Narnia is a good analogy. Tolkien is much darker and much more complex. Dana
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:01:11 -0700, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I concur with Erika. It is a very well written Junior (not quite kids) > book. I'm not sure if it measures with Lord of the Rings as suggested > but > still a very enjoyable series of books to read. I would compare it with > other classics of it's class: Narnia Series comes to mind, James and the > Giant Peach, Great Brain series, other's I can't pull the names out of my > head. > > I think some of the phenomena is that it has been some time since an > young > adult's book has been so well written that adults could enjoy it with out > going "OH PLEASE". Recent works seem to be mostly along the lines of > Babysitter High novellas. > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > Sacramento, CA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 1:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > Yea i've been avoiding it for years, i just finally saw the stats on its > online sales so i figured it can't be all morons who read it. > > I suppose i'll cave one day and watch it. Hay for years i never watched > titantic because i figured it was garbage i knew what was going to happen > and well i still think its garbage. Some girl i was courting managed to > get > me to watch it...just like the world it takes a woman to get a guy to do > anything lol. > > And i'll say this just so phil gets to wipe the drool off your > face...scrapple! > Parents send me down some and boy was that old rapa good over the > weekend. > > > "When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. Sure, I was good > with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts people off!" > Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erika L Walker-Arnold" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 4:38 PM > Subject: RE: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > >> LOL. Bill: it's been all over the news for years now. What cave you in >> ;) >> >> It may be a children's book, but it's a very adult read as well. She can >> write quite a complicated plot, ... Though bear in mind I'm certianly no >> literature expert ... I just like my books, and I happen to really enjoy >> her stories. >> >> The movie and the merchandising from it have made it into a REALLY big >> deal. That and the rag to riches story of the author. >> >> Cheers, >> Erika >> >> >>| -----Original Message----- >> >>| From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>| Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 9:31 PM >> >>| To: CF-Community >> >>| Subject: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! >> >>| >> >>| >> >>| http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/06/23/potter.amazon.ap >> >>| /index.html >> >>| >> >>| Ok wtf is the big deal about this book? I thought it was >> >>| just a kids thing? I mean thats a shit load of books lol. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
