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Originally Posted by benham
I always describe him as a married Harry Bosch.
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The mind boggles ...................
[/QUOTE]A new author for me to check out! What is Wilbur Smith like?[/QUOTE]
Well, at one period in my youth I read 3 of his, and thought they were pretty good, but was changing my opinion by the 3rd and didn't finish it. Very formulaic, obvious in a sort of easy "epic" manner, the mandatory mildly naughtie bits, and, when I last tried one, overblown and rather dated. Sorry, but that's just me - a lot of people read him. Suck it and see, I suppose !
[/QUOTE]carpetmojo, I wonder that too. I don't know if the author gets a lot of say in the movie and if that might have something to do with it.[/QUOTE]
I believe he wasn't that happy with it...... Authors have a difficult choice, I suppose - they'd probably like their work to enter a new medium, but the writer, especially in Hollywood, has always been the least important factor, which is changing a bit, but usually only after the first successful one. Often the price of a film can be to surrender artistic control, to all intents and purposes.
I'd love to see them filmed - but
well, and with a lot of his input.
But do I ?
Would it ruin my regular re-reads, and the excited journey into whichever one comes off the stocks next ?
Mmmmmmmmmm........
