Harry Potter

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:46 pm

Leland wrote:I've really got no interest in the whole genre, though. I've never owned any books even slightly related to sorcery, mystical stuff or witchcraft.

Well, the magic, wihile having a prominent role, could easily be removed. It could just as easily be martial arts. Magic is just more fun for the kids, who generally belive in magic, Santa, and the easter bunny.

It all just bores me. Fiction, as a whole, bores me as well.
If somebody gave me a copy, it would just sit on the shelf.

That was me for a long time.

Have you tried Clancy? I'd suggest starting with Without Remorse especially if you seen the first 3 movies, though The Hunt for Red October is quite different in the novel.

Doug@GT · Post by **Doug@GT** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:23 pm

ThomasDodd wrote:
Have you tried Clancy? I'd suggest starting with Without Remorse especially if you seen the first 3 movies, though The Hunt for Red October is quite different in the novel.

I could never get into Clancy. My dad and brother both swear up and downt he books are exciting, but I'm always asleep by the end of chapter 1. Should I just skip to chapter 4?

Doug "who considers boring the crap out of the reader at the outset to be very bad writing"

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:56 am

Doug@GT wrote: I could never get into Clancy. My dad and brother both swear up and downt he books are exciting, but I'm always asleep by the end of chapter 1. Should I just skip to chapter 4?

I never found the intros boring*. Skipping chapters would likely confuse you. Tom likes to have something simple in chapter 1, become big later on. Kind like like. Seamingly insignifigant things become important months later.

Without Remorse was suggested as it's action packed, and about John Clark. It's his background story, and not about Jack Ryan at all. Lots of it reads like a nonfiction book about a sniper or vigilante.

Ok, I still haven't managed to read Patriot Games, as the movie followed too closely. If I'd read it first, it'd be great, but having seen the move I have trouble staying with the story. Neither The Hunt for Red October or Clear and Present Danger had that effect as the movies changed the story line a lot.