... school with ... Or, the "HP" series is a Diana Wynne Jones story with cars-- or a UK Le Guin "Earthsea" story with modern clothing-- all are equally ...
... because they're major sources in Old Norse, a ... where the ... Of course, I had momentarily forgotten... ! :) ... Ahhh... Although those are precisly the...
Lezlie's comment would be an excellent critique of the Harry Potter backlash that I mentioned in an earlier post ("an illogical burning resentment against the...
... We may agree here, David, so maybe clarification is needed, but when you write 'allowing uncontrolled sequelitis', it sounds like you're claiming that she...
In a message dated 8/1/2005 3:13:56 PM Central Daylight Time, bluewoad@... writes: What I find unfortunate about HP6 is that it feels to me a lot like ...
From: "Matthew Winslow" <bluewoad@...> ... They're 16 (going on 17 -- hey, that should be a song!) years old. Life at that age is pretty much mostly...
... to HP6. Of all the HP books, this is the one I loved the most and found the most> fascinating and read much the quickest -- all the others didn't hold my...
... with ... The first one was GOOD cotton candy. It was no Tolkien, but it was good for what it was. The later books are trying to be something more in the ...
... I think the question is whether they can be properly termed "sequels" when there's an overall plot structure being pieced together from beginning to end....
There is no comparison between the end of HP1 and the end of "The Fellowship of the RIng". For all that the question of handling Voldemort was left hanging at...
... Oh, please, no one here has made an argument anything like that. I know perfectly well that I'm not even going to write a good fantasy novel, let alone a...
... making ... own Talk about a cheap shot -- attempting to replace reasoned discussion of the merits and flaws of the books with an _ad hominem_ attack ...
Like Grace, I thought the Birdbath scene was actually rather signifigant. I have a feeling there was more to it than we were seeing on the surface. Remember...
(You will notice, David, that my defense of the HP books is cheerful and nonviolent. As opposed to my defense of LOTR re the movies that shall remain nameless....
Wendell, Well- I have no answer -- except to say that this isn't the only group of writer/reader/fantasists I engage in conversation with. I also hear many of...
... and ... Didn't you read the rest of the chapter? Here's Sam changing his mind when he still thinks it wrong to do so: "I can't help it. My place is by Mr....
In a message dated 8/2/2005 1:16:03 PM Central Daylight Time, ... and ... Didn't you read the rest of the chapter? ... Why, yes, yes I did. Didn't you read the...
... From: Amy H. Sturgis, Ph.D. Winner of the Guardian's alternate ending of Dumbledore's Death Dumbledore's death in the style of Geoffrey Chaucer Friday July...
I haven't been following all this thread because of just returning from vacation with paper for T2005 to complete, so this comment may be off-track. To me the...
Beth Russell
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Aug 2, 2005 10:09 pm
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Grace - I really think you'd better read it again. Sam leaves Frodo because he thinks Frodo is dead. There's no point in taking a dead body, nowhere in Mordor...
... For the record, I have not read HP6 yet (I'm still at about page 550 in Order of the Phoenix, which I've been reading all summer). However, I have been...
... thinks what ... wrong, ... he and Frodo ... quest ... doesn't mean it ... think that Sam ... I can't ... this. Ever. Having read both yours and David B's...
... Not contradictory, Joan. Sam did make the best choice he could: then later he changed his mind and decided it had been wrong. Then he got further ...
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