It's OK, just let it go, you'll feel better for it. (passes a tissue)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 June 2003 09:19 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > Don't man...I'm welling up...... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 June 2003 10:13 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > I think it's time for the first cf-community group hug, come > on, put down the muffins... > > <HUG> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 26 June 2003 09:04 > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > > > > Nah....we are modern men in touch with our emotions. Real men. > > Unafraid to show weakness and shed a tear. > > > > Oh sod it.......we're wimps!! > > > > will > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 26 June 2003 10:01 > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > > > > I cried at the end of the last one too, as have most people > I know who > > read it. > > > > Aren't we a bunch of wimps ;) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 26 June 2003 08:33 > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > > > > > > > Hello Dana, > > > > > > Sorry for the delay. > > > > > > Re the Pullman books. > > > > > > Book One: Set in a parallel world, almost like ours but slightly > > > different. Lyra, a girl, and her deamon, Pantalaimon, set > out on a > > > journey to rescue Lyra's freind, who has been captured. > > Along the way > > > she meets a variety of characters, including a talking, > armour clad > > > polar bear, an american aeronaut, an evil (step) mother, witches, > > > gypsies and many others. > > > > > > Basically, lots of discussion about the nature of spirituality, > > > sexuality, the role of the church, the loss of innocence, > > growing up, > > > etc etc. It's all done really well, Pullman is an > excellent writer > > > IMHO, unlike Rowling (again IMHO). I suppose the Pullman > books are > > > designed to appeal to an older audience than the first > Harry Poter > > > book, to be fair. > > > > > > I won't go into too much detail about the next two books as > > that would > > > give too much of the story away, other than to say that I > > don't mind > > > admitting that I cried at the end of the last book. > > > > > > I can;t recommend these books enough. The first one is > > called Northern > > > Lights, or The Golden Compass in the States apparently. Buy > > them, read > > > them. > > > > > > will > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 24 June 2003 17:58 > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Harry Potter Puts a cap in e-commerces rump! > > > > > > > > > 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 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
