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Written by James M. Tate / 6/10/2023 / No comments / action , adventure , arthur kennedy , barry sullivan , book review , burt reynolds , exploitation , neo noir , samuel fuller , shark , silvia pinal , sixties , thriller , treasure

PULP NOVEL 'HIS BONES ARE CORAL' BECOMES THE CHOPPY 'SHARK'

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With a terrific Hemingway TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT-style fishing boat rocking through stormy waters: Wherein the film begins with a choppily-edited shark attack, the book opens with a plane crash, and he soon meets a pretty girl who introduces him to her father, and, like the movie, is hired to captain a charter where dad can dive for gold in a location guarded by sharks. Our ragged lead winds up fighting for his life to win the girl, and to come out of the situation without getting stabbed by human goons...<br>
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action, adventure, arthur kennedy, barry sullivan, book review, burt reynolds, exploitation, neo noir, samuel fuller, shark, silvia pinal, sixties, thriller, treasure

PULP NOVEL 'HIS BONES ARE CORAL' BECOMES THE CHOPPY 'SHARK'

Title: SHARK Year: 1969 Rating: *** Sometimes you run into a terrific pulp novel watching an old bad movie: In this case the Samuel Fuller ...

REVIEW OF 'SPLINTER OF THE MIND'S EYE' BY ALAN DEAN FOSTER

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Alan Dean Foster is the first author to provide an "expanded universe" 
novel based on George Lucas's characters.<br>
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 In fact, he also ghostwrote 
the STAR WARS tie-in (which is fantastic) and did this story as a 
possible sequel if STAR WARS was only a moderate success.<br>
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The plot 
centers on Luke and Leia and the droids but without Han Solo (as 
Harrison Ford hadn't signed up for a sequel at that time, pre-Star Wars)
 crashed on a murky muddy swampy planet, much like Dagobah in the latter
 EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, wherein they must find a jewel which provides an 
abundance of the Force.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Cover of the classic original BOOK SCORE: ***1/2</u></td></tr>
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With just-enough battles and a nice climax 
with Darth Vadar fighting not only Luke, but Leia, within a temple mileau liken more to Lucas's future Indiana Jones world than Star Wars...<br>
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And remember, this was before we 
learned Luke and Leia were brother/sister and their flirtation could be 
seen as not following the Star Wars canon...<br>
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Then again, they flirted in 
Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back as well and, overall there are some corny moments,
 like Leia being described as a "steel kitten", and some annoying 
characters, particularly Hallah, a female version of Obi Wan, who keeps 
referring to Luke as "Luke Boy" (grunt!): But all in all it's a nice 
adventure written by a really cool sci-fi author who really knows his 
stuff even when created by somebody else. The opening chapter is tops as
 it takes many pages for Luke's X-Wing to crash-land.  
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alan dean foster, book review, seventies, star wars

REVIEW OF 'SPLINTER OF THE MIND'S EYE' BY ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Graphic Novel adaptation pic for our Alan Dean Foster Star Wars Interview Alan Dean Foster is the first author to provide an "exp...

PROS & CONS OF THE 'RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK' NOVELIZATION

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Harrison Ford battles Pat Roach while producer Frank Marshall looks on</u></td></tr>
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What makes a good novelization? One word: Flow.... If the writing flows well, then it really doesn't matter how many 
times you've seen the movie, or how good the movie was on screen 
compared to the printed page...<br>
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In that, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, written by Campbell Black, is a good 
novelization because the already excellent story and incredible movie is here turned into a high octane pulp 
adventure...<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year; 1981 Grade: A—</u></td></tr>
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Cons are Indy with one of 
his students in his house... we don't need to know that he plows the 
girls who draw I LOVE YOU on their eyelids: their mutual starry-eyed crushes were enough. Or learning that Marion was a
 prostitute in Cairo after her father died in order to purchase the bar.
 Or Marion's lusting after French villain Belloq and fighting temptation to fall in 
love with him after he kidnaps her...<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Improved but Unoriginal</u></td></tr>
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On the other hand, we sometimes get to follow 
Indy from Point B between A and C: Like after he lands in Cairo, going from a crowded airport to a dark 
highway, driving through the pouring rain, searching for Ravenwood's 
tavern while being stalked by another mysterious vehicle... And along 
with other nifty insights during the action sequences, it all works 
quite well. The chapters are long and thoroughly expressive, the action 
precise, the dialogue beautifully corny (more purposely-pulpy than the 
film)...<br>
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No matter how many times you've seen the Steven Spielberg/George Lucas/Harrison Ford action/adventure classic on the big (or small) screen, you'll feel 
you're reliving the sublime globetrotting for the very first time. And the cover, while quite underwhelming, is what was created before the movie became a smash hit. The second edition cover uses the much cooler painted poster image of Indy, an already iconic character, but the best to own has that random rudimentary Indy/Marion scene-shot created with the historic blindside of zero hindsight: Just check out the bland black & white back-cover of the JAWS soundtrack LP compared to the colorful sequel album's front <i>and</i> back and you'll get the idea.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>And here's another excellent book... What, didn't you guys ever go to Sunday School?</u></td></tr>
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book review, eighties, george lucas, harrison ford, karen allen, steven spielberg

PROS & CONS OF THE 'RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK' NOVELIZATION

Harrison Ford battles Pat Roach while producer Frank Marshall looks on What makes a good novelization? One word: Flow.... If the writing...

ARCHIVE REVIEW OF HAN SOLO AT STARS' END BY BRIAN DALEY

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ARCHIVE REVIEW OF HAN SOLO AT STARS' END BY BRIAN DALEY

HAN SOLO AT STARS' END review archived from 2008 After STAR WARS came out, kids wanted everything to do with the characters, even f...

EDGE OF GREATNESS ABOUT JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT REVIEWED

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EDGE OF GREATNESS ABOUT JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT REVIEWED

From VIGILANTE FORCE, one of many so-called forgotten films "This is not a life," David Grove writes in the final page of his ...

COVERS OF ALAN DEAN FOSTER'S STAR TREK LOG PAPERBACKS

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