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The Terminator

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A really great book. While the majority of it is found in the movie, there are several scenes that aren't. These scenes give you more understanding of the storyline. The rest expand upon what's already in the movie. Alot of the unnamed minor characters have names in the book.

It was very interesting reading about the psychology of Reese. With Reese you become highly reminded of our troops in Iraq. When people come back from Iraq, they often have serious problems re-adjusting to our tranquil civilian life. Reese is basically the same way, adjusting to the radically calmer life of 1984. You get an immersing detailed look at what it's like to survive in a deadly battlefield and how that impacts his senses and processing of the world around him.

I wish this book weren't out of print.

The novelization is a tricky genre, and it's almost never done well. The author must give the reader more than what's on the screen (otherwise there's no point) without being inconsistent.

This is definitely one of the better novelizations out there, and worth reading for fans of the film. The writing is evocative and interesting, and the insight into the characters' psyches is thought-provoking.

This should be a model for how to write novelizations of screenplays.

Beautifully, surprisingly written, this movie tie-in to THE TERMINATOR further fleshes out its main characters, getting into their minds and sharing their deepest motivations and aspirations. I'm glad I was able to find a copy of this rare book based on one of the beloved sci fi movies of our time. Highly recommended if you can get your hands on one.

This book is a perfect companion to the movie! It describes all the action down to the T and gives us some background information not in the movie.

This is almost word for word with the movie.

I believe this is a well written book. But if you are reading this hoping you will have a deeper entrenchment in the story, you will find very little.

As I read this I could basically see the movie in my head as I went. And having already seen the movie many times made the book less interesting as I knew what was around every corner.

Basically this is a good book but, don't expect anything new here unless you never seen the movie.

(Terminator "2" by Randall Frakes on the other hand, dives quite a bit deeper into the story and i thought it was much better than the movie)