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===[[Ann Darrow]]=== | ===[[Ann Darrow]]=== | ||
Elsewhere, aspiring screen actress [[Ann Darrow]] was at a casting office looking for work, and was assigned a role at Steel Pier in Atlantic City riding their "Diving Horses". When she got to Steel Pier, she found that the position for "Horse Divers" had already been filled, but she was instead offered the role of tour guide in the world's only recreational diving bell. After she accepted the position, she was made to take a ride in the bell even though it had been closed due to adverse weather condition, which caused minor difficulties for Ann in the bell. After her trip in the Bell, Ann was moved in with two other girls from the pier. After weeks of working the diving bell, Ann struck a deal with one of her roommates's boyfriends in which he would talk to the Pier owner about promoting Ann to horse diver of she would come to his club on Fridays. Ann agreed, and at the end of the day, Mr. Nadler, the pier owner came to give her her promotion. | Elsewhere, aspiring screen actress [[Ann Darrow]] was at a casting office looking for work, and was assigned a role at Steel Pier in Atlantic City riding their "Diving Horses". When she got to Steel Pier, she found that the position for "Horse Divers" had already been filled, but she was instead offered the role of tour guide in the world's only recreational diving bell. After she accepted the position, she was made to take a ride in the bell even though it had been closed due to adverse weather condition, which caused minor difficulties for Ann in the bell. After her trip in the Bell, Ann was moved in with two other girls from the pier. After weeks of working the diving bell, Ann struck a deal with one of her roommates's boyfriends in which he would talk to the Pier owner about promoting Ann to horse diver of she would come to his club on Fridays. Ann agreed, and at the end of the day, Mr. Nadler, the pier owner came to give her her promotion. She quickly received dive training, as she already knew how to ride thanks to summers spent on her grandfather's farm. She then took a practice dive and prepared for her first show. | ||
===[[Sam Kelley]]=== | ===[[Sam Kelley]]=== | ||
In [[San Francisco]], [[Sam Kelley]] worked on a Navy shipyard that was due to close in three days time due to the Economic Depression. While staffing a dive off the coast, He discovered that the lifeline had been cut, and went down to find the diver in the practice wreck that had been placed in the bay for training purposes. When Sam entered the wreck, which had spent five years underwater and was growing more and more unsafe, he located the missing diver, but found him pinned in the sharp and rusty radio room by a shelf that had fallen off the wall. Upon closer examination, Sam noticed the diver was wounded before beginning the process of removing the shelf. After getting the diver to safety, Sam was informed that the Navy Diving program was being shut down, which left him without a job days before he expected to be. He was later contacted by the diver he saved, who informed him of a job opportunity as a pearl diver. After reaching the Indian Ocean with the pearl diving crew of the ''Mia Susana'', the captain revealed that the reason they had been heading for open water was because he wanted to get pearls from unexplored reefs. In the oceans far north of New Guinea, the crew of the ''Mia Susana'' came across the ship from the book's prologue. Sam, the captain, and one other crewman went aboard the abandoned pearl ship and found several dead crewmen who had bled through their patchy skin, which left some of their bones exposed. While on board, they came across a chest with three golf ball-sized pearls, which caused the captain to steal the boat's charts to follow their trail back to where they were found. | In [[San Francisco]], [[Sam Kelley]] worked on a Navy shipyard that was due to close in three days time due to the Economic Depression. While staffing a dive off the coast, He discovered that the lifeline had been cut, and went down to find the diver in the practice wreck that had been placed in the bay for training purposes. When Sam entered the wreck, which had spent five years underwater and was growing more and more unsafe, he located the missing diver, but found him pinned in the sharp and rusty radio room by a shelf that had fallen off the wall. Upon closer examination, Sam noticed the diver was wounded before beginning the process of removing the shelf. After getting the diver to safety, Sam was informed that the Navy Diving program was being shut down, which left him without a job days before he expected to be. He was later contacted by the diver he saved (named Tommy), who informed him of a job opportunity as a pearl diver. After reaching the Indian Ocean with the pearl diving crew of the ''Mia Susana'', the captain revealed that the reason they had been heading for open water was because he wanted to get pearls from unexplored reefs. In the oceans far north of New Guinea, the crew of the ''Mia Susana'' came across the ship from the book's prologue. Sam, the captain, and one other crewman went aboard the abandoned pearl ship and found several dead crewmen who had bled through their patchy skin, which left some of their bones exposed. While on board, they came across a chest with three golf ball-sized pearls, which caused the captain to steal the boat's charts to follow their trail back to where they were found. On the way there, they stopped for a dive, on which Sam and Tommy encountered enormous, table-sized oysters. While attempting to search them for pearls, Sam was approached by a giant crab, that attacked him. while trying to back up, Sam's leg became caught in an oyster, but Tommy was able to stab the crab from behind enough times for it to leave them. The blood in the water quickly attracted the attention of a prehistoric carnivorous fish, which quickly ate Tommy's legs. Sam was able to free his leg from the oyster and signal the boat to bring him up. On board, Sam began to call for the captain to move the ship as the crew pulled up Tommy's severed head. As they began to move, the creature surfaced and attacked the ship. They began taking in water, and needed to stop for repairs. They quickly decided to travel toward a wall of fog, behind which they believed to lay land. | ||
===[[Carl Denham]]=== | ===[[Carl Denham]]=== | ||
On board the ''[[Venture|S.S. Venture]]'' Carl Denham was returning to [[New York]] empty handed after going after a mythical giant Orca named "Killer" around the Baffin islands. With the Venture unable to travel on in the adverse weather conditions, they laid anchor at a rock outcropping near some spirals of smoke rising from just beyond some rocks. Wanting to get Inuit footage, Carl gathered his film crew and headed out. Before they got to the fires, they encountered a field of Leopard Seals. Wanting to get footage of the pups at the other end, Denham sent his cameraman into their midst. This proved to be an enormous error in judgement, as the seals attacked the intruder and left him badly wounded. They were able to get him to a hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but his leg had to be amputated. the damage caused to his friend made Carl seek to get him back to New York by changing the film to reflect locations on the journey there. After arriving in New York, Denham arranged to meet with his friend [[Jack Driscoll]]. When they met, Carl revealed to him that his backers were pushing for a rewrite of his film so that it was set in the jungle, and asked the writer to provide a script for his film because he had footage, but no story. Driscoll agreed to write, despite not having much time to do so. | On board the ''[[Venture|S.S. Venture]]'' Carl Denham was returning to [[New York]] empty handed after going after a mythical giant Orca named "Killer" around the Baffin islands. With the Venture unable to travel on in the adverse weather conditions, they laid anchor at a rock outcropping near some spirals of smoke rising from just beyond some rocks. Wanting to get Inuit footage, Carl gathered his film crew and headed out. Before they got to the fires, they encountered a field of Leopard Seals. Wanting to get footage of the pups at the other end, Denham sent his cameraman into their midst. This proved to be an enormous error in judgement, as the seals attacked the intruder and left him badly wounded. They were able to get him to a hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but his leg had to be amputated. the damage caused to his friend made Carl seek to get him back to New York by changing the film to reflect locations on the journey there. After arriving in New York, Denham arranged to meet with his friend [[Jack Driscoll]]. When they met, Carl revealed to him that his backers were pushing for a rewrite of his film so that it was set in the jungle, and asked the writer to provide a script for his film because he had footage, but no story. Driscoll agreed to write, despite not having much time to do so. He was quickly summoned by his financial backers, who insisted that he start filming on a set, rather than on location. Carl demanded a 15% increase in funds to procure animals for the set, but settled for 10, which he planned to use to pay [[Captain Englehorn]] for another voyage to shoot on location. | ||
===[[Skull Island]]=== | ===[[Skull Island]]=== | ||
In an interesting look into the native culture, the book spent some chapters from the view of a Skull Island native who was sacrificed to the god [[King Kong|Kong]]. | In an interesting look into the native culture, the book spent some chapters from the view of a Skull Island native who was sacrificed to the god [[King Kong|Kong]]. | ||
After feeling tremors in the earth, all the women on the island lined up while an elder selected a sacrifice. The girl who was chosen was then tied to a palette and force fed a liquid that made her too drowsy to continue fighting back. The palette was then lowered on the other side of the giant stone wall that separated the islanders from the monsters on the island. The ritual elder then banged a gong to summon the god. Not long after, the girl could hear its roars as it approached. Having prepared for this moment, the girl began to squeeze grease she had collected in pieces of cloth from her meals since her being chosen. The grease ran down her arms and lubricated her bonds, which allowed her to slip free and to run away from certain death at the hands of Kong. While running through the dense jungles of Skull Island, the girl came to a clearing that had been made by fire, but she quickly left it behind as it left her in the open. | After feeling tremors in the earth, all the women on the island lined up while an elder selected a sacrifice. The girl who was chosen was then tied to a palette and force fed a liquid that made her too drowsy to continue fighting back. The palette was then lowered on the other side of the giant stone wall that separated the islanders from the monsters on the island. The ritual elder then banged a gong to summon the god. Not long after, the girl could hear its roars as it approached. Having prepared for this moment, the girl began to squeeze grease she had collected in pieces of cloth from her meals since her being chosen. The grease ran down her arms and lubricated her bonds, which allowed her to slip free and to run away from certain death at the hands of Kong. While running through the dense jungles of Skull Island, the girl came to a clearing that had been made by fire, but she quickly left it behind as it left her in the open. She then found shelter in a hollow beneath a tree, but awoke to the sounds of approaching raptors. They nearly broke through the tree, but a [[Tyrannosaurus rex]] attacked and ate them before leaving the girl behind. | ||
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King Kong: The Island of the Skull is a 324 page novel written by Matthew Costello in 2005. It serves as an official prequel to the 2005 film King Kong.
Synopsis
Official synopsis:
"Entrepreneur and filmmaker Carl Denham struggles to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry - but all of his charisma and showmanship may have to take a back seat to the greatest adventure yet to come...
Vaudeville regular and struggling actress Ann Darrow leaves the light of Broadway behind her for the sand and shores of Atlantic City - and makes a personal connection that will have ramifications on a life-altering experience yet to come...
Former Navy diver Sam Kelley, down on his luck in a Depression-ravaged San Francisco, throws caution to the wind and takes a shaky job an an even shakier pearl-diving ship, destined for one of the most extraordinary - and dangerous - locales on the face of the earth...
Three individuals leading separate lives - all inextricably bound by the hands of fate, each drawing inexorably closer to a place that will test the very limits of their humanity... and change the world forever...."
Plot
Prologue
The story begins with first mate Bradddock and the rest of an unnamed ship's crew dying of a horrible illness that makes eating impossible and ruins the skin. Braddock attempted to sway their Captain, Luis Garcia, to change their course for nearer land, but Captain Garcia insisted that they would continue on to the Riau Islands, on the grounds that their cargo would get them killed at any other port.
Ann Darrow
Elsewhere, aspiring screen actress Ann Darrow was at a casting office looking for work, and was assigned a role at Steel Pier in Atlantic City riding their "Diving Horses". When she got to Steel Pier, she found that the position for "Horse Divers" had already been filled, but she was instead offered the role of tour guide in the world's only recreational diving bell. After she accepted the position, she was made to take a ride in the bell even though it had been closed due to adverse weather condition, which caused minor difficulties for Ann in the bell. After her trip in the Bell, Ann was moved in with two other girls from the pier. After weeks of working the diving bell, Ann struck a deal with one of her roommates's boyfriends in which he would talk to the Pier owner about promoting Ann to horse diver of she would come to his club on Fridays. Ann agreed, and at the end of the day, Mr. Nadler, the pier owner came to give her her promotion. She quickly received dive training, as she already knew how to ride thanks to summers spent on her grandfather's farm. She then took a practice dive and prepared for her first show.
Sam Kelley
In San Francisco, Sam Kelley worked on a Navy shipyard that was due to close in three days time due to the Economic Depression. While staffing a dive off the coast, He discovered that the lifeline had been cut, and went down to find the diver in the practice wreck that had been placed in the bay for training purposes. When Sam entered the wreck, which had spent five years underwater and was growing more and more unsafe, he located the missing diver, but found him pinned in the sharp and rusty radio room by a shelf that had fallen off the wall. Upon closer examination, Sam noticed the diver was wounded before beginning the process of removing the shelf. After getting the diver to safety, Sam was informed that the Navy Diving program was being shut down, which left him without a job days before he expected to be. He was later contacted by the diver he saved (named Tommy), who informed him of a job opportunity as a pearl diver. After reaching the Indian Ocean with the pearl diving crew of the Mia Susana, the captain revealed that the reason they had been heading for open water was because he wanted to get pearls from unexplored reefs. In the oceans far north of New Guinea, the crew of the Mia Susana came across the ship from the book's prologue. Sam, the captain, and one other crewman went aboard the abandoned pearl ship and found several dead crewmen who had bled through their patchy skin, which left some of their bones exposed. While on board, they came across a chest with three golf ball-sized pearls, which caused the captain to steal the boat's charts to follow their trail back to where they were found. On the way there, they stopped for a dive, on which Sam and Tommy encountered enormous, table-sized oysters. While attempting to search them for pearls, Sam was approached by a giant crab, that attacked him. while trying to back up, Sam's leg became caught in an oyster, but Tommy was able to stab the crab from behind enough times for it to leave them. The blood in the water quickly attracted the attention of a prehistoric carnivorous fish, which quickly ate Tommy's legs. Sam was able to free his leg from the oyster and signal the boat to bring him up. On board, Sam began to call for the captain to move the ship as the crew pulled up Tommy's severed head. As they began to move, the creature surfaced and attacked the ship. They began taking in water, and needed to stop for repairs. They quickly decided to travel toward a wall of fog, behind which they believed to lay land.
Carl Denham
On board the S.S. Venture Carl Denham was returning to New York empty handed after going after a mythical giant Orca named "Killer" around the Baffin islands. With the Venture unable to travel on in the adverse weather conditions, they laid anchor at a rock outcropping near some spirals of smoke rising from just beyond some rocks. Wanting to get Inuit footage, Carl gathered his film crew and headed out. Before they got to the fires, they encountered a field of Leopard Seals. Wanting to get footage of the pups at the other end, Denham sent his cameraman into their midst. This proved to be an enormous error in judgement, as the seals attacked the intruder and left him badly wounded. They were able to get him to a hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but his leg had to be amputated. the damage caused to his friend made Carl seek to get him back to New York by changing the film to reflect locations on the journey there. After arriving in New York, Denham arranged to meet with his friend Jack Driscoll. When they met, Carl revealed to him that his backers were pushing for a rewrite of his film so that it was set in the jungle, and asked the writer to provide a script for his film because he had footage, but no story. Driscoll agreed to write, despite not having much time to do so. He was quickly summoned by his financial backers, who insisted that he start filming on a set, rather than on location. Carl demanded a 15% increase in funds to procure animals for the set, but settled for 10, which he planned to use to pay Captain Englehorn for another voyage to shoot on location.
Skull Island
In an interesting look into the native culture, the book spent some chapters from the view of a Skull Island native who was sacrificed to the god Kong.
After feeling tremors in the earth, all the women on the island lined up while an elder selected a sacrifice. The girl who was chosen was then tied to a palette and force fed a liquid that made her too drowsy to continue fighting back. The palette was then lowered on the other side of the giant stone wall that separated the islanders from the monsters on the island. The ritual elder then banged a gong to summon the god. Not long after, the girl could hear its roars as it approached. Having prepared for this moment, the girl began to squeeze grease she had collected in pieces of cloth from her meals since her being chosen. The grease ran down her arms and lubricated her bonds, which allowed her to slip free and to run away from certain death at the hands of Kong. While running through the dense jungles of Skull Island, the girl came to a clearing that had been made by fire, but she quickly left it behind as it left her in the open. She then found shelter in a hollow beneath a tree, but awoke to the sounds of approaching raptors. They nearly broke through the tree, but a Tyrannosaurus rex attacked and ate them before leaving the girl behind.
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