The Beach was ok, but I loved Coma. There is something about that novelI read it often.I wish it was longer.

everything else apart from the Tesseract (which was unreadable) is a rip off of Lord of the Flies/Day of the Triffids/The Bridge etc
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I have to say, since seeing and then reading The BeachI look forward to anything Garland puts out. He is a young writer that I think will only get better with time.
I did try reading the Tesseractdidn't get very far before I put it down however. Besides that everything else I love.

Garland is my favourite writer. The Beach is my favourite book.
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The troll known only as Chaney has switched boards, i see. Sunshine's boards were kicking your ass weren't they?

Except for his overwhelming problems with plot, characterization, logic, dialogue, and endings, as well as the fact that he mistakes death for the height of drama, yes, I agree: he's very nearly one of the six billion best writers on the planet. "Sunshine" was like an early draft of "Alien" put through the wash by mistake. Exactly what "industry" is he to revive? The art of the shallow rip-off?

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I still loved the beach as a movie because of the idea. I plan on worshiping the very ground AG stands on. He shall revive the industry. In Garland we trust.
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yeah, but he writes brilliant novels too!!! Read the beach!!! (and forget the movie). Made me weird for weeks!