Whenever I read the Preston/Child novels, I picture Malcolm Mcdowell as Agent Pendergast.
I am just about done with Relic. After that I will be reading a novel that my friend wrote. Then I want to get back into the P&C books. What comes next? Reliquary? Should they be read in order? I'm sure this has probably been asked before, so forgive me that. 
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8 Wrote:I am just about done with Relic. After that I will be reading a novel that my friend wrote. Then I want to get back into the P&C books. What comes next? Reliquary? Should they be read in order? I'm sure this has probably been asked before, so forgive me that.
Yes, Reliquary would be next. I read them in order as they were published and that's how I would recommend doing it. There are various character crossovers between books so if you read them in published order you will get to know each character as they are introduced. For example, if you read all the Pendergast novels first you will eventually encounter (maybe in The Book of the Dead - the latest Pendergast novel thus far) a character named Eli Glinn. Eli Glinn was introduced in The Ice Limit which is a non-Pendergast novel and was published well before The Book of the Dead.
OK, just to add my 2 cents to this discussion. I really enjoy all the Preston and Child books. I think I liked Ice Limit the most but the Pendergrast books are right there.
As for someone to play Pendergrast in a movie...ok now stay with me here. David Bowie. The guy can act and he fits the bill physically. Although he could just as well play Diogenes (sp?) with the two different colored eyes and all.
As for someone to play Pendergrast in a movie...ok now stay with me here. David Bowie. The guy can act and he fits the bill physically. Although he could just as well play Diogenes (sp?) with the two different colored eyes and all.
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The Mad American Wrote:OK, just to add my 2 cents to this discussion. I really enjoy all the Preston and Child books. I think I liked Ice Limit the most but the Pendergrast books are right there."Thunderhead" remains my fav. I re-read not long ago and it's still great.
Quote:As for someone to play Pendergrast in a movie...ok now stay with me here. David Bowie. The guy can act and he fits the bill physically. Although he could just as well play Diogenes (sp?) with the two different colored eyes and all.
FABULOUS IDEA! I'm with you on David Bowie. He's just so darn interesting.
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Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
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The Mad American Wrote:OK, just to add my 2 cents to this discussion. I really enjoy all the Preston and Child books. I think I liked Ice Limit the most but the Pendergrast books are right there.I'm liking Relic. It is pretty intense. I liked the movie also (in it's own right, not great but good), though I don't think there is a Pendergrast character. Tom Sizemore played D'Agosta, and Penelope Ann Miller played Margo. Those were pretty good castings, imo. And, yeah, Bowie rocks!
As for someone to play Pendergrast in a movie...ok now stay with me here. David Bowie. The guy can act and he fits the bill physically. Although he could just as well play Diogenes (sp?) with the two different colored eyes and all.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8 Wrote:I'm liking Relic. It is pretty intense. I liked the movie also (in it's own right, not great but good), though I don't think there is a Pendergrast character. Tom Sizemore played D'Agosta, and Penelope Ann Miller played Margo. Those were pretty good castings, imo. And, yeah, Bowie rocks!
Pendergast was left out of the movie "Relic" but he's in the book. P & C sold their rights to the Pendergast character! They said so in a book signing I attended.
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
My brother made me read The Ice Limit before The Book of the Dead. While I didn't like it as much as the Pendergast novels, it was still solid writing and not a bad way to pass some time. My favorite of the Pendergast novels is The Cabinet of Curiosities.
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Noelie Wrote:My brother made me read The Ice Limit before The Book of the Dead. While I didn't like it as much as the Pendergast novels, it was still solid writing and not a bad way to pass some time. My favorite of the Pendergast novels is The Cabinet of Curiosities.
The Cabinet of Curiosities is waaaay creepy, but I think my favorite is Brimstone.
I also like the idea of David Bowie for a movie. He'd be perfect for the evil Diogenes. Good idea Mad American! Not sure who I'd like to see for Pendergast himself though....
DaveStrorm Wrote:Yes, Reliquary would be next. I read them in order as they were published and that's how I would recommend doing it.
Completely agree.
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