Posted on 07/17/2005 5:16:14 PM PDT by grellis
THIS THREAD IS INTENDED FOR READERS THAT HAVE COMPLETED THE BOOK! If you have not yet read the book, consider yourself warned: There will be spoilers on this thread.
For my fellow FReepers who have no intention of reading the book but would like to discuss the more controversial issues related to the work, I am asking you as politely as I can: DO NOT HIJACK THIS THREAD. We are all members of this forum and as such, it is not up to me to disallow anyone from participating in the discussion. That is why I am asking you--please do not hijack this thread. If you would like to discuss the more controversial aspects of the book, maybe you could start your own thread and ping us over there. If we are interested, we'll come.
Hey, the rules are we only get one magic trick.... My choice was to be able to fly without external aids. You gotta problem with that?
Oh, and welcome to FR...
I would throw my neighbors in a vanishing closet! ;)
Yeah, that is a good theory. Maybe they figured they could get Harry over to the dark side and get him to cooperate in Voldemorts return.
You know... I saw "Howl's Moving Castle" earlier this week and then had to reread the book (by a lovely English author named Diana Wynn Jones, 2/3s of her stuff is gorgeous fantasy) and I was wonder...
For people on this thread, what supposedly children's fantasy other than Harry Potter do you read? I'm always on the lookout for something to keep me amused between books and kids' fantasy is a joy... to answer my own question, I like Jones' "Chrestomanci" books, her "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Castle in the Air", and "Dark Lord of Derkholm" particularly.
Oh!!! Good one!
Nothing really. I tried to read A Series of Unfortunate Events and I couldn't get past the whole wedding thing in the first book. It really creeped me out.
Too bad, I liked those books. They are weird though.
"Children's" fantasy is often much better than "adult" fantasy, because it's interesting and doesn't bog down into boring allegories, isn't as infested with Tolkien ripoffs, and doesn't have as much bad romance. I still like curling up with a nice E. Nesbit or Lloyd Alexander novel.
Is it in CD form?
gott get it!
What is weird is I don't read much fiction period.
When I was little I loved the Roald Dahl books. "The Witches" was my favorite. With Charlie and the Chocolate Factory coming out Costco had the book for a few bucks so I picked it up and read it again. It made me want to read all his books again.
A co-worker just loaned me a book by Artemis Fowl.<p. She says it's real good.
Oh, yes, Dahl's a great writer - though if you liked him I'm surprised you didn't like the Unfortunate Events books - and his stuff is worth owning... sigh, most of my favorite juvenile works are property of the family so I can't read any of them until Christmas when I go home again.
Not reading fiction is weird. I read maybe too much, don't get enough non-fiction (unless we factor in the time I spend on FR). Fiction's like... water, to me. I can't go without.
My little brothers really like those books! I didn't try them though, you'll have to brief me on it.
the author is Eoin Colfer
SHEESH!
I'm gonna start reading the first book tonight :o)
I don't much care for the Artemis Fowl books -- too flippant, I guess, and I don't much like the protagonist.
I think it is out on CD
He is kind of a prat
To the bookstore for me if it aint raining!
Oh, definitely scourgify! (Is that how you spell it?) Of course, I'm assuming that this works on piles of laundry and little children as well as pots & pans, toilets, etc. :)
I'd recommend Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising sequence. Lovely stuff.
Alan Garner's books are also worth reading (Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Elidor, Moon of Gomrath, The Owl Service etc)
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