Don't people read anymore?

[rock_26iin]

a few other non-fiction books i really liked:



Brian L. Weiss - Many Lives, Many Masters



Brian L. Weiss - Only Love Is Real



Nan Umrigar - Sounds Of Silence



This is my third consecutive post on this thread, is nobody reading ne more books, kya??

[Lucifer]

Here I come to give rock company. BTW, has anyone read Shashi Tharoor's 'The Great Indian Novel'? Fab book. Absolutely fantastic!

[rock_26iin]

did ne1 read Moby _??



the old classics:



Oliver Twist



Great Expectations



The Hound Of The Baskervilles



Sherlock Holmes : My fav was A Study In Scarlet (the 1st one )

[HitchHiker]

There are many amazing quotes from Douglas Adams in his H2G2 series .. one that makes me marvel at that guys genius is

Flying is easy, just throw yourself at the ground and miss.

[rabbithole]

topic's digreesed into fav books eh!



here's my list



jeffrey archer --> not a penny more not a penny less , matter of honour



micheal crichton: time line, disclosure, jurassic park



ludlum : bour ne series8)



others: to kill a mockin bird





list incomplete.....



did anyone read the book 'red earth and pouring rain'...wud like to know how it is!

[Lucifer]

Will digress a lil more. I thought Disclosure is one of the very few books that was not distorted while being adapted. The film and the story are very close with only one difference. Pop Quiz: Name that difference.

[rock_26iin]

Pop Quiz: Name that difference.

didnt read the book , didnt see the movie either, so here goes a really wild guess:



The ending??

[Lucifer]

The ending??

No. The difference is very minute. I don't think many people noticed it.

[rock_26iin]

The ending??

No. The difference is very minute. I don't think many people noticed it.

*gives up.*

[Lucifer]

Yet again it becomes a dialogue...



The diff is when he tells his wife about the incident with his boss. In the book he tells her straight before the world gets to know of it. In the movie, she hears it in a party.

[rabbithole]

*scratches his head thinkin*.....

later

*bangs his head for the answer*....

later

*decides to come up with a lame answer*



there's one character on a wheelchair in the book thats missin in the movie

is that it?

i dont think so

[rabbithole]

lucifer,

u did not gimme enof time

[Lucifer]

Rabbit, my apologies. But, I don't think you could have come up with the answer... Am I being mean? No, I am just being me - the devil!

[LP]

Hey how is disclosure anyway?I have read almost his entire works except Disclosure and his latest one.



Hey,his latest book has something to do w/ india and his consultant is some Indian Major.Do you guys know anything else about this.........?

[rabbithole]

Rabbit, my apologies. But, I don't think you could have come up with the answer... Am I being mean? No, I am just being me - the devil!

naa..i dont think i cud have either...and ya u were bein u r self

[rock_26iin]

how did i foget Catch 22??



absolute must read

[Habitual Perfectionist]

Will digress a lil more. I thought Disclosure is one of the very few books that was not distorted while being adapted. The film and the story are very close with only one difference. Pop Quiz: Name that difference.

If you say that, you haven't read the book carefully. Here are a few more things that were amiss in the movie.



1. Tom's lawyer, Louise Fernandez, I felt was an important character, but she was reduced from a main character, to a very "bit" part.



2. In the book, they talked about how Meredith Johnson got to where she was (an important key), but in the movie, they left most of that out.



3. Finally, and this is what I felt the most. the sexual harrasment angle was the primary plot in the book whereas the corporate games were a subplot. The book reversed this completely.

[azazel]

3. Finally, and this is what I felt the most. the sexual harrasment angle was the primary plot in the book whereas the corporate games were a subplot. The book reversed this completely.

movie??



one of the most hilarious quotes from H2G2 .. had me totally in splits ..



the answer to the most important question about Life, the Universe and Everything is ... *looooooooong silence* ... 42!

[Lucifer]

If you say that, you haven't read the book carefully. Here are a few more things that were amiss in the movie.

1. Tom's lawyer, Louise Fernandez, I felt was an important character, but she was reduced from a main character, to a very "bit" part.

2. In the book, they talked about how Meredith Johnson got to where she was (an important key), but in the movie, they left most of that out.

3. Finally, and this is what I felt the most. the sexual harrasment angle was the primary plot in the book whereas the corporate games were a subplot. The book reversed this completely.

I disagree. Reducing parts of characters in alright - you have to condense it to a two hour movie. They do that in Harry Potters, too, and Rowling is pretty fine with that. But, what I do not like is if they reverse something completely like they did with Tom Sanders' confession to his wife. That is a no-no!



In the book, the sexual harassment plot formed a premise on which everything else was based. Corporate games were still played out - remember how Tom had to get the data by sneaking into a hotel room and operating the virtual library? I think the movie balanced them out nicely.

[Habitual Perfectionist]

The point was whether the movie did justice to the book or not. I fel that it didn't. Looking at the movie impartially, it was a good movie. But compare it to the book and you see the difference.



Talking of the sneaking into the hotel room scene reminds me that in the book, Tom Sanders actually communicates with the Conley executive. Its shown entirely different in the movie.



I agree to your point that certain characters & parts need to be purged to make a 2 hour movie but somehow I look at everything through a Godfather tinted glass and thats too high a standard to follow in terms of conformity to the novel.

[azazel]

I look at everything through a Godfather tinted glass and thats too high a standard to follow in terms of conformity to the novel.

masterful direction buddy.. one of the things to making a movie based on a novel is gettin the author to write or atleast co-write the script..

The Godfather succeeds on so many levels, its almost unbelievable..

[Lucifer]

Films like The Godfather do not get made everyday. Neither do such books get written everyday. It think it is unfair to compare Disclosure with The Godfather because they just are nowehere close to being in the same league.



By itself, Disclosure is a good book. From that point of view, the movie did justice to it.

[CtrlAltDel]

i was probably one of the few who felt disappointed on seeing Jurassic Park movie. all coz i read the book first...the movie is a let down when compared to the book

[Habitual Perfectionist]

Somehow I feel that Crichton's books are a better read than movies adapted from them. Take any of his books. IMO, the movie never is a patch on the book.

[CtrlAltDel]

Somehow I feel that Crichton's books are a better read than movies adapted from them. Take any of his books. IMO, the movie never is a patch on the book.

i know...i've read an watched Great Train Robbery n Lost World too...nothing in front of the book...tho the Train Robbery came quite close.

i dunno how Timeline has turned out...the book's awesome!