Prelude To A Kiss - Placido Domingo & Renee Fleming/Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Advantages: Lovely gentle romantic film
Disadvantages: None really

...times in more recent years. It received a lot of slating at the time of its release and afterwards with the New York Times saying ?The sad news about this movie adaptation is that it functions as a cruel critique of the problems that, for whatever reason, did not seem important in the stage production. This Prelude to a Kiss is not only without charm and wit, but it's also clumsily set forth: many people seeing it may wonder what, in heaven's name, is going on . . . The opened-up film lumbers like someone on crutches. Against the literal surroundings of Chicago, the North Shore and Jamaica, Peter, Rita and the old man become perfunctory characters, interesting only for the bizarre situation in which they are caught. They lack any convincing particularity or idiosyncrasy. The same dialogue that served well enough on the stage now sounds arch... Read review

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Advantages: Great read.
Disadvantages: None

...Prelude To Foundation. Author - Isaac Asimov., Synopsis - This book was written in 1988 and was the last Foundation book yet to be written. As with Star Wars not all 6 Foundation novels where written chronologically. It, as the name suggests, should be considered the 1st Foundation book. At 460 pages long, here are just a few pointers to the virgin foundation reader. The book wastes no time in introducing the reader to Hari Seldon, the mathematical genius of physcohistory. Which is the prediction of future events by mathematically understanding MASS human behavior. Hari travels to Trantor to give a lecture but ends up meeting the Emperor Cleon 1 and his dangerous advisor Eto Demerzel. The Emperor is skeptical but decides to keep hari under survalence. Hari visits a local park where he is almost mugged but rescued by... Read review

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Advantages: A Page Turner
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...Prelude To Foundation. = This book is a real Sci-Fi enthusiasts dream, it deal with way out there fiction topics. This is the first book in what eventually turned out to be a six book foundation saga. The theme to fun throughout the book deals with physcohistory which is the prediction of the future by calculating how the masses of people around the galaxies react to various events and stimuli. The creator of physcohistory is/was Hari Seldon and this book is all about his early life and the people around him and his eventual journey into physcohistory discovery and creation. Hari travels around various galaxies and planets and along the way will meet The emperor of the known universe, Hummin who befriends Hari but hides an incredible secret (just wait till you find out that one), Dors his confidant and friend... Read review

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