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By Silvia García HerráezMadrid, Sep 14 (EFE).- Richard Osman drew lessons from his esteemed career in TV and his from his family when he turned his hand to the world of crime fiction with is best-selling novel The Thursday Murder Club, he told Efe in an inteview Tuesday. Fans of Elizabeth, Ron Ritchie, Joyce Meadowcroft and Ibrahim Arif, four retirement village residents who set about cracking unsolved murders, have just days to wait for the highly anticipated sequel The Man Who Died Twice.This time, they turn their attention to corruption in MI5, drug traffickers and a volatile mobster. Osman discussed the origins of his idea for the novel, which places these unlikely detectives within a majorly dramatic plot. My mum lives in a retirement community and I would go and visit and chat to all her friends and hear extraordinary stories,” he told Efe. “It occurred to me that firstly it would be a fascinating place for a murder to happen and secondly theywould probably solve it.“I think that of the four characters, Joyce is very like my mum. So, Joyce, who writes the diary at the heart of the book reminds me of mum. Though she says all of her friends think she’s like Elizabeth.”TV producer, writer and the face of well-known British shows like Pointless drew on his work experience as well as his family when it came to taking the leap into the world of crime fiction. “I think my family has taught me about people and about questions. My grandfather was a police officer, my mother was a teacher. So I think my family teaches me about how to learn about the world, how to investigate and TV teaches me how to write a story that will keep people turning pages.”Osman’s first novel enjoyed a level of success not seen since J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 1997 and Stephen Spielburg has bought its movie rights. “When it took off in the UK it was very, very shocking to me -- and lovely. “You know, and the fact that people were laughing and crying at the book and they were loving these characters and then the fact that people in Spain and America and Russia and Brazil are enjoying these characters as well.”Work has already begun on the third, with a fourth planned.“At the moment I love writing these four characters and the characters that surround them. I’m writing the third one at the moment and they’re in even more trouble at the start of book three, they’re in real trouble, which is fun.” EFEsgh/jtQUOTES:"My mum lives in a retirement community and I would go and visit and chat to all her friends and hear extraordinary stories. It occurred to me that firstly it would be a fascinating place for a murder to happen and secondly theywould probably solve it. I think that of the four characters, Joyce is very like my mum. So, Joyce, who writes the diary at the heart of the book reminds me of mum. Though she says all of her friends think she’s like Elizabeth"."My whole Tv career, I’ve only ever made TV programs that I would watch, that’s how I work, then I don’t ever have to be cynical or worry about ‘oh I wonder what people would like’I just do what I would like. And I’ve always written, so I was going to write a novel at some point but the novels I read are crime novels and thriller novels, so that’s always the novel I was going to write because I make the sort of TV that I would love to watch so I write the kind of books that I would love to read". "I think that TV has taught me to not bore people, and to keep a story moving and to be as entertaining as possible all the time"."I think my family has taught me about people and about questions. My grandfather was a police officer, my mother was a teacher. So I think my family teaches me about how to learn about the world, how to investigate and TV teaches me how to write a story that will keep people turning pages"."No of course not, I’d be an awful human being if I thought that. I think I just wanted to sell enough copies that I could write another one because I love doing it.When it took off in the UK it was very, very shocking to me and lovely. You know, and the fact that people were laughing and crying at the book and they were loving these characters and then the fact that people in Spain and America and Russia and Brazil are enjoying these characters as well" "At the moment I love writing these four characters and the characters that surround them. I’m writing the third one at the moment and they’re in even more trouble at the start of book three, they’re in real trouble, which is fun".
Yes, this is a real human head. You may have read about shrunken heads in some fiction literature, but shrinking the heads of enemies was common practice for some tribes of South America. And now, what may have earlier been the stuff of legends, can be your for the low price of 52,000 dollars. The shrunken head is being put up for sale by a taxidermist shop called Museumwinkel from the Dutch city of Nijmegen. In fact, the 150 year old shrunken head even has a name - the taxidermists have lovingly called him Henk. Although Henk's head was shrunken by Native Americans from Ecuador, Henk's origin may surprise you. Museumwinkel deals in a lot of oddities and stuff animals from around the world, but Henk is their most unusual piece ever. It's not exactly clear what route the shrunken head traveled after the living Henk was killed and scalped and it's also not clear how Henk ended up on the shelves of Museumwinkel - those little details will most likely become secrets of history. As creepy as it sounds, Henk the shrunken head is likely bound for a different home soon. This rare specimen will perhaps end his journey in the collection of a wealthy private individual, but at least we got to learn about his story before he disappears.
The world's first sonic tractor beam has been devised by researchers from the universities of Bristol and Sussex, moving from the realm of science fiction into scientific fact. Jim Drury saw it for himself.
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is a reality-based cautionary tale that blends science fiction and science fact, which depicts how mankind's hubris leads to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. Oscar®-winning visual effects house WETA Digital -- employing certain of the ground breaking technologies developed for "Avatar" -- will render, for the first time ever in the film series, photo-realistic apes rather than costumed actors.
Fiction based on horrifying fact, Johnny Mad Dog portrays the atrocities of an ongoing civil war in an unnamed African nation. Fifteen-year-old Johnny Mad Dog heads a platoon of soldiers who are younger than he is. Charged with overtaking a city in an attempt to unseat the government, Johnny leads this band of killers on a murderous rampage toward their destination. Meanwhile, the studious Laokolé lives with her young brother and disabled father and dreams of a better life—until Johnny's hurricane of destruction comes her way. Shot in Liberia, Many of the phenomenal young actors actually lived through conflicts similar to those in the film. They bring the weight of their experience to the screen and unleash some of the bravest and most genuine performances you will ever see.
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