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Anyone know when the ninth book of the Left Behind series is due?

Here's a release schedule for the rest of the books:

Book #9: Desecration - Available October 30, 2001
Book #10: Armageddon - Available June 4, 2002
Book #11: Left Standing - Available June 3, 2003
Book #12: Glorious Appearing - Available June 1, 2004

You mean there's an end to this? Maybe there is a god.

-eek- As long as they don't make a movie about all of them! Maybe they can get Corey Feldman and Tracey Gold for the next one.....

Thanks a lot, Wormwood. I didn't think I'd have to wait so long when I read the first 8 books in 2 months. Can't wait 'til October. :)

movielib and JaxComet, you two need to get a life if you have nothing better to do than come into a thread about a book series that you have something against. And Samuel, you're welcome.

Thanks. I'll take it under advisement.

Yah know, now that you mention it-- whadda you think, the Dynamic Duo of the 80's, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, reunited to play Gog and Magog?

Am I the only one who put the first book down, about halfway into it, thinking these people are complete idiots?

when i first started to read the series, i did the same thing, not thinking that they were idiots but that the book was really slow. however, about 8 months later i tried again and ended up reading the first 6 books in about 2 months. maybe i just had more time to enjoy them, i don't know. it was slow at the outset but it picked up the pace as it progressed.

i also find it interesting how they are starting to space out the books more. the first 6 books, if i recall, came out about every 6 months or so, but now with these, they are starting to come out about once a year. maybe they are building the anticipation towards the end of the series???

Well it was just that some of the way some of the characters think is just way to stupid for me. I think the line was said by the pilot to his daughter when he was quetioned about the new political figure whether it might be the man that was talked about on the tape, his response was no someone who is trying to decieve people would be more obvious. Maybe I read it wrong, but if not I deal with stupid people all the time through work and reading about them is not how I want to spend my free time. I was into the book but shortly before there had started to lose interest.

I just finished The Indwelling and The Mark and while they are not the best books I've ever read they are fun/quick reads. You can usually finish one in a day w/o any problem. I have to admit though the 2nd book almost made me stop reading the series since it was pretty much a rehash of the 1st (in fact I didn't even bother adding it to the "collection"). I also agree w/ some of the things being said here, these people are not written to be the brightess in the world ;) Personally though I'm looking forward to the rest of them.

I didn't like the movie, it could have been decent but it sucked. I think the problem is that it was at least a 4-6 hour story shrunk down to 90 minutes. USa (The cable station) is working on a television series. I think it will work much better in that format but I do get your joke. :)

I thought PAX TV was the one doing the series.

Are you against freedom of speech? Just because the thread is about Left Behind doesn't mean you have to like the series to say something about it. And to suggest so is very... Carpathian.

No kidding. Stating an opinion about the books is okay with me, even if you don't like them. But cracking jokes and bashing others opinions about them here is inappropriate and immature.

Agreed. The sad people are the one's who take these books so seriously. It's only a story!!!!! The author does not have some sort of inside information!!

Yes, I've always thought it's the height of maturity to be hypersensitive to harmless little jokes.

I won't even bother with you anymore, you are wasting my time.

One of the authors has sued the film company that made the movie. Something about how the movie didn't have as big a budget or marketing effort as agreed upon. I tried the series but thought it was ridiculous. Even with my bias....

If you're going to make any prolonged series like this into the visual medium, a TV series or special is the way to go. Even if the movie had bigger stars, more $$, etc. there would never be enough of an audience for this to keep making sequels. The authors didn't know what they were doing to begin with because they planned on releasing tons of books in the series but signed the titles individually for movie deals. The ONLY way that series would have made sequels is if someone combined 3-5 books at a time for a film. I wish writers would butt out of the film making process.

Almost as bad as Anne Rice when she payed for large advertisements shunning the choice of Tom Cruise in her vampire novels. If the writers don't like it, fund the flick (ie Stephen King), otherwise they need to shut their yap.

Left Behind #9
 

well, the next book in the series comes out today. i am really excited about this seeing as how we have had to wait longer then normal for this one as compared to the previous ones. hopefully it will be good.

Me too. I don't necessarily subscribe to Tim Lahaye's belief in prophesy step by step, but it is a very good series. #7 was pretty weak. I have read most of "the kids" series as well. Not bad.

I bought mine:D but I don't know when I'll have time to read it:(
I'm not even a Christian, I just like the story.

Personally I thought #2 was the weakest so far. I almost stopped reading it after that one since it was pretty much a rehash of everything that happened in the first one. I stuck w/ it though and am enjoying it again. Of course I still have to wait another year or so since I always buy them in paperback on the bargain shelf -ptth-

I bought #1 at Sam's for 7.99. They all are marked at that price.

Hadn't thought about it but that is correct. I probably didn't notice because I picked up 1-4 at the same time and finished them real fast.

Left Behind Series? Are you scared?
 

I was reading an article in time magazine about this whole movement of the end of the world and stuff.

I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this who pre-apocolyptic notions of "end of the world" "ultimate truths"

I'm am more sacred about the people who take this books as gospel any thoughts about this whole new movement?

The books should be read as fiction, because that's what they are. I don't think the authors claim it to be anything else.

However, as a Christian, I hate the whole "end of the world" mentality. It's stupid -- and even Jesus said no one knows when it will happen -- so I don't know why people spend so much time trying to predict it.

The books are based on the Bible, so a lot of people take it as "what could be," including myself.

You want scary apocalyptic stuff, read the book of Revelations, last book in the Bible.

Have you read any of them?

I hear they are supposed to be thrilling?(fiction of course wise) I am looking for a good adult read. It looks like a nice series and stuff. Kind of like the whole harry potter craze/tom clancy, or nelson demille. :)

I haven't, though I own 2 of them and have about 5 of the other books in the series at my house at the moment. My sister has read all but the latest one and she likes them a lot (She's not a Bible-thumper. :) )

I think Kvrdave has read most/all of them.

nice it is good to know that most non-bible thumpers like it too.

I am christian as well, I really don't care to ponder about the end of the world, I am too busy making sure I have positive cash flow to pay off my bills. :)

They are pretty good reads. I typically enjoy Stephen King, and other Horror and anything with Star Trek, just to give you an idea of my book tastes.

I don't buy thier end of the world scenario. There are a hundred different theories out there and based on what I have read I think they are a bit off base. BUT it is still good fiction, and the could very well be correct (which makes it a better read, imo). My recent studies tends to make me think the "False Prophet" in scripture refers to Mohammed and Islam, rather than an assistant to the anti-christ. But again, it really doesn't matter. I read a fair amount on it, and love the fact that it makes me study the Bible more, but I don't live my life waiting for the end to come about.

I don't believe it will happen in my life time, but I only base that assertion on the fact that it hasn't happened in the last 2,000 years, so the odds are against the next 50 years. But, technologically we are getting to where things need to be for some of scripture to be fulfilled.

Oh, but the way. The authors also wrote a book called "Are We Living in the Last Days" or something close. I think it was to cash in on their success (just like I would :D ) and to get their theory out to the masses. It is a good read if you enjoy these types of things, but it should all be taken with a grain of salt. I enjoyed it but mainly because they were not so arrogant as to give a date. They leave the possibility open that they are off base, and I think anyone that knows their Bible would do this.

i am a christian and am i scared, no? does it give me things to think about? absolutely. when i first started reading these i couldn't get into them. i got about halfway through the first one and quit because i thought it was boring. then about 6 months later i picked it up again and read the first 4 books in a month. i don't know that the authors are trying to do anything but get people thinking. as dodgingcars said, no one knows when Jesus will return so there is not point in trying to predict it.

I'm a Christian, and the inevitable discussion of these books when company is over bores me about as much as Harry Potter, Beanie Babies, Oprah, and anything else of the like. "Oh, my mother isn't even a Christian and she absolutely is hooked!....yada yada". So I guess you could say it scares me in that way, it's hard to keep from running from the room screaming.

Interesting. Do you have anything to back this up? I can see some parallels, especially with the fact that Islam doesn't accept Jesus as anything more than another prophet -- which would just barely fit the definition of anti-christ.

Here's something else to think about, if what you say is true. I've often speculated that the "seven days" in Genesis were on a time scale different than the one we use today. There's also some evidence to back this up, where God mentions that thousands of years to us are but a day to him. It could also be a problem with interpretation, translation, or maybe it was simplified for simple people who couldn't understand the concept of millions of years.

So, what if we are actually in the end times, but it is on the "Godly" time scale (or even a totally different one altogether) mentioned in Genesis? Thus, the seven years mentioned actually works out to be several thousand years, or even several tens or several millions of years.

...oh, and for the record, I don't worry too much about the end times. Jesus couldn't even predict when it would happen, so I'm certainly not going to try.

I've read all the books because I'm fascinated by end times theories. I don't believe even the authors believe that they can predict the time and/or exact manner in which it may happen. They are simply presenting one fictional account of events that could very well fit the Bible's teachings about this subject.

The books aren't particularly well written, but the storyline is interesting. They are easy to read - good summer reading, IMO.

I've read the first 8 or so, and think they are good pulp action novels. However, I think the reader also has to keep in mind that they are a 'what if' based on Revelations skewed by the two author's religious and cultural backgrounds. There are other novels that have done the same thing, and if you read a few you can be surprised by how different they all are from eachother even though they're using the same 'base material' out of the bible.

I'd suggest that anyone who takes these novels as more than fiction speak to a priest/minister they know and ask them about the Book of Revelations.

I've read all the ones that have come out. I think they are pretty interesting and they are quite entertaining. But I'm not a Christian so I don't believe them at all.

I have studied Revelations (as well the end times theories os several other religions). I think all of it is interesting- but it doesn't worry me at all. -smile-