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First Page Of New Harry Potter Book Takes Swipe At Bush
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince
| 7/16/05
Posted on 07/15/2005 10:25:17 PM PDT by Williams
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To: Tangerine Time Machine
A lady on an email list pointed out that the books seem to have grown with its readers. That the first is at a fourth grade level. The second and fifth grade level. And so on from there.
To: righttackle44
If you don't read, my friend, then you give victory to
the liberal educational philosophy that says the dumber
the nation is, the easier it is to destroy its character and
lead it in our direction.
Yea, reading fiction is going to educate me.
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posted on
07/16/2005 7:59:49 AM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: MarkL
But only with armed guards, and under constant supervision by at least two adults... Where do you live Compton?
183
posted on
07/16/2005 8:02:03 AM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
184
posted on
07/16/2005 8:03:00 AM PDT
by
Darnright
( Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before)
To: F.J. Mitchell
It will be interesting to see if the phone call ever came and if that wretched man gets a chance to prove himself otherwise. Haven't got that far. I'm torn. FReep or read Harry Potter?
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posted on
07/16/2005 8:03:23 AM PDT
by
null and void
(You'll learn more on FR by accident, than other places by design)
To: Echo Talon
"Yea, reading fiction is going to educate me."
The use of fiction to infiltrate the culture
is as old as literature itself. Look at the
stories of the American Indians. They are
lock, stock and barrel morality tales used
to frighten and educate as well as entertain.
186
posted on
07/16/2005 8:04:41 AM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: savedbygrace
187
posted on
07/16/2005 8:05:20 AM PDT
by
null and void
(You'll learn more on FR by accident, than other places by design)
To: Williams
I's only a book of fiction by that wretched woman JK Rowling.
;o)
To: righttackle44
I'll stick to reading non-fiction. least then I feel like i'm not totally wasing my time.
189
posted on
07/16/2005 8:06:56 AM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: Echo Talon
190
posted on
07/16/2005 8:08:14 AM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: nopardons; longfellow
Nancy Stouffer. Claimed she invented the word "muggles" and the whole magical plot and there were similatities between her 1984 work and Rowling's.
She lost, badly, as in the "the plaintiff will pay JK Rowling and Scholastic Books for wasting their time"
Basicaly
1. The claimed similariies were absurd "I had a castle of stone, with doors and windows and rooms and she has a castle of stone, with doors and windows and rooms "
2. She could not actually prove that Rowling could have seen her work, or that anyone esle did, or that it existed before 2000
3. That fact the "original draft" she put in evidecne was found to have been printed by computer hardware not available until the late 90s rasied some questions about its authenticity.
5. There was also the question if Rowling was going to steal, would she steal from Stouffer? Stouffer is a monumentally bad writer and her book is appallingly bad in every respect.
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posted on
07/16/2005 8:08:32 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(We shall yet make this Free Republic into Moral Nation -= after The Rev. Elmer Gantry)
To: Echo Talon
"I'll stick to reading non-fiction. least then I feel like i'm not totally wasing my time."
Your loss.
192
posted on
07/16/2005 8:08:35 AM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: Williams
Lots of countries have "Presidents" -- why would you assume it's Bush?
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posted on
07/16/2005 8:09:38 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Phil Donahue "has made the world safe for emotion masquerading as thought."-BOZELL III)
To: nopardons
Phew! At least you call her a tenth rate Roald Dahl. That's something. When I mention any resemblance between the styles people usually say there is no resemblance at all.
To: righttackle44
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posted on
07/16/2005 8:10:49 AM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: longfellow; nopardons
But she is stealing from 3 other authors? Some people claim Wm Shakspeare stole his plots from other works
196
posted on
07/16/2005 8:11:17 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(We shall yet make this Free Republic into Moral Nation -= after The Rev. Elmer Gantry)
To: Williams
Currently the British PM would tend to find the French or German President to be more of a wretched man' than the American Pres.
197
posted on
07/16/2005 8:11:17 AM PDT
by
Leto
To: Larry Lucido
I am writing a book about Palpatine at the moment. It isn't left wing.
Regards, Ivan
198
posted on
07/16/2005 8:11:36 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: GOPJ
Lots of countries have "Presidents" -- why would you assume it's Bush?
President Putin comes to mind...
To: nopardons
Honestly, though, are there really any original ideas anymore? I think whether conciously or subconciously all fiction authors have some elements from other stories. Even if just fairy tales.
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