From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:02:16 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James   
   Nicoll) wrote:   
      
   >Night of Camp David by Fletcher Knebel    
   >   
   >A deranged President sets his eyes on Canada and Scandinavia,    
   >forcing one senator to consider the prospect of contemplating    
   >the preliminaries to action.    
   >   
   >https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/you-seer-of-visions   
      
   I read /Seven Days in May/ but I found the movie to be a lot more   
   exciting. This probably has something to do with the quality of the   
   acting.   
      
   Of course, it's not actually an action thriller; considered as such,   
   "damp squib" might be appropriate. In some ways, the film is an   
   excellent adaptation because it moves the story (and the audience)   
   along.   
      
   But then, the same could be said of /Advise and Consent/. Particularly   
   the film, which drops the final part and so the point of the novel.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)