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My 16-soon to be 17 year old son is planning on camping out in line at the
book store..... "K30a" wrote in message ... D Kat wrote ... That is what I heard... Now where is the next book! The fifth Harry Potter book is due out June 21 (summer solstice ;-) This morning my 17-yr-old daughter was muttering, "I can't wait, I can't wait" ...... and I thought well, yah, finals are over today. Nope. Okay you have a three day weekend? Nope. You've got plans with the gang? Nope. Then what? The new book is coming out June 21......... She has reread the first four books in a week to celebrate. k30a |
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We went ahead and ordered the book online from B&N,com, though camping out would be good fun.............. for young and limber bones. I ordered the British edition (for me!!) from http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/Default.asp for a ridiculous price but it is all nostalgia as we used to read lots of British storybooks as children in Canada. k30a |
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I said very nasty things about the whole thing before I went to actually see the
first movie. Then I got the books. I am hooked. I am going to reserve a copy so I dont have to camp out... too old for that... LOL. Ingrid "D Kat" wrote: My 16-soon to be 17 year old son is planning on camping out in line at the book store..... |
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Ingrid wrote Then I got the books. I am hooked.
I had to double dog dare my then 14-yr-old daughter to read them. She thought they were little kid books. Then she had to double dog dare me to read them. Then we did the same thing to her twin brother (17 now) and now we're all hooked, including DH who read them to dyslexic youngest son. Not sure what it is about them but they do have that 'magical' ability... k30a |
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K30a wrote:
We went ahead and ordered the book online from B&N,com, though camping out would be good fun.............. for young and limber bones. I ordered the British edition (for me!!) from http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/Default.asp for a ridiculous price but it is all nostalgia as we used to read lots of British storybooks as children in Canada. k30a I remember as a child my Aunts and Uncle would send me books from England. I loved to read them and occasionally would need my Father to translate for me ;-) -- Bonnie NJ |
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I don't really know why, but this rather astounds me.
Is written British/English that much different from English/American? :O) Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Bonnie Espenshade" wrote in message ... K30a wrote: We went ahead and ordered the book online from B&N,com, though camping out would be good fun.............. for young and limber bones. I ordered the British edition (for me!!) from http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/Default.asp for a ridiculous price but it is all nostalgia as we used to read lots of British storybooks as children in Canada. k30a I remember as a child my Aunts and Uncle would send me books from England. I loved to read them and occasionally would need my Father to translate for me ;-) -- Bonnie NJ |
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Nedra wrote Is written British/English that much different from
English/American? Not too much is different in the British edition. Mainly words and punctuation. Mainly nostalgia for me ;-) Example: Pitch for field Jumper for sweater Single quote marks for speech No period after Mrs. Hallowe'en for Halloween.... The biggest change was that Scholastic changed the title of the first book. The original title was 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' and it was changed to 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' as they felt American children would be turned off by the word Philosopher..... harrumph! The JR Rowling said later she should have refused to let them change it but at the time she was so thrilled and flummoxed to have her book do so well she didn't want to be difficult about it ;-) k30a |
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Nedra wrote:
I don't really know why, but this rather astounds me. Is written British/English that much different from English/American? :O) Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 The problem was I knew the words, but they had different meanings. The boot and the bonnet of a car are the two that come to mind. The water closet is another. My Dad would speak the rhyming cockney to really get me confused. -- Bonnie NJ http://hpphoto.com/home/ViewMyAlbum.asp?coll_id=876614 |
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Thanks, K30 and Bonnie. Kathy, I know
what you mean about nostalgia. Mine is age related rather than location ;-) Loving English comedies and mysteries as I do, I've gotten quite an education on TV the different meanings for words. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Bonnie Espenshade" wrote in message ... Nedra wrote: I don't really know why, but this rather astounds me. Is written British/English that much different from English/American? :O) Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 The problem was I knew the words, but they had different meanings. The boot and the bonnet of a car are the two that come to mind. The water closet is another. My Dad would speak the rhyming cockney to really get me confused. -- Bonnie NJ http://hpphoto.com/home/ViewMyAlbum.asp?coll_id=876614 |
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I am hooked on the movie.... I think it is the music. Ingrid ESPMER (K30a) wrote: Ingrid wrote Then I got the books. I am hooked. I had to double dog dare my then 14-yr-old daughter to read them. She thought they were little kid books. Then she had to double dog dare me to read them. Then we did the same thing to her twin brother (17 now) and now we're all hooked, including DH who read them to dyslexic youngest son. Not sure what it is about them but they do have that 'magical' ability... k30a |
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Have you read Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea Trilogy (and following books)? I
have tried to talk my son into trying them but so far he is too "loyal" to Harry Potter to step out on them. If you have not read LeGuin's books, I HIGHLY recommend them. Though I am a Potter fan I see the theme as taken from the first book. wrote in message ... I said very nasty things about the whole thing before I went to actually see the first movie. Then I got the books. I am hooked. I am going to reserve a copy so I dont have to camp out... too old for that... LOL. Ingrid "D Kat" wrote: My 16-soon to be 17 year old son is planning on camping out in line at the book store..... |
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I am a sci fi freak since day 1. I had most of the greats of sci fidom in a van
shuttling them from airport to an international sci fi conference back in 71 or 72... justabout the time 2001 space odyssey came out.. all but Asimov.. shoot. I really like C.J. Cherryh's stuff. totally rad. Ingrid "D Kat" wrote: Have you read Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea Trilogy (and following books)? I have tried to talk my son into trying them but so far he is too "loyal" to Harry Potter to step out on them. If you have not read LeGuin's books, I HIGHLY recommend them. Though I am a Potter fan I see the theme as taken from the first book. wrote in message ... I said very nasty things about the whole thing before I went to actually see the first movie. Then I got the books. I am hooked. I am going to reserve a copy so I dont have to camp out... too old for that... LOL. Ingrid "D Kat" wrote: My 16-soon to be 17 year old son is planning on camping out in line at the book store..... |
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I read anything and everything sci-fi in the 60's 70's... all of Asimovs
books as well. Oddly he hasn't held up well for me. I tried to go back and read the Foundations series and just couldn't get into it at all. Le Guin I can read on a regular basis and never grow tired of but not all of her books work for me. One of the reasons I was such a fan of sci-fi was because it was the only genre where women were actually allowed to be human beings and you could easily read the main character as female as well of male. Or so it seemed at the time. I go back now to old books I read (except for Le Guin) and am amazed at how biased the books were against females. It was just in the context of the times that they seemed evenly treated. The first book of Foundation did not have one real female character... wrote in message ... I am a sci fi freak since day 1. I had most of the greats of sci fidom in a van shuttling them from airport to an international sci fi conference back in 71 or 72... justabout the time 2001 space odyssey came out.. all but Asimov.. shoot. I really like C.J. Cherryh's stuff. totally rad. Ingrid "D Kat" wrote: Have you read Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea Trilogy (and following books)? I have tried to talk my son into trying them but so far he is too "loyal" to Harry Potter to step out on them. If you have not read LeGuin's books, I HIGHLY recommend them. Though I am a Potter fan I see the theme as taken from the first book. wrote in message ... I said very nasty things about the whole thing before I went to actually see the first movie. Then I got the books. I am hooked. I am going to reserve a copy so I dont have to camp out... too old for that... LOL. Ingrid "D Kat" wrote: My 16-soon to be 17 year old son is planning on camping out in line at the book store..... |
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When my DH was in school he took a sci-fi class, it was
taught by a female prof. Can you believe the class consisted of nothing but reading sci-fi and then discussing the books. At the end of the semester he had to write a short story. He wrote it as a female in a male dominated society that went into space and arrived at a completely female society. He received an A-, the prof thought it was a hoot. Bonnie NJ DKat wrote: I read anything and everything sci-fi in the 60's 70's... all of Asimovs books as well. Oddly he hasn't held up well for me. I tried to go back and read the Foundations series and just couldn't get into it at all. Le Guin I can read on a regular basis and never grow tired of but not all of her books work for me. One of the reasons I was such a fan of sci-fi was because it was the only genre where women were actually allowed to be human beings and you could easily read the main character as female as well of male. Or so it seemed at the time. I go back now to old books I read (except for Le Guin) and am amazed at how biased the books were against females. It was just in the context of the times that they seemed evenly treated. The first book of Foundation did not have one real female character... wrote in message ... I am a sci fi freak since day 1. I had most of the greats of sci fidom in a van shuttling them from airport to an international sci fi conference back in 71 or 72... justabout the time 2001 space odyssey came out.. all but Asimov.. shoot. I really like C.J. Cherryh's stuff. totally rad. Ingrid "D Kat" wrote: Have you read Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea Trilogy (and following books)? I have tried to talk my son into trying them but so far he is too "loyal" to Harry Potter to step out on them. If you have not read LeGuin's books, I HIGHLY recommend them. Though I am a Potter fan I see the theme as taken from the first book. wrote in message ... I said very nasty things about the whole thing before I went to actually see the first movie. Then I got the books. I am hooked. I am going to reserve a copy so I dont have to camp out... too old for that... LOL. Ingrid "D Kat" wrote: My 16-soon to be 17 year old son is planning on camping out in line at the book store..... |
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