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   On 6/6/2020 12:06 AM, between "Jimmy Anderson : August Abolins":   
      
    AA>> But King's book of the same name was terrible, imho. The   
    AA>> back stories of the characters were far too drawn out and   
    AA>> extending dozens of pages before the real story line would   
    AA>> pick up.   
      
    JA> I read the book and LOVED it!!! That's why I checked out the   
    JA> show, but just couldn't get into it... Did the show end the   
    JA> same as the book?   
      
   Apparently MANY differences between the show and book.  But I did not know   
   that when I reached for the book thinking I would get an advance on the next   
   bunch of tv episodes.   
      
      
    JA> LOL - I'm sure, since the overall premise was the same, but   
    JA> the story was NO where near the same when it came to   
    JA> details, like the 'egg' and the aliens (or whatever they   
    JA> were)...   
      
   Yes, the tv version with the egg, the tunnels, people assimilating with the   
   underground life form, etc.  Was very interesting.. but when I couldn't find   
   that in the proper places in the book, I got frustrated and skipped most of   
   the book.   
      
      
    JA> I just finished The Institute the other day. Man! Another   
    JA> great one, IMHO.   
      
   It's a short one.  Maybe I'll give it a try.   
      
      
    AA>> ..but I don't need to read 12 pages of somebody's   
    AA>> fear of rape and/or a depiction of it to make sense of the   
    AA>> dome.   
      
    JA> So did you read the ending?   
      
   I read a bit of it.  And, yes.. people's child-hood traumas play a necessary   
   role to appease the aliens.   
      
   I guess King wanted to parallel the childhood vulnerabilities of the humans in   
   Under The Dome with the childlike ant-farm experimentation and playfulness of   
   the aliens.   
      
      
    AA>> I'm working on Hostile right now. I'm at the point where   
    AA>> the main char is trapped under her vehicle, broken a lower   
    AA>> limb, and trying to reach for her gun. Pause. Went to bed.   
      
    JA> Hostile? Not familiar with it...   
      
   I posted a bit more about it with a bit of a spoiler in ROT13 in this echo.   
      
      
    AA>> In other news: I think actors get paid far too much for the   
    AA>> fun of pretending to be someone else.   
      
    JA> LOL - you should try local community theatre. I have been in   
    JA> two local productions and LOVED it!!! No pay, it's all   
    JA> volunteer, and LOTS of work and time, but it's VERY very fun   
    JA> to pretend to be someone else. :-)   
      
   Life is not at a point where I can relax and participate in fun things like   
   that.  But it has crossed my mind. Even if I just had a bit part with a couple   
   of lines would have been fine.   
      
      
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