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Post by midoro on Dec 19, 2013 12:53:24 GMT
Just finished reading Ratking after having seen the Zen series. Although Dibdin writes very expressive, I couldn´t imagine Rufus. I only saw an elderly pudgy gentleman. The story is also different, it´s not even settled in Rome.
As I read that the books get more interesting with the time, I´ll start Vendetta sometime (also have the "Rufusified" version! - sigh -)
I think it´s often that way that you like the version you see/read first better than the other one. I loved TPOTE as a book, but can´t remember the film so well - have to watch it again!
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Post by kissmekate on Dec 19, 2013 14:37:50 GMT
That's interesting. I had no trouble picturing Rufus from the first line on, even though Zen is not described to look exactly like him and his character is quite different from the way he was portrayed in the series.
Keep us posted what you think of the other books in the series!
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Post by Rachel on Dec 20, 2013 0:56:40 GMT
I read Ratking shortly after hearing that Rufus had been cast as Zen. I thought the description fit fairly well, except Aurelio has blue eyes.
Midoro, the TV show wasn't completely faithful to the books, but they were good adaptions. They roughly followed the plots in all three. As for them all being set in Rome, I remember reading an interview (maybe with Rufus?) that was a deliberate decision on the part of the producers to contain costs.
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Post by kitty on Dec 30, 2013 20:59:33 GMT
I saw the series, before I read the books, so it was easier to imagine Rufus in the role. Wish they'd bring it back on PBS.  |
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Post by midoro on Feb 11, 2014 16:29:43 GMT
Read Vendetta in the recent weeks and liked it much more than Ratking. Somehow I could better imagine Rufus as Zen. Also liked the beginning of his relationship with Tania.  |
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Post by kissmekate on Feb 11, 2014 19:42:56 GMT
Vendetta was a very good book (and the best episode in the series). Are you planning to read them all, midoro?
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Post by midoro on Feb 11, 2014 21:46:32 GMT
Cabal is waiting at home for me, but if I like it, I´ll perhaps also read the books that weren´t made into films (they´re quite a lot I remember).
I want to know the whole story of Zen!
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Post by kissmekate on Feb 12, 2014 8:06:52 GMT
Excellent idea! There were some very, very good books later in the series.
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Post by kygal on Feb 12, 2014 11:27:53 GMT
I think Vendetta was my favorite book. I enjoyed reading all of them. Warning, some of them are a little dark though. Hope you get the chance to read them.
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Post by shopgirl152 on Jan 18, 2017 21:41:55 GMT
I haven't read any of the books so far, but they are on my list. On my next visit to London I want to see if I still can find copies with Rufus on the front cover. As there are many bookstores in London, and I love to visit them I think I have a good chance of finding them.
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Post by Rachel on Jan 19, 2017 0:35:19 GMT
Shopgirl, you should enjoy them, Michael Dibdin was an excellent writer. The Zen of the books is about 10 years older than Rufus, but the description of Zen in Ratking (the first book) fits Rufus almost to a T. The difference is that Zen is described as having blue eyes.
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Post by kissmekate on Jan 19, 2017 8:17:15 GMT
Have fun browsing the bookshops in London, shopgirl! Let us know what you think if you read the books.
I thoroughly enjoyed the whole series and still am grateful that Rufus got to be in the series - otherwise I would probably never have read the books.
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Post by kygal on Jan 19, 2017 11:59:35 GMT
Enjoy!
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