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Yes, it's that time of the year. I've begun my annual reading of The Hogfather. :D I'm also reading 4 Past Midnight, but that's not terribly seasonal. ;) Though it does give me something to talk about!
4 Past Midnight is one of the few King books I've yet to read. I'd never come across it, never wanted to pay full price for it, and always had so much else to read. But I found it at the thrift store yesterday, so I snagged it.
I've started on The Langoliers. I've seen the mini-series, and those of you who have seen it...well...the mini-series alone doesn't inspire great confidence. But it's an older movie, and they only could do so much with special effects, and while furry bouncy balls with teeth aren't particularly frightening, I got what they were going for.
I assumed, as I believe is rational to do with any TV or movie adaptation, that there are vast differences between the mini-series and the original novella.
So far, that's not true. So far, I've seen very few differences. The characters are mostly all the same, the scenarios are mostly all the same, hell even chunks of dialogue seem to be the same. I'm a bit surprised, but at least pleasantly so!
Today is a lazy day where I think I will spend most of it in front of the computer. Until later, when I finally actually do hang lights like I've been swearing I will all week. (Things keep coming up!)
I ought to fix myself some breakfast.....
4 Past Midnight is one of the few King books I've yet to read. I'd never come across it, never wanted to pay full price for it, and always had so much else to read. But I found it at the thrift store yesterday, so I snagged it.
I've started on The Langoliers. I've seen the mini-series, and those of you who have seen it...well...the mini-series alone doesn't inspire great confidence. But it's an older movie, and they only could do so much with special effects, and while furry bouncy balls with teeth aren't particularly frightening, I got what they were going for.
I assumed, as I believe is rational to do with any TV or movie adaptation, that there are vast differences between the mini-series and the original novella.
So far, that's not true. So far, I've seen very few differences. The characters are mostly all the same, the scenarios are mostly all the same, hell even chunks of dialogue seem to be the same. I'm a bit surprised, but at least pleasantly so!
Today is a lazy day where I think I will spend most of it in front of the computer. Until later, when I finally actually do hang lights like I've been swearing I will all week. (Things keep coming up!)
I ought to fix myself some breakfast.....
