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Post by steppedonwolf on Jun 17, 2011 9:00:13 GMT
I've picked up a hardback copy of The Spear - the first edition, with the expanded prologue and the war time flashback scenes that had to be taken out due to a legal argument with Trevor Ravenscroft.
I can understand the wartime sequences taken out - the argument being that Herbert was under the impression that they were real, documented events and therefore a public source, when in actual fact it was all fiction on Ravenscroft's account - but that doesn't explain the cutting of the prologue.
It's told through the eyes of the centurion who pierced Christ's side with the spear - he does so because the Temple Guard are coming to break the legs and skulls of the crucified, as Jewish tradition forbids execution on the Sabbath. The centurion vows to give Christ a soldier's death, hence the piercing.
Any ideas why this was cut?
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Post by willerrickson on Apr 20, 2012 0:58:39 GMT
I know I'm a year outta date, but I loved THE RATS, wasn't impressed with LAIR, but have nice vintage paperbacks of THE FOG (which I read back in the '80s but remember nothing of), THE DARK, SURVIVOR, and THE SPEAR. Looking forward to reading them. Not surprised that his later books might have turned into cliched boredom. That'll happen...
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Post by steppedonwolf on May 11, 2012 2:00:13 GMT
His last two I was very disappointed with. Secret of Crickley Hall is being filmed as a three-part TV drama for BBC this autumn, which shows how safe and dull it is. Nobody True was Fluke meets Ka of Gifford Hilary. Let's hope Ash is worth the wait.
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Post by ian on May 20, 2014 12:24:13 GMT
Just finished re-reading Moon. Most enjoyable.
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