[Grimmlok]

Yeah, the book was fascinating, especially the ending. Speilberg tacked on the exploding shark bit cuz he felt the ending iin the book was too sedate.

In the book, after sinking Quints fishing boat Chief Brody is basically using a bunch of cushions to help keep him afloat, and the mammoth shark was approaching him after the long battle. It swam slower and slower and as Chief Brody hung on and closed his eyes waiting for the massive jaws to crush the life out of him, but then nothing happened.

He opened his eyes, and the shark's nose was an inch away but it wasn't moving.. and then it slowly sank, as the wounds from the battle with the fishing boat, the guns , the harpoons finally took their toll and the massive fish died before it could kill him.

See, to me that was a MUCh more powerful ending.. the pure terror of that mammoth killing machine, like a locomotive with a mouth full of butcher knives, slowly closing in on you and then stopping an inch away and slowly slippin beneath the surface, dead..

Gawd.. gave me nightmares for weeks.

*shiver*