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Post by SciFive on Oct 30, 2018 2:35:03 GMT
He is still writing novels? Wow - I didn't realize that.
TTSS is part of a trilogy or series, apparently. I'll get it on Amazon as a Kindle book and then I will probably read the others.
A couple of months ago, I finished reading 17 books by the same author from a series. I'd seen a movie with Liam Neeson and I loved the character he played. It was number 11 in a series so I read 11 on up to 17 and then started back at 1. Then I read up to the 12th book again.
That was Lawrence Block - the Matthew Scudder series.
I think the books must have been short fiction (it's a little difficult to tell on a Kindle) because I was able to read them so quickly. I really loved the characters, though.
I like reading a series in general because I enjoy getting acquainted with characters in more than one book.
Anyway, I am going to read TTSS.
Thanks!
He just published a novel about two years ago now. Might be his last, but I wouldn't bet on it.
TTSS is the first of a trilogy that includes The Honorable Schoolboy and Smiley's People. Schoolboy is a little odd, as it's not a direct continuation of events from TTSS, and doesn't feature George Smiley as prominently. Still, the three novels together make for a good read.
I recall hearing about the Scudder series, never read any of them--I may have to catch up with the Neeson film; I like him quite a bit, and oftentimes I'll end up reading a book after seeing the film it was based on. Thanks for mentioning that!
The Neeson film about the Matthew Scudder book is dark, but not very gorey. I love his portrayal of the character and it brought me to the books. I read books after seeing movies, too!!! Winter’s Bone is one. I liked that. Gone Girl is another. Some of these, I read the book when I found out the movie was coming out. The Martian, too. Also, Ready Player One. Up until recently, I had a really long commute to work (2 hour bus rides each way) and I would have been really unhappy if I couldn’t read on my iPad each way. So I read a LOT of books on those rides. I read a lot anyway, though. Now I have a 5 minute commute to work, which is nicer. Anyway, I am enjoying TTSS!!!
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Post by SciFive on Nov 16, 2018 18:43:02 GMT
amyghostAMC is doing a mini-series of The Little Drummer Girl and it starts in a few days. I’ve bought a season pass for it on iTunes!! I think it will be six episodes.
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Post by amyghost on Nov 16, 2018 18:48:10 GMT
amyghost AMC is doing a mini-series of The Little Drummer Girl and it starts in a few days. I’ve bought a season pass for it on iTunes!! I think it will be six episodes. Thanks for the heads up! I wonder how it'll compare to the film.
I've meant to ask how you're enjoying TTSS, too .
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Post by SciFive on Nov 16, 2018 18:53:46 GMT
amyghost AMC is doing a mini-series of The Little Drummer Girl and it starts in a few days. I’ve bought a season pass for it on iTunes!! I think it will be six episodes. Thanks for the heads up! I wonder how it'll compare to the film.
I've meant to ask how you're enjoying TTSS, too .
They’re doing 6 episodes, I think, so it will probably be a lot more detailed than the movie. I found out by accident and I am really excited! I love TTSS! Been too busy at work to read it quickly (because I have been coming home exhausted), but things should ease up this week with Thanksgiving approaching. I’ll get more reading done!!
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Post by SciFive on Nov 21, 2018 6:50:02 GMT
amyghost AMC is doing a mini-series of The Little Drummer Girl and it starts in a few days. I’ve bought a season pass for it on iTunes!! I think it will be six episodes. Thanks for the heads up! I wonder how it'll compare to the film.
I've meant to ask how you're enjoying TTSS, too .
I’ve seen the first two episodes of Little Drummer Girl. Enjoying it very much!!
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Post by SciFive on Nov 21, 2018 20:16:11 GMT
amyghostWow - watched two more episodes this evening. They are doing a wonderful job with this.
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Post by amyghost on Nov 21, 2018 21:57:54 GMT
amyghost Wow - watched two more episodes this evening. They are doing a wonderful job with this. I'm so glad you like it! It really is one of the best book-to-film translations I've ever seen . It's always good to see great versions of le Carre's work come alive like this.
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Post by SciFive on Nov 22, 2018 7:04:36 GMT
amyghost Wow - watched two more episodes this evening. They are doing a wonderful job with this. I'm so glad you like it! It really is one of the best book-to-film translations I've ever seen . It's always good to see great versions of le Carre's work come alive like this. You’re watching it, too! :-) Yeah, I am really, really enjoying this!! Can’t wait for the last two episodes. She is in Lebanon now. Bomb making training comes up here. Dangerous.
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Post by SciFive on Nov 22, 2018 8:38:48 GMT
amyghostiTunes has the last two episodes NOW! They have been releasing two per day for the last two days and the last two are up on the iTunes store now. I am downloading them!! :-)
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Post by amyghost on Nov 22, 2018 14:15:38 GMT
I actually enjoyed the film version of Drummer Girl; I confess I never finished the novel, and should go back to it. TTSS is le Carre at his best, imo, and the 1979 BBC mini of it is excellent (so is the follow-up, Smiley's People, both book and vid). If you've never caught it, I think all the installments are still on YouTube--but I'd recommend reading the novel first, because the story is hard to follow; I had to watch the mini several times to get it all--no chore, as it was so good--and then read the book, lol. Actually I think the way he handles the characters is the main feature, and he almost subordinates the plot to that, so you don't really mind so much not getting the plot fully the first time out. Are you referring to the Diane Keaton film from the early 80's. It copped some flack at the time of release and I didn't quite understand the politics behind it due to my age, but I recall enjoying it that I rented it on vhs to show my mother when it came out. That's the one. The anti-Zionist tilt to the film caught it some heat as being anti-Semitic, which the script was careful to differentiate, but that didn't cut much ice with many critics. Frankly, I thought they allowed politics to swamp their reviews of what, to me, was a pretty good film adaptation of one of le Carre's better novels outside of the Smiley canon (I finally got around to reading the whole thing last week, and thoroughly enjoyed it).
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Post by SciFive on Nov 22, 2018 17:25:15 GMT
Are you referring to the Diane Keaton film from the early 80's. It copped some flack at the time of release and I didn't quite understand the politics behind it due to my age, but I recall enjoying it that I rented it on vhs to show my mother when it came out. That's the one. The anti-Zionist tilt to the film caught it some heat as being anti-Semitic, which the script was careful to differentiate, but that didn't cut much ice with many critics. Frankly, I thought they allowed politics to swamp their reviews of what, to me, was a pretty good film adaptation of one of le Carre's better novels outside of the Smiley canon (I finally got around to reading the whole thing last week, and thoroughly enjoyed it). So you read The Little Drummer Girl? Really glad you liked the book. I thought it was great. I thought the actress in the AMC miniseries did a much better job than Diane Keaton. I like Diane in some things but not when she’s being over-emotional. I thought this actress handled it just right!!
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Post by amyghost on Nov 23, 2018 1:18:44 GMT
That's the one. The anti-Zionist tilt to the film caught it some heat as being anti-Semitic, which the script was careful to differentiate, but that didn't cut much ice with many critics. Frankly, I thought they allowed politics to swamp their reviews of what, to me, was a pretty good film adaptation of one of le Carre's better novels outside of the Smiley canon (I finally got around to reading the whole thing last week, and thoroughly enjoyed it). So you read The Little Drummer Girl? Really glad you liked the book. I thought it was great. I thought the actress in the AMC miniseries did a much better job than Diane Keaton. I like Diane in some things but not when she’s being over-emotional. I thought this actress handled it just right!! I did, at last--lol. It was really a good read, I finished it in a couple of days. I'm not familiar with the actress playing Charlie, but I agree she's very good--in some ways more believable than Keaton, much as I liked her in the film. And seeing Charles Dance in the cast was wonderful--he always enhances anything he's in. It's a good adaptation--and of course, the multi-part format always works better for le Carre; although I liked the 2012 film version of TTSS for the cast, if you hadn't read the novel you'd have had a hard time figuring out what was going on. His books don't condense well, and that's also true for LDG, as the mini is making plain.
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Post by SciFive on Nov 23, 2018 2:32:28 GMT
So you read The Little Drummer Girl? Really glad you liked the book. I thought it was great. I thought the actress in the AMC miniseries did a much better job than Diane Keaton. I like Diane in some things but not when she’s being over-emotional. I thought this actress handled it just right!! I did, at last--lol. It was really a good read, I finished it in a couple of days. I'm not familiar with the actress playing Charlie, but I agree she's very good--in some ways more believable than Keaton, much as I liked her in the film. And seeing Charles Dance in the cast was wonderful--he always enhances anything he's in. It's a good adaptation--and of course, the multi-part format always works better for le Carre; although I liked the 2012 film version of TTSS for the cast, if you hadn't read the novel you'd have had a hard time figuring out what was going on. His books don't condense well, and that's also true for LDG, as the mini is making plain. Agreed - I think six hours works better for a le Carre novel!!
I'm very happy that iTunes put out the whole series in three days. They actually wrote that on the series description on iTunes but I didn't notice it until after I'd seen the last two ready for downloading today.
I bought the whole series upfront on iTunes, so I got notices when they were ready for downloading.
iTunes lit up my phone and my iPad to let me know.
No doubt, I'll watch this again in the next few weeks.
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