Title: I am Legend
Author: Richard Matheson
Recommended by: Andrew Sharp
I was talking to Andrew Sharp about that new Will Smith movie coming out (what are the odds he'll make a song for it? high.) It's called I am Legend, and it's based off this book. Andrew was the one who informed me that there was a book, so I started searching for it at my local librarys and across OhioLink (it's a big network connecting a lot of libraries in Ohio). I couldn't find a copy, so I actually went out and bought it, cause I was really interested.
The story is about a future where a plague has turned it's victims into what appear to be vampires. The main character is all alone in LA and has holed up in his house at night, and during the day he hunts down these vampires. The main character eventually searches out what causes the plague, and tries to scientifically find out why vampires react to garlic, crosses, and if the only way to kill one is with a wooden stake.
I really enjoyed this book because it wasn't a horror story at all. I'm not a big fan of scary books, or movies, and the writing in this was great because it focused a lot on the main character's human element, which is the very thing seperating him from the vampires.
Recommendation: 9/10, this is the best vampire book since Dracula, maybe better.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
Make Love: The Bruce Campbell way
Title: Make Love: The Bruce Campbell way
Author: Bruce Campbell
Recommended by: Jason Hall (double indirectly)
My buddy Jason works on google reader, and he got me using it, and I think it's great. Anyway, one of his shared items on google reader was about Bruce Campbell, and it made me decide to check out any books Bruce Campbell had written. (Shared items are pretty great, if Jason reads something exciting from his google reader subscriptions he can share it, and then people who read his shared items can read it too.)
This book was about Bruce Campbell making it big. (If you don't know who Bruce Campbell is, he was in a lot of B-movies.) So in the book, he gets to be in a big budget romatic comedy called "Let's make love" with A-list actors like Richard Gere. As filming for the movie goes on, and Bruce sugests some ideas, the movie quickly becomes full of B-movie type gags, and gets a little out of control.
The story is really entertaining, it starts out pretty believable, but by the end of the book, everything is crazy and out of hand. But this happens in such a gradual way, that I didn't even realize how crazy it had become until I stepped back and tried to explain the story to my friend Mark. I also really enjoyed this book since it was one of the first really funny books I've read this year.
Recommendation: 9/10, If you've ever liked anything that had Bruce Campbell, you'll like this.
Author: Bruce Campbell
Recommended by: Jason Hall (double indirectly)
My buddy Jason works on google reader, and he got me using it, and I think it's great. Anyway, one of his shared items on google reader was about Bruce Campbell, and it made me decide to check out any books Bruce Campbell had written. (Shared items are pretty great, if Jason reads something exciting from his google reader subscriptions he can share it, and then people who read his shared items can read it too.)
This book was about Bruce Campbell making it big. (If you don't know who Bruce Campbell is, he was in a lot of B-movies.) So in the book, he gets to be in a big budget romatic comedy called "Let's make love" with A-list actors like Richard Gere. As filming for the movie goes on, and Bruce sugests some ideas, the movie quickly becomes full of B-movie type gags, and gets a little out of control.
The story is really entertaining, it starts out pretty believable, but by the end of the book, everything is crazy and out of hand. But this happens in such a gradual way, that I didn't even realize how crazy it had become until I stepped back and tried to explain the story to my friend Mark. I also really enjoyed this book since it was one of the first really funny books I've read this year.
Recommendation: 9/10, If you've ever liked anything that had Bruce Campbell, you'll like this.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Robinson Crusoe
Title: Robinson Crusoe
Author: Daniel Defoe
Recommended by: John Jencson
This book also came recommended in the conversation with John Jencson about reading the classics. Always a good idea.
This book is about a man who grows up in an upper middle class type of family, but is intrigued by the sea, and leaves to make his fortune at sea against his father's wishes. He gets shipwrecked alone, and lives for more than 20 years on an island. He's pretty clever in how he makes his life easier on the island, and how he stays busy with the grand projects he undertakes.
Maybe my favorite thing about this book is his faith, how he leaves it as a youth, and returns in times of trouble, only to lose it when the danger's past, to his finding full comfort in it. What I really like is that the book seems to reference the topic of faith in such an easy way. It's clear that it's not what the book is about, but it's also clearly a part of the character. I thought both The Itching Parrot and The Count of Monte Cristo both did a great job with this too. It's probably due to the fact that these books all came from a couple hundred years ago.
Anyway, it was a great book, my only complaint was that the only copy I had was from like 1960. And since I'm a big fan of early modern english writing, I felt I missed out since I had a "updated" translation.
Recommendation: 9/10, It's a great story, and connects the reader well with the main character.
Author: Daniel Defoe
Recommended by: John Jencson
This book also came recommended in the conversation with John Jencson about reading the classics. Always a good idea.
This book is about a man who grows up in an upper middle class type of family, but is intrigued by the sea, and leaves to make his fortune at sea against his father's wishes. He gets shipwrecked alone, and lives for more than 20 years on an island. He's pretty clever in how he makes his life easier on the island, and how he stays busy with the grand projects he undertakes.
Maybe my favorite thing about this book is his faith, how he leaves it as a youth, and returns in times of trouble, only to lose it when the danger's past, to his finding full comfort in it. What I really like is that the book seems to reference the topic of faith in such an easy way. It's clear that it's not what the book is about, but it's also clearly a part of the character. I thought both The Itching Parrot and The Count of Monte Cristo both did a great job with this too. It's probably due to the fact that these books all came from a couple hundred years ago.
Anyway, it was a great book, my only complaint was that the only copy I had was from like 1960. And since I'm a big fan of early modern english writing, I felt I missed out since I had a "updated" translation.
Recommendation: 9/10, It's a great story, and connects the reader well with the main character.
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