7/9 Has anyone read the Harry Potter books? Are they as good as the
hype make them out to be?
\_ they're really good children's books, i found them
to be entertaining, on the level as "the mouse and the
motorcycle", "charlie and the chocolate factory",
"stuart little", etc. the funky names for some things
in there are a little cheezy, but otherwise, it's all good.
people die in those books, get severly injured. and
the fun thing that you might've heard about on t.v.
is that the main characters are always out and about
messing around and defying authority and rules in general.
but all for a good purpose in the end of course. the first
book is the best, and the continuity between the successive
books is a neat thing. The Anti-Potter comments below,
just ignore. Best thing to do though is just grab
the first 3 at the library and see if you even like the
first.
\_ They're as good as any mass-market trash.
\_ Dude, they're children's books. I bet you were mad because
Star Wars 1 was juvenile and simplistic too. And anyway,
they piss off the middle American religious nut crowd. -John
\_ Do not use improper language; you are being disrepectful
to your namesake and all He has sacrificed for.
\_ I was mad that phantom menace looked like a beta for
the 1976 star wars movie.
\_ I was mad because the time spend downloading and
burning the movie to CD could have been better
spent giving myself a lobotomy. It was so bad that
it wasn't even worth the effort to pirate it.
\_ They're mediocre childrens' books. There are much better
authors in the same genre. Try Philip Pullman, or Diana Wynne
Jones to name a couple.
\_ Better yet, Dav Pilkey and _The Adventures of
Captain Underpants_. Excellent reading for a
bright 6-8 year old or average high schooler. -mel
\_ Stop reading Harry Potter!!!!! It's full of hidden messages
from Satan!!!
\_ No it isn't. The messages from Satan are right there.
\_ Ooh. More self-referential trolls! Whoohoo!
\_ That was two different people.
\_ None of these people have read the Harry Potter Books. They're
wonderful, on the level of any of Roald Dahl's best stuff. Adults
\_ Modern writing style is important. What are you going to do
when the kid asks what a "jalopy" or "chinese junk" is and
you don't know either? --oj
are clamoring for a recovering of the series so they don't look
silly reading in on the subway. I read the first three
back-to-back-to-back. I could not recommend any kiddy lit higher.
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\_ Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and Hobbit are classics though...
\_ The Hobbit was really weak. Read with an open mind as a
piece of literature and you'll find it rather boring and
pretty lame overall. There's not much story there.
\_ Go away stupid troll.
\_ Sorry to have ripped out a little bit of your soul &
childhood fantasies, but it wasn't a troll. I've
recently re-read the hobbit and it was even worse
than I remembered from HS. This isn't a troll. Go
read the damned thing again with honest eyes and
see for yourself. It would never make it today.
\_ Tasteless Tolkien ragging deleted. Mine more taste.
\_ reading Tolkien is about as fun as reading the most
dry history book you can find.
\_ umm, Roald Dahl's best stuff is not for kids. At all.
\_ Some of the DH Lawrence and Lewis Caroll stuff is much
better. Harry Potter is basically a repackaging of Hardy Boys
and Nancy Drew with a more modern writing style. A friend of
mine bought them for his kids and I tried to read them. I
found it hard to get through the first one and couldn't
finish the second one. Adults that read this stuff either have
young kids or would consider Danielle Steele et al. literary
giants.
\_ DH Lawrence? He writes soft porn! What good children's
books of his do you recommend?
\_ I was in line at midnight for my pre-ordered book.
\_ I was there at the first thing 9 a.m. in the morning at
Stacey's. I couldn't believe busy the registers became
within the first 5 minutes...
\_ You all just do not get the point! The point is that all
your classmates are reading it, so you read it too!
It's one of those things that characterize a generation.
\_ My gradeschool classmates don't read! Reading is for losers!
\_ it's definitely not a group bandwagon thing though.
somebody got me a pile of books for my birthday,
the first harry potter book being one of them.
so i thought, "oh bloody hell, person x spent
on this thing, i should read it." but i ended
up liking it.
\_ KIDS SHOULD BE RAISED READING NOTHING BUT AYN RAND. OVER AND OVER
AGAIN. OTHERWISE THEY'LL TURN OUT TO BE NOTHING BUT SOFT, MUSHY,
\_ ahh shaddup you white people.
WATERY-EYED WELFARE-STATE MOOCHERS, READY FOR NOTHING BUT BEING
PLUCKED AND CRUSHED BY OBJECTIVIST UBERMENSCHEN. YOU HAVE BEEN
WARNED.
\_ Hi kane!
\_ I read all my friends' children excerpts from the Soda motd
before bed. It builds character. -John
\_ "what kind of...."
\_ is this before or after you molest them?
\_ Yes. -John
\_ Does Ayn Rand advise using ALL CAPS at ALL TIMES as well?
\_ YES
\_tHANK yOU.
\_ Quiet Ilyas.
\_ That was someone trying to make fun of me and failing.
-- ilyas
\_ Actually, I didn't have you in mind at all when I wrote
that. But if you're a hardcore Randie, that deserves to
be made fun of far more than the whole "tell us about
the stars" thing -- original ALL-CAPS poster
\_ The "tell us about the stars" thing is funny? Do you
even know what that's about, or are you just repeating
it and sniggering because everyone else is too? Oh, and
sign your name.
\_ No, it's not funny, which is why being a Randie is
\_ for the same reason we laugh at retards.
\_ Are you going to give a real reason or
continue sniggering with the rest of the mob?
\_ Sniggering has proven quite amusing so far.
--first time on this thread
far more deserving a reason to be made fun of. Like
I said.
\_ Why is being a Randie funny?
\_ for the reason we laugh at drooling retards |
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