On my Kindle today, I finished Idoru by William Gibson and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/7DBGqew
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On my Kindle today, I finished (re-read) Virtual Light by William Gibson and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/ZlLBFQj
On my Kindle today, I finished Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London 3) by Ben Aaronovitch and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/0iUHkJV
On my Kindle today, I finished JAG in Space by Jack Campbell and gave it 3 stars http://t.co/AeqbCQB
On my Kindle today, I finished JAG in Space: Rule of Evidence by Jack Campbell and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/fwnGaSm
On my Kindle today, I finished JAG in Space: Burden of Proof by Jack Campbell and gave it 4 stars http://t.co/qMFj6Tc
On my Kindle today, I finished JAG in Space: A Just Determination by Jack Campbell and gave it 4 stars http://t.co/rMBeUzV
On my Kindle today, I finished The Lost Fleet Beyond the Frontier – Invincible by Jack Campbell and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/7wek28G
On my Kindle today, I finished Inverted World by Christopher Priest and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/RMY5E7Z
On my Kindle today, I finished Blood Music (Gollancz S.F.) by Greg Bear and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/WUDc5Qu
Having finished BZRK yesterday (which I thorougly enjoyed), I was reminded of Blood Music somewhat, even though the books are vastly different. I had an immediate desire to read it again, and didn’t have a clue what box my ragged copy was stored in. So I threw caution to the wind and Kindled it.
Have just finished this book, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
I picked up the book as a result of reading about the film made of the same name by Cameron Crowe, starring Matt Damon. This was on my list of films to watch, but I suspect I will find it annoying, having read the book. It wasn’t until I started reading the book, that I realised I had come across the same story before – when Benjamin Mee took over the running of Dartmoor Zoological Park, the BBC made a 4 part fly-on-the-wall series of it, called Ben’s Zoo.
The film claims to be “Based on a true story”. Like many films with this claim, the story is frequently changed and twisted to suit the studio’s/director’s/star’s view of what the story should be. One wonders why they go to the trouble of buying the rights of a true story, if they are going to change it out of all recognition.
Spoilers follow.