my own ideas on what these characters looked like, purely from how the book described them. I mean, Roux is red-headed for goodness sakes! A far cry from dark featured Johnny Depp!

after seeing the film. I’m glad I watched the film first (although I didn’t realise at the time it was based on a book).

I enjoyed the film so much but felt there was much unexplained. I found myself questioning a lot of the events in the film and couldn’t help bringing it up for discussion in the workplace!

This book is claimed to be a mix of sci-fi and horror. So I guess I like it because it’s not pure horror and not only set out to disgust readers with descriptions of gore and torture!!!
I am about half way through at the moment and have stopped reading it temporarily, but not through lack of interest. Unfortunately, it was such a good read I skipped many chapters ahead to get a glimpse of what was to come!!! Wish I hadn’t but I couldn’t help it!!!

The book is SO different from the film. From what I’ve read so far I don’t think the film begins from less than halfway through the book.

The book explains everything for me that I couldn’t understand from the overview provided by the film. In all fairness, I’m guessing the directors wanted to make more of a blockbuster than a film that really dealt with the nitty-gritty. In this case, watching the film first definitely beat reading the book first. Otherwise, I probably would have been desperately disappointed with the film.
I AM LEGEND

it was too solid and i lost interest – well not enough to stop me reading the universe in a nutshell (which i discovered covers the brief history of time in a short and much clearer couple of chapters). still like this sort of stuff but i’m too lazy to finish either book. got an idea of it though so i’m glad i at least tried!

I stumbled across Stephen Hawkings and remembered I have been meaning to read his books. I found out where ‘The Universe in a Nutshell’ is stocked at my local libraries and proceeded to find it out on a very wet afternoon.
Since taking it down a local pub and proudly showing it off, one of my good friends said that she had the book that preceeds this one.
Now I temporarily possess a copy of ‘A Brief History of Time’ in my grubby lil mitts.
Quite something. I’m enjoying having to re-read paragraphs and staring off into space trying to fathom the ideas in my brain.

Love it – gives me some new ideas to play with.

by Neil Strauss. Great read. Is it really a true story? Did it really happen???!!!
Before this it was HG2G the “trilogy”. Absolutely fantastic. Only those who get its humour need apply.