The Harry Potter book has arrived!!!
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@ Capt spalding - OK, my wording of that comment was rather clumsy and I sounded very derogatory towards those who enjoy the actual content. It\'s not the subject matter of the books that I was taking issue with, rather their repackaging for adults.
I have no problem with adults reading children\'s books. I\'ve enjoyed many myself and also admire the skills involved in creating a good piece of fiction aimed at children. If an adult enjoys Potter then fair enough. It\'s not to my taste, but if your wife has been encouraged to read fiction because of it then that\'s great. I just don\'t get disguising exactly the same content with a new cover.
Indulging in things many people consider immature is fine by me. I play with toy soldiers and absolutely love comics, but I don’t try and disguise this by hiding White Dwarf inside a copy of the Independent!
I have no problem with adults reading children\'s books. I\'ve enjoyed many myself and also admire the skills involved in creating a good piece of fiction aimed at children. If an adult enjoys Potter then fair enough. It\'s not to my taste, but if your wife has been encouraged to read fiction because of it then that\'s great. I just don\'t get disguising exactly the same content with a new cover.
Indulging in things many people consider immature is fine by me. I play with toy soldiers and absolutely love comics, but I don’t try and disguise this by hiding White Dwarf inside a copy of the Independent!
And the pendulum swinds back...
Potter... Catholics... Children\'s books... Christians... Fantasy reading... Religion...
I really screwed up when I named this thread (which I have re-named TWICE, to no avail!). I don\'t care what people talk about, but this thread is suffering from extreme multiple-personality disorder. lol
The only thing that bothers me is some people\'s attitude that they are \'children\'s\' books, and that implies a person needs a \'simple\' mind to enjoy them? ???
What makes a children\'s book a children\'s book, exactly? I still enjoy Gulliver\'s travels, and try to catch Charlotte\'s Web or A Cricket in Times Square when the animated versions are on.
I read technical manuals all the time, and the scientific journal, so I don\'t think I\'m an idiot for enjoying Potter. I had a subscription to Omni magazine when I was only 12, and have read Heinlen, Asimov, Herbert, Niven, etc... all very heavy science-based science fiction. But I also still like comic books, not because they are realistic, but because I ENJOY them.
Does it really matter what people read as long as it\'s enjoyable? I even get a kick out of bathroom wall graffitti!
Back to potter... I\'m up to page 150 something... still waiting for something really good to happen...
Potter... Catholics... Children\'s books... Christians... Fantasy reading... Religion...
I really screwed up when I named this thread (which I have re-named TWICE, to no avail!). I don\'t care what people talk about, but this thread is suffering from extreme multiple-personality disorder. lol
The only thing that bothers me is some people\'s attitude that they are \'children\'s\' books, and that implies a person needs a \'simple\' mind to enjoy them? ???
What makes a children\'s book a children\'s book, exactly? I still enjoy Gulliver\'s travels, and try to catch Charlotte\'s Web or A Cricket in Times Square when the animated versions are on.
I read technical manuals all the time, and the scientific journal, so I don\'t think I\'m an idiot for enjoying Potter. I had a subscription to Omni magazine when I was only 12, and have read Heinlen, Asimov, Herbert, Niven, etc... all very heavy science-based science fiction. But I also still like comic books, not because they are realistic, but because I ENJOY them.
Does it really matter what people read as long as it\'s enjoyable? I even get a kick out of bathroom wall graffitti!
Back to potter... I\'m up to page 150 something... still waiting for something really good to happen...
Got it yesterday, well my older sister did but I nicked it from her and read the whole thing. Thought it was a good read with some more of the background nicely fleshed out, one thing surprised me and the other rumoured surprise of who was gonna die didn\'t surprise me at all. Oh well only another two years to wait for the next one
Although the movie of the fourth book is out in November.
Although the movie of the fourth book is out in November.
Capt spalding
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@jambot13
s\'ok bloke, I have very few red rag topics, unfortunatly thats one of them.
if you\'re guilty if clumsy wording then I\'m guilty of going off on one a bit too much
the re-packaging is just another marketing ploy. I dont know much about bookshop P.O.S. but I guess that it allows the book to be retailed in two sections of the same shop?
markus you made me post seriously,rather than my usual nonsense, three times because of this thread!!
consider yourself marked
s\'ok bloke, I have very few red rag topics, unfortunatly thats one of them.
if you\'re guilty if clumsy wording then I\'m guilty of going off on one a bit too much
the re-packaging is just another marketing ploy. I dont know much about bookshop P.O.S. but I guess that it allows the book to be retailed in two sections of the same shop?
markus you made me post seriously,rather than my usual nonsense, three times because of this thread!!
consider yourself marked
So\'s Tammy...................................... I\'ve had Several Text messages about it over the last two days. And she\'s about to start reading it again.......:wow:
Whereas I\'ve not even opened the cover. I\'m going to go back and read all the others first.
darkartminiatures
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How the hell do you lot read so fast!!!
Godlikebuthumble
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Yup. Angie got it yesterday, finished it today by 6pm... nuts. Oh, and she did get the \"adult\" edition, simply \'cause she liked the cover artwork better. Think when my university madness is over, I\'ll nick it from her, but so long I\'m enjoying \"The Demons Curse\" By Dan Abnett and Mike Lee... Now that\'s some Dark Elf fun!
Think when my university madness is over, I\'ll nick it from her, but so long I\'m enjoying \"The Demons Curse\" By Dan Abnett and Mike Lee... Now that\'s some Dark Elf fun!Same here started rereading them yeasterday. Finnished the 1st already
And I know I read fast because I don\'t really read everything, not because I don\'t want to and I definetly don\'t do on purpose. But when I read I kinda go in trance mode and have a small movie playing in my head so I don\'t really see the words and I start skipin some words/phrase. So if I reread carfully I see things I haven\'t read.
Drake Farstrider
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I think that i read every bleeding word on the page. It usualy takes me a week or two to finish a book.
I\'m very much a member of the speed reading camp too - I\'m like \'number Johnny 5\'!
I get far too eager to see what\'s happening next and have picked up this mad ability to skip whole sections and still pick out all of the important bits. I got through all of the Lord of The Rings books in two days. Mind you, Tolkien made it easier by italicising all of Bombadil\'s bits so I knew when to skip to the end!
Going back onto the Potter topic, I\'m curious about how the style of the books has evolved. Obviously the children who read the first one are now a lot older and have matured a bit, so does the writing reflect this? By the time she reaches the final book is she going to be targeting it at the adults the initial audience has become?
I get far too eager to see what\'s happening next and have picked up this mad ability to skip whole sections and still pick out all of the important bits. I got through all of the Lord of The Rings books in two days. Mind you, Tolkien made it easier by italicising all of Bombadil\'s bits so I knew when to skip to the end!
Going back onto the Potter topic, I\'m curious about how the style of the books has evolved. Obviously the children who read the first one are now a lot older and have matured a bit, so does the writing reflect this? By the time she reaches the final book is she going to be targeting it at the adults the initial audience has become?
Godlikebuthumble
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Well, pretty much so, I guess.
The style of the books has evolved in several ways: It evolved to show the \"maturing\" of the characters (that\'s why Harry p\'d me off with his \'tude in the fifth book), then also to match the mood of the developing story; learning more and more of the dark truths and high stakes makes for a \"darker\" style. (The ritual to resurrect Voldemort comes to mind...) Also, the style may change due to the aging of the general public, as you said. And let\'s not forget that Rowling\'s stile will naturally evolve... with the sequels. But I guess younger readers will still be able to enjoy the later novels, as they can still relate to the characters to a certain level.
The style of the books has evolved in several ways: It evolved to show the \"maturing\" of the characters (that\'s why Harry p\'d me off with his \'tude in the fifth book), then also to match the mood of the developing story; learning more and more of the dark truths and high stakes makes for a \"darker\" style. (The ritual to resurrect Voldemort comes to mind...) Also, the style may change due to the aging of the general public, as you said. And let\'s not forget that Rowling\'s stile will naturally evolve... with the sequels. But I guess younger readers will still be able to enjoy the later novels, as they can still relate to the characters to a certain level.
I believe The author said somewhere that she was evolving to follow the original audience. I definetly think the books get darker and more \'mature\'. My favorit is still the first one though, the thrill of discovering a new universe and all that closly followed by number 4.
closly followed by number 4.finished.
I got home from a wedding last night and the book was waiting at the door so I spent the day reading....
I want to talk about my predictions after others have read the book. How do I make the font on here invisible until others hilite it?
I have to say I like page 577 although it was a little creepy (my last name is Gibbon).
Hey? Quick question. Are the American versions still different? Or was that only the first book?
I got home from a wedding last night and the book was waiting at the door so I spent the day reading....
I want to talk about my predictions after others have read the book. How do I make the font on here invisible until others hilite it?
I have to say I like page 577 although it was a little creepy (my last name is Gibbon).
Hey? Quick question. Are the American versions still different? Or was that only the first book?
darthfoley
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They were different up until the last book IIRC. Books 5 and up are the same, UK v US versions.
Infidel Castro
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Now that\'s what I like to hear
