[UA] re: Re: Things that are 3:33 long... Dexter

[Russell Rayburn]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Chad Eagleton <ceagleto at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  The Showtime series is vastly superior to the books.
>  That's such a weird thing to say, but it's true. The
>  series takes the premise and the characters, mostly,
>  keeps a fraction of the plot, throws everything else
>  out and does it's own thing. Season 1 mostly follows
>  the first book, but from there it pretty much does
>  it's own thing, and it does it far, far better.
>

I've not seen anything beyond season 1, but it's vastly superior in
terms of style and detail to the book.

>From what I've gathered, later books in the series ( I've only read
the first, so a large chunk of sodium chloride might be helpful )
aren't worth the time to read.

It does seem strange that the series is better than the book; but
then, I suppose it has to happen from time to time.

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