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BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION: THE HUNGER GAMES
When Suzanne Collins wrote The Underland Chronicles, five books of Epic fantasy, she showed her potential. The genre’s fans praised the series, which were just a stepping stone for the American author. The last part of Gregor’s adventure in the hidden land of New York was published in 2007.
SUZANNE MUNSHOWER: ANNA FROM YOUNGER HAS A LOT IN COMMON WITH MYSELF
Suzanne Munshower’s Younger topped the Kindle Amazon bestselling list in the last few days. The medical thriller received many positive comments by the readers and currently is standing with average 4 stars from 57 Amazon reviews. Our next guest worked many things in her life. In the following chat she will let us know how she became a writer and how excited was for her to see Younger on the top of Amazon list.
– Suzanne, what is your book Younger about?
– Younger is about a 57-year-old woman who has lived too well and taken her privileged position for granted too long, so that when she loses her last remaining public relations account, she ignores her better judgment and accepts an offer to “test-drive” and market a product designed to take 30 years off the user’s appearance. By the time she figures out she has made a bad decision, dead bodies have piled up and she needs to run for her life, facing the truth about herself as she does so.
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BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION: DIVERGENT TRILOGY
Veronica Roth was 22 when her debut novel Divergent was published. It was just few months before her graduation from Northwestern University with a degree of creative writing, when she received a contract proposal from HarperCollins. What a nice natural advertisement for the Illinois’s educational facility. In the next years Veronica became a star. Huge royalties, book signings with thousands of fans and two more books in the series are just some of the new entries for the writer from New York City.
BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION: THE GUNMAN
Sean Penn is returning to the big screen after two years pause. The 2-time Academy award winner will play the main character in the film The Gunman. The script is adaptation of late French author Jean-Patrick Manchette’s book The Prone Gunman (La Position du Tireur Couché”).
BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
If you are fan of Twilight who is dreaming to become rich and famous, there is well beaten path ahead of you. 46-year-old British Erika Mitchell, mother of two sons, decided to combine her erotic fantasies with the heroes of the well known vampire fantasy.
KARL FREITAG: I AM HOPING PEOPLE ARE STILL READING MY STORIES 50 YEARS FROM NOW
Karl Freitag is one of the most popular people in the boxing world. He is pioneer in internet coverage of boxing. His web page Fightnews is well respected source of news.
Few days ago our next guest published his debut book. Short, Short, Science Fiction Stories was released on February 11. Lets unveil something more about the book from the author himself.
– What is your debut book Short, Short Science Fiction Stories about?
– These are very short stories, or flash fiction as some call it. They cover the normal themes you’d expect in the science/speculative fiction genre but in an exciting, different way.
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BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION: THE IMITATION GAME
The name of Alan Turing was mostly linked with the so called Turing machine, the predecessor of the computer. He was one of the best British mathematicians and cryptanalysts. His talent was in great use during World War II. According to historians the work done by the team around him helped The Allies to defeat Germany. Something more, the war was shortened by several years, because of the successful decoding of Enigma.
Alan Turing
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JEFFREY ARCHER: CLIFTON CHRONICLES HAVE SOME AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ELEMENTS
Jeffrey Archer’s last book Be Careful What You Wish For was released year ago. It was the fourth part of his Clifton Chronicles. The next chapter of the series, Mightier than the Sword, will be on the market in few days time – on February 24. The well known British author will turn 75 in April. His books were sold in over 270 million copies around the world. It’s a great honor for Land of Books to welcome Mr. Archer, well known member of British Parliament, cancer survivor, former prisoner and one of the best writers on the planet.
– Mr. Archer, Be Careful What You Wish For is one of the best books worldwide for 2014. What kind of surprises and turns the readers may find in the fourth part of Clifton Chronicles?
– Part of the fun of writing a novel with many different twists and turns is that the readers can expect the same ingredients next time, but I’m not telling you what they are in my new book, MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD.
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BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
If the main character of your book has more friends and fans than enemies, you must be aware of what you are writing. Jane Wilde Hawking experienced the hard way. She wrote a memoir about her life with well known cosmologist Stephen Hawking, called Music to Move the Stars: A Life with Stephen. The book was published in 1999. Soon the critics and fans of the scientist ripped apart the author. Poor Jane was described as selfish for pointing to the world how despotic the handicapped Stephen Hawking, who is suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease, was.
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EMILY BLEEKER: READ OUT LOUD TO YOUR CHILD FROM BIRTH
Emily Bleeker’s debut book Wreckage jumped to the top of Amazon ranks. The novel is standing on #1 spot for the last few days. The readers loved the plot and are giving very positive feedback (av. 4.6 stars from 128 reviews).
Emily has very nice story about her transition between education and professional writing. She was kind enough to share it during our interview.
– Emily, what the readers will find inside Wreckage?
– A story about survivors of a plane crash in the South Pacific. After living on an island for nearly two years, the castaways are thrust into the spotlight after their rescue. Every morning show and news program is hounding them for interviews. But they can’t tell the truth about what happened while they were on that island, so they lie. Eight months later, exhausted by the constant media attention, Lillian Linden decides to do one last interview with hard-hitting reporter, Genevieve Randall. She pressures fellow survivor, reluctant Dave Hall, to join her so they can hide behind the exclusivity clause in their contract. But what the survivors don’t know is–Genevieve thinks she knows they are hiding something and she’s willing to tear their lives apart to get the truth.
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