Harry Potter
Tuesday, July 10, 2001 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Anyone else here read the Harry Potter books? I scoffed at them for a long while and indeed the first one was pretty kiddie stuff.
But I just finished the 4th book, Goblet of Fire, and I'm hooked.
Any other HP readers here?
But I just finished the 4th book, Goblet of Fire, and I'm hooked.
Any other HP readers here?
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ess-vid
Reply #22 Friday, July 13, 2001 10:17 AM
Reply #22 Friday, July 13, 2001 10:17 AM
Oh, I enjoy fantasy, I just enjoy authors that know when to say "It's time to start the plot now, initial setup needs to end." It is possible to be detailed without boring the reader silly (see McCaffrey), after all.
Who knows, maybe the rest of his books are great. That one, however, was a pile.
Who knows, maybe the rest of his books are great. That one, however, was a pile.
ess-vid
Reply #23 Friday, July 13, 2001 10:38 AM
Reply #23 Friday, July 13, 2001 10:38 AM
"Stirring the pot"? No, I just didn't like what I read. People are welcome to like him, and as you see, many do, but many -don't- as well (usually for the reason I have, or being sick of "good vs evil" fantasy).
craeonics
Reply #24 Friday, July 13, 2001 5:27 PM
Reply #24 Friday, July 13, 2001 5:27 PM
Evil fantasy? There's no such thing. All fantasy is good in my book. Well, except Celtic fantasy ofcourse. That stuff is so boring I get sleepy by just looking at the cover.
beaker
Reply #25 Friday, July 13, 2001 6:07 PM
Reply #25 Friday, July 13, 2001 6:07 PM
Anyone read the Chronicles of Narnia series as a kid? I read them before the Tolkien series...
Chris
Reply #26 Friday, July 13, 2001 8:40 PM
Reply #26 Friday, July 13, 2001 8:40 PM
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Istari
Reply #27 Sunday, July 15, 2001 12:00 AM
Reply #27 Sunday, July 15, 2001 12:00 AM
LOTR is the standard fantasy fair. Sure some folks don't like it but some folks don't like anything. I haven't tried HP yet.
ess-vid
Reply #28 Sunday, July 15, 2001 3:17 AM
Reply #28 Sunday, July 15, 2001 3:17 AM
Hmm? Nono, crae, I mean "good vs evil" fantasy in the sense of that type of fantasy being "great good vs the sinister villiany" style stories. Things like the Black Company (fans of Myth (Myth, not Myst), by Bungie, will love this book, btw) most certainly do not fit this idea.
CygnusXII
Reply #29 Sunday, July 15, 2001 11:46 AM
Reply #29 Sunday, July 15, 2001 11:46 AM
Speaking of Myst.
Now there was an excellent, read.
The vision of those books, allmost fall off the pages. I have read them, probably 5 times or more.
Now there was an excellent, read.
The vision of those books, allmost fall off the pages. I have read them, probably 5 times or more.
bananafactor
Reply #30 Sunday, July 15, 2001 12:26 PM
Reply #30 Sunday, July 15, 2001 12:26 PM
cygnus: myst is by... who? I'm looking for some good fantasy read at the moment
CygnusXII
Reply #31 Sunday, July 15, 2001 5:14 PM
Reply #31 Sunday, July 15, 2001 5:14 PM
Myst: The Book of Tiana
Myst: The Book of Atrus
Myst: The Book of D'ni
Rand Miller,David Wingrove
Myst: The Book of Atrus
Myst: The Book of D'ni
Rand Miller,David Wingrove
craeonics
Reply #32 Monday, July 16, 2001 5:06 AM
Reply #32 Monday, July 16, 2001 5:06 AM
Ah, that "good vs evil". Most fantasy I read follows that line of thought. One evil foe out to destory the world and such. Guess it's tradition to do it in that style, though I have read fantasy which was quite different from it (rarely).
Frank Leon
Reply #33 Monday, July 16, 2001 12:31 PM
Reply #33 Monday, July 16, 2001 12:31 PM
I wouldn't touch harry potter books with a ten foot pole. Give me some heinlein or bradbury any day.
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Reply #21 Friday, July 13, 2001 10:13 AM
potter seemed pretty cool, but we got interrupted reading it - it struck me as having the same atmosphere as 'dirk gently's holistic detective agency.' like others i've talked to, i feel it's a bit destructive to the suspension of disbelief to have some massively organised, heavily infrastructured subculture thriving away -totally- unnoticed by modern society (unless it's a bit tongue-in-cheek - then that's all good.)
in keeping with the mutation of this thread into a discussion of fantastic lit in general, here's a simple list of what i feel are the greats..
elric series - michael moorcock
cthulhu mythos - h.p.lovecraft
myth - robert asprin
middle earth - jrrt
lankhmar - fritz leiber
conan - r.e. howard
amber - roger zelazny
thieves' world - collaboration
gormenghast - mervyn peake
earthsea - ursula leguin
discworld - terry pratchett