Russell Davis
Auteur de If I Were An Evil Overlord
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Séries
Œuvres de Russell Davis
Mardi Gras Madness: Tales of Terror and Mayhem in New Orleans (2000) — Directeur de publication; Contributeur — 20 exemplaires
How to Analyze People: Valuable Techniques on How to Interpret Body Language, Human Psychology, and Various Personality… (2017) 3 exemplaires
The Master Stoic: Advanced Principles and Theories of Stoicism That Will Transform Your Approach to Life (2017) 1 exemplaire
As For Me And My House 1 exemplaire
Take a Leap of Faith And Start a Virtual Assistant Business: Your Guide to Establishing a Successful Business As a… (2016) 1 exemplaire
Taming Medusa : the shocking truth about California condominium, cooperative, and homeowner associations (2003) 1 exemplaire
Emotional Intelligence: A Mastery Guide to Controlling Your Emotions, Improving Your Self-Confidence, and Raising Your… (2017) 1 exemplaire
Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem: The Mindset Needed to Take Control & Get What You Truly Want out of Life (2017) 1 exemplaire
Stoicism: How to Implement Stoic Philosophies and Teachings That Will Improve Your Daily Existence (2017) 1 exemplaire
Houdini's Mirror 1 exemplaire
Teeth In The Sand 1 exemplaire
Engines Of Desire And Despair 1 exemplaire
Scars Enough 1 exemplaire
Countdown 1 exemplaire
When I Look To The Sky 1 exemplaire
The Death of Winston Foster 1 exemplaire
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Further Adventures of Xena: Warrior Princess (Xena: Warrior Princess (Berkley)) (2001) — Contributeur — 51 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- David, Russell G.
- Autres noms
- Cian, David
Tracy, Christopher
Davis, R. - Date de naissance
- 1970
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Maine, USA
Nevada, USA - Études
- University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
- Professions
- editor
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 44
- Aussi par
- 35
- Membres
- 735
- Popularité
- #34,566
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 21
- ISBN
- 51
Like the movie, the book is corny, but also a light, fun adventure. The archaeology-adventurer genre punches through even though the main character is a Librarian. Both of these cliches are cliches I love and appreciate. However, the stereotypical objectifying of the female lead and falling in love over night (and surely break up by the next movie because they never had an long term prospects) romance is a cliche I never liked. It doesn't make much of a difference that the girl is the brawn in this one. It's still a vehicle to create a black and white secondary character.
To create a corny, lighthearted adventure, writers often create an overall shallow work. While this book has been a slightly better than OK experience, I would never get into the habit of reading movie and TV adaptions because they tend to lack the emotional and environmental depth that I expect of a book. Meanwhile, it's always interesting how poorly likeable movies don't translate well into book form because of the depth issue. I suppose because movies and TV shows play faster than we read and supply visual environments and emotional music they don't seem near as cheesy as they are when the script moves to a novel format.
On another note, I appreciate how well the story ties in everything from beginning to end. There are no details left to exist in of themselves. I don't particularly mind that--sometimes a chair is just a chair, or rain happens to come regardless what a person is up to--but it is nice to see initially innocent details tie together by the end. Assuming you don't think too hard about geography, logistics, or general between-the-lines logic, of course.
Overall, The Adventures of the Librarian: Quest for the Spear, was good in terms of a nostalgia trip and seeing how an adventure movie could be written as a book, but ultimately most adventures first written as novels have better depth in their characters and atmosphere.… (plus d'informations)