Highlander

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Summary: In highlander tradition, what a hell of a book!
Review: An epic adventure that spands, four and a half centuries, focuses on Conor Macleod, an immortal, who is one of the few, who has made it to the time of the gathering, where the immorrtals, will battle to the last, for the prize. For Conor to win the prize, he must defeat his arch enemy Kurgen. THERE CAN BE,ONLY ONE.

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Summary: An excellent book from an excellent movie
Review: Back in the mid-80's I saw "The Highlander" at my local movie house and fell in love with it. The book is well written and adds some extra girth to the story that the movie (even in its uncut version) did not include. The greatest appeal about Highlander is the concept of immortality and the implications of being able to live for an infinite period (as long as your head remains attached that is). The book will keep you riveted and any lover of fantasy or science fiction would appreciate this work.

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Summary: A HEAD CHOPPING HIT
Review: I THOUGHT IT WAS TEN TIMES BETTER THAN THE MOVI

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Summary: If you are a Highlander movies fan, you must read this book!
Review: If you are a Highlander movies fan, you must read this book!

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Summary: Get the Director's Cut DVD - forget the book
Review: Since the current weapon of Connor MacLeod is a katana, you would think that the authors might have used the word once in the book. The second time I saw "Samurai sword" I knew I should have just watched the movie again.

The authors not only botched some of the most poignant moments of the story, but I wasn't impressed with the description of the final battle between MacLeod and the Kurgan.

I think the Director's Cut version of the original Highlander movie is one of the best written movies I've seen. Maybe that's why this novel fell so far short of my expectations.

If you can get a copy of the script to Highlander, you'll get a much better feel for the themes to the movie - avoid this book!

Oh well, at least I learned how to spell pendejo.

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Summary: A must for any real Highlander fan.
Review: The book seems to be a scene by scene text of the original Highlander movie. There are some additional scenes that finally make the ones in the movie 'click'. After reading the additions, I kept saying to myself "Now I know who that person is." The style won't win over the Pulitzer commitee, but to me it was worth the few bucks. If you're a fan of the movie and the series, you've got to have it.

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Summary: There Can Be Only One (and this is the first ...)
Review: This is the first novel concerning the Highlander, Connor MacLeod. (There are several concerning his successor, Duncan, in which Connor also appears.) We are introduced to the concept of The Game, in which a race of Immortals vie to be the remaining one in a battle of good, evil and "off with his head." If you are a fan of the Highlander TV show, I recommend reading this book and seeing the first movie -- it'll help you understand where Duncan comes from (and why Endgame was such an awesome movie).

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Summary: There Can Be Only One (and this is the first ...)
Review: This is the first novel concerning the Highlander, Connor MacLeod. (There are several concerning his successor, Duncan, in which Connor also appears.) We are introduced to the concept of The Game, in which a race of Immortals vie to be the remaining one in a battle of good, evil and "off with his head." If you are a fan of the Highlander TV show, I recommend reading this book and seeing the first movie -- it'll help you understand where Duncan comes from (and why Endgame was such an awesome movie).

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Summary: It could have been a contender.
Review: This novel is ruined by its terrible writing style. While novelisations of movies are rarely very good, the style of the writing can often make them enjoyable (for example, Donald McFarlan's novelisation of the 1995 film Rob Roy). While entertaining enough, this book is not very memorable. Kilworth could have told a great story, one perhaps even to surpass the movie (it has happened before), but as it stands it is only adequate and mildly interesting (and then probably only to "true" Highlander fans).