I'm about 200 pages into Thrones and I haven't decided whether or not I like the single person per chapter style yet. I do like the fact that a well rounded character from one chapter can be killed in the next without so much as a second thought...
was going to read it on my flight to/from Paris last week but forgot it at the last minute and had to read my back up book, The Bourne Identity (re-reading from many years ago) will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:32 AM Subject: RE: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > Coincidentally, I'm reading A Clash of Kings (sequel to Game of Thrones). > They are pretty good, and generally engrossing, but they don't light me up > like some books do. Worthy read so far, but not on my top 10 list. > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 12:23 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: Re: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > : > : > : 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
