I was reading a book the other day and I just had to stop and scream at the top of my lungs, because what I had read was so well written and applied to my life so well that it reopened a wound on my heart.
Edit: I have no idea why I commented in reply to a single sentence of your post.
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I haven't really read the book Metro 2033 is based off in order to see how the story is transposed, maybe Dmitry is one hell of a good writer and manages to pull off a great follow-up, not sure i'd know really, i just got Game of Thrones so i'm going to have plenty of material for a couple of weeks.
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"You know you are reading a good book when you have to stop once in a while just to say: fuck."
This can also be a sign that you are reading a very bad book...
:D
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Thats the problem. I am impatient. I do not want to know the story from a game. But I do want to know the story. Especially as I am reading the books again. But I hate waiting. So I am in a inner conflict at the moment.
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like The Great Gatsby, or so my friend says. Apparently the new movie got the mood of the book all wrong. But I have more hope for a book based on a game than a Hollywood movie based on a book.
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I don't think it's a bad idea, I've read lots of books/comics/other stuff that has been adapted as movies, TV series, or other things, and still enjoyed the books. And I personnaly think that a good story (whitout any importance to the media) is one you want to hear two days after reading/watching/playing it, and see every adaptation of it.
And well since he writes the scenario and the book wich of the book or the game is an adaptation ?
edit: I'll add that "you know you are reading a good book" when you've got to the end and have 2 hours to sleep before going to work
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Meh, I think I'll read the book sooner than I'll play the game anyway.
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Buyers be warned that although the basic price of the book is $18.99, if you want the definitive experience, the final 50 pages of the novel must be purchased separately for an additional cost of $5.99.
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Illustrations can also be purchased for 99 cents each.
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eh, I LOVED the Doom books, which were based on the game (re-read them recently, and they hold up), and even though I mostly knew what was going on, the books were still a wonderful read. This is a bit different, since Doom wasn't exactly story-driven, but still. I'll read 2035 when it comes out because playing a game gives you a totally different experience than reading a book. Even if it's the same story.
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As Metro: Last Light is going to be released in ~3 days time I am reading the books again as I am tempted to buy/preorder it.
I looked up information if there will be a third book and I stumbled upon the wikipedia article of Metro 2035. And yes there will be a third book. Dmitry Glukhovsky confirmed it. But the book will cover the same story as the new Metro game.
"According to Glukhovsky, the novel will tell the same story as Metro: Last Light - thus once again casting Artyom as the protagonist - but in much greater detail and length than the game itself. The writer states that when he was writing the plot and dialogues for the game, the story outgrew the framework of a video game so he decided to write a book about it."
I personally do not like it. If a game is based on a book you will most likely know how the game will end. But you buy it because it is a good game, you like the story and want to "feel" it or for various other reasons. But if a book is based on a game you played the book will not catch you. I read books because everything can happen.
"You know you are reading a good book when you have to stop once in a while just to say: fuck."
I fear that exactly this will not happen if you know the story. But thats my opinion. So what do you think? Is this a good idea? Or do you simply dont care?
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