WeAreGoingToDie
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A little over a year ago I began reading the Bantam novels, with the intention of reading from "Peril at Delphi" to "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (I am currently a quarter of the way through KotCS). Looking back on what I've read, I found that the Bantam novels flowed quite well. MacGregor's books congealed nicely, Caidin was a speed bump that was quickly remedied by the solid McCoy quadrilogy.
As I reached the end of "Secret of the Sphinx", I was both sad to leave Bantam and excited to reach the film novelizations. Surprisingly, as "Secret of the Sphinx" ended, I was treated to a hint of what was to come in "Temple of Doom". This, combined with Lao Che and Wu Han's introductions in "Dinosaur Eggs", made "Temple of Doom" feel like the thirteenth Bantam novel. As "Temple of Doom" could have been just as much a Bantam novel as it could be a film, which of the original twelve Bantam novels would you want to see as a film? Effectively swapping Temple with a Bantam story.
I myself would narrow it down to "Genesis Deluge" or "Dinosaur Eggs", probably choosing to former for the spectacle of that other Ark.
As I reached the end of "Secret of the Sphinx", I was both sad to leave Bantam and excited to reach the film novelizations. Surprisingly, as "Secret of the Sphinx" ended, I was treated to a hint of what was to come in "Temple of Doom". This, combined with Lao Che and Wu Han's introductions in "Dinosaur Eggs", made "Temple of Doom" feel like the thirteenth Bantam novel. As "Temple of Doom" could have been just as much a Bantam novel as it could be a film, which of the original twelve Bantam novels would you want to see as a film? Effectively swapping Temple with a Bantam story.
I myself would narrow it down to "Genesis Deluge" or "Dinosaur Eggs", probably choosing to former for the spectacle of that other Ark.
