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A Tempest In Texas
A chilling account of how Lars Lindgren and Eileen Branson must face new challenges when all of humanity is forced into desperate survival mode when the grid shuts down, and government and the economy crumble. True-life characters in gravely realistic scenarios sure to make some people squeamish.
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Published April 3, 2017
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August 25, 2017
If you are a fan of dystopians, apocalyptic thrillers and possible fans of the tv show Doomsday Preppers this book is for you. The beginnings of Anarchy and possibly the end of the world is coming and the characters in this book have no choice, but to stay strong. With all the drama, action, and conflict I think this story will make a great movie and Larry Landgraf did a great job writing it!
October 10, 2017
I read this book via an Amazon-US KINDLE Unlimited download.
How many times have we’ve read a book and then later if it’s fortunate gets made into a movie? How many times when we do see the film version we’re left wondering what’s happened to the book we read?
What happens to the book is when authors sign away the film rights to their books, they’ve given those involved with producing the film carte blanche as how it will in the end. The root cause for the difference goes down to the all-important screenplay for the film and all those involved with writing.
In “A Tempest in Texas”, the author, Larry Landgraf, has taken it upon himself to write the screenplay for his book “Into Autumn: A Story of Survival.” And in doing so, he has insured all the nuances he’d written into various scenes get transferred from the pages of his book to the big screen.
Out of the over 600 books I’ve written reviews for, this is about the third book I’ve read which fall into the play/screenplay format. Instead of having narratives intertwined with the dialogue, instead of allowing readers to envision the scene where the action is taking place essentially for themselves; everything gets spelled out individually. And when one reads a screenplay, the reading process gets slowed down as it takes for the mind to distinguish between the directions/screen descriptions and the actual dialogue. Since in-depth details and complete dialogue can’t be logistically transferred from the pages to the screen, one might want to read the original story.
For giving his readers the opportunity to see the author’s mindset for a possible screenplay for a book he’s written, I’m giving Mr. Landgraf 5 STARS.
How many times have we’ve read a book and then later if it’s fortunate gets made into a movie? How many times when we do see the film version we’re left wondering what’s happened to the book we read?
What happens to the book is when authors sign away the film rights to their books, they’ve given those involved with producing the film carte blanche as how it will in the end. The root cause for the difference goes down to the all-important screenplay for the film and all those involved with writing.
In “A Tempest in Texas”, the author, Larry Landgraf, has taken it upon himself to write the screenplay for his book “Into Autumn: A Story of Survival.” And in doing so, he has insured all the nuances he’d written into various scenes get transferred from the pages of his book to the big screen.
Out of the over 600 books I’ve written reviews for, this is about the third book I’ve read which fall into the play/screenplay format. Instead of having narratives intertwined with the dialogue, instead of allowing readers to envision the scene where the action is taking place essentially for themselves; everything gets spelled out individually. And when one reads a screenplay, the reading process gets slowed down as it takes for the mind to distinguish between the directions/screen descriptions and the actual dialogue. Since in-depth details and complete dialogue can’t be logistically transferred from the pages to the screen, one might want to read the original story.
For giving his readers the opportunity to see the author’s mindset for a possible screenplay for a book he’s written, I’m giving Mr. Landgraf 5 STARS.
February 19, 2018
This is a suspenseful, apocalyptic survival tale, in the vein of stories such as "On the Road" and "The Stand" while somewhat reminiscent of "Lord of the Flies," (except that the characters are all adults). There is a heavy survival theme. Reading this in a screenplay format was different for me, but I picked it up because I was curious. I could certainly see this being shown on-screen. The characters were believable, and the action really picked up toward the last third of the book, so much that I kept reading until the end once I'd gotten that far. The story ends in a way that makes me think there will be a sequel.
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