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Old 10-13-12 | 03:22 PM
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I finished the first book last night and really enjoyed it. I'd heard it didn't have a satisfying resolution, so I was prepared for that. Luckily, it kept me interested the whole time, so I look forward to diving into the next book to see how the story continues.

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Also, I found the book pretty repetitive:

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since we have a number of scenes where people are looking for their loved ones only to discover they've turned and then are attacked
I do agree with this point. A few of those scenes would've sufficed, but they just kept coming and coming.
Old 10-13-12 | 03:55 PM
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I have the trilogy and I started reading the Dark Horse Comics adaptation.
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Why is it that the first and third audiobooks are available on CD, but the second is not? Why? Why? Why do they torture us who want physical copies of things? Why?!

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Old 11-13-12 | 02:51 PM
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Is FX looking to make this into a series?
Old 12-10-12 | 09:34 AM
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Now that the third book is out, I know that I've read the first two but I can't remember a thing about them. Anyone got a good site that can remind me?
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If you get a chance - try getting the first book on audio cd. It's read by Ron Perlman.
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Picked up the audiobooks from my local library, I'm enjoying these, about a third of the way through the second book. GDT's visual sensibility doesn't have anywhere near as much flair on the page as it does on screen, some of the prose is pretty clunky, and the story itself-band of rebels in an apocalypse-is fairly standard. But his usual fascinations are all here for his fans, and Hogan helps him give the series a nice urban feel. It's OK. Still wish the second CD version of the second book was still in print, can't even find it on eBay.

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Is FX looking to make this into a series?
Apparently they are, but lets we forget that they were looking to make Powers into a series too. We saw how well that went.

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Now that the third book is out, I know that I've read the first two but I can't remember a thing about them. Anyone got a good site that can remind me?
I've been hunting since my dumb ass tends to get confused while reading, but I haven't found one yet.

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If you get a chance - try getting the first book on audio CD. It's read by Ron Perlman.
The second and third books aren't though, unfortunately. The new narrator isn't terrible, but he pales in comparison to Peralman and doesn't really have a lot personality.

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Old 02-28-13 | 10:25 AM
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Pick up the audiobooks from my local library, I'm enjoying these, about a third of the way through the second book. GDT's visual sensibility doesn't have anywhere near as much flair on the page as it does on screen, some of the prose is pretty clunky, and the story itself-band of rebels in an apocalypse-is fairly standard. But his usual fascinations are all here for his fans, and Hogan helps him give the series a nice urban feel. It's OK. Still wish the second CD version of the second book was still in print, can't even find it on eBay.



Apparently they are, but lets we forget that they were looking to make Powers into a series too. We saw how well that went.



I've been hunting since my dumb ass tends to get confused while reading, but I haven't found one yet.



The second and third books aren't though, unfortunately. The new narrator isn't terrible, but he pales in comparison to Peralman and doesn't really have a lot personality.


True. I'm halfway in on The Fall audio recording, but I actually do like the narrator. He can do a plethora of accents, which Perlman may have been somewhat limited to. I loved the first book's narration, and also like the second one's so far.
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Almost done with the series. I'm on the Night Eternal - disc 5. It's been a trip.
Old 04-03-13 | 09:56 PM
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The first and second books are available on iTunes, but not the third, and the first and third books are available on CD, but not the second. That's just damned irritating. My library has a copy of the second on CD, so I know it was available at some point, but now I can't find it even on eBay. Why wouldn't iTunes have all three? I can't get all three in the same format? That's really hugely annoying.

Finished the whole trilogy. Rather enjoyed it overall. GDT's not a prose writer, but he moves the whole thing along at a nice, brisk clip with Hogan.
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For a self-proclaimed agnostic, the Biblical stuff that figures into the creation of the vampires is a bit odd. I like how del Toro and Hogan use the novelistic structure in jumping time frames and integrating various historical events and such, the Caligula bit in third book is a nice touch. I don't think they ever came back to the thing about how Fet's father was a guard at Setrakian's camp though. The death of the main characters is presumably meant to be tragic, but the ending as a whole sort of feels a bit weak. Mr. Quinland was an awesome badass.


Even if FX does pick this up for a series, I find it unlikely that it can handle the budgetary needs or will get the whole thing with multiple seasons, but one thing at a time, I suppose.
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Originally Posted by movieking
Now that the third book is out, I know that I've read the first two but I can't remember a thing about them. Anyone got a good site that can remind me?
Bumping myself. Now that the first book has made it to air, I really want to finish the series, but I can't remember too much about the first two books. Does anyone have a summary of those books? If not, for those that read the third book, does it do a good job of refreshing the first two books?
Old 07-15-14 | 11:41 AM
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Re: The Strain: Book One of The Strain Trilogy (by Guillermo Del Toro)

I read the 3rd book like half a year after reading the first two and had no idea what was going on.* I dont think it had a good "previously on..." recap.

* I do have a terrible memory and am easily confused
Old 07-15-14 | 11:52 AM
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Bumping myself. Now that the first book has made it to air, I really want to finish the series, but I can't remember too much about the first two books. Does anyone have a summary of those books? If not, for those that read the third book, does it do a good job of refreshing the first two books?
The prologue of the first book is not in the first episode of the series.

Pick, pick, pick….
Old 07-15-14 | 06:49 PM
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I should point out that I haven't seen the show, and would like to finish the series before starting the show, so it's been years since I've had any type of contact with anything to do with the series. Guess I'll have to dive into the third book and hope that I can remember some things.

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