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The Adventures of the Librarian: Quest For The Spear

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The idea is an intriguing one. Down through the ages, mystical artifacts have been watched over by The Librarian. Forced to find a job- his very first- Flynn Carson, the perpetual student, and geek extrordinaire, is the unlikely choice for the newest Librarian.

On his first day at work, Flynn finds that one of the artifacts, one segment of the legendary Spear of Destiny, has been stolen. His mission is to retrieve the other two parts before they can be reunited by the evil serpent brotherhood, and used for, of course, world domination.

This book, and the television movie it was based on, did not try to deliver the most amazing adventure story ever told. No, what it promised to deliver was simply a good time.

And it did.

The story has humor, such as Flynn's comment, "The fate of the world is in my hands... that's just so sad." Through the course of the book, Flynn travels to remote locations, survives against perilous opposition, and uses trivia to solve many of his problems in a deductive way that Sherlock Holmes would be proud of.

In short, this is a fun story, not meant to be the ultimate adventure or a serious 'get the bad guys' tale, but just to take the reader, for a moment, on a fun ride.

The Librarian shows that even the unlikeliest person can be a hero, and that the world needs to be felt and experienced, not just understood.

I love this book. There is so much in this book. Imagine the Lost Library of Alexandria, loaded with books, knowledge from all over the world through the ages, and then someone sets it on fire, and all that knowledge is lost to you. All those artifacts gone forever. Now, imagine an ancient order of Librarians, and it is their job to look after and protect this knowledge, and add to the Library which is now the most secure place on the planet. Encounter the Lost Ark, the Holy Grail, a unicorn and more. Go with the Librarian as he makes his way through an Amazon Jungle to find the missing pieces of the Spear of Christ, while a dangerous deadly group are in the chase determined to take the Spear and the weld the power it possesses.

There is more in the book than in the TNT made for tv movie. Now they have the second movie The Librarian: Return to King Solomons Mines, but no book. I really hoped for a book series of adventures. You can do so much more in a book than a movie. I'd like this book in hardback. I'd like Lost Horizon in a hardback (it was the 1st paper back). Enjoy the book, see the movie, visit the website, tell them, we love this, we want more.

I liked all the adventures, like going through the Amazon and finding the Mayan temple. I liked that everyone thought Flynn was a geek, but he turned out to be the hero.

The concept was interesting, though in my opinion, heavily borrowed from "Raiders of the Lost Ark." It seems, beneath the New York Public Library, there is another collection presided over by The Librarian. Among the artifacts in this collection are Pandora's Box, the Holy Grail, and of course the Spear of Destiny.

An evil brotherhood manages to steal the one-third of the Spear of Destiny held in this collection. The Librarian, Flynn Carson, uber nerd and a new hire, has to go after the other two-thirds of the spear before the Brotherhood can unite all three pieces together for their nefarious purposes. Accompanying him is a too beautiful for words sidekick who can also kick serious butt.

Great concept, which might have worked save for the excessive silliness and simplicity of the writing. I really do think this book would be great for Young Adult readers who are not quite ready to go to Harry Potter, but need a start in fantasy.

I thought that the story was wonderful, but I probably wouldn't have liked it as much had I not seen the film first. The writing is a little too simplistic and banal, but it was good overall.

This is a novelization. As such, the reader needs to be aware of what to attribute to the scriptwriter and what to the novelization author. Sometimes the novelization author can improve of what is in the screenplay. Unfortunately, this time both are bad.

An ancient organization known as The Library has been safeguarding powerful relics that humanity is not ready for. A rival ancient order wants the items for their own bid for power. Flynn Carson is a professional student who finds himself needing a job. He is offered the position of The Librarian, the guardian of The Library.

Flynn starts his new job only to be thrust into a quest to find the hidden pieces of the Spear of Destiny. The trip takes him around the world and wins him the love and sexual favors of a beautiful Library employee.

Now lets look at what might be wrong with the original story.

Our characters are on a commercial international flight. The pilots have been entertaining someone in the cockpit. Both pilots escort their guest back to their seat. All of this occurs on a flight in a reality that includes an Air Marshall on board.

On an international flight, the door is opened and several characters jump out. Apparently everyone was wearing their seatbelts as no one else fell out. The jumpers did not use any method to breathe in the rarified atmosphere.

The super-genius thinks his cell phone will work in the Amazon. We then have a cell phone receive a call in the Amazon (maybe phone rates are so high because they have been spending money to put transmitting towers al through the Amazon).

An ancient riddle written in a language that predates the Tower of Babel has an answer in English.

A holy Christian relic can only be repaired though a Pagan ritual that calls on the Old Gods (let's ask Jesus about that one).

Although the show seems to be pushed as a family show, it is important to the plot that the hero has sex with someone he only met a couple of days earlier (let's hear it for family values).

The list goes on and on. But what about the book author? Well, right at the beginning we are given a taste of what to expect during the course of the book. Flynn is escorted through an "empty hallway" and then we get a description of all of the things in the hallway. Is it empty or not?

The adventure angle and the popular cast will, I am sure, get good ratings at first, but as for the novelization, it should remain in the slush pile.