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| Books & Authors Recommended and not so recommended reading. |
12-16-2007, 03:06 AM
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Wordsmith
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James Clavell
In many discussions about book and authors on this forum I have never yet seen James Clavell mentioned. Why is that?
Published book credits include, King Rat, Tai-Pan, Shogun, Noble House, Whirlwind and Gai-Jin.
Film adaptations: The Fly, Watusi, Five Gates to Hell, Walk like a Dragon, The Great Escape, 633 Squadron, The Satan Bug, To Sir With Love, Where's Jack?, The last Valley, Shogun and Noble House.
Is there no-one here who has enjoyed any of these books or the film adaptations?
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12-16-2007, 02:43 PM
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I loved every single one of his books. One of the best novel writers of our time in my opinion. He has been on my favourites list for a long time and I doubt anyone could knock him............hmmm...but maybe on this site..lol
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12-16-2007, 03:35 PM
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Wordsmith
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Originally Posted by Centurion
I loved every single one of his books. One of the best novel writers of our time in my opinion. He has been on my favourites list for a long time and I doubt anyone could knock him............hmmm...but maybe on this site..lol
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I've not seen anyone else on this site (until now) even mention him. |
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12-17-2007, 07:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Baron
In many discussions about book and authors on this forum I have never yet seen James Clavell mentioned. Why is that?
Published book credits include, King Rat, Tai-Pan, Shogun, Noble House, Whirlwind and Gai-Jin.
Film adaptations: The Fly, Watusi, Five Gates to Hell, Walk like a Dragon, The Great Escape, 633 Squadron, The Satan Bug, To Sir With Love, Where's Jack?, The last Valley, Shogun and Noble House.
Is there no-one here who has enjoyed any of these books or the film adaptations?
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Guess who's seen at least three of Clavell's adaptations?
TSWL, years ago, doesn't seem to make it back to re-runs these days.
633 - quite enjoyed it in my action war films phase. Preferred Dam Busters, as 633 fictional and DB not.
The piece de resistance of course is TGE. Piss myself every time I see that oaf of a guard in the cooler having his keys lifted by Hilts. And The Ferret was probably true-to-life. It's repeated on TV at least twice, maybe three times, every year. Gave it a miss last time. Although I still manage to listen to Elmer Bernstein's theme music at least once a week as it's one of the tracks on my exercise Mp3 player.
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Last edited by The Backward OX : 12-17-2007 at 07:38 AM.
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12-17-2007, 09:28 AM
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Wordsmith
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Originally Posted by The Backward OX
Guess who's seen at least three of Clavell's adaptations?
TSWL, years ago, doesn't seem to make it back to re-runs these days.
633 - quite enjoyed it in my action war films phase. Preferred Dam Busters, as 633 fictional and DB not.
The piece de resistance of course is TGE. Piss myself every time I see that oaf of a guard in the cooler having his keys lifted by Hilts. And The Ferret was probably true-to-life. It's repeated on TV at least twice, maybe three times, every year. Gave it a miss last time. Although I still manage to listen to Elmer Bernstein's theme music at least once a week as it's one of the tracks on my exercise Mp3 player.
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The Great Escape has to be an all time classic. For reading I recommend Shogun. The book is brilliant but the film didn't do it justice. |
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