03-08-2003, 01:52 PM | #141 |
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1. what series might that be?
2. does all the hype about lotr bother you? to be hones tI only ever finished the series becasue I heard they were making movies about them. So what if it's a children's book (in your opinion- not mine)? Are you saying that only books for adults can be good and recognized for it? What about Winnie the Pooh? that is definetly a children's book and look at al hte movies and TV shows they made off of it! And I don't know anyone who doesn't love Pooh bear! 3.Harry Potter is not simple! so what if they were compared? that doesn't make one better than the other. I compare most books i read to lotr. wether you like it or not lotr and HP do have some similarities! 4.you say you have nothing against childrens books- but you list it as one of the reasons you don't like HP. i would catagorize HP under 'yound adult'. i have never read a 734 page childrens book before!
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1. I don't think that series has been published in english. It is german and called "Die Knickerbockerbande". Reallly cool. I mean it is childish and really simple, but I love it. I have to read it again (I think this proves that I do like childrens books and I know some really good ones). Okay, maybe it is not really a childrens book. Not for very young children. I think its for the age of 10.
2. No, LotR doesn't bother me. And what really made me angry about HP is that also the adults made that hype about a childrens (I still believe it is one) book. And BTW, I don't like Winnie Puuh. I never watched it as a child and I won't do in future. But it doesn't bother me. I don't have to watch it, but HP is everywhere. 3. You simply cannot compare the complex world of Tolkien to HP. (Nothing against J.K.Rowling) 4. I still think it is a childrens book. Young adult. How old are young adults? 12? I know some 12 old people and they laugh about HP. Last I have to say that my hatred towards Harry Potter is more about the movie than the book.
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1. sounds... interesting... do you consider yourself an adult, you are 17 i think (from your profile?) if so- you like it so you as an adult are making a big deal about it. do other adults think it is a good book? Your parents must have becasue they gave it to you to read. (well not nessesarily- but they must have known you were reading it.)
2. Winnie the Pooh is everywhere too! have you ever gone to the childrens section of a library?? why does it bother you so much that adults like HP? does it bug you that kids like lotr? (because it is an adults book?)The Hobbit is a childrens book, but I know tons of adults who love it! 3. why not? give me one good substantial reason that has nothing to do with one being marketed towards children. 4. ya- i think yound adult is like 11-13 or so. I my self have just left that section of the bookstore. i know 12 yearolds who think lotr suck and I know adults that would bite your head off for not liking HP. you still seem to be holding the fact that HP is a childrens' book against it. You never said- did you read all of the HP books?
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I think we will never agree.
1. I don't consider myself as an adult. In fact I don't want to be 18 in a few weeks. My mum said she read one book of the series and she liked it. I was like 10 when I started reading these books (or younger). (But from what I love to read many people have told me that I read more adult things, which people of my age wouldn't read.) 2. I haven't been to a public library for a long time (except for the one in my school, but there are no children's books). I doubt that young children will understand LotR. And I have read The Hobbit myself. It isn't bad, but I didn't like it like LotR because I don't know why. 3. Because Tolkien has developed a language, a whole world. And J.K. Rowling this wizard. And your 3. question I don't understand. Sorry. 4. I know some people at my age who read the books, they like it but still say it is a book for children. But they can understand that I don't like it. In fact one of them has never completed LotR because she didn't like it that much. She loves the movie, but didn't like the much as much. yes, I have started reading HP but I got bored and gave it up. I was just not interested in it. But I think if I'll ever have time I'll read it in english just for the challenge of reading it in english.
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I have forgotten to say, that at the age of 17 (almost 18) I'm still in love with this (still) 13-year old boy in this series.
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okay i guess I can understand most of what you posted...
(my question 3 was why can't you compare lotr and HP) but J.K. Rowling did invent her own world and language. Parstounge- language of the snakes. it was probobly harder to create her world then for Tolkien to create his becasue he just started from scratch and build everything all his own. JK had to fit everything so it fit togeather with our own world and made sense.
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She invented a language? Didn't know that.
I still don't like Harry Potter, but I can live with the fact that you like him. I hope we can agree at least on that point.
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Glad that we finally found our way. Maybe we will meet again some time to discuss about another controversial topic.
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yup yup yup!!!!
The mods should be happy that didn't turn into a flaming war!
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2003: War between Austria und the US because two fangirls couldn't agree on liking or disliking Harry Potter. Result: Austria destroyed, Harry Potter dead *gg* Fortunately we could stop before that.
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Everything eowyngirl14 said I agree with. (And I haven't even read all of it! )
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There's 8 pages, an' I don't have the patience to read all of it. I trust ya!
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What are the two of you doing on a anti-HarryPotter thread?
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