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Book vs film: Team Book takes the win

A collage of book covers for Warm Bodies, The Gunslinger, Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief, A Wizard Of Earthsea, Never Let me Go, The Lovely Bones, The Color Out of Space and Howl's Moving Castle.

Last week I closed up Book vs Film: a season of reviews comparing eight novels to their big-screen adaptations. The books won, but as the cliché goes, it’s about the journey, not the destination. The working title for this season of The Book Corner was “good book, shit film”. As group-sourced projects often go, not […]

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Book vs film: The Dark Tower vol 1 — The Gunslinger by Stephen King

The Dark Tower, featured in the 2017 film of the same name.
The Dark Tower, featured in the 2017 film of the same name.

Season 5 episode 2: The Dark Tower vol 1 — The Gunslinger, by Stephen King The original concept for this season was “great book, shit film”. The Gunslinger certainly qualifies for the latter half and while The Dark Tower series has a passionate fanbase, “great” has to do a lot of heavy lifting for the […]