Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park was first published in the year 1990, and quickly shot up the best seller list, becoming Crichton’s best known book. It was adapted into a blockbuster film in 1993, directed by Steven Spielberg. The film also became a huge hit but was a very different beast to the novel, both in terms of theme and characterization. Readers are often surprised when going back to the original book and finding how different the book was before making the transition to the big screen. While both works are classics of their genres, this piece will showcase the differences …
Brad Simpson and Nina Jacobson of the cable production company Color Force, creators of such shows as American Crime Story/Pose, have optioned the book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland to develop as a limited series for FX. Simpson and Jacobson will serve as executive producers for the upcoming series, along with the book’s author Patrick Radden Keefe. Say Nothing tells a true story about Northern Ireland during the Troubles, centering on the devastating killing of a thirty-eight year old mother Jean McConville. In 1972, McConville was dragged from her home by masked intruders. Rumored to be a …
The book To Offer Compassion: A History of the Clergy Consultation, co-authored by Doris Andrea Dirks and Patricia A. Relf has been tapped to receive a big screen adaptation by Storyboard Entertainment. The book tells the true story of a group of ministers and rabbis forming the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion (CSS) for the purpose of offering consulting services to women with unwanted pregnancies, including referring them to licensed physicians to perform abortions. The book offered a compelling on the largely forgotten movement, drawing from interviews from the CCS’s participants and official documents. Kor Adana, co-producer and writer of Mr. Robot, has been brought on …
On Tuesday, the trailer we’ve all been waiting for dropped. The epic trailer for Game of Throne’s final season dropped and oh boy, it is a doozy. Among the spine-tingling images highlighted in the trailer are: + Cersei sitting alone in her throne room, crying as she sips a glass of wine. Cersei upset? This doesn’t bode well at all… + Jon Snow and Daenerys, side by side, standing before Drogon and Rhaegal. It seems the fan theories are coming true, as it looks like Jon Snow will finally embrace his Targaryen heritage and ride a dragon. + Grey Worm donning his helmet, flanked on …
One of the most fun things about fantasy books is the maps authors provide, creating a well drawn picture of their world. These maps helped solidify the idea that these worlds truly exist, creating a massive landscape full of interesting, varied locations that we, the readers, feel instantly drawn into. The best maps create a geographical landscape that feels full of life and transport away into another place as we read. Below are some of the best maps, in this author’s opinion, throughout fantasy literature. Here are some of my favorite maps from fantasy fiction. Westeros by George R.R. Martin …
