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Jan 7, 2015 18:44:07 GMT
Post by CaajScot on Jan 7, 2015 18:44:07 GMT
Finished Revival and now on an old Koontz called Shattered Checked up on this Shattered book as it rung a bell. I can't say I have read it but I am sure there was a film made which has similarities to the plot which I am sure I have seen? Will have to get my hands on the book, sounds good. Artist Alex Doyle and his new family, bride Courtney and her 11 year old brother Colin, are moving from Philadelphia to San Francisco. Courtney's flying out ahead to get the house set up. Alex and Colin are driving there in Alex's new Ford Thunderbird. The cross-country trip starts out as a bonding experience, but their car is being tailed by a van; a van driven by a psychopath intent on terrorizing them.
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Post by _ on Jan 7, 2015 18:53:08 GMT
Finished Revival and now on an old Koontz called Shattered Checked up on this Shattered book as it rung a bell. I can't say I have read it but I am sure there was a film made which has similarities to the plot which I am sure I have seen? Will have to get my hands on the book, sounds good. Artist Alex Doyle and his new family, bride Courtney and her 11 year old brother Colin, are moving from Philadelphia to San Francisco. Courtney's flying out ahead to get the house set up. Alex and Colin are driving there in Alex's new Ford Thunderbird. The cross-country trip starts out as a bonding experience, but their car is being tailed by a van; a van driven by a psychopath intent on terrorizing them.
Fairly predictable plot Only film I can think of that is called Shattered is with Bob Hoskins and Tome Berenger - no connection though - decent film EDIT - found a version www.imdb.com/title/tt0074642/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_19Moved to French location
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Jan 7, 2015 19:15:08 GMT
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Post by CaajScot on Jan 7, 2015 19:15:08 GMT
Checked up on this Shattered book as it rung a bell. I can't say I have read it but I am sure there was a film made which has similarities to the plot which I am sure I have seen? Will have to get my hands on the book, sounds good. Artist Alex Doyle and his new family, bride Courtney and her 11 year old brother Colin, are moving from Philadelphia to San Francisco. Courtney's flying out ahead to get the house set up. Alex and Colin are driving there in Alex's new Ford Thunderbird. The cross-country trip starts out as a bonding experience, but their car is being tailed by a van; a van driven by a psychopath intent on terrorizing them.
Fairly predictable plot Only film I can think of that is called Shattered is with Bob Hoskins and Tome Berenger - no connection though - decent film EDIT - found a version www.imdb.com/title/tt0074642/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_19Moved to French location That's it. They changed the title. Just found this on Wikipedia. The Passengers (French: Les Passagers, Italian: Viaggio di paura) is a French 1977 drama film directed by Serge Leroy and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant.] It was released in the United States as The Intruder. It is based on Dean Koontz's novel Shattered.
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Jan 21, 2015 0:17:23 GMT
Post by _ on Jan 21, 2015 0:17:23 GMT
Finished John Saul's Cry for the Strangers last night (and watched the film version today) Now started on NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (Stephen King's boy if you didn't know) - got a nice flow to it - learned a lot from his old man IMO
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2015 1:39:05 GMT
Just picked up the Bourne Identity and Stig Larsson's millennium trilogy from a charity shop. About 5 quid for the 4.
Read the whole Bourne series before but don't have the books anymore so will start again.
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Jan 21, 2015 4:19:00 GMT
Post by aussiegraham on Jan 21, 2015 4:19:00 GMT
Just picked up the Bourne Identity and Stig Larsson's millennium trilogy from a charity shop. About 5 quid for the 4. Read the whole Bourne series before but don't have the books anymore so will start again. Couldn't put the millennium trilogy down, great books!
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Jan 21, 2015 6:10:51 GMT
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Post by king nothing on Jan 21, 2015 6:10:51 GMT
I'm going through a bit of a zombie phase at the moment. Just started zomblog by TW Brown. I'm enjoying it, not bad for 99p!
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Jan 21, 2015 9:01:24 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2015 9:01:24 GMT
You know, I've never read a book from start to finish. I usually get to about page 10 or so and then never touch it again
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Jan 21, 2015 13:44:21 GMT
Post by CaajScot on Jan 21, 2015 13:44:21 GMT
Just picked up the Bourne Identity and Stig Larsson's millennium trilogy from a charity shop. About 5 quid for the 4. Read the whole Bourne series before but don't have the books anymore so will start again. Robert Ludlam is one of my favourite authors. Read the list I put below, all brilliant Ludlam books. I have read them all. It's a shame he died in March 2001 aged 73. By Ludlum, published during the author's lifetime The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971) The Osterman Weekend (1972) The Matlock Paper (1973) Trevayne (1973, writing under the pen-name Jonathan Ryder) The Cry of the Halidon (1974, writing under the pen-name Jonathan Ryder) The Rhinemann Exchange (1974) The Road to Gandolfo (1975, writing under the pen-name Michael Shepherd) The Gemini Contenders (1976) The Chancellor Manuscript (1977) The Holcroft Covenant (1978) The Matarese Circle (1979) The Bourne Identity (1980) The Parsifal Mosaic (1982) The Aquitaine Progression (1984) The Bourne Supremacy (1986) The Icarus Agenda (1988) The Bourne Ultimatum (1990) The Road to Omaha (1992) The Scorpio Illusion (1993) The Apocalypse Watch (1995) The Matarese Countdown (1997) The Prometheus Deception (2000) Credited to Ludlum, published posthumously The Sigma Protocol (2001, the last novel written entirely by Ludlum) The Janson Directive (2002) The Tristan Betrayal (2003) The Ambler Warning (2005) The Bancroft Strategy (2006)
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Jan 21, 2015 21:52:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2015 21:52:10 GMT
Just picked up the Bourne Identity and Stig Larsson's millennium trilogy from a charity shop. About 5 quid for the 4. Read the whole Bourne series before but don't have the books anymore so will start again. Intrigued to hear how the Bourne series is. I have read Stig Larsson trilogy and have recently been reading most of Jo Nesbos crime thrillers based on his Norweigan detective Harry Hole. If anyone is a fan of the crime genre check these out, the Snowman was the first but there are about 10.
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Jan 21, 2015 21:56:19 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2015 21:56:19 GMT
Just picked up the Bourne Identity and Stig Larsson's millennium trilogy from a charity shop. About 5 quid for the 4. Read the whole Bourne series before but don't have the books anymore so will start again. Intrigued to hear how the Bourne series is. I have read Stiglitz Larsson trilogy and have recently been reading most of Jo Nesbos crime thrillers based on his Norweigan detective Harry Hole. If anyone is a fan of the crime genre check these out, the Snowman was the first but there are about 10. They're a good read. Read them a few years back and fancied it again. The antagonist is basically Carlos the Jackal. Well written books, keep you drawn in.
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Jan 21, 2015 22:25:37 GMT
Post by CaajScot on Jan 21, 2015 22:25:37 GMT
Intrigued to hear how the Bourne series is. I have read Stiglitz Larsson trilogy and have recently been reading most of Jo Nesbos crime thrillers based on his Norweigan detective Harry Hole. If anyone is a fan of the crime genre check these out, the Snowman was the first but there are about 10. They're a good read. Read them a few years back and fancied it again. The antagonist is basically Carlos the Jackal. Well written books, keep you drawn in.The Bourne Ultimatum is also about Carlos the Jackal, an old enemy of Bourne who finally kills Carlos at the end. Fiction of course as the real Carlos the Jackal (Ilich Ramírez Sánchezwas) was caught and is serving a life sentence in France for the 1975 murder of an informant for the French government and two French counter-intelligence agents. The Bourne books are still a brilliant read as all of Ludlam's books are though.
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Jan 22, 2015 2:54:54 GMT
Post by grandpaTJ on Jan 22, 2015 2:54:54 GMT
Stig Larsson trilogy is brilliant, and I've read all of the Nesbo books, had to get a couple via the inter-library loan program, but now the Library has him as an Author they get automatically. Like John Sandford, King and his Son, Joe Hill, James Lee Burke is likely my favorite author. Nelson DeMille, Lee Child, Michael Connely, Stephen Hunter, Jeffery Deaver, Koontz and J.D. Robb (easy to read and entertaining to me) List goes on Randy Wayne White, Robert Crais, T. Jefferson Parker (I read a lot) Right now I've found another author I really enjoy, William Kent Kruger, he has about 20 novels written, I've read 5 or 6, have a stack from Library with 7 on it, and I'll get the rest of them via inter library loans or from college library, I have cards at Public library and College was kind enough to grant me privileges to check out books and use their study facilities at their Library (love it there) Every once in a while I'll grab a Zane Grey or Louis L'Amour western, or one of the Bolitho novels, things I read as a kid, and enjoyed. Can read them in a day if I am feeling lazy and want to just kick back. I re-read a lot of books too, Stranger in a Strange Land, THE Rings trilogy, Many of Stephen Kings. Have always found that in those books there is always something that I'll catch I maybe missed the first time, and it makes it like a new book I read anything that looks like it is a good story. Except when in Navy and on the long doubles or doublebacks I have always read myself to sleep as long as I can remember reading, now I read for a bit in the afternoon and every night, normally 2 to 3 hours, but sometimes, like last night, I get caught up in a story and end up reading and watching the sun come up Last but not least, when I travel, if I am in a good sized city, I like to check out their libraries, especially the old ones.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2015 4:58:31 GMT
I have found so many new things upon rereading LOTR. undoubtedly my favourite book, save for when Frodo and Sam venture to Mordor with Gollum. Genuinely hate that section as there's so much bad ass stuff happening around it!
I'll give the Bourne books a go, cheers chaps!
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Jan 22, 2015 5:40:55 GMT
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Post by weetomsligaments on Jan 22, 2015 5:40:55 GMT
Reading Crown of Shadows (Coldfire Series #3) by CS Friedman. Final book in the trilogy.
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