The Last Days of Krypton - General Discussion

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

Thread for general discussion of The Last Days of Krypton with no spoilers .

[Justin]

There was only one thing that always bothered me and that was the purple grass, I get that its an alien planet, but I just have trouble envisioning it.

[Eddie]

Is our target date for this book the end of Jan? I am starting today.I bought awhile ago and put off reading the book.

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

I'd say, yes - our target date would be the end of January, but we can still discuss it after that - so if it takes anyone longer, that's ok.

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

Picked it up from the library today! Excited about delving into the backstory of Kal El's family!

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

So…has anyone started it yet? What do you think? I'm about a quarter of the way through it and I'm enjoying it so far.

[Redlanternhulk]

hey.my first tim doing this..i lik superman sagas...where do i get hold of this book?

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

Redlanternhulk wrote: "hey.my first tim doing this..i lik superman sagas...where do i get hold of this book?"

I got mine from my local library...

If you have to buy it you could try Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Krypt... it looks like there are some cheap ones. Or Barnes & Noble (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/last-...).

[Eddie]

I have started and while the story is fine..I have not the excitement I should, I am not feeling this is Superman's father ...yet. I will keep reading.

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

Yeah...I'm about halfway through. And I'm enjoying it. But for some reason, I'm not really drawn to the characters. And I don't know if that's Anderson's writing, or just me having 30 years knowing who Jor El was...

[Redlanternhulk]

hi you guys

.im jus starting this online comic club thing.are there any place to download a epub file of all the books? i seriously would lov to start reading books.but i just cnt afford buying hard cover ones.

im stuck with my pc and fone. and read epubs and comics on my fone.

i hav many hard cover books but they are all horor and thriller novels. no comic book hero villian ones. anyone that cn help?or do u guys not do the .epub thing?

just a intersting trivia question : who is fimiliar with the darkest night saga? dc comics. it runs through all the magor dc comics.the black ring lanterns kill super man batman etc. and possess their bodies.etc etc.

anyway..my question is. would a red lantern ring mak the hulk stronger? i wonder ...if he would regect the ring or except the ring.

any intak?

thats where i actualy got my name. i think he would finaly b able to beat most comic book beings.

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

Redlanternhulk wrote: "hi you guys

.im jus starting this online comic club thing.are there any place to download a epub file of all the books? i seriously would lov to start reading books.but i just cnt afford buying ha..."

redlanternhulk, I'm not familiar with epub...does anyone else know anything about it?

The Kindle version of the book on Amazon is $6.99 (http://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Krypt...), but you can get books for as low as a penny. Unfortunately, I don't know how much international shipping is. (Most tablets and smart phones have kindle apps, and I'm pretty sure there's a kindle app for PCs if you could go that route.)

[Redlanternhulk]

hi

cn i use the kindle app on my cell fone as well?

whats the weather lik over there?
here its humid. clear blue sky.

thanks

RLH

[Eddie]

Well RLH Jim sounds like more help than me. I am mostly a paperback guy, love the yard and library sale.

Jim , You are ahead of me in the reading but there is alot of crime on Krypton ( they spend a lot of time telling us how great it is). So far Zod murderer ( a know main villian) Nam-ek kills, his father Bel-ek was a treat for the whole family,The Butcher of Kandor, the ruling Council takes bribes (if you believe Zod). I think people on Krypton wear "red color" glasses With hardly any crime or injustice is like Vulcans do not have emotions.
I can hear them now "Everything is fine and nothing is wrong with the planet."

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

I enjoyed this story. One thing that I noticed was that I didn't really get into the story and care for the characters as much as I do in other books. I don't know if that has to do with Anderson's writing, or because I brought so much to the book, and kept imagining the opening scenes of the 1978 Superman film and super-imposing those images over the book. I just didn't get absorbed into the characters like I usually enjoy, and kept a bit of objective distance. Almost like I was, instead of reading a story as it transpired, I was reading a bit of history, knowing what Kal-El is like all grown up, and reading about some of the players in his life before he was born. But I can't necessarily fault Anderson for that.

I've put more spoilery info into the other section...

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

Eddie wrote: "I think the people on Krypton wear "red color" glasses..."

That's an interesting point! This is what makes Zod a gray character. He is obviously "bad", but he also knows when to act. (Will probably say more in the "spoilers" section...)