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The sequel to The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. Rick and Evelyn O?Connell answer a new call to adventure? as an ancient evil rises to threaten the world. When dashing adventurer Alex O?Connell is tricked into awakening China's ruthless Dragon Emperor from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents?Rick and Evelyn O?Connell.Tags
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I loved this book and thought it was a great compliment to the movie. The movie is one of my all time favourites, largely because I'm obsessed with Egyptian mythology. Have you ever seen a movie and found yourself begging for more? This book totally satisfies that. It goes much deeper into the characters and explores more of their personalities and "inner workings." It fills a lot of holes that were in the movies, simply because you can't peer into characters' thoughts in movies the same way you can in books.
A surprisingly good novelization of the newer Mummy movie with Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr. The characters are not as flat as most normal, they are decently rounded. It's what all novelizations reach for, but rarely acheieve: to not QUITE be a book good enough that no one will buy the movie, but instead one that will provoke thought of how the two compare.
For some reason my elementary school was selling this book and I decided to buy it when I was in forth grade, I have no idea why they were selling it there because its a rather vulgar and horror filled book. The descriptions are good, and there are plenty of gross mummifying details to go around. The story is overly complicated and I never really like Egyptian myths or mummies very much, but an OK read.
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Max Allen Collins was born in 1948 in Muscatine, Iowa. He is a two-time winner of the Private Eye Writer's of America's Shamus Award for his Nathaniel Heller historical thrillers "True Detective" and "Stolen Away". Collins also wrote the Dick Tracy comic strip begining in 1977 and ending in the early 1990s. He has contributed to a number of other show more comics, including Batman. Collins created his first independent feature film, Mommy, following a nightmarish experience as screenwriter on the cable movie The Expert. Collins has been contracted by DC Comics to write three tie-ins to his critically acclaimed graphic novel "The Road to Perdition", which was adapted into the feature film. Author of other such move tie-in bestsellers as "In the Line of Fire" and "Air Force One", he is also the screenwriter/director of the cult favorite suspense films "Mommie" and "Mommie's Day". (Publisher Provided) Max Allen Collins was born in Muscatine, Iowa on March 3, 1948. His graphic novel Road to Perdition, published in 1998, is the basis of the Academy Award-winning 2002 film starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and Daniel Craig. His other works include Road to Purgatory, Road to Paradise, Return to Perdition, Bye Bye, Baby, and Target Lancer. He won the Shamus awards for True Detective in 1983 and Stolen Away in 1991. He is completing a number of Mike Hammer novels begun by the late Mickey Spillane. He has collaborated with his wife Barbara Collins on three novels and numerous short stories. Their Antiques Flee Market won the Romantic Times Best Humorous Mystery Novel award in 2009. His comics credits include the syndicated strip Dick Tracy (1977-1993), Ms. Tree, Batman; and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, based on the hit TV series for which he has also written ten novels. He has written tie-in books for several movies including Saving Private Ryan, Air Force One, and American Gangster, which won the Best Novel Scribe Award in 2008 from the International Association of Tie-in Writers. His non-fiction works include The History of Mystery and Men's Adventure Magazines, which won Anthony Award. He is also an independent filmmaker. He has written and directed five features and two documentaries, including the Lifetime movie Mommy and the sequel, Mommy's Day. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Mummy: a novel
- Original publication date
- 1999
- People/Characters
- Rick O'Connell; Im-Ho-Tep; Evelyn Carnahan
- Important places
- Cairo, Egypt
- Related movies
- The Mummy (1999 | IMDb)
- Original language
- English US
- Disambiguation notice
- Based on a screenplay by Stephen Sommers ; screen story by Stephen Sommers and Lloyd Fonvielle & Kevin Jarre ; based on the motion picture screenplay by John Balderston, story by Nina Wilcox Putnam & Richard Schayer.
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