Fucking win. Thoughts/opinions?
Fucking win. Thoughts/opinions?
haven't read them or even heard about them until recently we read an article in the Atlantic in our AP english class about the controversies about the new movie
all the controversy sounds interesting, but im not a fan of the fantasy stuff like that so i doubt il read them or see the movie
all the controversy sounds interesting, but im not a fan of the fantasy stuff like that so i doubt il read them or see the movie
I'm told I have a highly developed taste in books (I shan't read any literature written in poor English - Harry Potter for example) but for some strange reason I never could engage in The Northern Lights. Admittedly this was about 3 or 4 years ago, but its style of writing was good yet... I couldn't stomach it for some reason. Perhaps I should eventually read it, but I've got a lot to go through before then.
I hate phillip pullman, his books bore the shit out of me.
Fantastic Trilogy.
If you haven't read them, read them,you won't be disappointed.
If you haven't read them, read them,you won't be disappointed.
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
My fave books of all time *Waits for FatherTed's post in here*
read them all un-countable times and going to see the film on Wednesday, hopefully lives up to my expectations
read them all un-countable times and going to see the film on Wednesday, hopefully lives up to my expectations
Beat ya by 2 secondsWhite-Fusion wrote:
My fave books of all time *Waits for FatherTed's post in here*
read them all un-countable times and going to see the film on Wednesday, hopefully lives up to my expectations
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
HackerFatherTed wrote:
Beat ya by 2 secondsWhite-Fusion wrote:
My fave books of all time *Waits for FatherTed's post in here*
read them all un-countable times and going to see the film on Wednesday, hopefully lives up to my expectations
Your loss. Despite occasional predictability, it is a fun series to read, written in a manner of colloquial English. But by your standards, does 'poor English' also apply to the works of Shakespeare?TheDarkRaven wrote:
I shan't read any literature written in poor English - Harry Potter for example
Just to piss you off, let me recommend the pun-pocked Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
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I read them when I was about 12/13, re-reading them after finding them all stacked up in my library. Gunna try to read them all in a week..FatherTed wrote:
Fantastic Trilogy.
If you haven't read them, read them,you won't be disappointed.
Northern Lights - 399 pages
Subtle Knife - 341 pages
The Amber Spyglass - 548 pages
Shiz, that's a lot for a week.
Bleh, that's a few nights reading for me, same, read them when i was about 13 i think.Funky_Finny wrote:
I read them when I was about 12/13, re-reading them after finding them all stacked up in my library. Gunna try to read them all in a week..FatherTed wrote:
Fantastic Trilogy.
If you haven't read them, read them,you won't be disappointed.
Northern Lights - 399 pages
Subtle Knife - 341 pages
The Amber Spyglass - 548 pages
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Shiz, that's a lot for a week.
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Northern Lights? I thought it was called The Golden Compass... thats what the movie is called and the book on my shelf is called.
Oh, I'm not complaining of the plot - that's all very well and good. However, given that I was 10 (11 at most) and proof-reading the first Harry Potter book and discovering an average of about 4 errors per page (in a fifth edition), I find that rather poor. Thus I didn't find it fun to read at all - rather more painful than enjoyable. Truly, pulling my teeth out whilst laying on a bed of needles with my tendons being torn from my supple body would be more enjoyable than returning to that series.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Your loss. Despite occasional predictability, it is a fun series to read, written in a manner of colloquial English. But by your standards, does 'poor English' also apply to the works of Shakespeare?TheDarkRaven wrote:
I shan't read any literature written in poor English - Harry Potter for example
Just to piss you off, let me recommend the pun-pocked Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
And actually, Shakespeare was a wonderful writer - you have to judge him in the context of his time and the development and application of the English language as it was at the time. To compare pure Shakespeare's works to modern literature by modern standards of Modern English would be rather ridiculous - and I find your implicated suggestion of this quite horrid. Shakespeare still conveys a love for English, writing and life in modern terms - it truly is something to behold, if a little bewildering at times with the vast changes in the English Language as it was to as it is now.
EDIT/P.S.: Sadly, I haven't had the pleasure of reading the Xanth series, but I shall endeavour to peruse them in due course.
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They changed it. Because they are teh ghey.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Northern Lights? I thought it was called The Golden Compass... thats what the movie is called and the book on my shelf is called.
Was it Northern Lights first or second? Because my book is at least 7 or 8 years old and it has the Golden Compass as the title.Funky_Finny wrote:
They changed it. Because they are teh ghey.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Northern Lights? I thought it was called The Golden Compass... thats what the movie is called and the book on my shelf is called.
Pretty sure Northern Lights was first, [/s]and they changed it for the movie.[/s]Winston_Churchill wrote:
Was it Northern Lights first or second? Because my book is at least 7 or 8 years old and it has the Golden Compass as the title.Funky_Finny wrote:
They changed it. Because they are teh ghey.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Northern Lights? I thought it was called The Golden Compass... thats what the movie is called and the book on my shelf is called.
Damn, that sounded stupid.
I dunno why they changed it. 70% sure Northern Lights came first.
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I've heard they've made the movie more childish.. although I haven't looked into it.Funky_Finny wrote:
Pretty sure Northern Lights was first, and they changed it for the movie.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Was it Northern Lights first or second? Because my book is at least 7 or 8 years old and it has the Golden Compass as the title.Funky_Finny wrote:
They changed it. Because they are teh ghey.
*looks*
Prolly.Simon wrote:
I've heard they've made the movie more childish.. although I haven't looked into it.Funky_Finny wrote:
Pretty sure Northern Lights was first, and they changed it for the movie.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Was it Northern Lights first or second? Because my book is at least 7 or 8 years old and it has the Golden Compass as the title.
*looks*
Seen the picture for it? I want to ride a bear like that.
*No puns needed*
I think it depends where it was printed, but Northen Lights is the original, i got the book about a week after it's release.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Was it Northern Lights first or second? Because my book is at least 7 or 8 years old and it has the Golden Compass as the title.Funky_Finny wrote:
They changed it. Because they are teh ghey.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Northern Lights? I thought it was called The Golden Compass... thats what the movie is called and the book on my shelf is called.
It's fucking clever stuff, draws so many parallels to real life, faith and war.
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Is it fantasy? Never heard of 'em, but I don't particularly like fantasy stuff like LOTR or Chronicles of Narnia. I do love reading though.
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I've heard they've made the movie more childish.. although I haven't looked into it.Funky_Finny wrote:
Pretty sure Northern Lights was first, and they changed it for the movie.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Was it Northern Lights first or second? Because my book is at least 7 or 8 years old and it has the Golden Compass as the title.Funky_Finny wrote:
They changed it. Because they are teh ghey.
*looks*
In england its still Northern lights to my knowlege. I assumed they dumned down the name for the americans, like the did with Harry Potter and the philosophers stone (american - Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone)
That only proves that you can look past the grammar and see a story for what it is, if you so choose.TheDarkRaven wrote:
And actually, Shakespeare was a wonderful writer - you have to judge him in the context of his time and the development and application of the English language as it was at the time. To compare pure Shakespeare's works to modern literature by modern standards of Modern English would be rather ridiculous - and I find your implicated suggestion of this quite horrid. Shakespeare still conveys a love for English, writing and life in modern terms - it truly is something to behold, if a little bewildering at times with the vast changes in the English Language as it was to as it is now.
TheDarkRaven wrote:
poor English
Huh.TheDarkRaven wrote:
Oh, I'm not complaining of the plot
Huh.jimmanycricket wrote:
...dumned down the name for the americans
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geekTheDarkRaven wrote:
Oh, I'm not complaining of the plot - that's all very well and good. However, given that I was 10 (11 at most) and proof-reading the first Harry Potter book and discovering an average of about 4 errors per page (in a fifth edition), I find that rather poor. Thus I didn't find it fun to read at all - rather more painful than enjoyable. Truly, pulling my teeth out whilst laying on a bed of needles with my tendons being torn from my supple body would be more enjoyable than returning to that series.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Your loss. Despite occasional predictability, it is a fun series to read, written in a manner of colloquial English. But by your standards, does 'poor English' also apply to the works of Shakespeare?TheDarkRaven wrote:
I shan't read any literature written in poor English - Harry Potter for example
Just to piss you off, let me recommend the pun-pocked Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
And actually, Shakespeare was a wonderful writer - you have to judge him in the context of his time and the development and application of the English language as it was at the time. To compare pure Shakespeare's works to modern literature by modern standards of Modern English would be rather ridiculous - and I find your implicated suggestion of this quite horrid. Shakespeare still conveys a love for English, writing and life in modern terms - it truly is something to behold, if a little bewildering at times with the vast changes in the English Language as it was to as it is now.
EDIT/P.S.: Sadly, I haven't had the pleasure of reading the Xanth series, but I shall endeavour to peruse them in due course.
Agreed.I'm Jamesey wrote:
geekTheDarkRaven wrote:
Oh, I'm not complaining of the plot - that's all very well and good. However, given that I was 10 (11 at most) and proof-reading the first Harry Potter book and discovering an average of about 4 errors per page (in a fifth edition), I find that rather poor. Thus I didn't find it fun to read at all - rather more painful than enjoyable. Truly, pulling my teeth out whilst laying on a bed of needles with my tendons being torn from my supple body would be more enjoyable than returning to that series.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Your loss. Despite occasional predictability, it is a fun series to read, written in a manner of colloquial English. But by your standards, does 'poor English' also apply to the works of Shakespeare?
Just to piss you off, let me recommend the pun-pocked Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
And actually, Shakespeare was a wonderful writer - you have to judge him in the context of his time and the development and application of the English language as it was at the time. To compare pure Shakespeare's works to modern literature by modern standards of Modern English would be rather ridiculous - and I find your implicated suggestion of this quite horrid. Shakespeare still conveys a love for English, writing and life in modern terms - it truly is something to behold, if a little bewildering at times with the vast changes in the English Language as it was to as it is now.
EDIT/P.S.: Sadly, I haven't had the pleasure of reading the Xanth series, but I shall endeavour to peruse them in due course.