G.I. Joe [Paperback]

Max Allan Collins (Author)

Book Description

Series: Gi Joe | Publication Date: June 26, 2009

Directed by Stephen Sommers ("The Mummy") and starring Dennis Quaid, Christopher Eccleston ("Heroes") and Sienna Miller ("Stardust"), "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra" explodes into cinemas on August 7, 2009. In this globe-spanning action adventure, an elite international unit of special operatives known as GI Joe, operating out of The Pit and led by General Hawk ("Quaid"), take on an evil organization, Cobra, led by the notorious arms dealer Destro ("Ecclestone"). The official movie novelization is written by popular tie-in writer and "Road to Perdition" scribe Max Allan Collins and is essential reading for fans who want the full story of the brand-new movie.

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About the Author

Max Allan Collins is an American mystery writer of novels, screenplays, comics, short stories, movie novelizations and historical fiction. He wrote the graphic novel Road to Perdition and has written tie in novels to the TV series Dark Angel, CSI, CSI Miami, CSI: NY, Criminal Minds and Bones, among others, as well as movie novelisations, including Air Force One, Saving Private Ryan, The Mummy, I-Spy and The X-Files: I Want to believe

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Titan; Film tie-in edition edition (June 26, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1848564082
• ISBN-13: 978-1848564084
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,623,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Max Allan Collins is a New York Times bestselling author of original mysteries, a Shamus award winner and an experienced author of movie adaptions and tie-in novels. His graphic novel ROAD TO PERDITION was made into a major motion picture by Tom Hank's production company, Playtone.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Yo Joe?, June 29, 2009

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Duane P. Olds (Charleston SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: G.I. Joe (Paperback)

Watch out folks, there Be Spoilers a Brewin here....

I'm not a HUGE fan of GI Joe, I went to the dark side of Star wars and Star Trek. But I do understand the concept and know the characters, i've even watched some of the cartoons.
The thing is, I needed more info before I started this one. The book starts off assuming you know who the characters are right off (Telling you later who they are and backgrounds). Just starting the book it felt like I had jumped into the middle of the book, it didn't FEEL right.

The plot is nothing new (for such a hyped movie) bad guy wants to take over world with weapons, good guys save the day. What? The bad guy is a former lover? OH NO! The plot twists that are thrown in here, I saw them coming a mile away, as would anyone. Typical movie staples all of them. Again, nothing new here.

My major problem was cutting the scenes for a character to have a 10 page flashback....give me the cliff notes version and go back to kicking butt please. Also, they add the lassic cartoon lines in here, and they sound so stupid. Back in the day it was cool, now you read it and roll your eyes going "Did he really just say that?"

That and Ripcord...He is the Jar Jar Binks of the book, half way through I was hoping he would die. He always has a smart remark to everything...EVERY THING. It gets really annoying after a while, why the JOEs would add him to their team is beyond me, not enough comedy relief already I guess.

The ending was the best part, the last two chapters are what really had me into the story, and the end.....Totally open to a sequel, but we say that coming already...Right?