Valdar and Astralis Posted July 17, 2005 Report Posted July 17, 2005 Sirrius is still dead! . . . bwa ha ha The book is awesome. The ending, shocking. I'll say no more. . .I loved it!
Sweetcherrie Posted July 17, 2005 Report Posted July 17, 2005 aarrg, I have got to get my hands on a copy....
Gryphon Posted July 17, 2005 Report Posted July 17, 2005 (edited) I got it... I read a chapter the first day... no, make that two chapters... I sat down to read a bit more on Sunday night... I put down the book when I completed reading it at 1:20am Monday morning... ... I have got to know what happens in the next one! How long do we have to wait again? That book was so cool, and OMG, Valdar - wasn't it though? I mean that ending? Who'd have thunk it? Crazy. Cool. Yeah. Me obscure? Nah. I just didn't get much sleep last night for some reason. Edited July 17, 2005 by Gryphon
Gwaihir Posted July 18, 2005 Report Posted July 18, 2005 Honestly, I loved it, but I was disapointed that it wasn't more surprising. I still think I know how thte series ends and well, I was 4/5ths right about this one so I fear...
Peredhil Posted July 18, 2005 Report Posted July 18, 2005 I still think Dumbledore is Ron Weasley gone back to the past through time travel...
Gwaihir Posted July 18, 2005 Report Posted July 18, 2005 Peredhil--I love that theory a lot, but I do think that JKRowling said it wasn't correct (at least as stated--perhaps it's partially so.)
Valdar and Astralis Posted July 18, 2005 Author Report Posted July 18, 2005 (edited) Peredhil - you wouldn't happen to have a link to that theory, would you? \ / I remember reading it ages ago, and would like to see exactly what it proposed would happen. Edited July 18, 2005 by Valdar and Astralis
Peredhil Posted July 18, 2005 Report Posted July 18, 2005 huh, there's a link? It's been refuted? Wow. It came out of a discussion with Nyyark and a couple of others about the books. The description of Ron's face was similar to the young Dumbledore in Chamber of secrets, and they both had red/auburn hair. Ron always gets socks for Christmas, and Dumbledore saw socks in the mirror. The jelly beans shouldn't've been made when Dumbledore was growing up, but he'd tasted a vomit flavored one. Basically, I was pointing out continuity dissonance from the GameMaster point of view, and just joking around. I was still joking around in my post above! If you find that link, I'd be interested in reading it.
Gwaihir Posted July 18, 2005 Report Posted July 18, 2005 Here's where I first read the Ron/Dumbledore idea http://www.knight2king.net/Knight2King/weasleyisourking.html and here is the refutation (I'm not sure to be relieved that time travel is not likely to come up again or disapointed that such a beautiful theory is probably not correct.) http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/rumours_view.cfm?id=31
Peredhil Posted July 18, 2005 Report Posted July 18, 2005 Oh MY! The Knight people *really* read far more into it than I ever thought to consider! Reminds me of myself and Tolkien books.
Katzaniel Posted July 18, 2005 Report Posted July 18, 2005 Yeah, I had read that theory before, and was deeply convinced until I came across that refutation. It really did seem to fit everything. But I should probably duck out of this thread, because I'm one of those infidels who hasn't read HBP yet, and I wouldn't want to get attacked by tomatoes. (*giggle*)
troubled sleep Posted July 19, 2005 Report Posted July 19, 2005 (edited) Wow, I'm glad to hear that I wasn't the only one up until the wee hours of Monday morning!! I finished shortly before two am this morning...and the ending most definitely caught me off guard! Oh well, at least there was no random Harry shouting for pages and pages on end like in Order of the Phoenix. That *really* started to bug me after the first seven straight pages of it. Also, I'd never heard the theory about Ron being Dumbledore...it's interesting, though. Edited July 19, 2005 by troubled sleep
Appy Posted July 19, 2005 Report Posted July 19, 2005 *Appy didn't even read Order of the Pheonix yet.. so no spoilers to that one either please!* I'll be in this corner now, sobbing
Salinye Posted July 19, 2005 Report Posted July 19, 2005 I'm reading it right now! I'm near the page 300 mark. I just finished the chapter that has his second lesson with Dumbledore. I am LOVING this book so far. I feel like so far it's the maturist in content. But, when I'm done reading it I'll zip up to the spoiler thread and discuss it there!! ~Salinye
Yui-chan Posted July 19, 2005 Report Posted July 19, 2005 Why are the Potter books good? It still amuses me to no end that they appeal to adults when they're written for teens. Inquisitive, ~Yui
Gwaihir Posted July 19, 2005 Report Posted July 19, 2005 Yui, Did you know that teens were a large porportion of Dickens' audience too? (He changed his writing and added things in just to appeal to them etc.) Anyway, I've never yet seen a fantasy/sci fi book that I couldn't have read as a young teen, but that doesn't make me like them less (just makes me read faster.)
dragonqueen Posted July 23, 2005 Report Posted July 23, 2005 In general I try to stay off the subject of HP because I'm not really sure what I think of it, and because I tend to rant. However, I saw your post, Yui, and I felt compelled to reply. I have often wondered the same thing. What is it, exactly, that cause HP books to fly of the shelves, and makes J.K.Rowling so rich? One thing I find ironic is that the books are hundreds of pages long, yet they're written for a younger audience, though of course, teens are completely capable of reading 600 page books. I guess maybe I thought the target audience was younger than that. Still, everyone seems to love them. I believe I've only met one person who hated HP. Anyways, I find the HP phenomenon strange and inexplicable, and it's nice to know I'm not completely alone. Also, I was glad to read this book is free of Harry rants. I haven't read it yet; I'm waiting for my sister to finish our copy. So, that's my two cents. I might post again after I've read the book. -DQ
Mira Posted July 23, 2005 Report Posted July 23, 2005 The Harry Potter Books are written at a 7th grade reading level I believe. I have also read somewhere that the majority of Americans, (and I'm forced to assume this applies to many other English speaking countries) read at a 7th grade level.
Wyvern Posted July 23, 2005 Report Posted July 23, 2005 Wyvern snorts upon hearing the discussion of Harry Potter, and quickly sets up a booth in the corner of the Cabaret Room. The overgrown lizard scrawls "J.K Rowlings, Just for Kids? JDRollins, Just Different!" onto a spare sheet of cardboard, then tacks the sign onto the front of his counter. "Tired of J.K Rowling? Read all the Harry Potter books and need a new escape? Come check out JDRollins, the latest Pen pop sssensation!" Wyvern sets four sheets onto the table in front of him, and waves his claws over each of them. Each piece of paper has the initials "J.D" engraved on the upper-righthand corner in a neon golden brownish-yellow hue. Wyvern strikes a toothy grin and pulls out a disfunctional Almost Dragonic Brand not-so-Megaphone. "I've begun reading through JDRollins works, and mussst say that I find them highly marketa- err, impressive. I'm 40 words into "How do I see the Klingon Empire," and can already envision several movie spin-offs (comparisons to popular sci-fi flicks are purely coincidental). Besides, Gregor of House Tinara has way more tact than any schoolboy magician ever could." ;-)
JDRollins Posted July 24, 2005 Report Posted July 24, 2005 Why thanks for the intro there Wyvern I am touched (and I do mean mentally ) Wait until I post more of my poetry lol
Akallabeth Posted July 24, 2005 Report Posted July 24, 2005 (edited) *enters late* Still working through it. It's been pretty good so far. Sorry I've been so inactive, but I'm in more of a reading mood than writing mood. . . EDIT: By the way, hello JD Edited July 24, 2005 by Akallabeth
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