Richard Mueller

Surprisingly well-written for a novelization. I was worried this would be a slog because it looks really thick and it’s two books in one, but it moves at a good pace. Good enough that I had no problem reading both back-to-back. Plus, like a good novelization should do, it adds in fun little details that did not make it into the movie, or were just pulled out of the author’s ass to make a word count. Like how Egon is addicted to Baby Ruths, and Venkman used to be a carnival barker who show more could somehow afford to go to college and get a Ph.D. It’s always nice to see a fresh take on a classic. show less

Back in the day when we didn't have access to Videos, DVDs, and/or streaming, tie-in novels were the next best thing to rewatching a film. Sometimes, the novel would actually add to the plot (or keep in stuff cut from the movie due time constraints or what-have-you), sometimes it was a word-for-word plod of the movie, depending on the author and their writing style/competence.

The first book, written by Richard Mueller, which uses quotes to its advantage at the beginning of chapters, follows show more the first movie fairly closely, with a few exceptions that make only minimal changes to the overall plot. It's a competent rendering of the movie and though I reread the book more than once in the 80s, I found myself wishing it moved just a tad faster here in 2020.

Book 2, written by Ed Naha is one of those weird, wonderful, rare things that happen, where the book takes a somewhat lackluster movie and improves on it. He's also a better writer than Mueller, in my humble opinion. This book is exactly as I remember it, enjoyable.

Overall, 3.5 stars show less

World War I was a gruesome time in history. The dark side of humanity reared itself too often during this period. WWI Flying Ace treads lightly here and focuses primarily on the early flight aspect of it. Dogfights plus a unique quality of artwork that resembles old newspaper clippings makes this penultimate book one of the best in the final volumes of the series.

Ghostbusters (The Original Movie Novelisations Omnibus) Richard Mueller, Ed Naha, narrated by Johnny Heller (audio)

Well read, with a hint at some voices of the characters in the films. Fleshes out the character’s thoughts, though not hugely. Unnecessary if one has seen the films, but I still found them enjoyable as I could easily picture the scenes in my mind.