tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post1593131028683445614..comments2024-03-15T02:42:58.854-04:00Comments on The Hat Rack: Jeff Long - The DescentNathaniel Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-5058446581619230222022-01-24T07:09:26.171-05:002022-01-24T07:09:26.171-05:00Binge Contact Number | Enjoy Hassle-free Binge Str...Binge Contact Number | Enjoy Hassle-free Binge Streaming You might find the best OTT platform on the search engine that can offer you the latest movies and creative video content for your entertainment but can you find the best customer care service provider to solve the problems that come along with those streaming services? That is why we bring you a Binge contact number +61-480-020-996, one of the simpler and effective ways to contact professionals, to resolve your problems immediately and let you watch non-stop movies and TV shows. 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I do recall the endless fascination with the red herring lots and unresolved ideas. Haha, thanks for nailing down the things that had me scratching my head, but would forget in order to finish the novel. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-20611648341646438952012-12-18T15:44:48.611-05:002012-12-18T15:44:48.611-05:00After having read through that wiki summary, my ma...After having read through that wiki summary, my main thoughts are: "Huh?" and "What?" Seems like it certainly doesn't calm down at least. You'd think after the third time everyone thought the Hadals would extinct and was proven wrong they'd actually, I don't know, check. <br /><br />I could see the movie being pretty cool, though. The concept is still a cool one. Providing it told a single story rather than twenty-five and didn't go mad halfway through...Nathaniel Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-24509817478601169432012-12-18T14:55:04.406-05:002012-12-18T14:55:04.406-05:00Crappy book aside, the unrated version of the 2005...Crappy book aside, the unrated version of the 2005 movie is really good. About the only thing it has in common with the book is the idea of a humanoid population that has evolved to dwell within an unexplored cave system, and that's what makes it good. Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741738070067590221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-2183473708135264982012-12-18T14:51:54.695-05:002012-12-18T14:51:54.695-05:00I'm wondering how Jeff Long got away with it. ...I'm wondering how Jeff Long got away with it. My best guess is that by the time he wrote <i>The Descent</i>, he'd already written three successful books and developed an Anne Rice-style allergy towards editorial control on his books, which he got away with because he had guaranteed sales. <br /><br />If you just skim it on the surface without thinking about it at all aside from, "Cool, super-underground caves!", you probably don't notice the suckage quite as much. <br /><br /><i>Clearly, he can't pull it together. But another book full of... whatever this was? It doesn't seem like it could be possible.</i><br /><br />Wikipedia has a pretty detailed plot summary, if you want to get an idea of how sucktastic it's going to be. Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741738070067590221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-2510369881801939142012-12-18T11:23:15.913-05:002012-12-18T11:23:15.913-05:00Such a mess it's hard to even explain is not a...Such a mess it's hard to even explain is not a bad characterization of this book. I do have to admit, though - I am somewhat tempted by the sequel. Clearly, he can't pull it together. But another book full of... whatever this was? It doesn't seem like it could be possible.<br /><br />Oh, and I might as well mention here that this wasn't my first time reading The Descent. I read it when I was very young (seven?) and LOVED it. Coolest thing I'd ever seen. Then I lost the book and thought nothing of it for years. I started it over the summer, realized a few chapters in that I'd read it, got excited, and then... this.Nathaniel Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-4606420031108356522012-12-18T02:37:42.506-05:002012-12-18T02:37:42.506-05:00So why doesn't the ocean rush in after those s...<i>So why doesn't the ocean rush in after those supplies? No idea.</i><br /><br />That potentially opens the can of worms that is discussing the total lack of plausibility that is the geology of the sub-planet. Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741738070067590221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024708439940556234.post-52529521907268906362012-12-18T02:29:04.132-05:002012-12-18T02:29:04.132-05:00It's been years, but I remember reading that b...It's been years, but I remember reading that book. I couldn't stop reading it because of the whole "plot trainwreck" factor, plus the increasingly bizarre and strange religious stuff that you mentioned. I mean, Jesus, by the end he's got "Satan" being this bizarre body-jumping ghoul, and . . . it's such a mess, I have trouble even explaining it. <br /><br />By the way, if you thought this book was strange, apparently Jeff Long produced <i>another</i> book in that setting - a sequel - which gets even more bizarre. Something about a cult, Ike being guided by a supernatural being called "the Angel", etc. None of which even remotely makes me want to touch this book with a ten-foot pole, never mind read it. Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741738070067590221noreply@blogger.com