Listened to this after reading and both were after watching the film. To be brutally honest my favourite experience was the film. An Arab diplomat goes on adventures in northern viking lands and the events of Beowulf unfold, It's an interesting look at the story and the adventures that they have....
This is one of the rare cases where I like the film much more than the book. It's written in an unusual way (like a chronicle), which unfortunately means that all the plot, especially the action parts, is rather monotonous.
A kind of ingenious revision to the Beowulf epic - though I've never been a fan of the original. Crichton says in the afterword that the novel came about as something of a dare when a friend was compiling a college reading list that included the pieces of literature people think are too "boring" to ...
I'm sure I owned this in paperback at some point. I can't recall whether I ever got around to reading it, and I can't recall how the story goes. So I guess it goes on my to-read shelf.
I have read this book numerous times since I was ~17, long before the movie tie-in (13th Warrior) came out. It is by far my favorite Michael Crichton book, and I believe it to be his best work (in my humble snobby opinion). This was my first time enjoying this book in audio format. In short, Ibn Fad...
Michael Crichton himself vocally intersperses facts into this translation from the manuscript. Loved it and now wish to rewatch the film----Is this the basis for the film Thirteenth Warrior?ETA - Yes it is (from IMDB):Writing credits(WGA)Michael Crichton (novel "Eaters of the Dead")William Wisher ...
[book:Eaters of the Dead]: 2.5 starsI've only ever actually seen Crichton's work - The Andromeda Strain (the original, not the remake), Jurassic Park, The Great Train Robbery and The 13th Warrior (based on Eaters) - and, technically, I still haven't read him. Based on this novel, I'll still not be r...
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