Re: [Hampshire] Off topic: scifi question

Sean Gibbins wrote:
> Paul Tansom wrote:
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>> ** Jim Kissel <jlk@???> [2007-07-04 16:16]:
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>>> While discussing the pro and cons of a cheap notebook at a "Best Buy"
>>> shop in the USA, we got onto the subject of Science Fiction, and "Have
>>> you read any good ones lately". The sales person suggested a trilogy of
>>> books called
>>>
>>> Kapoc or Kapok/Kapac or similar. One was made into a film with Patrick
>>> Swayze, but this may be a mistake.
>>>
>>> The story is about an alien visitor who is writing reports back to HQ,
>>> but he's been judged insane and the only (earth) people he has contact
>>> with are his fellow inmates and the staff.
>>>
>>> I don't know the correct spelling and I haven't been able to find a film
>>> with P. Swayze in it that syncs with the description.
>>>
>>> Can anyone offer any help?
>>>
>>>
>> ** end quote [Jim Kissel]
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>> I suspect you are talking about the film K-Pax with Kevin Spacey.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-PAX_(film)
>> http://www.k-pax.com/
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>> which, although I didn't know until now I've checked is based on a
>> series of books:
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-PAX
>>
>> I may have to investigate.
>>
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> IIRC the film got luke-warm reviews, but I can't really comment as I
> haven't seen it. The IMDB rating of 7.1 would indicate it's worth a look
> I guess.
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> If anyone wants a really good Fantasy/Thriller read of a earthy/visceral
> nature you could do a lot worse than 'The Lies Of Locke Lamora' by Scott
> Lynch [http://tinyurl.com/2mzkok], which I rather enjoyed recently.
> Spurred on by that I have also bought and am reading 'The Blade Itself'
> by Joe Abercrombie [http://tinyurl.com/33uphs], which falls in a similar
> genre but lacks the pace of The Lies Of Locke Lamora. It is still very
> enjoyable nonetheless, with some thoroughly engaging characters. I think
> both of them are first novels, for what it is worth.
>
> Sean
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K-Pax is definitely worth a watch, it's part of my DVD collection :)

James