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Il Dottor Stranamore Ovvero: Come Ho Imparato A Non Preoccuparmi E Ad Amare La Bomba (2002)

by Peter George(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

8845253058 (ISBN13: 9788845253058)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Bompiani

review 1: This was an interesting read and a bit hard to rate. Film geeks will like it (as I did) if only to see the kernel that inspired Dr. Strangelove (who unfortunately does not appear in the book). From a strictly literary perspective though, this is more of a 2 star book. It's not great - the writing is a bit stilted, shifting from academic to preachy at times. But there is a story here. I didn't go in to this expecting a funny book as some other reviewers did, and maybe that's why I wasn't truly disappointed. What's really interesting is that most of the book (at least the first half) really follows the plot of the movie, but it's written very seriously as opposed to the same story being told in an absurd way with the movie. So that's fun. I'd really only recommend it to fi... morelm geeks.
review 2: As you probably know (and would have learned from the cover had you not) this book is the basis for "Dr. Strangelove" and, as you may learn from other reviews, provides only the basis, even though a substantial one. The story is the same as the movie, but this is a serious, sober examination of what the movie treats as a dark comedy. The movie also changes all the names for some reason. I also read somewhere that the author, Peter Bryant, sued the author of Fail Safe saying it was essentially the same book, and, indeed, it is, but this one is, I think, better simply because it covers three aspects (the war room, the B-52, and the USAF air base) whereas Fail Safe is really only about the hot line.This is a good, quick read and a compelling story. There's a bit of jargon, but all military things seem to have that. Even though the book is short, you get to know and care about the characters, which isn't an easy thing to do. Very worthwhile. less

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