World Famous Comics: The Totally Geeky Guide to The Princess Bride
The Totally Geeky Guide to The Princess Bride
By: MaryAnn Johanson Publisher: LULU Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: LULU Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 92 Publication Date: August 08, 2006 Release Date: August 08, 2006
If you are a fan of the book... don't buy this I was very disappointed. I had selected the next book for our monthly book club and it was The Princess Bride". I was looking for a good reference book that would aid in the discussion of "The Princess Bride", saw this online and bought it. It wasn't a good reference book. Instead, it was chapter after chapter of the author repeating her favorite lines and scenes from the movie. There were a few snippets of famous people talking about the movie including some from the actors in the movie. I didn't find anything else in the book vaguely interesting. Anyone who's read "The Princess Bride" and seen the movie knows the movie is good but is missing some of the best of the book (i.e. the zoo of death, Inigo and Fezzig's history and what Miracle Max REALLY thinks is as good as true love and it's not an MLT).
I read the first few chapters of the "Totally Geeky Guide to the Princess Bride" and couldn't read any further. I skimmed through the rest, read the quotes from the actors,etc. and then donated the book to a charity book sale. It was just a big advertisement for the movie and, think about it, if I bought this book then I'm already a fan of the movie and/or the book.
If you're a big fan of the movie, I recommend you buy The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure and read it. William Goldman wrote this book first and later the screen play that everyone has come to love.
intriguing This is a fun little book, which is essentially just a long essay by MaryAnn Johanson. It explores the quirks of the movie, the Princess Bride, with some references to the original book by William Goldman. I enjoyed reading it, and it only took me one sitting to finish it.
A must have for PB fans I picked up this book for my wife who is a huge Princess Bride fan. She loved it! If you're the type of fan who quotes dialog from this movie, like she is, you will want this book.
Awesome addition to our Princess Bride collection. We've really enjoyed this book. We thought we were the only family who were princess bride fanatics, spouting quotes at all occasions. Lots of fun and you might see something you missed!
not what i expected... I was expecting insider info on the book and the movie. This is a more, "you might be a princess bride geek if..." type of book. Not a bad read, but not what I was hoping for.
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