The Breakfast.info
General Discussions => Inner Glimpse => Topic started by: antbach on July 17, 2007, 04:49:22 pm
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Four days. Buy it. Read it. Enjoy it. Otherwise come back to this thread sometime Saturday evening/ Sunday afternoon and I will spoil the ending (maybe) after my one-sitting-reading.
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It\'s Gwyneth\'s head in the box.
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is this the box in question?
(http://www.celebrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/justin-timberlake-dick-in-a-box-2-8-07.jpg)
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Bruce Willis is a ghost.
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I just finished it after a ser session of pure isolated bliss. It is absolutely magnificent. I honestly am still trying to wrap my brain completely around what ive just experienced. JKRowling is GOD.
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I just finished it after a ser session of pure isolated bliss. It is absolutely magnificent. I honestly am still trying to wrap my brain completely around what ive just experienced. JKRowling is GOD.
don\'t soil yourself over there, johnny..:inky:
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don\'t soil yourself over there, johnny..:inky:
Too late for that!
I think I found Upstate\'s new home!! In 2009, Universal Orlando Resort will open The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. (http://www.universalorlando.com/harrypotter/)
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I just finished it after a ser session of pure isolated bliss. It is absolutely magnificent. I honestly am still trying to wrap my brain completely around what ive just experienced. JKRowling is GOD.
The only regret is that she really DID make it so no others will be written. But otherwise, well said.
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http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/pottercovers.html (http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/pottercovers.html)
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Really enjoyed the book.
High body count.
I think the book stands on its own like the rest of them. It didn\'t fizzle or wimp out and for that I was pleased.
I thought the tension developed in the first few chapters set the tone for the whole book. Wrapped up a lot of loose ends nicely.
Well done.
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I\'m exactly 200 pages into the book and it\'s hard to put down, but yardwork/sleep/work will probably keep me from finishing it before the end of the week. But so far it\'s really good.
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I\'m exactly 200 pages into the book and it\'s hard to put down, but yardwork/sleep/work will probably keep me from finishing it before the end of the week. But so far it\'s really good.
If thats the case we should try to not put any spoilers in this thread or if anyone does please make sure to note them.
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is it really worth Reading the Potter series?
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Absolutely! I was against the books until the dvd of the first book came out and thought it was pretty good. At the time my girlfriend (soon to be wife) had read the first book and got me to read it. After that, I read the next 3 books in a couple week period and have been reading them ever since. I\'m actually looking forward to finishing the book and giving it some time so that I can read them all in a row, one after another. If I had to compare a series of books, I would say that I enjoy this series as much or more than Stephen King\'s Dark Tower series.
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is it really worth Reading the Potter series?
Easy reading. Lots of hidden clues that get worked out in the series. And an ageless tale of good v. evil and growing up etc
Rowling tells a good tale. If your ever down by us stop in and we will give you most of them. We have 2 of the last book.
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I just reread the last four or five chapters and they were better the second time (amazing how many tiny things you miss the first time, even though you had read carefully); which is leading me to start from page one again, though I may just start from book one again instead and read the entire series straight through for the 4th time (did not start reading them until after book 4 was out, then reread the series before the book 5 and 6 releases; skipped and did 5 and 6 before this one came out). It is most definitely worth reading the entire series, like it was noted, it\'s an easy read, and very entertaining. And I personally must thank Rowling for her efforts, without the Harry Potter series I would not have started reading for pleasure again (used to read alot when I was a kid, but stopped and became a couch potato).
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Tried reading the first book and got bored after 5, or maybe it was 4, chapters. Thought she wanted to be Roald Dahl or CS Lewis, but wasn\'t up to it.
However, I have seen the first three films on TV and thought they weren\'t bad stories - ie the classic family good vs evil type thing. But to be honest, my only reason for watching the films is the supporting cast, who number amongst the cream of British actors.
People keep telling me the later books are better written, but if I want intelligent fantasy, give me Pratchet over Potter anytime.
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Tried reading the first book and got bored after 5, or maybe it was 4, chapters. Thought she wanted to be Roald Dahl or CS Lewis, but wasn\'t up to it.
However, I have seen the first three films on TV and thought they weren\'t bad stories - ie the classic family good vs evil type thing. But to be honest, my only reason for watching the films is the supporting cast, who number amongst the cream of British actors.
People keep telling me the later books are better written, but if I want intelligent fantasy, give me Pratchet over Potter anytime.
We think your spot on about the 1st book. They definitely get better and IMHO more exciting as the kids age and start to tackle more mature themes. The most recent movie Order of the Phoenix (book 5) is probably where the potter series really starts to shine IMO. The earlier books are great but there is something about the difference in style between book 4 and book 5. This book had more tension than most movies I have seen but perhaps it was the past investment in those characters which created that feeling
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I really have to send out a big FU to Opie and Anthony. I turned on the radio to hear some of their lackies throwing out spoilers to the people on line to get the book at midnight friday night. Although I\'m still excited to read the book, and I hope that they were wrong about what they said, they have definitely taken a little wind out of the sails. It\'s just my opinion, but Rowland should not have mentioned that 2 main characters die, that just sets the rumor mills in motion. People just can\'t leave well enough alone.
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I will not say if the spoilers are/were true or not, but am interested in what Opie and Anthony had said they were if you care to share.
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Ant - sent you a PM, didn\'t want to put those spoilers out and potential ruin the book for others.
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I picked it up at a midnight opening in my town (yes uber dork) but am only ~350pgs in. but I\'m sure I will finish it on my jaunt to Camp barefoot. Very tense in the early stages and then kinda pitters out a little, but I can tell it\'s picking up. I\'m partly taking it so slow cause I just don\'t want it to end.
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Figured some of you Potter-Heads would enjoy this.
LONDON - Teenage film star Daniel Radcliffe threw off Harry Potter\'s invisibility cloak on Tuesday to appear naked on a London stage in the psychological thriller "Equus."
Radcliffe, who found fame as the young wizard in the Potter films, plays a troubled stable boy who ritualistically blinds horses in a production that has caused a flurry of excitement among his hordes of teenage fans.
Radcliffe confessed afterwards to first night nerves but said he had no qualms about baring all after two weeks of doing the play in previews.
"After the first couple of previews, I didn\'t really care anymore," he told Reuters Television.
Asked about all the publicity over his nude scenes, he said "It all seemed to imply the nudity was gratuitous which it isn\'t at all."
He won a standing ovation on opening night at London\'s Gielgud Theater and fellow actors who came to watch were full of praise for his courage in taking on such a gruelling role.
"I am so impressed with his choice of play and the career Daniel Radcliffe is having," Hollywood star Christian Slater told Reuters.
You could hear a pin drop in the auditorium when 17-year-old Radcliffe performed his naked scene with actress Joanna Christie, who plays his girlfriend.
"It is an incredible part for a young actor. He is taking a big risk," British actor Richard E. Grant said.
Not since Nicole Kidman bared all in "The Blue Room" in 1998 and was hailed as "pure theatrical Viagra" has so much hype greeted stage nudity in London with publicity photos of Radcliffe helping to ensure two million pounds in advance sales.
Pottermania struck at the stage door with fans clamoring for autographs at performances of Peter Shaffer\'s play, first produced in 1973.
But did fans of the clean-cut boy wizard object to their hero smoking, swearing and appearing naked on stage?
Radcliffe said: "We have had some pretty hardcore fans at the stage door and they have all been very supportive and lovely about it."
But Radcliffe, who has had voice coaching and worked out in the gym in preparation, at least has one familiar face on stage.
The role of the psychiatrist who treats the tortured boy is performed by Richard Griffiths, the portly British actor who plays Potter\'s vile Uncle Vernon in the Potter films.
Griffiths said of Radcliffe\'s performance "You keep forgetting he is only 17. He handles himself with such aplomb."
However one famous face was missing on opening night -- JK Rowling, author of the Potter books that became a global publishing phenomenon before being turned into box office hits.
But Radcliffe said "She is coming to see it at some point. I don\'t think she objected in any way. She was very happy to see me going off and doing something else.
(http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20070227&t=2&i=421764&w=r=421764)
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didn\'t want to start a new thread so here it is....
Dumbledore gay?
J.K. Rowling Outs Hogwarts Character
By HILLEL ITALIE,AP
Posted: 2007-10-20 11:34:51
NEW YORK (Oct. 20) - Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night while appearing before a full house at Carnegie Hall.
After reading briefly from the final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," she took questions from audience members.
She was asked by one young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love."
"Dumbledore is gay," the author responded to gasps and applause.
She then explained that Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, whom he defeated long ago in a battle between good and bad wizards. "Falling in love can blind us to an extent," Rowling said of Dumbledore\'s feelings, adding that Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down."
Dumbledore\'s love, she observed, was his "great tragedy."
"Oh, my god," Rowling concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction."
Potter readers on fan sites and elsewhere on the Internet have speculated on the sexuality of Dumbledore, noting that he has no close relationship with women and a mysterious, troubled past. And explicit scenes with Dumbledore already have appeared in fan fiction.
Rowling told the audience that while working on the planned sixth Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ," she spotted a reference in the script to a girl who once was of interest to Dumbledore. A note was duly passed to director David Yates, revealing the truth about her character.
Rowling, finishing a brief "Open Book Tour" of the United States, her first tour here since 2000, also said that she regarded her Potter books as a "prolonged argument for tolerance" and urged her fans to "question authority."
Not everyone likes her work, Rowling said, likely referring to Christian groups that have alleged the books promote witchcraft. Her news about Dumbledore, she said, will give them one more reason.
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read that today.
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finally finished the hallows tonight. best book I have ever read. hands down. if you haven\'t ever read the series your really truly missing out in a big way. don\'t deprive yourself any longer. The first book and series starts out somewhat childish and unassuming but trust it is anything but that in the end. Overall its the best work of fiction ever created. The last two movies are gonna be really hard to pull off with as much epicness and emotion as the books bring to the table.
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The best work of fiction ever created? That is a bold statement. Just because you said that I will read the series, but I think I can assume with decent confidence that I will disagree.
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best ever status has always been subjective.
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<- still working his way through book 5.
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i really enjoyed this series. i avoid best ever claims except for when referring to breakfast shows. but this series is one of my favorite works of fiction.
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<- still working his way through book 5.
me too. but for the. . .fuck, can\'t remember, probably 8th time. I agree with the best ever comment, but then again I have nothing to compare it to because I do not read much other material besides the Potter series and Chuck Palahniuk.
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listen to the audio books by read by steven fry. it\'s so much better that way.
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ok, I have now after 6 months :wah: give or take of reading completed the entire series. I have not read this thread yet, but mandler, you may now have the conversation with me you\'ve been dying to all this time.
Oh, and this was very, very well written. However I think I still have to give it up to dark tower being a better series.
Now to attack 6 months worth of books that were added to the "next to read" list. First stop is either moby dick or gravity\'s rainbow.
ahhhhh... :)
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J.K. Rowling is back.
Harry Potter\'s adventures ended in 2007 with Deathly Hallows, the seventh book in the blockbuster series, but The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a book of five fairy tales written and illustrated by Rowling, goes on sale Thursday. First printing: 3.5 million copies. (Hallows\' first printing was 12 million.)
Like the Potter books, review copies aren\'t available to critics, and the contents haven\'t been leaked on the Internet.
But Rowling\'s star power and healthy sales of young-adult books, including Stephenie Meyer\'s immensely popular Twilight series, are strong indicators that Beedle will be a best seller.
And then there\'s the fact that Beedle has a direct link to the boy wizard\'s adventures: Beedle is the book that Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore bequeaths to Harry\'s friend Hermione Granger in Deathly Hallows.
Advance sales of the $12.99 edition, which retailers including Borders, Barnes & Noble and Amazon are offering at a deep discount, are brisk on the three booksellers\' websites.
Amazon also is publishing 100,000 copies of a $100 collector\'s edition.
Amazon\'s Daphne Durham is not ready to predict that Beedle will be the biggest book of the holiday season, but she expects sales to be strong.
The stories in Beedle hold clues that help Harry destroy his mortal enemy Lord Voldemort. They are described as fables that wizard parents tell their children.
Only one Beedle story — "The Tale of the Three Brothers" —is recounted in Deathly Hallows. It and the other four are in Rowling\'s new book: "The Fountain of Fair Fortune," "The Warlock\'s Hairy Heart," "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot" and "Rabbitty Babbitty and Her Cackling Stump."
"They feel like folk tales or fairy tales that have been around forever," says Arthur Levine of Scholastic, Rowling\'s U.S. publisher. "They\'re as good as any Grimm tale that you might have read in your own childhood. But that\'s just Rowling\'s incredible skill."
Last year Rowling produced seven illustrated, hand-written copies of Beedle. She gave six to close friends and one to The Children\'s High Level Group (CHLG), a charity she helped found in 2005. Amazon bought it at auction for $4 million.
CHLG, needing more money for its work, is publishing Beedle in collaboration with Scholastic, Bloomsbury, Rowling\'s U.K. publisher, and Amazon. The book will be published in 38 languages.
Net proceeds will help institutionalized children in European countries including Romania, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Moldova and Armenia.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518Q3w-K5lL._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Beedle-Bard-Standard/dp/0545128285/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228158433&sr=8-1)
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Yeah - I put this on my Christmas for my wife
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moby dick
In my top 5 most hated novels.
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moby dick
In my top 5 most hated novels.
It\'s the name isn\'t it :)
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No way! I like Moby, and dick!
Oh god.
:duck:
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No way! I like Moby, and dick!
Oh god.
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hehehehe. luckily the people who would normally make fun of that don\'t read that much and certainly don\'t read harry potter so you\'re probably safe.
Moby Dick is not his best work though. bartleby the scrivener is one of my top 5 best books. :thumbsup: