Ring
Posted by Skrud at Tuesday, May 16th 2006 at 12:21am
I’ve been making some serious headway in my backed-up book queue recently. Harley must’ve loaned me Ring ages ago, but I only picked it up last Thursday. I finished it today.
I’ve never seen any of the Ring movies, neither the Japanese movie nor the American blockbuster. I wanted to read the book without any prior knowledge of the story (well, other than what was already revealed in the previews). I burned through Ring in record time. Author Koji Suzuki’s writing is imbued with such a sense of urgency that I couldn’t bear to stop reading until I could physically no longer keep my eyes open and would have to sleep. I’d open the book again at the next available opportunity, reading in midday even, until finally I managed to finish all its glorious pages.
When I finished, I wanted more. The story was so compelling that I needed to read more. Luckily, there are two sequels (Spiral and Loop) as well as one prequel (Birthday) slated to come out in December.
I’ve got to watch the movies now. I’m going to start with the Japanese one, then the American one. I’d like to see how they stack up to the book.
Dude, have you read Snowcrash yet?
lemme know how they stack up against each other. i couldn’t sleep for a good week after seeing the american blockbuster. but then again, i’m a chicken-shit.
Ed, he read snow crash a long time ago.
Skrud, the movies don’t even come close to the book. Neither one does.
No, next you need the stack of Ender’s books I lent you. =P
Actually, there are some similarities between Snow Crash and Ring… but they’re both completely different types of novels.
But they’re both so awesome! ;)