870 Pages - 20 Nov 2003

[Tavis]

<a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2003/om20031120.html' target='_blank'>870 Pages</a><br><br>Now this is reading taken to the extreme. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> I enjoy the possibilities good words can provide for the imagination.<br><br>In a way, though, I feel kind of left out of this whole craze, since I hadn't really read any of the Harry Potter books unless you count the occasional page of <i>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</i> that I and a couple others read to children in a local Toys-R-Us Imaginarium one weekend. Of course, reading it aloud slowed everybody down so we only got halfway through the book. For what it's worth, I did like how well the parts I read were written.<br><br>Anyway, the whole popularity of Harry Potter caught me off guard, since I was surprised that children were able to take to heart a book that was not overly hyped by commercialism. Of course, the commercial market had to jump on the bandwagon eventually, but from what I could tell, Rowling's stories had earned the elevated status long before word escaped the world of book clubs and libraries.

[norsenerd]

I hate the way Millie looks here. I supose that's part of the point but I can't stand looking at her like that. Ewargh! *shuders*

[Foxchild]

i personally think the way she looks is hillariouse, i guess because both of my sisters read any given book in at most two nights. Plus, the way she collapses at the end? I think we've all done something like this in our lives...<br>*thinks back on recent lan party, highschool senior campout, random videogame nights, last minute school projects... etc, etc.*<br><br>yeah, i could name a few times like that.<br>

[Tavis]

<!--QuoteBegin-Foxchild+ making a point--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Foxchild @ making a point)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Plus, the way she collapses at the end? I think we've all done something like this in our lives...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Me, that's almost every morning. heh

[Doctor Fred]

I've read the first three books in the series, but I lost interest in it after that. Don't get me wrong, I think they're great, but... I dunno. I guess I'm part of the population of people who get turned off by something if it becomes too famouse or too hyped up.<br><br>I gotta' say, those religiouse morons wouldn't know what's bad for children if it jumped out of a bush and smacked a hammer in their faces. What's so bad about a story of a boy who finds out he's a wizard and goes to a school of withcraft and *earge to worship Satan: rising!*

[Sabre]

I've never cared for any of the books, though I heard they were really good, It never pulled me in.<br><br>I perfer older literature if any.

[Henohenomoheji]

<!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> if it jumped out of a bush and smacked a hammer in their faces. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>is this a political reference or am i just having funny visions?<br><br>i think this is what they call forshadowing...

[Burning Sheep Productions]

<!--QuoteBegin-Doctor Fred+Nov 21 2003, 08:00 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Doctor Fred @ Nov 21 2003, 08:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I gotta' say, those religiouse morons wouldn't know what's bad for children if it jumped out of a bush and smacked a hammer in their faces. What's so bad about a story of a boy who finds out he's a wizard and goes to a school of withcraft and *earge to worship Satan: rising!* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Lay off them, you remember the witchcraft thing in the 19th centruy or something right?<br>It's kinda like that but less extreme.

[simon]

I read some of one book, but I didn't like it. I'm just not interested in that stuff, never have been. I didn't like the movies either.

[MidnightRealism]

The movies kinda ruined the first two books for me. Whenever I read any fiction, I get a notion of the way things look, sound, and generally <i>feel</i>, and all too often someone else's ideas don't match up with my own.<br><br>But I really like the books. They're intelligently written, and just fun, for me anyway. And yes, I did the same thing as Millie. <b>IT WAS WORTH IT.</b>

[Henohenomoheji]

what is it about harry potter books and the stay-up-all-night-to-read-it?<br>wouldnt it make a bit more sense to read them earlier in the day, so you dont have to stay up all night?<br><br>or is there something im missing here?<br><br>*creepy music plays*<br>*looks around* <!--emo&:unsure:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... unsure.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='unsure.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br>

[ShadOtterdan]

Well, 870 pages is a bit long to read for an afternoon, actually, if you started at night, you wouldn't be able to finish reading before morning, I think.

[Muninn]

I read the 4th book just to see what everyone was jabberin' on about (and also to argue if i liked it or not) and it never really intrested me. I don't much like sci-fi, fantasy type stuff with one exception, The Narnia Chronicles and that's only because they were the first novels i read when i was small.

[spamfish]

Last Halloween week, I started reading Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone(First book). I decided to start with the very first book(a gift from a friend who was visiting then), since it's really not fun to start in the middle of any story. Starting at the beginning, I'm finding it to be a very good book. The story-telling is very smooth and the settings are intriguing. The British words make it extra-great.

[Burning Sheep Productions]

I used to like 'em, but now I don't because of all the populatiry.<br>I'm sure many can relate.