The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel - Official Trailer

[1313enchanted]

I started reading this series when I was13 years old and can't begin to count how many times I have reread them waiting for the next book to come out. I have to say I love this series and I think the work and the research that goes into them is phenominal but..and I really hate to say this..book 5 and this book were a bit of a let down. :(

In any case my question is..I know they made a movie about Clan of The Cave Bear..which really sucked..but did they make a movie from any of her other books?

[1313enchanted]

@1313enchanted

This may be a dumb question but these trailers are throwing me. Are they just advertising the release of the book or are they for a movie?

[joycie789]

Read the all the books 4 times, just started for the 5th time......Question: Will Jean write part 7??? If so, hopefully it will be soon..........can't wait to read how life will go further for Ayla and Jondolar!!

[goatomaat]

please help me:) ive read all of the 6 books.

Now im finished and i love these books,so my question is,does anyone knowe any simular books or that are also as good as the earths children series?

Sorry for my bad writing and thanks for the suport

[ZephonTLucifer]

This book was CRAP. It was beyond boring, beyond repetitive, there was no plot nor was there ANY character development. I mean this book was so bad it made TWILIGHT look more literature worthy. I mean its like a cheesy cheap ass soap opera. Then good lord the fucking CAVE PAINTINGS - all we read is of the main character critiquing wall paintings! Her partner is a SEXAHOLIC and when he cant get any with the main character he starts banging his ex and apparently their daughter is retarded.

[Tereseboo]

Does the book have a bad ending?

[ZephonTLucifer]

@Tereseboo No it has a LOUSY ending - the entire book was utter crap.

[friskedkitty]

@BlackRosesandRedWine

Ohhhh!!!

So sorry!

I was exposed to them in 4th grade. I am now 21!

[friskedkitty]

@BlackRosesandRedWine

Yes. Each one at least three times.

[jlanci48]

This book was not at all what I expected. There were no closures what was started at the beginning of the series. I was very disappointed. I wanted more about Ayla not have 450 pages about caves. What about her two sons do they meet as it was visioned? What about the Clan do the start trading what about where Ayla came from I thought for sure there would be someone that recognized her or the story of the earthquake. The book was not worth the money it is a terrible ending to the Earth series.

[RiverInk]

Yes, finally!! I just bought it with my last money :D It has been awaited

[Babiyack]

I love you Jean Auel.....THank you very much for this book.

[friskedkitty]

The woman's contemporary hair in this totally threw me off. I know it's such a little thing but *sigh*.

Still excited for the book though : D

Looks like I may be the youngest here to start reading this series lol

4th grade in elementary school!

[crownbooks]

@friskedkitty In the planning for the creation of this video, we discussed with Jean the probable appearance of Ayla, Jondalar, etc. and Jean stressed the relative cleanliness and personal hygiene of these people. Hence, the appearance of Ayla's hair here.

[friskedkitty]

@crownbooks

Well if Ms. Auel approves. It is her wonderful creation after all!

Hahaha I think it's just my Anthropological education coming out when viewing this : )

[demonhoopa]

@crownbooks Thanks for the explaination. That was the first thing I noticed too. Ayla's clean "bouncin' and behavin'" hair. Not complaining however, nothing wrong with the heroin looking lovely. :D

[suomimelody]

Oooo I can't wait!! I'll probably have to try and read the book in english... otherwise I have to wait another year until it is transalated in to Finnish....

[LilianaCroush]

@suomimelody

I tought I had to wait a year aswell, til the book got translated into Norwegian, but when I walked by a bookshop a week ago, I saw an advertisement about it an it said that the book would come out in norwegian 29th of Mars! going to get my father to bye it though^^

[hopedymond]

I can't wait...What I would like to see is Ayla meet her birth parents or people.

[jbmonte01]

es el libro que estoy esperando y para mi gusto jean m. auel es la mejor escritora y su imaginacion no solo se basa en sus creensias pero tambien en sus largos años de estudios del tema que es compactado en estos 6 libros de la serie los hijos de la tierra para poder entender como vivieron nuestros antepasados

[itsjessica1984]

so so excited i been reading this series since i was 18 -27 now (Jean your my favourite author) your books have made me so angry i wanted to throw the book, sad enough to cry happy enough to laugh out loud and even read to my fiance (whos not a reader) i love your work.

I so hope Ayla finds her son in this book

[itsjessica1984]

@itsjessica1984

Ive read this series 5 times and just reading it again now so ill be completely reminded bought the series 6 times (moving makes it hard to keep track of everything)

[stephentrepreneur]

I read the first 5 books about 3 years ago, and only recently decided to start reading them again. Friends and I have wondered when the next book would appear ... and suddenly it has. #LifeIsGood

[AlyaofCoES]

im so beyond thrilled waiting for this book. i have grown up with ayla. starting when i was a little girl and got chased out of the room while my mother watched the movie. I had to know more about Ayla. Great story, and i agree wit most, this has to be where the past is blown open. My personal hope is Durc, who should be a "man" to the clan, struck up on his own adventure and comes across his mother.

[itsjessica1984]

@AlyaofCoES same here wasnt impressed with the movie it didnt put enough of the emotions in. Jean is a such an awesome author, could kiss her if i ever met her

[mrquizical]

All good things come to an end! Imagine if Peter Jackson, directed this into a series or trilogy.  It would need someone of his caliber to make it real. Mrs. Auel, could have been one of those story tellers from the past, that handed down to generations the goings on of their world. When story tellers from ancient times traveled to different villages, and told essentially the news. This series has been one of the best I have ever read, longed to read and dreaded she wouldn't finish.

[sandrakmives]

For 30 years I have followed Ayla. Cannot wait to join her in this journey. To J.M Auel one word BRILLIANT These 5 years I know will have been well worth the wait. Book pre-orderd, and waiting with anticipation. Thank you and congratulations x

[will235brn]

I LOVE HER BOOK SERIES. WAS HOPING THAT SHE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 5 OR 6 YEARS

[itsjessica1984]

@will235brn lol think its been 9 yrs for me

[bmoscati]

i'm hoping there's more of the earlier books this time...regardless i'm looking forward to the read and hope it's not the last one

[LeppardPrintAnimal]

I hope Ayla sees Durc again and finds out who her real family were. If she doesn't, if the book is just about her, Jondalar and being a Zelandonii, and pages and pages of sh*gging again, I will be VERY disappointed! There are so many unanswered questions, I really hope they all get answered!

[margieak]

I second that. On one of the books it did seem like so much erotisism rather than history or adventure.

[demonhoopa]

@LeppardPrintAnimal Probably not likely since Durc and her former family are probably somewhere east of the Ukraine while Jondalar's people are in France.

[bn7613]

I love her books! But my anthropology professor told me that most of the stuff is just fiction..bummer.

[maclove33]

Finally another book, I've been waiting so long. Sadly I've read in the previews that she's repeating old stuff 5 and 6 times throughout the new book. I had to skim through a lot of the last one. The book could have been half the size really. I wish she was writing for the fans rather than for the people who are just picking up the fifth book and getting a total catch up on the first four and just a little bit of new story. But I'm still looking forward to seeing how Ayla's life continues!

[robertbraiden]

I began reading Jean's books as a teenager and absolutely adored them. They started my passion for ancient history and I went to the UK to further explore my ancestry/ history as a result. I'm now 40 and when I read 'Shelters of Stone' I couldn't finish it. The spark was gone, and I'm not sure why. Maybe, it's that Ayla became a parody of herself. Ayla needs to fail, to be more human - she has become too god like. And as such, I have lost my connection with her.

[doctorchristi]

I can't wait for the book to be available. I already pre ordered mine and wish because it is already paid for I can receive mine before it hits the stores. That would only be fair.

[StarlingKnight]

0:22 Ayla walks with Talut..?

0:46 Ayla chases Thonolan (who has raised from the death)?

1:15 Talut throws spear with tumbler??

They should have used more time to choose the male actors... *sigh*

At least Jondalar looks like himself at 1:01

(And yes, I've read all the 5 books twice and yes, Thonolan has passed away and Talut appeared last time two books ago. But what else red hair brings to your mind? :P)

[bigjesse1985]

@StarlingKnight "what else did red hair bring to your mind?"

to be honest, probably a lack of hairpiece budget for a book trailer! I want more interaction with flatheads! the best book in the series by far is clan of the cave bear in my opinion.

[StarlingKnight]

@bigjesse1985;

"Clan" and "Mammoth Hunters" are definetly the best books in the series this far. Valley of Horses is rather boring with all the hunting and food gathering dialogue and Ayla's long self-thought monologues about things. Plains of Passion ...I mean Passage *AHEM* is totally a filler book which' only cause of existence is to get Ayla & Jon from Caucasus to Pyrenees. Thou the S'armunai event in the middle is great.

Shelters of Stone was way too hyped and avaited to fill the

[StarlingKnight]

@StarlingKnight;

images that fans had in their heads about the Fifth Amazing Book of Earth's Children plus it was written way too different style than the earlier ones and the storyline didn't stay "in shape" until the end.

I'm not expecting anything from Book 6 so I won't be disappointed when it comes but I hope it's better than SoS, something in style of MH which is also a book about small group of people living in same cave/hut/space.

[ellieisgod]

pants trailer, but can't wait for the book (as long as it does not just repeat all the other books like sos did!)

[ZicoCirola]

its about time!!!!

[adegrave1985]

WOOOOOOT!

[jubchuqun]

I think I still need to read Shelters of Stone

[zainadlr]

OH! My God Oh My God Oh My God! I am SO excitied!!

[oN4D3o]

Can't wait. Started re-reading The Shelters of Stone on my Nook Color in anticipation of the newest book! Love Jean Auel!

[lililalok]

Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy my birthday is in march :)

i was expecting it to come in May

ah! i can't wait!

[RantzalotSir]

!w00t

[cruisewithangel]

can't wait

[avengingkitty]

I am so looking forward to this! and it comes out before my birthday, I know what I'm getting myself :)

[mrsdebby1]

I thought Ayla's hair was too blond

[friskedkitty]

@mrsdebby1

Much too contemporary as well. Hair straightener straight and artificial blonde highlights.......

[scamommie]

Finally!  90 days to go!