The Rig

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She told Sky News she sees parallels between the lives of those working on rigs, and those in her own profession. a b c Ferguson, Brian (9 December 2022). "The Rig: Martin Compston, Iain Glen and Emily Hampshire return to Edinburgh to launch Scotland's supernatural North Sea thriller". The Scotsman . Retrieved 13 December 2022. A Jewish girl joins up with Polish resistance groups to fight for her people against the evils of the Holocaust. This is the best book I've read so far in 2019 and I have no idea how I'm supposed to write a review for it. Maybe I'll take the coward's way out and go with a simple list: Work started on the series' scripts in December 2018. [9] Meg Salter and Matthew Jacobs Morgan serve as writers. [7] Casting [ edit ]

The crime lord Ethan Drame and his rival Spetkin Ligate bring a strong touch of mafia-style elements and striking harshness to the story. One thing I loved about the writing was the story of these characters. You had your higher characters that were more in that “lead role,” but every side character felt like they had a purpose in the bigger picture. That said, it was a little bit of a downside for the overall series. I say this because you didn’t have anything to invest emotionally into these characters. Sure, we don’t want anyone to die, but outside of loudmouth Coake, who I was rooting to see bite the bullet, I struggled to cling to them. I wanted to care more about the people on the rig. I am also working on my own translation and not having access to the pictures is my greatest obstacle. Words don’t always make learning easier for me and pictures do. Those of us who desire Truth live in an age of deception and time is a lie. Reply The characterisation is excellent and engaging. It was a pleasure to read about the characters, because the author takes his time to introduce their lives and tells of their feelings in an effective way. Each of the main characters is fully three-dimensional and realistic. Bale has been suspended from duty after joining the pursuit of a serial killer while off duty, and while drunk. Razor has been sent by her AI, Cynth, to record Bale's 'TruTale'. And Tallen, well - Tallen wakes up one day in hospital and is never the same again.Martin says: "On an oil rig, to an extent, there are two worlds – there’s the management, but they’re in the dry and the warm, and then there’s the guys outside, covered in oil and getting their hands dirty, so there’s a lot of tension.Fulmer sort of straddles both worlds. He’s the head of communications, so he’s outside now and again on the mast, fixing things, but he’s indoors a lot of the time, so he’s caught between both. He’s also in a relationship with Emily Hampshire’s character, Rose Mason, who is seen as a company woman and is not the most well-liked figure on the rig. The others see her as pushing quotas and cost-cutting, all that kind of thing, so they think he’s the teacher’s pet." I was surprised to find amusing and intelligent puns in this novel, because I didn't expect them. It's great that the author uses English and linguistics to his advantage and warps English words into new format to suit his needs. He uses - among other things - such words as "Babbel", "goddery", "husman", "screenery" and "puter", the meanings of which will open to readers during the story. Mark Bonnar as Alwyn Evans, an older and experienced crew member with an interest in history, archaeology, and reading My only request to all is just imagine who i am , where i am , who makes my body art and beyond. Reply

Alef is an especially intriguing protagonist, because he is a talented and intelligent boy. There's something about his character that reminds me of people who have Asperger's syndrome, because he thinks in numbers and has difficulties to empathise with others. As the crew triesto discover what’s driving this unknown force, a huge accident forces them into considering who they can really trust. Bonds are broken, allegiances formedand generational fault lines are exposed. The crew of the Kinloch Bravo is driven tothe limits of both theirloyalties and endurance. He was born in kusal….the house of his mother kausalya…and not in ayodya which is 100s of kilometer away….he had 2 deva guru…and on his coronation day he was asked to go on vanavas fe 14 years….such a sad deva guru vasista confirned the dates of coronation…the other guru viswamitra helped to get him married to sita ,the daughter of king janaka (whose guru was ASHTAVAKRA,he wrote astavakra geetha….Read this book ) But she's this woman who goes into this man's world and is unapologetic about it and doesn't care about being liked, which was something - I'm Canadian, we're sorry for everything, 'I'm so sorry I exist'.I’m looking for old old picture drawing or plans for vimanas I would rather do the translation to make my own conclusion is the gods making these place rise in the air or do they do it under thier own power also a picture drawing or a primitive blueprint untranslated of this vorcec engine that might use mercury or something I would like to come to a conclusion if some body can help me. Thankyou: B Forsyth Reply The book follows Alef's life forwards through 'SigEvs' - significant events - which are supposed to be what the voter will use to decide whether a subject is to be cured or left in suspended animation. At the same time, we see a separate story unfold, told from various points of view in the hardscrabble town of Lookout, on the planet Bleak. The main characters here are a policeman (Bale) a journalist/ writer (Razer) and an engineer (Tallen). It's complexity is written extremely well, and I loved how this book made me feel a part of the journey. Throughout, it has an undertone of trying to decide between right and wrong. Again, books which touch on religion normally aren't my jam, but some how this just worked for me. Claustrophobic with no way on or off and no way of getting away from someone you don't agree with - an oil rig lends itself so perfectly as the setting of a drama, it's a surprise we don't see more shows based on them.

They Hate to be found at faulty end…..and so loves to makes a groupy/ganging up / dishonouring as normal,and hate to be exposed

The world created by Levy is hard to swallow. On the one hand we have a space faring culture with faster than light speed travel, the ability to put humans into stasis indefinitely and something called "doubling" which involves seizing control of someone else's body and mind. On the other hand we have an inability to control cancer that leaves the average human's life expectancy across all planets at 50 (apparently nano biotech which is being researched today isn't even an idea), computers that sound like they were manufactured during the 20th century, and humans doing incredibly dangerous jobs because apparently robots aren't up to the task. The opening chapter of this book was amazing and would have made a stunning short story on its own. Then the rest of the book happened. It is clear that that Levy is attempting to write a story full of big ideas which he mostly succeeds at doing. Unfortunately the story itself is plodding, juvenile and populated with characters that are largely unsympathetic. By half way through the book, I was bored and ended up reading two other books before finely finishing this one up. Honestly, I'm not sure that it was worth the effort to do so. Having a whole lot of stupid, made up words for common things like "putery" for computer, "visky" for whisky, "screenery" for screen, "chittlechattle" for chit chat and "godery" for religion that were used relentlessly didn't help matters. Razer’s storyline is a waste of time. Tallen’s is a waste of time. Bale’s is a waste of time. The only storyline that even remotely matters is Alef’s and even then it doesn’t need to be this long.

Emily Hampshire as Rose Mason: The oil company representative and scientist, and a fresh face on-board the rig. [3] [4] I had my mind screech to a halt on several occasions when the plot did not go at all where I expected it toEmily Hampshire as Rose Mason. (Image credit: Prime Video) Interview: Martin Compston on filming The Rig I'd never heard of Roger Levy before but I was drawn in by the captivating cover and the intriguing blurb. And fortunately the story itself was as spectacular as the artwork. A lifeboat from Kinloch Charlie arrives, with a Pictor head Coake aboard. The new arrivals make their presence known as Coake undermines Magnus' position on the rig and create division between the crew. Fulmer helps Baz and Garrow with their mission. Coake's motives are investigated and the crew realise he isn't giving them the full truth. Coake sets in motion a plan to kill the crew members on the platform to gain control of the pump room, with Hutton, Murch, and Dunlin involved.