Russian book "Night watch"

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, kemper mentor 
<kempermentor at ...> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>    
>   I'm looking for an english translation of Sergei 
Lukyanenko's "Night Watch".  Apparently, it's kick ass.  The 
Russians made it into a movie that's coming out soon, and I was 
hoping to read book prior to the watching the movie adaptation.  
Amazon has it coming out in the US in late July.  Boo.  So... does 
anyone have suggestion to where I might read it online?  
>    
>   Thanks!
>   Kemper 
> 

Alla:

Oh, my god. Kemper do yourself a favor - do NOT, I repeat do NOT 
watch this movie. The book is indeed a kick ass story. The 
adaptation is well... how I put it nicely? Horrible, absolutely 
horrible. Especially do not watch the movie prior to reading the 
book, since the book is indeed worth reading as great 
fantasy/adventure and you may not want to bother with the book after 
you watch the movie. I mean, maybe your tastes are THAT different 
from mine, but I am a big fan of this writer and so does my brother. 
We both hated the movie, even though it was introduced as truly 
wonderful by many people.

I do not have Lukianenko website bookmarked, but I will check it out 
for you, maybe he has translated version on the website, although I 
doubt it, since he now may want people to pay for reading it. :-)

Listen, I have a DVD in Russian. I am not sure if it has English 
subtitles, but I can send it to you for free. I AM trying to get rid 
of it. :-)

Alla, whose jaw literally dropped when she saw that somebody bought 
this movie in US, but who certainly recommends "Night watch" for 
reading.