Ira Cogan

I watched the show a while back. If you’re reading this from the future, there are 2 seasons up and season 3 comes out July 3rd. I really enjoyed it and I finally got around to reading the books.

Seasons 1 and 2 are based on the first book, and the show has some side plots that aren’t in the book, but there’s nothing on the show that conflicts with the books too much or interferes with their spirit.

And I’ve written about this kind of thing before, what I think an adaptation owes its source material. An adaptation doesn’t have to be the exact same story or events, but it does have to take place in that same world and touch on the same themes in a meaningful way. And that’s it, and the show does exactly that. Reading the first book was a little difficult because I already had the gist of most of the things that happen in the book. I would have gotten more out of it had I read it before I watched the show, but I still really enjoyed it. The other two books were almost nonstop page turning!

Howey’s writing is fantastic. I ripped through those books in about a week and a half and then consumed upwards of ten thousand words from his blog so far and am currently reading Beacon 23 which I will likely finish this afternoon.

Good stuff!

-Ira