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Iron Man

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Having been based on the original script for the movie, the book is excellent. It fills in a lot of gaps and loop holes that the movie slid over, making it a must-read for fans.

It is, however, much more dark and angry than the movie, which deflated the excitement I felt from the film.

If you're a fan of the series, pick up this book. If you're a fan of the movie, skip it.

Peter David is one of my favorite writers so I'm not a totally unbiased reviewer (but when has that stopped anyone on the internet). I always enjoy his novelizations. Peter has the ability to take the script and add the little extra details the help to "iron out" the story. (Sorry couldn't resist). Two of my favorite extras were the explanation for J.A.R.V.I.S. and how Pepper got her job with Tony. It's a fun novel and makes for good reading under a tree drinking your favorite beverage.

I bought this book because: a) Peter David wrote it; b) I LOVE Iron Man; c) I like to read movie books. This one was helpful and eyeopening. Fans of the film will see the stark differences between what the actors came up with during shooting and what Peter David had to work with when making a screenplay into a novel. I love David's work and have done for years. I actually have his original work, Knight Life, and still count it as one of my favorites. Why isn't THAT a movie?? Anyway, a few points in the book explained things I was puzzled about in the movie. The actors got it right, however. David did an excellent job, as usual, with the material he had at hand but the actors humanized and humorized the story. Kudos to everybody!

What an absolute great book!! I loved this one. Great action and adventure. And the hero is given a persona with doubts, heart and sympathy. This is about an ordinary man (brillant, though) who invents a suit of armor that can do anything. Our hero invents a great weapon for the troops but things go terribly awry. He is a contractor for our defense dept. and provides our military with wonderful weapons.

Things eventually sort themselves out and he overcomes the really evil and bad guys. This is such a good and exciting book that I read it in two days. Good for a summer read on a cruise or flying somewhere.

Sara Howard, Author of "Something Funny Happened on the Way to The Moon" and "The Greatest Explosions in the Universe."

Quite honestly, I picked this one up because the cover really struck me.

I was never an Iron Man fan and haven't seen the movie yet, so I can't say how closely the novel cleaved to either. I can tell you though, that the novel was a fun, brainless read. Better written than I was expecting from a novelization. Peter David knows how to move the story along, throwing in enough detail and characterization so you don't feel like you are just reading a dressed up screen play. I liked the style of writing enough to take a gamble and order his Psi-Man books. I am curious to see what he can pull off when he is telling his own story.

I did have some issues with the story (mainly that the whole thing felt like a long introduction to a hoped for film series rather than an attempt to tell a complete story), but since the author was working from someone else's script, I can't really blame him.

The Iron Man novelization is not a great book, but as fast food, this is a Big Mac rather than a dry burger.

I didn't expect much from this book. I bought it on a whim, and expected it to be just like every other movie tie in novel. But it isn't.

Iron man is a fast, interesting read that is a great stand alone novel. Outside of a few editing errors (or lack there of) which make the book look a tad rushed (on one page Stark is spelled Shark, and early on in the book there are more than a few cases of extra words that should have been edited out), the book is top notch.

There are 2 people I trust to write excellent movie tie-ins: Alan Dean Foster and Peter David. Seeing as how Mr. David wrote this one, I have no complaints. It fills in just, that little bit more information not mentioned in the 2 hour feature film. If you've seen the film, you should have a firm grasp of the main points in the plotline. This novel, due to the author's natural talent for this sort of writing, is worth reading and is also, very expansive...and a blast!!!

Great book that follows the film's script and then some awesome storytelling and a flashback to the hiring of Pepper Potts FYI she got the name "Pepper" when she told Stark she had pepper spray with her.

I liked this book very much as it added depth to the movie and understandings of nuances that I had previously totally missed.
I want to re-watch the movie now :-p

Having already seen the movie, "Iron Man," I decided to read Peter David's movie tie-in book as I wanted to experience the story in another media form. And what a great experience it was. David does an excellent job of bringing the Tony Stark character to life especially when Stark is demonstrating the Jericho missles in Afghanistan and is captured by the insurgents calling themselves the "Ten Rings." I thoroughly enjoyed how Iron Man evolved and the fact that he is a CEO of a weapons company which makes his character more plausible and the fact that his suit is what enables him to fly and gives him superhuman strength instead of attaining his powers from some freak laboratory accident. I look forward to reading more of Peter David's superhero book adaptations.