Tom Clancy Red October was average. Red Storm Rising was dull. Nothing but expensive sounding weapons specifications blowing up other...
Everything is derivative. Every story owes something to something that came before. I'd bet that if I dusted off my copy of "a Tough Guide to...
Just finished re-reading Deathly hallows in preparation for Part 2. Hated it the first time but after watching Part 1 (which I liked) and seeing...
I thought Avatar was Dune but on Jungleworld instead of Desertworld, and a good movie as well (Derivative, bah, isn't everything?). On that...
Off the top of my head Escapist/ fantasy/ sci-fi/etc young adult titles Watership Down by Richard Adams Enders Game by Orson Scott Card...
I not quite sure. Did anybody see the TV miniseries of the Shining he wrote.
The whole racism theme bugs me no end. I'm sure JK Rowling wrote the series with good intentions but let me summarise how I see the Harry...
The sad truth is that if a kid doesn't like reading they are probably going to reject most books forced on them by other people, particularly...
Instead of: Hello man behind the curtain, we shall instantly forgive you for frightening us with that whole disembodied head and pyrotechnic act...
You should listen to the original radio serials, they're even better. I'm currently about to start re-reading John Marsden's Tomorrow Series in...
So it resembles the Stand in more ways than one :D. I'm currently reading the The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk. Pretty good so far.
As per title, and yes I know this is a very superficial thread, don’t bite my head off. Anyway here are mine. The airfield sequence from “Burning...
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