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Eddie B.
Nov 25, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
صار من نافلة القول أن نوضح كون الكتاب أفضل كثيرًا من الفيلم. الفيلم خرج سطحيًا مملًا لكن الأهم أنه يكاد يكون منقطع الصلة بالرواية، خصوصًا مع اعتبار أن مايكل كرايتون نفسه - المؤلف - قد شارك في إنتاج وإخراج الفيلم.
بدأت الرواية كالعادة لأسباب غريبة، وتذكرت الفيلم فشاهدته وكادت المشاهدة أن تحبطني عن تكملة الرواية، لكن هوس الإكمال كان أقوى ولله الحمد، فأكملت الرواية حتى أحببتها حبًا كبيرًا.
كنت مندهشًا في البداية أن يكتب كرايتون - مؤلف الحديقة الجوراسية - مثل هذه الرواية، لكن التلميح القوي لعلاقة "أكل
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Charles
Jul 18, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy
This is my favorite Crichton book of all time. Excellent stuff. Proved that Crichton could handle heroic fantasy as well as modern thrillers. They made a grea movie from this one called "The Thirteenth Warrior." ...more
Scott
Feb 18, 2017 rated it really liked it
An excellent and imaginative book revolving around an event that *might* have served as the basis of the epic poem, Beowulf. Loved the filmed version, too.
Mike Ray
Sep 09, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
What if the events of Beowulf had been observed by actual 10th century Arab courtier/traveler/writer Ahmad ibn Fadlan and then translated by a 20th century academic? This book is a fun version of that. Quick read and enjoyable.
Colin Leidner
Oct 29, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Derek
Feb 18, 2009 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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Aug 20, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Eric Hall
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Robin
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Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"