The Chronicles of Riddick | Date: 08 May 2011, 00:35
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Based on a motion picture screenplay.
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Foster, Alan Dean - Chronicles Of Riddick.lit
The Chronicles Of Riddick.pdf
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You gotta love the sci-fi invention of Crematoria...
I suspect a reader's evaluation of The Chronicles of Riddick, the book, are influenced by one's "Riddick" experiences. Mine are, in chronological order, The Chronicles of Riddick (the movie), Pitch Black (the book), and The Chronicles of Riddick (the book). Next will be Pitch Black (the movie).
The Chronicles of Riddick (the book) answered some of my questions. Who the heck WAS Kyra, anyway. Ahhh... the kid in Pitch Black. What was the relationship between Imam and Riddick? Again, that's in Pitch Black. Why are the mercs all after Riddick? You guessed it... Pitch Black!
The Chronicles of Riddick (the book) was based on the screenplay, and I was anticipating a repeat of the movie, nothing more, yet I was pleased with the additional detail. The book ends wit a "Historians' Note on Pre-Necroism." Perhaps the neo-Riddick reign will be worthy of another book and movie.
I was hoping for some additional information on the species called Elementals. Remember this dialogue?
Dame Vaako: " You don't pray to our God. That is hardly a surprise. You pray to no God, I hear. That is not especially a surprise, either. My curiosity picking at me again, I suppose. What do you do instead? With what do you fill that void in human speculation?'
Aereon: "Elementals -- we calculate."
Dame Vaako: "... It is well-known that Elementals have their own agenda, their own design. Elementals don't believe in God because they hope to BE God" (p. 215-216).
Live long, and calculate!
Review:
REview of the book.
The book explains a few points in the philosophy of the necromongers that are unclear in the movie. Otherwise it is an enjoyable sci-fi read.
Review:
Seen the film?
Different to the standard Alan Dean Foster approach. I can now understand what the film was about.
Review:
Acceptable if Brief Read
Writers often take on media spin-off projects on contract in order to provide notoreity and income while working on other projects. As a result, an otherwise unspectacular adaptation may receive the boon of a good writer's talent while at the same time suffering from a tone that bespeaks the sense of urgency with which the volume is written.
Foster's adaptation of Twohy's second Riddick film is a good read. It follows the general line of the screenplay while adding expository details and delving into aspects of narration and insight not easily captured on the screen. As a fan of the film series I enjoyed the novelization enough to keep it (while I have relegated Lauria's less-than-stellar adaptation of _Pitch Black_ to the local used book store), and especially appreciated Foster's taking the time to develop the history and tenets of the Necromonger faith.
The author waxes a trifle corny at times, attributing Riddick's pantherish reflexes and indomitable resolve to a trick of Furyan genetics that leans heavily toward the supernatural. In Foster's defense, however, the film was unable, due to time constraints, to address the issue completely, and as such the topic falls well within the novelist's scope of influence. I did, however, take note of numerous typos and mistakes of grammar. Every published book, no matter how well edited, is possessed of one or two, but the speed with which media tie-ins are sent to press tends to contribute to their being infested with far more than the usual ration of bloopers.
All in all, however, Foster's _Chronicles of Riddick_ is worth reading if one is already a fan of the series. It is doubtful that the book will make a convert of those not already enamored of the character and his world, but for pre-existing afficionados the background information on Necroism and the added internal narration of the characters ought to be enough to justify the purchase of the book.
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