all the rage

[iambear]

I just finished the book... F Paul Wilson is amazing. I have yet to be dissapointed by anything he has written. I think this book would make a great movie too. now I am off to finish reading Sibs.....

[Lisa]

Welcome to the board, iambear!

Lisa

[Animagess]

Personally I think this was the best of the RJ novels. Solid characterization, check. Intruiging, well-paced plot, check. Maintains interest throughout book, check. Seamless referencing to previous novels without leaving new readers in the dark, check (not to mention Doug's preferred cafe, the Kuro Kaze! Clever). Gotta be my favorite.

[iambear]

I am almost finished Sibs and for some reason , I keep thinking of how great this would be if he replaced Rob with Jack and Kara with Gia and jill with vickey.....

[Mailedbypostman]

If you say so. Welcome iambear! Even though i am also junior :)

[iambear]

thanks for the welcome :)
I just finished Sibs.... what a great book...
I loved that ending.... FPW, you are amazing. what do you recomend for my next reading ??????

[fpw]

what do you recomend for my next reading ??????

First tell us what you've read.

[Biggles]

thanks for the welcome :)
I just finished Sibs.... what a great book...
I loved that ending.... FPW, you are amazing. what do you recomend for my next reading ??????

I suggest The Fifth Harmonic. It's still Paul, but it's not horror in any sense. I found it a miraculous, uplifting novel. It sucked me in and held me to the end.

[iambear]

lets see... the tomb / the keep / the touch / legacies / sibs / the select.
i got diagnosis terminal, but I didnt like it..... I thought it was fpw but he was just the editor, all short stories of I remember correctly... I went to the library today and got the keep, it has been so long since I read I want to re-read it and then watch the movie .....if I can get my hands on it....
I have also read the broken hearts club by Ethann Black... wicked book... highly recomend it.... and I have read hte crow-shatered lives and broken bones by J.O'Barr....
so..... what do you reccomond eh :confused:

[jimbow8]

lets see... the tomb / the keep / the touch / legacies / sibs / the select.
i got diagnosis terminal, but I didnt like it..... I thought it was fpw but he was just the editor, all short stories of I remember correctly... I went to the library today and got the keep, it has been so long since I read I want to re-read it and then watch the movie.
MOST of the people, including fpw himself, HATE that movie, just so you know. I, personally, didn't think it was that bad and it is responsible for turning me on to fpw's novels, so it does have that going for it in my book.

Read the rest of the Repairman Jack novels and then read the Adversary Cycle (though be forewarned that he will be 'updating' these books for future print editions).

As for non-RJ/AC books, I like The Select, Black Wind, Nightkill, and Soft and Others (short stories) the best. Don't get me wrong, they are all GREAT!

[Lisa]

Just to reiterate what Jim said, the movie The Keep is TERRIBLE, to put it mildly. Consider yourself warned.

Black Wind and The Fifth Harmonic are two of FPW's best and are easy to find. If you like science fiction, you might want to check out An Enemy of the State (my personal favorite), Healer, The Tery, Wheels Within Wheels, and Dydeetown World. You'll have to get them used, though.

Lisa

[iambear]

geez eh. its starting to sound like a car crash.....
you dont want to look, but its just so horriffic that you have too.
just out of curiosity, what made it so bad ???? was it the acting ? was it done with such a low budget, that it looked cheep and fake ????

[Ken Valentine]

geez eh. its starting to sound like a car crash.....
you dont want to look, but its just so horriffic that you have too.
just out of curiosity, what made it so bad ???? was it the acting ? was it done with such a low budget, that it looked cheep and fake ????

From what I remember of it, Michael Mann turned it into a vampire movie. Perhaps he didn't have the wherewithall to express the far greater and more evil aspect of Molasar as he was portrayed in the book.

Ken V.

[jimbow8]

geez eh. its starting to sound like a car crash.....
you dont want to look, but its just so horriffic that you have too.
just out of curiosity, what made it so bad ???? was it the acting ? was it done with such a low budget, that it looked cheep and fake ????
I think you should just watch it and form your own opinion. Perhaps you will like it, or at least think that it isn't THAT horrible, like I do.

[Biggles]

I think you should just watch it and form your own opinion. Perhaps you will like it, or at least think that it isn't THAT horrible, like I do.


Everything is relative. Compared to "Terms of Endearment" I would rather watch "The Keep". When I went to see the former movie I hated every character except Jack Nicholson's. Before it ended I was looking at my watch and saying "Die already" referring to Debra Winger's character.

[iambear]

well, I got "the keep" from the library and I am about half way through it.... and I just got the movie "the keep" on ebay for about 5 bucks... it should be here around the same time I am finished the book.then I can give you my 2 cents on it.

[iambear]

i just read on a website that there are 3 different versions of the the movie "the keep " one of them has about 3 and a half minutes added to the end..... is that true ???
by the way... still reading the keep and still waiting for the movie too...
GO LEAFS GO :D

[nijimeijer]

From what I remember of it, Michael Mann turned it into a vampire movie. Perhaps he didn't have the wherewithall to express the far greater and more evil aspect of Molasar as he was portrayed in the book.

Ken V.

Vampire movie? I didn't get that at all. In fact . . . uh . . .

SPOILER ALERT FOR THOSE WHO'VE NEVER SEEN "THE KEEP"

Highlight to read:
I got space aliens out of it. At the end, the sword is actually a laser rod, and Glaeken transforms into whatever species Rasalom is portrayed to be. To me, that clearly said "Cosmic Space Being Warrior Thing".

END SPOILERS

[jimbow8]

I must admit that I never saw it as a vampire movie, either. Monster movie, sure, but not vampires. That would have made it better, IMHO (remember that I actually like the movie). The book alluded to vampires and then changed courses, so basically the movie being a "vampire movie" just means that it never followed through and changed course like the novel.