tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912938826526390929.post5942299691993284309..comments2023-03-16T18:37:15.684+11:00Comments on Speculating about fiction: I am LegendTraceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932807900624163063noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912938826526390929.post-16372162940508328892008-01-17T21:29:00.000+11:002008-01-17T21:29:00.000+11:00Yes, the book is way different to the movie. Very ...Yes, the book is way different to the movie. Very introspective. And more poignant.<BR/><BR/>The scientist in you is likely to struggle with some of the concepts in the book, however. I know I did. Basically in the book the creatures start off as vampires and are then explained away by science. Hmmm. If you're going to have vampires, then make them vampires! I can more easily suspend disbelief for that than phrases like "the bacteria made them grow fangs".<BR/><BR/>But aside from the very dubious science (which I detested) the book is better.<BR/><BR/>And I thought the same about the movie ending.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01638717802723103872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912938826526390929.post-15708901204642758772008-01-16T22:53:00.000+11:002008-01-16T22:53:00.000+11:00Don't think I've seen it either. No, I haven't rea...Don't think I've seen it either. No, I haven't read the novel. I know Ellen has -- and blogged about it (both the book in an earlier post and the film in a recent post) on her Forge and Brew blogspot. If you do read it, let me know what you think, because after reading what Ellen said I was curious to read the book.Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932807900624163063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912938826526390929.post-43364041589097679962008-01-16T22:46:00.000+11:002008-01-16T22:46:00.000+11:00I think before the Charlton Heston version was Vin...I think before the Charlton Heston version was Vincent Price's "The Last Man on Earth". I must have seen every VP film ever made but I can't recall that one.<BR/><BR/>Have you read the novel? I have it somewhere on my bookshelves. It's about time I dug it out and re-read it. I'll vet it for you!Snailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063904446757916981noreply@blogger.com