Posted by fitz in Books on Feb 01
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Hi there!
When I heard about a bright 8-year old boy who had written and illustrated not one book, but three – I was intrigued. My own daughter has similar aspirations, so I decided to check out Dalton James’ imaginative fiction. And I have to say that I was impressed by what I read!
The Mudhogs tells the story about a clubhouse for a group of three little pigs. Told from the point of view of Fangs, a tick on Piggy’s leg, we hear the tale of how the three pigs deal with a mud shortage. Piggy, Piggles, and Piglet try everything they can think of to make it rain, so that they might make even a little mud. But no rain came.
They tried a rain dance. That didn’t work. They tried to cast a spell. That didn’t work. They even tried putting on a play, complete with thunder and lightning, but that didn’t work either.
Finally they decided they’d go on an adventure in search of mud. None of the towns had any mud. None of the states had any mud. Even the countries they visited were without any mud. But when they got home… they discovered it had been raining while they’d been away and there was plenty of mud for everybody!
Though the artwork was childlike, I was fascinated by the story and the imagination used to create it. My favorite part of the book is when the pigs are traveling and go to the towns of Piggsburg, Hogsbreath, Swineville, and Slopton. As if those weren’t good enough, they then visit the states of Pighoma, Snortesee, New Hog, and Piggselvania. And while you’re still giggling at the first two waves of names, they then go to the countries of Pig of Mud States, Pigsia, Hogico, and Barnia.
It’s obvious that 8-year-old Dalton James has quite a career ahead of him in publishing if he keeps up the great work. He should be an inspiration to kids and parents everywhere to go out on a limb and be creative. You never know who you’ll meet or where you’ll end up. Personally, I’d like to travel to Slopton, Piggselvania, and Barnia. They sound like fun places to visit!
–Fitz
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Posted by Andrew in Books on Jan 20
Hi all…
Creatures of the night have been returning in a big way to bookshelves in recent years. And though Twilight may currently have the market cornered on teenage vampires and werewolves, that doesn’t mean that they are the only game in town. Thomas Emson’s first novel for Snowbooks was Maneater, published back in 2008, which focused on the intertwined stories of two werewolf bloodlines extending back thousands of years and a policeman who gets drawn into a murderous plot.
In Maneater, Laura Greenacre comes to terms with her wild side as she tries to discover who murdered her family as a child. That honor went to the Templetons, who try to finish the job and resurrect their family to reclaim former glories. John Thorn, a policeman assigned to protect Sir Adam Templeton, finds himself between the families as cascading revenge plots collide. Along the way, Laura and John become romantically entangled as well, but find themselves separated after a battle royale between werewolves in Trafalgar Square.
Now, with Prey, Emson reveals the ragged trail of blood, betrayal, and revenge plotted by Ruth Templeton, now lone matriarch of the Templeton legacy. Ruth desires not only the deaths of Greenacre and Thorn, but for them to suffer the deaths of those they love. Once her two adversaries are gone, she can begin to rebuild the Templeton family and claim her rightful place among the rich and powerful.
As with most revenge plots, things don’t go quite according to plan. Greenacre and Thorn have allies from all over the globe coming to their aid when they are most needed. And when it comes to protecting their own, the two separated lovers will fight to their last breath.
Where Maneater provided more context to the Greenacre/Templeton family feud, Prey focuses on picking up the pieces from the end of the book and following them to their logical conclusion. But don’t worry, the body count, violence, and madness doesn’t let up from where the first book left off. Greenacre, Thorn, and their many enemies manage to consistenly shoot, stab, bash, and sometimes tear people limb from limb.
The book was a bit slow to get going for me, but about a quarter of the way through I discovered that I really liked Major Lev Dasaev, the policeman from Russia. Stuck in a marriage he believed in, but his wife did not, he was a decent man who did the best with what he was given. By the end of the book, Dasaev becomes more of a hero for Greenacre than Thorn does, who spends most of the book trying to stay under the radar or simply survive to protect his daughter.
The battle in New York City’s Times Square was amazing as it bounced from character to character finally bringing everything to a head. Greenacre fights the good fight and tries to save as many innocents as she can while the men trying to kill her indiscriminately tear through crowds of people left and right. Ultimately she’s saved by those people she saved in Trafalgar Square years before and those who shared her story on the Internet. Everything came full circle again without feeling rushed or engineered.
My only complaint comes with the last two chapters, which were a bit too much like “And they lived happily ever after…” Even though I wanted to be happy for Greenacre, Thorn, and Thorn’s daughter, it seemed rather abrupt to go from Russia to Wales with very little description of how both Greenacre and Ruth manage to suddenly appear. If you read between the lines, the reasoning is there as to how it came to be, but it wasn’t the most satisfying end.
Maneater II: Prey picks right up where Maneater leaves off and wraps everything up for Greenacre and Thorn. I’d still like to know more about the history between the Templetons and the Greenacres, but I’m not left wondering what comes next – just about what came before. Be sure to check out Prey when it’s released in paperback in February 2010!
You can also learn more about Thomas Emson and his books at his website: ThomasEmson.net.
–Fitz
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Posted by fitz in Books on Jan 06
Hi all…
As we grow ever closer to the year 2012, the year the Mayan Calendar ends and Doomsayers are predicting the end of the world, I find it interesting that more movies and books are entering the market to ride that wave of fear and paranoia. What’s even more interesting is the number of documentaries, such as Yellowstone: Battle for Life and 2012: Science or Superstition actually raising the legitimacy factor in some of these doomsday scenarios.
Now let’s bring in Jeff Chimenti and his novel The Edge of Forever, which explores, in depth, the potential destructive power lying dormant beneath the Yellowstone Caldera in northwest Wyoming. What would happen if the it erupted? How many would perish and how would it affect our world?
Chimenti takes a trio of brothers – Michael, Stephen, and Mark Hanson – modeled after his own three sons – and propels them into a world on the brink of global geological upheaval. Add to that… a military facility creating deadly agents for biological warfare, corrupt politicians with big ambitions, and a jealous, abusive husband willing to do nearly anything to keep his wife away from any potential avenue of escape… and you have the major elements of this story.
Michael is an ex-military man recovering from the loss of his wife and daughter in an auto accident a few years prior. He’s driving to see his family in Denver when he chooses to help a waitress, Cassie, escape from her abusive husband. Some of the scenes involving Michael, Cassie, the husband, and a contract killer are quite graphic and disturbing. Chimenti doesn’t pull any punches.
Stephen, Michael’s brother, is a geologist working in Yellowstone National Park investigating unusual activity under the caldera when he discovers the impending extinction event building up. This event will be similar to the one that killed 96% of all life on Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. As he discovers more, he lets his brothers and their families know so they can together form a plan to try and save themselves.
Though I was drawn in by the story and the characters, I was fascinated by the science. As a doctor in Texas, Chimenti has an amazing talent for breaking down complex scientific processes for his audience. Though I was somewhat familiar with some of the geological theories discussed, I learned quite a bit about newer terms such as the “Verneshot” – a large chunk of the crust launched into the air that comes crashing down elsewhere leaving huge swaths of destruction in its wake.
Overall, I have to say The Edge of Forever kept my interest from the first few pages to the explosive finale. I was rooting for the good guys from the very beginning and will be interested to see what happens in the next book – The Edge of Forever: Brink of Extinction – which will be released in January 2010.
If you like your disaster action adventure fiction with some serious science behind it, I can definitely recommend Jeff Chimenti’s The Edge of Forever.
–Fitz
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Posted by Andrew in Books on Nov 11
Hi there!
Back in the 1980s when I was growing up, I remember watching television shows like That’s Incredible with Fran Tarkenton and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! with Jack Palance and gaping in wonderment as these bizarre stories came to light. All of these strange events, places, and people found all over the world doing the most amazing and insane things! Just the stuff a youngster needed to be watching on television.
So when Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: Seeing is Believing was released back in August, I had to check it out. As with most books about weird, unusual, or unbelievable topics – this one did not disappoint. In fact, it provides an absolutely enormous number of facts in twelve broad categories: Strange But True, Extreme Earth, Incredible Feats, Unusual Customs, Crazy Creatures, Travel Tales, Fantastic Food, Body Oddity, Strange Sites, Artistic License, Amazing Science, and Beyond Belief.
When I would flip through the book, I would dwell on each page for quite a long time as I devoured all the tasty morsels of information. My two daughters were fascinated at the wide array of pictures and odd animal facts and would help me work my way through them all. This is the type of book that should be chewed through slowly. I attemtped to plow through the whole thing in a night and was quickly overrun by dates, figures, and names.
From the very beginning of the book, you’re bombarded with the bizarre. I grew up playing Scrabble with my Mom regularly and am still fond of the game, though I rarely play these days. However, can you imagine playing while skydiving? Or with lions or alligators watching? These people are either dedicated or insane, I can’t tell which.
Later in the book you read about a lucky dog hit by a car so hard that it became stuck in the grill. Amazingly, the dog only suffered a broken leg and fully recovered. How did the dog survive such a near tragedy and how did the Ripley’s group hear about it I wonder?
You also read about a woman in Washington State who had a birthday cake for her husband made in the shape of a dragon. Made from chocolate and vanilla with a chocolate buttercream filling – it took 12 hours to complete. I would imagine it took considerably less time to consume at the birthday party.
All told, the book is 254 pages long with beautiful full color photographs and illustrations as well as a ten page index so you can look things up. It’s beautifully laid out with a hardcover binding and should survive for many years as a reference of the weird, strange, and bizarre at my house!
If you, like Robert Ripley, have a love for the wonderful world of the weird, be sure to check out Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: Seeing is Believing at your favorite library or bookstore. I bet you’ll be amazed, grossed out, and shocked at some of the facts you find between the covers!
–Fitz
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Posted by fitz in Books on Nov 10
Hi all!
Do you believe in fairies? Sheila A. Dane does, and in Fairy Hunters, Ink. you meet Ashley, Big Rabbit, Turtle, and all of the different fairies they find during their many expeditions. Though the book is subtitled “A Book of Fairies for Children and (Not So) Grown Ups”, I think Dane did a magnificent job of writing this to capture a sense of childlike wonder throughout the text.
From the very beginning, the reader follows along as this small group of Fairy Hunters explores the area around the narrator’s (a young girl) house. They find many different faeries, from the Button Fairies having parties in the narrator’s closet at the beginning of the book to the Picnic Fairies and the Gremlin of Unfinished Business at the end.
Also included are illustrations by Rose Csorba, who did a beautiful job of capturing the little absurdities of each of the fairies encountered. She also did a beautiful job on the cover, which is also included as an interior illustration.
I read through the book with my two young daughters and really enjoyed it. It’s hard to explain though – the writing is interesting at times, with little asides and odd capitalizations, made-up words and so on. But I think this lends to the charm of the book, making the reader feel as though they’re reading something written by a child.
Among our favorite fairy stories were:
- Pocket Fairies… “All Pockets have Fairies, at least until the Pocket gets a hole and your Fairy falls out…” They tend to be frazzled looking, though they aren’t generally frazzled – they just look that way because they live in your pocket.
- Sock Fairies… “It’s favorite form of Mischief seems to be going in the laundry and stealing Socks.” We have a big problem with Sock Fairies at my house.
- Button Fairies… “I either have a lot of mice [in my closet] or all my buttons fell off at once and are having parties in my closet at night. And they haven’t invited me, which I think is quite Rude.” We have a big problem with Button Fairies at our house as well – like all kids, I think they’re allergic to tidy closets or have a lot of Button Fairies causing issues when they sleep!
There seems to have been renewed interest in fairies in children’s books of late. We really enjoyed the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi, but those have a slightly darker tone than Fairy Hunters, Ink.. It’s nice to be able to share lighter fare with children to explain some of life’s little “mysteries.”
Dane has a website FairyHunters.net, where she is writing regular blog articles that will eventually become the sequel. I know we look forward to the sequel and will share it with other kids and parents as the opportunity arises. Be sure to look for Fairy Hunters, Ink by Sheila A. Dane at your local library or favorite bookstore!
–Fitz
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Posted by fitz in Books on Oct 30
Hi, my name is Fitz and I’m a bibliophile. Yes, that’s right – I love books. My wife can attest to this fact. We moved more boxes of books when we moved from Arizona to Colorado than any other item. And I’m not alone. My Dad collects books. My Grandmother collected books. It seems to be in my genes. But I buy my books. I don’t steal them.
The story Allison Bartlett tells of John Gilkey makes me feel relatively normal in comparison. Gilkey loves books too. But he doesn’t have the money to pay for them, so writes bad checks or steals credit card receipts from those more fortunate and defrauds the credit card companies. His sense of morality and self-entitlement are seriously warped. Between the late 90s and early 2000s, Gilkey stole more than $100,000 worth of rare books and served jail time for bad checks and credit card fraud.
In The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, the main thread is Bartlett’s own investigation into Gilkey’s story and dives deeper into book theft and the world of book collectors and sellers. But Bartlett also weaves in vignettes from her investigation, including one from Winston Churchill, another from a 19th-century monk, and various stories about collectors, thieves and booksellers from around the globe.
The way Bartlett writes herself into the story provides us an entry point into this world of books. It’s through her eyes we see Gilkey, first in jail and then out and prowling California bookstores. We meet Ken Sanders, bookseller turned book detective or “bibliodick”, who helps booksellers and the police track down stolen goods and capture thieves. And we see the love of books by both men and the budding collector in Bartlett rise to the surface as she learns more and more.
These are real stories about real people and that alone would make them compelling enough for me. But Bartlett’s dedication to the task, documenting every little thing – down to remembering as much as she could while interviewing Gilkey in jail because they wouldn’t allow her to take a pencil or paper into the facility – really brought me into the story. I don’t know that I would have had the guts to go into a prison to interview someone, let alone deal with the many frustrating experiences she finds herself enduring to get a complete picture of these people.
Beyond the writing, which was marvelous, I have to mention the physicality of the book itself. I know many people prefer paperback books because they’re lighter, easier to carry around, and are generally less expensive than their hardcover bretheren. But I am a hardback kind of guy. There’s something about the heft of a hardback book and the quality of paper that has attracted me ever since I set foot in a library as a child. So to see The Man Who Loved Books Too Much bound so beautifully just made me smile.
The pages are bound such that the edges of the pages are not cut evenly, which provides a tactile and visual cue that few current hardbacks have. I haven’t seen that style of binding since some of the Anne Rice novels of the mid-90s and I absolutely adore it.
If you are interested in books from a collectors point of view or simply want to read a great story, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett provides enough crunch on a number of levels – from the real-world characters to the writing and the binding – this is a book for book lovers. Be sure to check it out at your local library or bookseller!
–Fitz
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- The Book Thief (nytimes.com)
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Posted by fitz in Books, Gaming on Oct 26
Unfamiliar with Thomas Greanias‘ work, I decided to dive into his latest book – The Atlantis Revelation. The combination of Atlantis and Nazi schemes was enough to tickle my fancy, exploring the fantastic world of archaeologist Conrad Yeats. The book turned out to be a bit like National Treasure with a bit of The Da Vinci Code and James Bond thrown in for good measure.
The book opens with Yeats diving in the wreckage of the legendary Nazi submarine, Nausicaa, deep in the Mediterranean ocean. Nausicaa was once captained by SS General Ludwig von Berg, also known as the Baron of the Black Order, the leader of Hitler’s Ahnenerbe – a group dedicated to proving that the Aryans were the descendants of Atlantis. The Baron had found some kind of Atlantean artifact and it had gone down when the submarine was sunk by the British Royal Navy in 1943.
Yeats soon discovered that it was the Flammenschwert or “Sword of Fire” – some kind of torpedo or bomb based on Atlantean technology? He had little time to find out however, as he was attacked in what I can only describe as a Thunderball-like (thank you Ian Fleming) underwater scuba battle by men also after the Baron’s treasure. As his attackers left him stuck in the Nausicaa, he had to wonder what he’d gotten himself into this time.
This was only the beginning of an adventure that spans the globe as Yeats puts the pieces together pitting him against Sir Roman Midas, Russian orphan turned British mining tycoon and mastermind behind what could become a global oil crisis. Along the way, Yeats works again with Sister Serena Serghetti from the Vatican, whom he had a previous relationship with. And it ends in a chase under the Temple Mount to stop a group intent on starting a world war.
Yeats seems to have a knack for surviving impossible situations and coming out on top or knowing who to contact when he gets into a bind, which got a bit tiring after a while. The jet-setting lifestyle and multiple talents of our erstwhile archaeologist made James Bond seem like an amateur while channeling a bit of Indiana Jones. But other than that it was fun to see how all the threads wove together.
The Atlantis Revelation was a very quick read and kept me entertained all the way through to the end. I’m always intrigued when writers work Nazis into the equation, as with The Boys from Brazil from Ira Levin and the Indiana Jones franchise. And add in the Atlantis side of things and I have to say it’s a great combination.
If you like quick, fun thrillers, The Atlantis Revelation by Thomas Greanias should be on your reading list. Check it out at your favorite library or bookstore!
–Fitz
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Posted by fitz in Books on Oct 22
Hey all…
Some days I find it entertaining to think that William Shakespeare’s influence on the English language was so profound, he has been credited for contributing between 1,500 and 8,000 words to the language. These may not have been new words, but his are often the earliest cited examples of those words appearing in written works.
So let’s compare that against the backdrop of today, in a culture of Tweets, texts, instant messages, and e-mails, we use a fraction of the English language. I don’t even want to consider how butchered and mangled Shakespeare’s plays would be after going through the wringer that is our technologically limited writing today.
As such, when Barry Edelstein’s book Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions was released way back in April 2009, I definitely wanted to check it out and see how the Bard might provide inspiration for any number of occasions for which I am out of wit. I was not disappointed. And somehow I bet Shakespeare would be pleased with how his works would be quoted and reused for a huge variety of topics and events.
Edelstein was the perfect person to undertake pulling such a resource together, as he has directed more than half the plays of the Bard at theaters all around New York City and the U.S. He’s also taught Shakespeare at the Juliard School, the Graduate Acting Program at NYU, the Public Theater’s Shakespeare Lab, and in lectures and master classes around the U.S. and beyond. He definitely knows the Bard more intimately than most of those living today.
Pick a topic, any topic, and Edelstein most likely will have a suggestion for a quote or passage and how you might use it.
For example, are you ever at a loss for words when dealing with a loved one? Choose your desired effect… Othello would say “I Really Love You” as “If it were now to die / ‘Twere now to be most happy, for I fear / My soul hath her content so absolute / That not another comfort like to this / Succeeds in unknown fate.” – Othello, 2.1.186-89. Basically this boils down to those few magical moments when the stars align and everything is perfect.
Or perhaps you mean so say “I Love You”, but, as Edelstein says, it’s a bit twisted – “You superb little devil! I’ll be damned, but I love you. And when I don’t, it will be the end of the world.” In Othello’s words again, it becomes “Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul / But I do love thee, and when I love thee not, / Chaos is come again.” – Othello, 3.3.91-93.
Another great section is on apologies… I’m always saying “I’m sorry” for something or another, but rarely say it as graciously as Hamlet… “Give me your pardon, sir. I’ve done you wrong; / But pardon’t as you are a gentleman.” – Hamlet, 5.2.163-64
Everything from family and childhood, lovers and war, mid-life, old-age, and death… It’s all here. Even if you don’t use the suggestions, it’s a learning experience to simply read these quotes and put them into a different perspective.
If you ever have to give toasts or speeches, or are simply at a loss for words, pick up a copy of Barry Edelstein’s Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions. It will sit beautifully next to a thesaurus and dictionary as an indispensable reference. Look for it at your favorite bookstore!
–Fitz
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Posted by fitz in Books on Oct 21
Hi all…
About a year ago, my eldest daughter brought a book home from the school library called Tell Me A Scary Story… But Not TOO Scary!. We read it at home and really enjoyed it. It was truly a scary story – but not TOO scary for even my youngest. And when I discovered that it had been written by Carl Reiner, a 12-time Emmy-winner, writer, producer, director, comedian, and actor… I was suitably impressed!
Writing for kids isn’t as easy as it sounds. And engaging their imaginations seems to be the key. Reiner seems to have found that secret – telling the kids just enough to let their minds fill in the rest. That’s really the trick to any good scary story in my mind.
The first Tell Me A Scary Story… was in the spirit of a classic Sesame Street board book with Grover called The Monster at the End of This Book written by Jon Stone and illustrated by Michael Smolin. Grover begs the reader not to turn the pages, for the monster may be too scary – but the kids have to find out who the monster is of course!
As with all things, eventually we forgot about the book. But now there’s a sequel coming! Tell Me Another Scary Story… But Not TOO Scary! picks up right where the last one ended, with a little boy heading off to visit his neighbor – Mr. Neewollah. Mr. Neewollah (Halloween spelled backwards) makes scary masks and costumes for scary Halloween movies and was making a special scary costume for the little boy this year.
The boy is a bit older this time, and Mr. Neehwollah calls him on the phone and asks if he could come to his house for a hamburger and to show him the scary Halloween costume he’d made. And that’s when the scary story begins… And Mr. Reiner gives plenty of chances for youngsters who think it’s too scary to turn back and close the book. My two daughters just smiled and said “Let’s keep reading!”
Unlike the last book, which was focused on having kids see that not everything that appears scary *is* scary, this one has a slightly different lesson. As the young protagonist discovers, remembering three numbers, 9-1-1, when dealing with a real-life scary situation can be the difference between life and death. Though I agree with the lesson, I had to wonder if it was a bit heavy-handed for a Halloween book meant for young preschool and early elementary-school kids.
James Bennett, the illustrator, did another amazing job on the artwork for this book. His exaggerated expressions, from horror-movie angles, and entertaining close-ups really made this a fun book to look at, not just read. And included with the book is a bonus CD with Reiner reading his story with a few special effects added for good measure. Again, the audio version is scary – but not too scary – for everybody involved.
Tell Me Another Scary Story… But Not TOO Scary! by Carl Reiner will now most likely become a yearly tradition at my house, at least until the girls outgrow it (hopefully not too soon). It arrived in plenty of time for Halloween reading in homes around the world. This book is a perfect choice to sit down and read with your kids. Who knows? You might enjoy it just as much as they do!
–Fitz
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Posted by fitz in Art, Books, Movies on Aug 17
Hi all…
In May 2009, Terminator Salvation began hitting theaters worldwide to continue the saga of the Terminator story begun back in 1984 by James Cameron. Set in the time after Judgement Day, when the self-aware computer system Skynet launched a devastating nuclear attack that was the beginning of humanity’s war with the Machines.
Terminator Salvation focuses on the intertwined paths of two very different men. John Connor (Christian Bale), a soldier in the Resistance, has not yet come into his own as the leader of the war. And Markus Wright (Sam Worthington), a prisoner condemned to death by injection, suddenly wakes up and finds himself in a world gone to hell. Both men are seeking to find their own way and both leave definite impressions on each other and those they encounter along the way.
Tara Bennett’s book, The Art of Terminator Salvation, provides a glimpse into some of the amazing art that led to the scenes eventually seen in the movie. Each image taken on its own is spectacular in its own right. But they’re even more impressive when you consider what it takes a movie crew to go from art to the finished product for a motion picture with a budget of $200 million.
Not only does the book provide glimpses into what the crew thought scenes might look like, but storyboards and context all the way from beginning to end. The artwork is simply stunning. And when you add technical drawings of some of the machines, like the Hunter-Killer, the Harvester, and the Moto-Terminators, you begin to see the engineering know-how that these talented people must have.
At the end of the book you get a glimpse of the production art for the Terminator Factory, and it is just incredible and scary at the same time. A factory run by fiercely intelligent machines creating an army of invincible robotic warriors. And to see some of the possible hardware the artists and designers imagined was unbelievable.
I was blown away by the artwork from beginning to end. I liked the movie, but books like this reinforce the sheer amount of talent necessary to make a movie of this size work. Whether you liked Terminator Salvation or didn’t, books like The Art of Terminator Salvation are inspirational and provide a platform for the many talented people to show off their work. And if nothing else, it’s one heck of an interesting centerpiece for a coffee table!
Be sure to check out The Art of Terminator Salvation at your favorite online or local bookstore. And while you’re at it, check out Bennett’s other book for the movie – Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Companion!
–Fitz
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