Variety is the spice of life

Again, another book of Crichton that i felt had read long before but forgot about it. In fact, whenever i re-read such books, which i am sure had read before but not able to remember anything about the plot or storyline, reminds me time and again that, there was a reason why it wasn't so memorable. Either the plotline would've been too confusing and for someone who hop-skip-jump read such sections very frequently in the past, i would've either lost interest in the story and would've dropped it half way or would've finished it quick, without actually liking anything about it. Sphere, for what its worth, is somewhere deep in between. The premise is fascinating with a group of academic scholars, being air dropped into middle of ocean, and then deep into the ocean to study about a wreckage, that later turns out to be an alien craft. While there is continuous debate till the end, whether it was something sent from the future or from a far away planet, the situations invo...

Self peethal time again. Crossed a kutty milestone of 1 million hits and is more than half way into the next 100k by the time i posted this. The trend of the hits and views increasing when i don't post and the same decreasing whenever i post continues well into this cycle as well!! Enna thaanya solla vareenga. Post podrana iliayanu paathu pogra gumbal post padikaratha vida jaasthiya iruko? Oru vazhia kadaiya mooditana nu check panrathukaga athana per visitinga?? :D :D Hehehe..either way. Varugaikum tharugaikum nandri.  Anaithu creditsum Thalai Rameshkay urithaaguga. He is the foremost inspiration, perspiration and respiration behind all these posts. Thanks Thala for regularly commenting and unga comments vandhurkanu paakrathukaga naan selfa adichay visit countay oru 40% hits ethirukum nenakren. Mikka nanri for all other regular and irregular visitors as well. Intha milestonelaam indha blogspacela activea iruntha palar reached decades back. Like the proverbial tortoise, it has liter...

When i saw the trailer of this series, i was so curious and was eagerly awaiting the launch for the very concept of a series involving Sherlock being awesome, the one tracing his origins or young self would surely have been a fantastic premise to explore. True to the expectation, the series began with a bang, involving a jailed Sherlock being rescued by Mycroft and the first episode runs away to a finish like a 1000 wala cracker with several characters mushrooming at every turn and most of the main players already getting established, including Moriarty(!) and a Chinese lady. Pretty soon the crime gets established and Sherlock, for a change, is on the run as a suspect/fugitive from law for a murder he didn't commit. The story goes steadily and speedily downwards from then onwards and the climax resembling 1970's Bollywood movies, involving the hero and his dad and their sacrifice!! It could've been a hat tip to the very similar setup involving Sherlock/Moriarty at the Reich...