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12 February 2006

R.I.P. Peter Benchley.

post by: arse_hat at: 20:38 | 10 comments

posted by amberglow 12 February | 20:43

Wow. Jaws was very scary.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 12 February | 20:54

And it had a great sex scene (Hooper and Ms Brody). "Jaws" was a great book. The opening is scary indeed.

But, man, he wrote a lot of crap fiction after that: go read "White Shark" and tell me that's not terrible. RIP as a thriller writer. This post should be about his other efforts: to makes sharks (and the Great White) better understood.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 12 February | 21:06

. for a lost opportunity.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 12 February | 21:10

He was not a great writer. Even jaws was not that good a book. But the movie made Jaws and shark mania one of the seventies pop culture touch points.

posted by arse_hat 12 February | 21:22

I have to disagree. "Jaws" was a great book. It was scary as anything. I think it opens like this:

"The great fish...."

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 12 February | 21:24

Benchley may have been the ultimate "everyone has one great book in them" writer.

Still, sorry he's gone (relatively) young.

posted by yhbc 12 February | 21:45

OK. So let's go fight quonsar. Look up.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 12 February | 22:54

Three of his books touched a lot of people. It was popular art, not highbrow, not "literature." But isn't reaching out to an audience part of what art is all about?

He left his mark.

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posted by warbaby 12 February | 23:35

warbaby what three books do you include? I have only read Jaws (before the movie).

posted by arse_hat 12 February | 23:51

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