Al Sarrantonio; Neal Barrett Jr. Book #5 what's the deal?

[KoshN]

I legitimately laughed at the above quote. "Draw a line from the surname on the left to the one that best matches on the right."

That was intentional on my part. However, I don't think McFarland could act like Lt. Karrin Murphy of the books. McFarland acts like a good Susan (the reporter) and Cruz acts like a good Murphy, but neither one looks the part.

I don't mind changes on show or movies as long as the spirit of the source material is maintained. With that being said, messing with characters is wrong. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (the title of which doesn't make sense; Jack is a post captain) changed a few major things, combined stuff from several of the novels, but they didn't change the characterizations. Those are what are important.

Watch "Storm Front" and then read the book and get back to us.

Not to derail the thread, but I have seen people calling for the Centauri trilogy to be made into films. I don't know, it's so epic that film would never do it justice.

The Centauri trilogy cannot be filmed because of Andreas' death. However, the Technomage trilogy could be filmed.

[Jan]

However, the Technomage trilogy could be filmed.

Granted, it's been quite a while since I read it but isn't an awful lot of internal? Seems to me that Galen would end up talking to himself a lot.

Jan

[thegavel]

Granted, it's been quite a while since I read it but isn't an awful lot of internal? Seems to me that Galen would end up talking to himself a lot.

Jan

My WIFE would LOVE that. She loves his voice.
Cheers
GAV

[Dr Maturin]

In addition Keyes' writing really annoyed me with its pretension, i seem to remember a passage about a fire along the lines of (its close but i don;t remember the passage exactly):

'"the sparks, like tiny nebulae, floated towards their celestial cousins"

Yeah, I read two of his contributions to the New Jedi Order series (wow, did that series ever go down the shitter in the span of one book), the Edge of Victory duology, and didn't care for his writing style. Or his storytelling style. I had quit the series (by throwing the first Force Heretic book into the wall) before his next book in the series was published. It was actually the penultimate book.

But I didn't mind the first Psi Corps novel. It gave us some history to Earth.

[KoshN]

But I didn't mind the first Psi Corps novel. It gave us some history to Earth.

I liked that part of the first Psi Corps book. My notes from Book #1 (Spoilers):

Dark Genesis - The Birth of the Psi Corps Technology & Privacy Committee -The Metasensory Regulation Authority (MRA) -Precursor to The Psi Corps. Page 34 less than 100 years old (Psi gene), so the Vorlons started introducing the gene ~2025? Page 52 Senator Crawford and Alice Kimbrell (get married on Page 61). Page 56 Little boy James. Page 78 Kevin Vacit. Page 80 Akimba Ironheart (Jason Ironheart's ancestor). Page 111 middle, A telepath bomb? Page 113 Organic Technology Page 117 Shell Alexander Page 119 Centauri discovered in 2156. Page 120 Psi Corps. first mentioned. Senator Crawford - 1st Head of Psi Corps. Page 122 Kevin Vacit IS a TEEP! He was little boy James (of page 56) raised by Monkey (Jack O' Hannlon) and the little boy of pages 21-22. Senator Crawford dies at age 80, killed by Monkey and Kevin Vacit. Page 133 Natasha Alexander Page 137 2179 Natasha Alexander starts working for Kevin Vacit. Page 145 Fiona Temple Page 169 Natasha Alexander finds out Vacit is a teep. Page 169 Parts of a telepath bomb (exploded parts). Page 185 "shining angels" (Vorlons) Page 186 The first discovered human Teeps born ~2050~2060. Page 187 Vorlons abducted people from Antarctica, and introduced the gene to make teeps. Page 190 "A thing, a structure..." paragraph = VORLON. Page 190 "And pain. An enemy, a darkness. ...." paragraph = SHADOW. Page 201 a teek (telekinetic) called Remy. Page 214 Narns first mentioned. Page 220 bottom paragraph through Page 226. VORLONS on Venus. The Vorlons are behind the Psi Corps, and are against the resistance. Psi Corps=Order=Vorlon desire for obedience. Natasha Alexander's line foreshadowing to Lyta as the Vorlon weapon against the Shadows!!! Page 225 Kevin Vacit was carrying a piece of a Vorlon? Page 242 Jenny Winters (Talia Winters ancestor). Page 248 September 3, 2189, Stephen Kevin Dexter (Alfred Bester) is born. Page 255 Hounds (definition? Psi Rating?) Page 262 Fiona Temple and Matthew Dexter die in a battle with the Psi-Corps. Page 266 Kevin Vacit and The Psi Corps have Stee (Fiona and Matthew's son), Stephen Kevin Dexter, renamed ALFRED BESTER by Kevin Vacit, his grandfather).

[KoshN]

Granted, it's been quite a while since I read it but isn't an awful lot of internal?

Didn't strike me that way. Certainly some things like Galen's mind focusing exercises would be mainly shown from the outside, and in abbreviated form and with fewer repetitions than Cavelos did. Ditto for the scourings.

Seems to me that Galen would end up talking to himself a lot.

He sometimes did that in Crusade. Remember, the scene in The Memory of War when he's talking to the Technomage AI, and we see the view through Galen's eyes (Like we saw in the Terminator movies through the Terminator's (Arnold's) eyes?