June 10, 2008
Iron Man (novelization)
By Peter David
As soon as I saw this was by Peter David, I had to get it. And when a "mistake" made by myself at Amazon.com sent a copy winging to me as well as to the friend I was originally ordering it for, well, who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth? Right? Bending my rule on buying new books is ok when it's in the pursuit of fangirling, right? Right?
Eh, screw it. I can break my own self-imposed rules.
The novelization is a blast. I knew from the first few pages, where David describes Tony's POV in present-tense during the mortar attack, that I was going to love it, and I was right. David nails Tony's self-destructive and self-deluding nature perfectly (there's a great moment when Tony is considering a friend from college who was a druggie and wonders to himself why anybody would pollute their body with chemicals like that -- and then he takes a sip of his scotch. Heh.). The story of Tony's transformation into Iron Man is handled really well, and there are all kinds of little extra bits of information that are a hoot and a half. This was written from an earlier version of the script and is thus missing a lot of the banter and interplay that were added during shooting, but it's still a lot of fun. Probably only a must-read for fans of Peter David or of the movie, though.
Book 11 in 2008.
June 02, 2008
Science Fiction Omnibus
Edited by Groff Conklin
Wow, this was an amazing anthology. Everything from Lovecraft to Bradbury. Conklin is an amazing editor with fantastic taste. Plus, there's something kind of awesome about reading a book that is physically older than I am by a significant amount. Two thumbs up!
Book 10 in 2008, go me! Only 19 books to go til I can buy more.