Amph What book are you reading right now?

I love that book. I would love to see a big full on adaptation of it (movie? or maybe TV?) with Emily Blunt as Lanoree Brock.

 

Yeah it would be great to see a movie of it. Emily Blunt would be good as Lanoree.

 

They could have an alternate title: Sword of the Jed'aii (since they basically used swords).

 

Maestro was like other Drizzt books, good and fun but drow politics are convoluted info dumps.

Picked up Skyborn by David Dalglish. I initially skipped this in stores but saw the lovely cover art of its sequel so i decided to give it a go.

 

Emily Blunt would be great in anything SW period.

 

Last of the Jedi 2: Dark Warning by Jude Watson

 

And Then There Were None (1943) – Agatha Christie

My ten little soldier boys. You’re the last one. One little soldier boy left all alone. He went & hanged himself. I must have my hanging – my hanging.

Spent a lot of time with this script by virtue of being in a recent staging of the play. I prefer the original novel, which is bleaker and a lot more psychologically complicated. The novel is perhaps Christie’s masterpiece and this play has to change the ending completely in order to create a more upbeat experience. Christie herself changed the ending at least, so it’s not a case of some other writer coming in and butchering the novel. Christie said that a play needed a less morally complicated ending; whether she’s right in the aggregate or not, it works fine here. I’ll always prefer the novel, but this tale of ten strangers marooned on an island and being slowly murdered by an unknown culprit holds up even with a more crowd-pleasing tone. It’s a great show. 4 stars.

tl;dr – adaptation of classic mystery novel doesn’t have the novel’s courage of conviction, but even in a more upbeat version, this iconic mystery story holds up. 4 stars.

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I read that twice in my middle school days. Great work.

Rogue1-and-a-half, why do I keep thinking this story you described was known as Ten Little Indians? Did she rename it?

 

@VLM, weird, I just ordered Skyborn from amazon this week, don't have it yet...

 

It has been published under various titles. The original title (and nursery rhyme) was "Ten Little ****" (the N-word) but that was already perceived as a racial slur in the US at the time, so the title was changed for the US edition, and later again for the UK edition. Some editions/versions were titled "Ten Little Soldiers" as well at some point.

 

That's funny because I had to order it to get it...

 

Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett, grandfather of the hard boiled detective novel.

Would make a hell of a movie (and/or modern remake if it was done back in the day).

I love finishing a book, or a comic, on Friday .

 

Yeah, it was pretty good.



Both times, even.

 

Awesome. Tanks for the tip off.

 

Ahh ok. Yeah unless there is any primary documentation pointing out these occurrences then it's just the author "filling in the gaps" in his narrative. It happens but creativity and historical imagination does have limits.

 

Empire and Rebellion: Razor's Edge

 

Yeah, I don't mind the Ten Little Indians title; that's what the book was titled when I first read it, so my mind automatically goes there. But Indians isn't really a slur, like the n-word or the r-word for Natives. But ultimately And Then There Were None is really the best title; more atmospheric and poetic.

Third time? Not so hot.



It is set in the 1920s, so it's the closest to actual setting of the novel, though the location is changed. But not even Christopher Walken as a machine-gun toting psycho could save this one.

 

Yeah. A film with the same setting as the book is what I originally meant.

Too bad, I'm taking your word on that one.

 

Just purchased "The Girl on the Train" which is coming out soon as a movie starring...Emily Blunt lol.

 

It's going to be a movie?? I have no clue how that'll come out. I mean, I guess I can see it, but the book was good in jumping between scenes.
The book was good in general. I can't imagine watching it on screen though.

 

Yea, I saw the trailer and it piqued my interest so I decided to read the book before I go see it.

 

Diverging Roads by Rose Wilder Lane

 

A straight adaptation of Red Harvest has been my dream since I read it. It's a very cinematic story, it's inspired many films, but it somehow hasn't gotten a direct adaptation itself. And that's outrageous.