I tried to read it once and found the first chapter really riveting, but after that, it got totally dull. I never finished it. The movie is way better. Interesting seeing the classic film star Fred Astaire in an R-rated movie with nudity and bloody violence.
The more I study it, the greater the puzzle becomes.
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
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Actually I got tired of trying to read it- when I was 14. At that age I compared it to the movie (which I had just seen then) and found that the novel went in its own strange directions. But years later I reread it and realized that it's one of the best horror novels I've ever read, but the film is rather weak and oversimplified.
Straub's a great, underrated writer- love SHADOWLAND, THE TALISMAN, and MYSTERY.
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Thanks for the suggestion- I just picked up the paperback today, will give it a try.
shareMystery is a great novel, agree about him being underrated.
shareI just finished reading the book. I thought it was amazing. I saw the movie first, and I was intrigued by it, even though it's not very well made. The book had more characters and had a lot more going on than the simplified movie. Admittedly, Peter Straub is very long-winded. The book could have been a couple hundred pages shorter and been a masterpiece.
"Film is an art at its highest level." Paul Joyce, REMEMBERING STANLEY KUBRICK
I thought the book was OK but it didn't change my life. You're spot on when you say that the novel could have been shorter. I actually said the very same thing to my brother just a couple weeks ago. Great minds and all that.
I really loved the book! It scared me pretty badly.
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