Discuss: Robert Ludlum

IamShing · Post by **IamShing** » 23 Mar 2019, 08:46

Any fans of Robert here?
What is your favorite book from him?

flaming_quills · Post by **flaming_quills** » 21 Apr 2019, 07:02

I'm a huge fan of the Bourne Ultimatum which I read in two days while I was getting some bed rest for a bad flu I had. Best and worst two days of my life.

NetMassimo · Post by **NetMassimo** » 12 Aug 2019, 03:51

I read his novels during the 1980s and 1990s liking his worldwide conspiracies, his protagonists' trips in different countries with the inclusion bits of local culture and even language. After many years it's hard to say which is my favorite: I'm thinking of starting reading them again but it will take a lot of time!

slj3988 · Post by **slj3988** » 21 Dec 2019, 14:49

I saw the Bourne movies and held back on the books. I understand the books were different?

NetMassimo · Post by **NetMassimo** » 22 Dec 2019, 02:41

slj3988 wrote: ↑21 Dec 2019, 14:49 I saw the Bourne movies and held back on the books. I understand the books were different?

There are huge differences in the movie adaptations, to the point that after the first book the movies have little more than the title in common with the books as the plots got incresingly modified.

slj3988 · Post by **slj3988** » 23 Dec 2019, 10:20

NetMassimo wrote: ↑22 Dec 2019, 02:41
slj3988 wrote: ↑21 Dec 2019, 14:49 I saw the Bourne movies and held back on the books. I understand the books were different?
There are huge differences in the movie adaptations, to the point that after the first book the movies have little more than the title in common with the books as the plots got incresingly modified.

Yes I heard he was married in the books and it was more about identity theft than amnesia

NetMassimo · Post by **NetMassimo** » 23 Dec 2019, 11:06

slj3988 wrote: ↑23 Dec 2019, 10:20
NetMassimo wrote: ↑22 Dec 2019, 02:41
There are huge differences in the movie adaptations, to the point that after the first book the movies have little more than the title in common with the books as the plots got incresingly modified.
Yes I heard he was married in the books and it was more about identity theft than amnesia

Yes, in the books Jason Bourne is trying to rebuild his life, also with a love-story with the woman who becomes his wife.

FelinaAlpuertoPittman2859+ · 25 Jun 2025, 12:53

I have several favorite books that are written by him like The Rhineman Exchange, The Osterman Weekend, The Holcroft Covenant, The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Matarese Circle and of course The Bourne Identity.