On Jul 16, 2005, at 10:12 AM, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Just finished - I got it at 8:50am this morning. It's
dazzling. Rowling gets better with each book - it's
just phenomenal.
I'll agree there. I wonder how much of that is her development as a
writer versus her understanding that, as her
On Jul 16, 2005, at 5:55 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10!
At least in the US edition.
Yeah. Really weird. Fortunately I didn't see much else, though there
seemed to be an inordinate fondness for the word snog that perhaps
could have been thesaurusized a bit.
Oh
No spoilers here.
On Jul 17, 2005, at 4:45 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
One of the striking things about the books, really, is how _angry_
they are. You get the feeling that Rowling works herself up into a
howling rage at the British class system - something she is able to
do
On Jul 18, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Dave Land wrote:
On Jul 15, 2005, at 7:34 PM, Leonard Matusik wrote:
Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:52:27 -0500 Gary Denton posted URL
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/june2004hastings-mammatus.html
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Quite sensuous to be sure..
I think I know what the
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Thu, 14 Jul 2005 05:19:08 -0700 (PDT) Leonard Matusik wrote:
on Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:53:59 -0500 Gary Denton wrote:
On 7/10/05, KZK wrote:
http://www.cathnews.com/news/507/56.php
The influential Cardinal Christoph
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On Jul 18, 2005, at 9:33 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 08:53 PM Monday 7/18/2005, Doug Pensinger wrote:
I guess Come Together wouldn't be appropriate.
I thought it was considered the ideal.
Yes, but the use of a vibrator does not bode well for
simultaneity in most cases.
Dave
Dave Land wrote:
On Jul 18, 2005, at 9:33 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 08:53 PM Monday 7/18/2005, Doug Pensinger wrote:
I guess Come Together wouldn't be appropriate.
I thought it was considered the ideal.
Yes, but the use of a vibrator does not bode well for
simultaneity in most
On Jul 16, 2005, at 11:07 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
[Ye Olde ƒpoiler-ƒpace.]
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1. The plot of this book was actually very sparse. In
terms of the main plot - the war - what happened?
There wasn't much of a sense of a larger scale, but then, none of the
HP
On Jul 17, 2005, at 8:12 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
[More space…]
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
1. A few quick thoughts on the plot
2. Some more serious thoughts on the moral messages
and ideas I think Rowling is trying to convey (and why
they make me far more impressed by her writing than I
On Jul 17, 2005, at 12:19 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
[Spoiler room]
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The look on Snapes' face is a clue I think. His reaction to being
called a
coward is another. I think it would be a wonderful twist if Snape,
who has
now lost all honor, actually did
On Jul 17, 2005, at 3:57 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
[Spoilerplate]
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2. OK - this is really the part of the book I find
most interesting. The extent to which these books
are, in a sense, didactic is quite remarkable
On Jul 17, 2005, at 9:00 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
[Spoiler!]
From: Maru Dubshinki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: Harry Potter Discussion (Spoilers!!!) L3
Spoiler Space Returned
And I
[No spoilers here]
On Jul 17, 2005, at 10:17 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
When she's done with
Harry Potter, I rather imagine that she's going to
turn into a heck of a mystery writer.
That's a neat idea.
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
http://books.nightwares.com/
For policy wonks and issue advocates, a new area of specialization has
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Vilyehm wrote:
there is a strong possibility that UW Chapter 81 takes place in
2489-November.
That would make things easier. The first of the Thennanin fleet arriving
December 2489
Hmmm... No, because the Tymbrimi-Thennanin treaty would
take place some time after that.
Alberto Monteiro
In a message dated 7/19/2005 1:17:51 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
That would make things easier. The first of the Thennanin fleet arriving
December 2489
Hmmm... No, because the Tymbrimi-Thennanin treaty would
take place some time after that.
A fleet would
Gary Nunn wrote:
WARNING! - MAJOR SPOILER FOLLOWS for Stargate Atlantis.
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From the episode guide on scifi.com, it looks like this ship is going to
stick around, at least for a few episodes.
I thought I remembered someone saying (maybe it was in a
On Monday 2005-07-18 18:17, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Vilyehm wrote:
there is a strong possibility that UW Chapter 81 takes place in
2489-November.
That would make things easier. The first of the Thennanin fleet arriving
December 2489
Hmmm... No, because the Tymbrimi-Thennanin treaty
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Put down the vinegar/ Take up the honey-jar/
You'll catch many more flies! Maru
Just be sure you don't take it out of the
honey-wagon . . .
No, that's on the honey, do list, I'm sure!
No, Ma'am, It's A Puppy Maru
scratches ear in
Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
much snippage
Anyway, I have some relevant experience in the area,
and can tell you
that the parents who only accidentally leave their
kids in the car
will torture themselves in ways that make Abu Ghraib
and Gitmo look like preschool.
nods That's what I
Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
And now I'm only 38 pages from the end of the other
book, but have to
stop and admit that naptime is over, and be overrun
with little ones for
the next few hours. (It's not the overrunning
that's a problem so much
as all the head-butts the
In a message dated 7/19/2005 3:25:27 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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Tymbrimi-Thennanin treaty??
Cuz it was in Uplift War. Ambassador to ambassador, if nothing else.
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In a message dated 7/19/2005 10:24:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The *point* of the matter IS that, Charles Darwin was a deeply spiritual
man
who did not approach his very young theory with the flippancy
of most people today.
THAT is what Cardinal Chris is
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
And now I'm only 38 pages from the end of the other
book, but have to
stop and admit that naptime is over, and be overrun
with little ones for
the next few hours. (It's not the overrunning
that's a problem so much
as
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
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Snape is revealed.
Is he? I think Ms. Rowling *still* left enough wiggle room for Severus not
to be the bad guy. Yes, he did kill Dumbledore, but
there are signs both in that scene and in Harry's pursuit of him
that suggest
Perhaps I've missed something rather obvious, but...
Why don't you guys just ask Brin about all these niggling lil'
details? This is his list, and it's not like he's dead.
~Maru
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In a message dated 7/19/2005 8:28:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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Why don't you guys just ask Brin about all these niggling lil'
details? This is his list, and it's not like he's dead.
But, and this is the Gawds honest truth, we know more about the dating than
On 7/19/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 7/19/2005 8:28:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Why don't you guys just ask Brin about all these niggling lil'
details? This is his list, and it's not like he's dead.
But, and this
In a message dated 7/19/2005 8:47:28 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But, and this is the Gawds honest truth, we know more about the dating
than
he does.
Vilyehm
/boggles.
Dr. Brin is not a bible thumper. But not in the curses by William T. Goodall
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