Awesome book I'm reading ( soon to be a movie)

[swagge1]

For those of you who don't read here is a movie trailer to the book I just started reading yesterday. I'm not a big reader either, but the reviews and this trailer is what got me interested in reading the book. IDK if this belongs in the survival section, but from what I gather that is what the book is mostly about. So far in reading this book it is more than just a Mad Max/Zombie type of book/movie. It examines and exposes the types of horrors and ruthlessness that men will commit when desperation sets in and there is no law to contain them.

Watch the trailer in HD

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LINK TO THE BOOK:
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Road-Oprahs-Book-Club/dp/0307387895[/ame]

 

[Nolacopusmc]

looks good

 

[Gus McCrae]

The Road is a great book. I like a good bit of Cormac McCarthy's stuff. Two other titles you might recognize that he wrote: "No Country for Old Men" and "All the Pretty Horses"

Another book that's good is Blood Meridian. It's very violent though. I'm not sure they could make that one into a movie.

I've been looking forward to "The Road" movie for about a year. They've been pushing the release date since last fall.

 

[jayd]

The Road by Cormac Mccarthy had to
Have been the saddest book I have ever
Read
It was a page turner though.......
Of course I was turning pages in anticipation
Of the father and son finally getting a break

 

[swagge1]

I figured a few BS members had read the book. Its apparently a very popular book.

 

[jbonnette]

Looks pretty interesting... think I'll pick up a copy.

 

[swagge1]

Looks pretty interesting... think I'll pick up a copy.

It was $14.95 at Barnes and Nobles.

 

[yamatitan]

not a fan of reading but the movie looks really good.

 

[Brian22]

Looks good, will have to get the book.

 

[swagge1]

Read 200 of the 275ish pages last night. Wanted to save some for tonight. I can't wait to see what happens next and it'll be interesting to see how much from the book that they put into the movie.

 

[joe_pec6014]

Looks really interesting! I may have to buy the book.

 

[swagge1]

From looking at the trailer I hope it stays true to the book. But, as is often the case with movies based off of books, the book is better by a long shot.

 

[some_goat]

Just to make sure , from the trailor it looks like major weather happenings have destroyed civilization . Its not a "day after tomorrow" type thing is it .

 

[swagge1]

Just to make sure , from the trailor it looks like major weather happenings have destroyed civilization . Its not a "day after tomorrow" type thing is it .

In my interpretation of the book the climate is in a state of "nuclear winter" from a nuclear war. Others say that the climate change was caused by a large asteroid impacting the earth. The author leaves what caused the climate change up to interpretation.

 

[Gus McCrae]

Just to make sure , from the trailor it looks like major weather happenings have destroyed civilization . Its not a "day after tomorrow" type thing is it .

The book gives no indication of what happened, but it's cold, ash is everywhere, and the sun isn't visible. There is really no talk of the cause.

 

[lilmoose0]

Great book. I read it almost a year ago and still waiting for the movie to come.
I was holding my daughter in my arms while she slept as I read the last pages. It honestly brought a tear to my eye.