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**The Flying Mouse** · 24 Apr 2003, 17:32

I'm not reading anything at the moment,but my favourite two aurthors are Stephen King (I see a lot of people here like him also

) and Bernard Cornwell,who writes the Sharpe novels.
The first S.K. book I read was Misery,but I would say my favourite of his books is Salem's Lot.
I think they did quite a good job of turning Misery into a film,although a lot of elements where missing,but that can only be expected

.The film of Salem's Lot didn't do the book justice at all.A lot of characters had their names changed for no reason and some characters were a "compilation" of characters from the book.The worst thing of all was Barlow himself.In the book he is a very clever,devious character,and those who meet him have little or no idea he's a vampire until he it's too late.In the film,he's just a seven foot purple b-movie monster without a word of diologue.
I like the Sharpe novels because apart from being great stories,they are very well researched.As a person who is interested in military history,I apreciate the way that B.C. includes a few pages of historical notes at the end of his novels to explain the difference between his story and what actually happened.
I think the Sharpe films were good.Not always 100% true to the books,but still well done.Althogh the character Richard Sharpe was originaly a dark haired Londoner,Sean Bean did such a good job playing him that even B.C. paid tribute to him,saying Sean wiped the original from my mind,and I think he's terrific.

The worst book ive read would have to be Jaws.It has the odd lively moment,but most of it is very boring.How they made such a great film from it is beyond me

.

The best book ever has got to be To Hell And Back.But maybe i'm biased

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24 Apr 2003, 17:32	#6
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	I'm not reading anything at the moment,but my favourite two aurthors are Stephen King (I see a lot of people here like him also ) and Bernard Cornwell,who writes the Sharpe novels. The first S.K. book I read was Misery,but I would say my favourite of his books is Salem's Lot. I think they did quite a good job of turning Misery into a film,although a lot of elements where missing,but that can only be expected .The film of Salem's Lot didn't do the book justice at all.A lot of characters had their names changed for no reason and some characters were a "compilation" of characters from the book.The worst thing of all was Barlow himself.In the book he is a very clever,devious character,and those who meet him have little or no idea he's a vampire until he it's too late.In the film,he's just a seven foot purple b-movie monster without a word of diologue. I like the Sharpe novels because apart from being great stories,they are very well researched.As a person who is interested in military history,I apreciate the way that B.C. includes a few pages of historical notes at the end of his novels to explain the difference between his story and what actually happened. I think the Sharpe films were good.Not always 100% true to the books,but still well done.Althogh the character Richard Sharpe was originaly a dark haired Londoner,Sean Bean did such a good job playing him that even B.C. paid tribute to him,saying Sean wiped the original from my mind,and I think he's terrific. The worst book ive read would have to be Jaws.It has the odd lively moment,but most of it is very boring.How they made such a great film from it is beyond me . The best book ever has got to be To Hell And Back.But maybe i'm biased .