We read this book in our book club last month. I kept seeing Jonathan Pryce as Mr Dark when reading it. It's funny how my perspective changed from when I first read it as a teen. I identified with the boys then, and, now identify more with the father.
I noticed that myself, the last time I read the book. Reading it as the mother of adolescent sons was a different personal experience than reading it when I was in middle school. But both were powerful.
This is one of my favorite books ever. I have my mother's 1962 hard copy edition -- one of my prized possessions and I read it every October as I have done since I was ten. I like the movie well enough (Pryce made a very good Illustrated Man) -- the only thing was I missed the rich, lyrical prose that makes the book such a marvelous read. It comes across in the dialog but it's truncated.
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And is it just me or are Shard and Liz both competing for the role of Mr. Dark in their relationship?