I'm sorry, I should have been more specific. I meant the Pullman books. This is a reasonable summary of the Harry Potter books though for anyone that hasn't read them...
Dana William Bowen writes: > oi, now this is getting confusing... > > I'll try to stay away from spoilers... > Book One: Harry Potter, orphaned boy, lives with awful uncle and aunt in > somewhat awful working class neighborhood. On (or about) his birthday he > gets a message by owl (the preferred messenger service for non-muggles); he > is to join his classmates at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. > Doesn't know he is a wizard, takes it in stride... Meets new friends, > witches, wizards, trolls, has adventure. Saves the day, defeating all > powerful evil wizard "destroyed" many years ago. No other wizard/witch > apparently has the power to do this, everyone happy. > > Book Two: Hmmm... Awful aunt and uncle still awful; Harry's birthday again, > time to go back to Hogwarts; new adventure; more friends...defeats evil > wizard again (still no one else seems capable...) > > Book Three: uuhhh...read description of book one and two...Dementors (wizard > prison guards) added for extra fun... > > Book Four: Main difference here is that it takes something on the order of a > Tom Clancy sized book to tell the story this time... > > That about sums it up... > > will > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:33 AM > Subject: Re: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > > can you give me an idea what the books are about without spoling it for > > will? > > > > Dana > > > > William Bowen writes: > > > > > hrmmm... maybe my interspersing them with LeCarre and Eco wasn't such a > good > > > idea after all... > > > > > > ;-) > > > > > > I mostly didn't like the feeling, when I was reading the Potter books > > > (especially after the first), that I had "read this all before" > somewhere... > > > > > > Trying to slog my way through A Game of Thrones right now...I saw the > > > Pullman books at my neighbor's house, might have to try them. > > > > > > will (still) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Will Swain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:02 AM > > > Subject: RE: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > > > > > > > > Not the only one William. I've read all of them, excepting the newest > one, > > > > and I was completely underwhelmed by them. > > > > > > > > Mind you, I was reading the Phillip Pullman His Dark Materials trilogy > at > > > > the same time, which is fiction ostensibly for young adults but very > > > > appealing to adults too, and THAT is good literature, IMHO. > > > > > > > > will (too) > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 24 June 2003 16:43 > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > > > > > > > > > > I sometimes think I must be the only adult in the world that does not > like > > > > the Harry Potter books... > > > > > > > > ...sigh... > > > > > > > > will > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 1:54 PM > > > > Subject: RE: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > > > > > > > > > > > From what I understand, it is very well written, and reads well for > most > > > > > ages, even adults. > > > > > > > > > > I know a number of adults that like the books. > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Harkins,Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 4:44 PM > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > Subject: RE: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > > > > > > > > > > It's a kid's book with a world that is very well-imagined, from > what I > > > > > > gather - not having read it yet! Probably the most fully imagined > > > since > > > > > > Lord > > > > > > of the Rings though this is probably the worst place to say that! > > > > > > On a less subjective note, I heard that Harry Potter was on the > > > adult's > > > > > > bestseller list for so long that it became an embarassment and > that is > > > > > > what > > > > > > prompted them to create the children's books lists! > > > > > > Patrick > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > > > >From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
