# The Last Ship-Novel-spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996 "2016-10-19T01:45:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996/1 "2016-10-19T01:45:57Z")
I am about 3/4 through the book, and read the wikipedia article. I’ve been wasting my time, what a horrible ending. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996/2 "2016-10-19T03:25:36Z")
I love that book. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996/3 "2016-10-19T03:30:46Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I love that book. We are talking about the book authored by William Brinkley, right? If so, I love that book too. But it has been years since I read it, and honestly I don’t remember then ending. The TV series, OTOH, was absolutely unwatchable. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996/4 "2016-10-19T03:35:34Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > We are talking about the book authored by William Brinkley, right? If so, I love that book too. But it has been years since I read it, and honestly I don’t remember then ending. > > The TV series, OTOH, was absolutely unwatchable. Oh, I only had to hear that the TV series changed the plot for me to give it a mental “Fuck off” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996/5 "2016-10-19T04:29:03Z")
I like the book very much, but didn’t buy that there would be TWO nuts/serial killers on board, or that their island sanctuary would get inexplicably nuked like that. Haven’t watched the show because, from the ads, it looked like it was a LOT different from the book. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996/6 "2016-10-19T14:51:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Haven’t watched the show because, from the ads, it looked like it was a LOT different from the book. Very much so. A virus killed almost everyone, and the ship found a cure and go about doing away with bad guys. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996/7 "2016-10-19T16:01:51Z")
I was surprised to not only find out that the TV series was based on a novel, but that I actually own the novel, and have since it came out! I guess maybe I should read my own books once in a while. The novel sounds like a modern take on On the Beach, with the same fatalism and downer ending. But I like that movie, so maybe I’ll like The Last Ship. There is still time, brother! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996/8 "2016-10-19T16:12:16Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The novel sounds like a modern take on On the Beach, with the same fatalism and downer ending. But I like that movie, so maybe I’ll like The Last Ship. That is it. Published in 1988. And the novel _On the Beach_-talk about downer endings! ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996/9 "2016-10-19T17:37:43Z")
I dont interpret the ending of Last Ship as downer. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996/10 "2016-10-19T17:41:20Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I dont interpret the ending of Last Ship as downer. Nor do I. Rueful but basically hopeful, and far more optimistic than _On the Beach_. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-ship-novel-spoilers/768996/11 "2016-10-19T20:06:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Nor do I. Rueful but basically hopeful, and far more optimistic than _On the Beach_. The ending of _Romeo and Juliet_ is more hopeful and optimistic than _On the Beach._ 🙂