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12:53 am
July 30, 2009
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Chocozumasrevenge
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You might laugh, but yes, I do in fact love the Harry Potter series and have been rereading the series this couple of weeks. I've read 1-6 and I'm about a quarter through the seventh. What are you're opinions on the series? Which book is your favorite? Opinions on the movies/books? It may have to do with what generation I was born in but without this series I doubt I would really read any books at all. Now of corse there are books that are amazing that aren't a part of the Harry Potter franchise like To Kill a Mockingbird and Animal Farm, but Harry Potter was such a huge part of my childhood that it is easily one of, if not my favorite, book series of all time.
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6:44 am
July 30, 2009
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Jeromy
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I've never read the books and probably never will.When the movies first came out I tried to watch them but I ended watching the second one first and that pissed me off so I didn't finish it.
I did eventually watch them in order and they are all good movies, I still might go see the new one in the theater but I don't know if my 5 year old would be scared or not.
New Dumbledore is way better then the one who died in real life.
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4:53 pm
July 30, 2009
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JungleRatRob
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What pissed you off about the second one? Was it just that you accidentally watched it out of order?
As for me my wife is a huge Harry Potter fan. She got me to read the books & watch all the movies. I like them but I like sci-fi books (Asimov, Heinlien & Clarke) way more than fantasy. That's probably because I liked sci-fi during my childhood. I would recommend the Harry Potter books for any one old enough to read, but in my opinion the quality of the writing isn't really better than other fantasy writers like Tolkien. The movies are good movies in my opinion, and in some parts I think they tell the stories just a little better than the books.
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Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well.
*Isaac Asimov
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4:59 pm
July 30, 2009
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Jeromy
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JungleRatRob said:
What pissed you off about the second one? Was it just that you accidentally watched it out of order?
yes, out of order. I watched most of it before someone finally told me it was the second one and not the first. So I got pissed and didn't try to watch them again for several years
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5:00 pm
July 30, 2009
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JungleRatRob
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Oh one more thing, anyone who likes Harry Potter might want to try and read Ender's Game. It was written a while before any of the Harry Potter books, but from the first chapter you will notice similarites between the two series. Ender's Game is sci-fi and I think even though it is about kids it is a very 'grown-up' book.
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Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well.
*Isaac Asimov
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7:13 pm
July 30, 2009
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Chocozumasrevenge
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I agree with you on the writing. It clearly isn't anything special, good, but nothing amazing. The thing I love about the books are the deep character studies and the deep story. But in the end I have no in particular favorite genre of book but my favorite sci-fi book is tied between Fahrenheit 451 and Feed by M.T. Anderson. My Dad took several classes with Orson Scott Card (the guy who wrote Ender's Game) at UNC-G, Dad says he's a bit of a douche, but most great writers are :D.
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8:02 pm
July 30, 2009
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hugues
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Post edited 2:03 am – July 31, 2009 by hugues
JungleRatRob said:
Oh one more thing, anyone who likes Harry Potter might want to try and read Ender's Game. It was written a while before any of the Harry Potter books, but from the first chapter you will notice similarites between the two series. Ender's Game is sci-fi and I think even though it is about kids it is a very 'grown-up' book.
Like Star Wars, there's a lot of things in Harry Potter than can be traced to prior writings or legends. It may not all be on purpose because there's just so much that has been written and saved. You could easily write a scene or character that appear in another book without even knowing it. Sometimes I wonder how someone can create something truly “new” anymore.
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8:11 pm
July 30, 2009
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Jeromy
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Post edited 12:14 am – July 31, 2009 by Jeromy
Sometimes I wonder when how someone can create something truly “new” anymore.
In a world with computers we will see a machine manipulate pixels in such a way that it will create every image that ever existed and that ever will. The same can will be applied to text, only so many letter combinations. And music, atoms and everything else.
So if you think about it, nothing really is new just have not been arranged that way yet. After the super computers begin tackling these creation problems everything that can be created will be created. I sure wish I would be around to see it.
Oh and who ever creates this machine will be able to copyright, trademark and patent everything that comes out of it…which is everything. Think about it.
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