the golden compass

[mabjustmab]

as per the recommendations of several friends, I purchased the Golden Compass books. they arrived in a less than timely manner (screw amazon...they can bite my tuckus).

I have held off reading them now, because I hear there is a movie coming out. I am one of those rare people that like to watch the movie before reading a book. because the book is almost always better and I hate to dislike a perfectly good movie because it's "not like the book".

that movie better come out soon, damn it. I want to read these books!

Comments

[mankoeponymous.livejournal.com]

BRILLIANT books. Dazzlingly brave and creative and well-crafted.

Here's the problem with waiting until the movie comes out: most people, after they finish the first book, are in excruciating agony until they begin reading the second book, and likewise between the second and third. So yeah, you could wait until the first movie comes out to read the first book, but then you're pretty much gonna need to read the other two (instead of doing anything else for the next few days) immediately or face unbearable withdrawal and suspense.

[mabjustmab.livejournal.com]

ahh, yes. I anticipated that. I do, in fact, have all three books, and expect to not be able to resist the shiny, red, jolly, candy like temptation of the next in the series. I'm ok with that.

the goal is to not automatically hate the movie. :-)

(I don't know if I can hold off much longer! I hope that movie comes soon!)