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On 6/6/2020 12:06 AM, between "Jimmy Anderson : August Abolins":

 AA>> But King's book of the same name was terrible, imho. The
 AA>> back stories of the characters were far too drawn out and
 AA>> extending dozens of pages before the real story line would
 AA>> pick up.

 JA> I read the book and LOVED it!!! That's why I checked out the
 JA> show, but just couldn't get into it... Did the show end the
 JA> same as the book?

Apparently MANY differences between the show and book.  But I did not know
that when I reached for the book thinking I would get an advance on the next
bunch of tv episodes.


 JA> LOL - I'm sure, since the overall premise was the same, but
 JA> the story was NO where near the same when it came to
 JA> details, like the 'egg' and the aliens (or whatever they
 JA> were)...

Yes, the tv version with the egg, the tunnels, people assimilating with the
underground life form, etc.  Was very interesting.. but when I couldn't find
that in the proper places in the book, I got frustrated and skipped most of
the book.


 JA> I just finished The Institute the other day. Man! Another
 JA> great one, IMHO.

It's a short one.  Maybe I'll give it a try.


 AA>> ..but I don't need to read 12 pages of somebody's
 AA>> fear of rape and/or a depiction of it to make sense of the
 AA>> dome.

 JA> So did you read the ending?

I read a bit of it.  And, yes.. people's child-hood traumas play a necessary
role to appease the aliens.

I guess King wanted to parallel the childhood vulnerabilities of the humans in
Under The Dome with the childlike ant-farm experimentation and playfulness of
the aliens.


 AA>> I'm working on Hostile right now. I'm at the point where
 AA>> the main char is trapped under her vehicle, broken a lower
 AA>> limb, and trying to reach for her gun. Pause. Went to bed.

 JA> Hostile? Not familiar with it...

I posted a bit more about it with a bit of a spoiler in ROT13 in this echo.


 AA>> In other news: I think actors get paid far too much for the
 AA>> fun of pretending to be someone else.

 JA> LOL - you should try local community theatre. I have been in
 JA> two local productions and LOVED it!!! No pay, it's all
 JA> volunteer, and LOTS of work and time, but it's VERY very fun
 JA> to pretend to be someone else. :-)

Life is not at a point where I can relax and participate in fun things like
that.  But it has crossed my mind. Even if I just had a bit part with a couple
of lines would have been fine.


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