Jaws
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I breezed through scene after scene that described the shark preying on swimmers (I mean, it's gotta eat, right?), though I had to throw in the towel once the people of Amity started their capture/kill efforts against the shark. When a great white shark preys upon the small seaside resort town of Amity, New York, police chief Martin Brody is one of the few residents taking the threat seriously. Nearly everyone in Amity wants to downplay the shark’s presence to not scare away the tourists. But when the body count starts to rise, Brody realizes he must find a way to kill it, even if means putting his own life on the line. Shortly before the book went to press, Benchley and Congdon needed to choose a title. Benchley had many working titles during development, many of which he calls "pretentious", such as The Stillness in the Water and Leviathan Rising. Benchley regarded other ideas, such as The Jaws of Death and The Jaws of Leviathan, as "melodramatic, weird or pretentious". [3] Congdon and Benchley brainstormed about the title frequently, with the writer estimating about 125 ideas raised. [8] The novel still did not have a title until twenty minutes before production of the book. The writer discussed the problem with editor Tom Congdon at a restaurant in New York: A pesar de que la historia es bastante conocida considero que vale la pena darle la oportunidad a este libro porque Peter Benchley es un gran narrador de historias de terror. Hace un tiempo cuando leí Mapas en un Espejo de Orson Scott Card, el autor estadounidense mencionaba el error en el que caen frecuentemente los escritores al transformar el terror en escenas exclusivamente amarillistas. Acostumbran al espectador a solo observar desde fuera, mirando la viscosidad y las heridas abiertas, pero no desde dentro, donde nos identificamos con los personajes y anhelamos que logren vivir. Stephen King es uno de los escritores que logra que sus lectores observen sus historias desde dentro, razón por la cual su estilo se ha vuelto un gran referente en el género del terror. Afortunadamente, Peter Benchley también posee el mismo estilo lo que permite que el lector disfrute de una lectura en la que se siente sumergido desde la primera página. Los primeros capítulos fueron un gancho fuerte para mí, me atraparon por el cambio de perspectiva de presa a depredador y viceversa; también por la prosa tan impecable y acertada, y obviamente por la incertidumbre de saber qué pasará a continuación. Por lo general estas ediciones antiguas traen la letra muy pequeña, ahora sumen la cantidad de páginas de cada capítulo (que no pasaban de 30), ni siquiera la mala combinación de estos dos elementos me impidieron dejar el libro por un momento, siempre quería leer más. ¿Qué si el tiburón volvía a atacar? ¿Qué si se presentaba otra gran catástrofe? La duda y las ansias por conocer el final de la historia me carcomían.
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a b Pangolin Pictures (June 16, 2010). Jaws: The Inside Story (Television documentary). The Biography Channel. In light of Peter Benchley's lifelong record of shark conservation and educating the public about sharks, the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards have been instituted by Wendy Benchley and David Helvarg as his legacy. [15]I found myself just about shouting: WHERE'S THE DAMN SHARK?? WHERE'S THE DAMN SHARK?? Could somebody CUE THE SHARK?? and HOW is there not more attention called to the best line in any book, anywhere, as quint yells at the great white himself: Jaws is a tale about timeless elements of life and society, including fear of the unknown, death, science, greed, corruption, and summoning our ‘better angels’ to do the right thing.’ Well, I finally decided to read the book after watching the movie a million times growing up. And it's a summery read =) I quite enjoyed it. I wasn't sure it was going to be good, but I was wrong and I just might read the other books.
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Un clásico que vendió millones de copias y que la película fue una revolución del miedo. Pues contra esas mandíbulas no hay victoria y menos en un terreno en el que somos prácticamente inútiles. First, I have to say upfront that discussing Peter Benchley’s novel is impossible without reference to Steven Spielberg’s film. This is one of the rare instances where the old chestnut about the “book being better than the movie” is completely wrong. It’s not simply a matter of the book being terrible and the movie being great. It’s a matter of the movie being one of the greatest of all time, and making the book seem terrible by comparison. Thus, I constantly had to remind myself to judge Benchley’s work as literature, rather than engage in a one-sided comparative analysis. Bueno, tuve la gran fortuna de encontrarme con este tesorito en la biblioteca de mi tío, ni siquiera recordaba que él era un apasionado a la lectura. Por razones de mudanza, mi tío se vio obligado a deshacerse de una inmensa cantidad de libros y, pues antes de que lo hiciera con todos, yo salvé algunos ejemplares con más años que los que yo tengo; esta edición es de 1984 y no saben la alegría que me da tener libros tan antiguos y en buen estado (sí, tal vez sea una tontería).Pero las “fuerzas económicas” de la localidad, representadas por el alcalde Larry Vaughan, se oponen: el cierre de las playas pondría en peligro sus negocios y la propia supervivencia del pueblo. El suceso se oculta y las playas siguen abiertas. He was also one of the founding board members of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI). i am just here to declare that this is a pretty fun book. i read it in a single day, during all of the previous year's shark week reruns counting down to SHARK WEEK 2018, and my very low expectations of entertainment were met and SURPASSED. a b c d e f g Gilliam, Brett (2007). "Peter Benchley: The Father of Jaws and Other Tales of the Deep". Diving Pioneers and Innovators. New World Publications. ISBN 978-1-878348-42-5 . Retrieved March 18, 2015. A new edition of Jaws by Peter Benchley, with an introduction by Wendy Benchley, is published by The Folio Society.
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Knight, Sam (February 13, 2006). " 'Jaws' creator loved sharks, wife reveals". The Times. London . Retrieved January 26, 2008. Priggé, Steven (2004). Movie Moguls Speak: Interviews with Top Film Producers. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p.7. ISBN 0-7864-1929-6. The author himself, in an updated Introduction from 2005 (a year before his death) explains that “I could never write Jaws today. I could never demonize an animal, especially not an animal that is much older and much more successful in its habitat than man is.” Es el primer libro de Benchley y, a veces, se nota que aquí era un escritor novato. A veces se va por la ramas un poco.Sheriff Brody’s wife Ellen plays a bigger role in the narrative. She is not contented with her life, and she feels that she married below her social class when she decided to get married to a police officer. She is from the country club, sailing, tennis and spending money on luxurious things, but she misses more than just clubs and money. She misses her people. He returned to nautical themes in 1991's Beast written about a giant squid threatening Bermuda. Beast was brought to the small screen as a made-for-television film in 1996, under the title The Beast. His next novel, White Shark, was published in 1994. The story of a Nazi-created genetically engineered shark/human hybrid, it failed to achieve popular or critical success. It was also turned into a made-for-television film titled Creature, with Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of the New York Times saying it "looks more like Arnold Schwarzenegger than any fish". [8] Also in 1994, Benchley became the first person to host Discovery Channel's Shark Week. Even if the Jaws score sends a shudder down your spine, Fischer said it’s important to remember that there would be no fish for us to eat if shark’s didn’t preserve the balance of the ocean. Second, with that said, I will still probably refer to Spielberg’s all-time classic more than a couple times. The limited edition of Jawsby Peter Benchley is presented in four states: Artist, Numbered, Lettered and Roman Numeral. The editions are oversized at 7” x 10” and feature six full color illustrations by John Anthony Di Giovanni as well as a new exclusive introduction by Wendy Benchley.
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Baxter, John (1997). Steven Spielberg: The Unauthorised Biography. London: Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-638444-7. Forget the Flashlight: New Ninja Shark Species Lights up the Sea". Live Science . Retrieved November 15, 2018. Capuzzo, Michael (2001). Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence. New York: Broadway Books. ISBN 0-7679-0413-3.Ever since I took a book and film class in college I have loved, when possible, to read the book and then watch the movie. I feel it completes the cycle of an idea. Usually the book wins, but in this case Steven Spielberg took a wonderful idea and made it better. As I mentioned the book has subplots not covered in the movie and knowing those subplots, I believe, actually enhanced my enjoyment of the film. Jaws is a novel I’ve read twice before. The first time I was way, way too young to fully grasp what I was reading. I am referring, of course, to some of the most horribly written sex scenes this side of early Ken Follett. The second time I read it, I was a bit savvier, able to comprehend (if not enjoy) what I was reading, and definitely appreciated the awful sex scenes (probably too much, if we’re being honest).
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