Peter benchely, author of Jaws and The white shark, has passed on at age 65. I just found out.
Peter benchely, author of Jaws and The white shark, has passed on at age 65. I just found out.
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Stanislaw Lem
1921 - 2006, Rest In Peace.
"Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible"
I want to read a Benchly book. Anyone else is intested?
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I've read two Benchley books, and my considered advice is to watch "Jaws" instead.
But the time ain't tall, yet on time you depend
And no word is possessed by no special friend
And though the line is cut it ain't quite the end,
I'll just bid farewell till we meet again.
- Bob Dylan
I have watched 'Jaws' but I still would like to read one of his books. Has anyone got any recommendations?
Jaws
The Deep
The Island
The Girl of the Sea of Cortez
Q Clearance
Rummies
Beast
White Shark
Peter Benchley's Creature
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I think I've read White Shark. It was good. I thought Benchley also wrote Megalodon and wanted to suggest that but after searching I found out it's not a Benchley book. Worth reading though, I liked it.
Megalodon is by Steve Alten btw.
I have a plan: attack!
I've read "Jaws" and "Beast". Turns out they were basically the same book, only with a squid instead of a shark in "Beast". Of the two, I think I'd recommend "Jaws" - it's not nearly as good as the movie, but as thrillers go, it has its good sides.
I'm not saying this to put him down; the man wrote the basis for one of the best movies ever, and I kinda love him for that. But IMO (in fairness, it's been a few years since I read them) Benchley had Kilgore Trout syndrome: he had at least one great idea, but not necessarily the writer's talent to back it up.
But the time ain't tall, yet on time you depend
And no word is possessed by no special friend
And though the line is cut it ain't quite the end,
I'll just bid farewell till we meet again.
- Bob Dylan
Thanks for that! I didn't know about Kilgore Trout (haven't read any Vonnegut, unfortunately). I am wondering how Jaws would have been had it been written 'better'. Another Moby Dick, maybe?Originally Posted by beer good
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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