October 14, 2014

The Star Wars: Based on the original rough draft screenplay by George Lucas

I'm a fan of the series, but not a fan fan. That means it has been a while since I've seen the movie. It also means that my memory of it is sketchy. So when I was reading this, I was trying to match it up in my head with the movie, and then things kept getting further apart.

So here's the thing. It is a fun space-opera thing that has some similarities to a famous movie. It can be enjoyed as a stand-alone book. Or at least that was when I started enjoying it, right around the time I saw Han for the first time and just had to accept that some things were different.

It's worth a read.


http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-JW-Rinzler/dp/1616554258/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413326939&sr=1-1&keywords=the+starwars

Last Days of an Immortal: Haiku Review

The art's a little
but don't let that detract from
the story told here



http://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Immortal-Fabien-Vehlmann/dp/1936393441/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413326775&sr=1-1&keywords=Last+Days+of+an+Immortal

Feynman by Ottaviani and Myrick




If you took the nonfiction collections of essays Feynman, wrote, and made a graphic novel out  of it, you get this book.

Two things though: There’s more of a narrative structure here, and there is less about drumming. I’m not sure if that hurts or helps the book,  but that we me coming in as a fan.

http://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Jim-Ottaviani/dp/1596438274/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413326662&sr=1-1&keywords=Feynman+by+Ottaviani+and+Myrick