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    The Bourne Identity

    Started reading the book today and it's really good. Has anyone else read it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maguspk
    Started reading the book today and it's really good. Has anyone else read it?
    I read one of them, believe it was called Bourne Supremacy, or something like that. Those books are insanely addictive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maguspk
    Started reading the book today and it's really good. Has anyone else read it?
    I read one of them, believe it was called Bourne Supremacy, or something like that. Those books are insanely addictive.
    That's the sequel to Identity I believe. You read it without reading the previous one though? That's interesting. But ya, they're addictive haha.

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    yes its a great book look forward to 2 more in the series

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    Both movies are really awesome, and their soundtracks are the best ones ever made for a movie imo. Matt Damon is a pretty damn nice actor.

    The movies were actually made from the books by Robert Ludlum, and the third movie is planned for next year (I think):

    1. The Bourne Identity
    2. The Bourne Supremacy
    3. The Bourne Ultimatum

    Didn't read the books myself, but most of the time, books are alot better than movies (and movies rock!).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lylie
    Both movies are really awesome, and their soundtracks are the best ones ever made for a movie imo. Matt Damon is a pretty damn nice actor.

    The movies were actually made from the books by Robert Ludlum, and the third movie is planned for next year (I think):

    1. The Bourne Identity
    2. The Bourne Supremacy
    3. The Bourne Ultimatum

    Didn't read the books myself, but most of the time, the books are alot better than the movies, and the movies rock!
    I was aware that there was a three book story going on but I was just wondering if anyone else had read them. I saw the first movie and had the book long before it was made, but I never read it. After seeing the first movie I was inspired to pick up the book which I owned for such a long time and decided to read it. It's really great, like the action is nonstop and the character is such an easy one to bond with because he learns everything about himself at the same time you do. It's so good lol. Like when he randomly starts doing some form of karate and shouting oriental words as he mortally wounds 3 of his co-workers after a brawl on the deck of a boat. Or when he's in the butcher shop and does all the stuff a very professional at intrusion would do to discover the butcher cheating on his wife and steal all his stuff. He's just a kewl character all around :D

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    Now I want to buy the books so bad >.> lol

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    Re: The Bourne Identity

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maguspk
    Started reading the book today and it's really good. Has anyone else read it?
    I read one of them, believe it was called Bourne Supremacy, or something like that. Those books are insanely addictive.
    That's the sequel to Identity I believe. You read it without reading the previous one though? That's interesting. But ya, they're addictive haha.
    I honestly couldn't find the first one at a book store, and I wasn't gonna order a new one online when I'd finish reading it in two days. I have both movies so I figured it'd be okay to skip the first and head into the second one. I kinda regret that now, because the book was fantastic. I'd read it again if I could find it.

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    Re: The Bourne Identity

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    Started reading the book today and it's really good. Has anyone else read it?
    I read one of them, believe it was called Bourne Supremacy, or something like that. Those books are insanely addictive.
    That's the sequel to Identity I believe. You read it without reading the previous one though? That's interesting. But ya, they're addictive haha.
    I honestly couldn't find the first one at a book store, and I wasn't gonna order a new one online when I'd finish reading it in two days. I have both movies so I figured it'd be okay to skip the first and head into the second one. I kinda regret that now, because the book was fantastic. I'd read it again if I could find it.
    I bought mine from a local library when I lived in New Fairfield, Connecticut. It was like 3.50, and it's paperback. It's old too, but it's still in good shape and it's a great read. ^.^

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    there's a 4th book called "The Bourne Legacy" but it's not written by ludlum though i think? not sure

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    Quote Originally Posted by GRT
    there's a 4th book called "The Bourne Legacy" but it's not written by ludlum though i think? not sure
    3rd pty sequel? people do that lol?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lylie
    Both movies are really awesome, and their soundtracks are the best ones ever made for a movie imo. Matt Damon is a pretty damn nice actor.

    The movies were actually made from the books by Robert Ludlum, and the third movie is planned for next year (I think):

    1. The Bourne Identity
    2. The Bourne Supremacy
    3. The Bourne Ultimatum

    Didn't read the books myself, but most of the time, books are alot better than movies (and movies rock!).
    The movies sucked compared to how well told the books are. They skipped about 30% of the books scenes in that movie and cut out A LOT of plot.

    but ya I liked the movies but prefered the books.

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    There was an original Bourne movie made a while ago w/ Robert Redford that owned. The story in it was pretty similar to the new Matt Damon series, but kinda more expanded w/ a different twist on the plot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sephir
    Quote Originally Posted by Lylie
    Both movies are really awesome, and their soundtracks are the best ones ever made for a movie imo. Matt Damon is a pretty damn nice actor.

    The movies were actually made from the books by Robert Ludlum, and the third movie is planned for next year (I think):

    1. The Bourne Identity
    2. The Bourne Supremacy
    3. The Bourne Ultimatum

    Didn't read the books myself, but most of the time, books are alot better than movies (and movies rock!).
    The movies sucked compared to how well told the books are. They skipped about 30% of the books scenes in that movie and cut out A LOT of plot.

    but ya I liked the movies but prefered the books.
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    Friend of mine said that the books and the movies in this series are almost totally different. I tried a Ludlum book once, but didn't get into it very well. When it comes to geo-political thrillers, I guess I'm just a Clancy guy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GRT
    there's a 4th book called "The Bourne Legacy" but it's not written by ludlum though i think? not sure
    Yeah, The Bourne Legacy is a sequel of the Bourne trilogy in the 90s, written by Eric Van Lustbader, it was published in 2004. The man is also writing The Bourne Trajectory which will be the 5th book of the Bourne saga.

    Don't know if they're any good, maybe someone here read it?

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    The only things the bourne movies share with the books is this:

    1) The titles
    2) A guy named Jason Bourne, who lost his memory

    And that's about it.

    The movies are great movies in their own right, but as adaptations of the books they're horrible. They left out the major plot points of the books, removed key characters and drastically downplayed the relationships between the characters that they did leave in.

    I read the 4th Bourne book, and it's well done, the style is very similar to Robert Ludlum's. It addressed some past issues brought up throughout the original books and was a pretty entertaining read. I hadn't heard of a 5th book, but I'll keep an eye out for it.

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