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Ok, I tried to read it last night, I really did. I got as far as him with some giant, taking him round a shop to choose a wand or something.
Christ almighty, what you are people doing reading this for? Sure, there's some imagination there but the style?
"Harry picked up his hat and tried it on, he moved it about and it fit just fine"
??????????
That's the sound of Rainman writing a story, I bet the editors put the punctuation in whilst Rowling just muuuuhed into a dictaphone with no pauses for breath
"and then the wizard said i dont like you but then harry ran down the path and he ran into a bush and it hurt him and he said owee and then wizard said there there thats ok and harry cried but used magic to make himself feel better and then they went to hogwarts" etc etc.
Read decent books unless you are a child. Or a retarded adult.
Decent books like Catch-22, Bukowski, Edward Bunker, Shakespeare.
It makes me furious that grown-ups read this drivel and think it makes them clever
I'm amazed more of you dont fall down a lot when walking.
Harry Potter? I'd like to throw them into the sea and send adults to Borders with a list of adult authors.
"Oh come on, it's just fun"
Yes, badly written fun. Try Phillip Pullman for fantasy writings, or try reading Dashiel Hammett, Elmore Leonard, ANYTHING but a poorly written children's book.
Next time you see an adult reading one, walk over and say "Has mummy or daddy left you here alone?"
"...what?"
"Would you like me to help you find them?"
"....what??"
Then knock the book from their hands, push them to the floor and walk away muttering "####ing retard"
Christ almighty, what you are people doing reading this for? Sure, there's some imagination there but the style?
"Harry picked up his hat and tried it on, he moved it about and it fit just fine"
??????????
That's the sound of Rainman writing a story, I bet the editors put the punctuation in whilst Rowling just muuuuhed into a dictaphone with no pauses for breath
"and then the wizard said i dont like you but then harry ran down the path and he ran into a bush and it hurt him and he said owee and then wizard said there there thats ok and harry cried but used magic to make himself feel better and then they went to hogwarts" etc etc.
Read decent books unless you are a child. Or a retarded adult.
Decent books like Catch-22, Bukowski, Edward Bunker, Shakespeare.
It makes me furious that grown-ups read this drivel and think it makes them clever
I'm amazed more of you dont fall down a lot when walking.
Harry Potter? I'd like to throw them into the sea and send adults to Borders with a list of adult authors.
"Oh come on, it's just fun"
Yes, badly written fun. Try Phillip Pullman for fantasy writings, or try reading Dashiel Hammett, Elmore Leonard, ANYTHING but a poorly written children's book.
Next time you see an adult reading one, walk over and say "Has mummy or daddy left you here alone?"
"...what?"
"Would you like me to help you find them?"
"....what??"
Then knock the book from their hands, push them to the floor and walk away muttering "####ing retard"
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I'm absolutley fed up of being labelled as stupid or an idiot because I enjoy the Harry Potter books.
Yeah, they let stupid people do PhDs
Yeah, they let stupid people do PhDs
Goatboy wrote:
> Not because of Harry Potter you're not.
If two negatives make a positive does this mean I am and if I am, what am I other than confused and too hot to answer now.
> Not because of Harry Potter you're not.
If two negatives make a positive does this mean I am and if I am, what am I other than confused and too hot to answer now.
Unbeliever, how the hell can you criticise the books without even picking them up? Before I tried them I was desperate to hate everything about it. I tried it, and found they were actually alright. Not the best books I've ever read by any means, and they certainly could have been written with a bit more flair I feel.
If you don't like them, fair enough. But at the moment you're the stereotypical "I HATE Harry Potter" peep, just because it's cool to say that at the moment.
If you don't like them, fair enough. But at the moment you're the stereotypical "I HATE Harry Potter" peep, just because it's cool to say that at the moment.
Synopsis of Philip Pullman's books:
"Haha, religion sucks."
I don't mind subtle undertone, but this guy is just using these books to hammer his atheism into kids.
I'm an atheist myself, so I don't have a problem with a books because they're anti-Christian, before anyone says so. I just object to them being so blatant.
"Haha, religion sucks."
I don't mind subtle undertone, but this guy is just using these books to hammer his atheism into kids.
I'm an atheist myself, so I don't have a problem with a books because they're anti-Christian, before anyone says so. I just object to them being so blatant.
Not because of Harry Potter you're not.
Ineedsleep wrote:
> If reading five books out of the hundreds I have read makes me
> retarded then okay I'm a retarded adult but I am a well read retarded
> adult.
I read that as: "I'm a well retarded adult" and laughed. Sorry.
> If reading five books out of the hundreds I have read makes me
> retarded then okay I'm a retarded adult but I am a well read retarded
> adult.
I read that as: "I'm a well retarded adult" and laughed. Sorry.
Ineedsleep wrote:
> The children
> will grow to read other things, this is probably what is happening
> with the adults as well. Leave them be - even reading Harry Potter is
> better then spending 8 hours in front of the TV.
Did you completely miss this point? It was meant to indicate that I believe that not enough adults read books but will sit and watch absolute tripe on TV. If reading Harry Potter gives them an appetite to go and read something else then it is not a bad thing.
If reading five books out of the hundreds I have read makes me retarded then okay I'm a retarded adult but I am a well read retarded adult.
> The children
> will grow to read other things, this is probably what is happening
> with the adults as well. Leave them be - even reading Harry Potter is
> better then spending 8 hours in front of the TV.
Did you completely miss this point? It was meant to indicate that I believe that not enough adults read books but will sit and watch absolute tripe on TV. If reading Harry Potter gives them an appetite to go and read something else then it is not a bad thing.
If reading five books out of the hundreds I have read makes me retarded then okay I'm a retarded adult but I am a well read retarded adult.
Dudes, if you want some books that get you involved then I recommend those by Alastair Reynolds.
Deep man, deep.
Deep man, deep.
Whatever next? A plethora of adults reading those "Fighting Fantasy" books? Rolling dice and making arcane notations in a scrapbook?
I hate adults reading Potter. It just makes no sense. I can understand Lord of The Rings, but Potter?
It's like comparing a nature reserve to a slagheap.
I hate adults reading Potter. It just makes no sense. I can understand Lord of The Rings, but Potter?
It's like comparing a nature reserve to a slagheap.
I never mentioned children reading Harry Potter.
Because they are meant for kids.
Not adults.
I am filled with the urge to deliver violence whenever I see perfectly functional adults on a tube or standing around reading them.
Really, they are functionally written FOR CHILDREN.
Is that coming through clearly enough?
For. Children.
You want an intelligent children's book? Phillip Pullman's "Dark Material" trilogy.
There's trepanning, a war against God, daemons, questions about dimensional travelling, the notion of parallel universe and it's written in a style more enthralling than "See Harry jump! Jump Harry Jump!"
Anything that encourages kids to read is good.
But surely if a 5yr old is reading it, then you as an adult...should probably seek something a bit more challenging?
I'm not saying you have to plow through Doesteovsky, but a book written for children shouldn't be displayed as a badge of cool.
Harry Potter books are for children and retarded adults.
Because they are meant for kids.
Not adults.
I am filled with the urge to deliver violence whenever I see perfectly functional adults on a tube or standing around reading them.
Really, they are functionally written FOR CHILDREN.
Is that coming through clearly enough?
For. Children.
You want an intelligent children's book? Phillip Pullman's "Dark Material" trilogy.
There's trepanning, a war against God, daemons, questions about dimensional travelling, the notion of parallel universe and it's written in a style more enthralling than "See Harry jump! Jump Harry Jump!"
Anything that encourages kids to read is good.
But surely if a 5yr old is reading it, then you as an adult...should probably seek something a bit more challenging?
I'm not saying you have to plow through Doesteovsky, but a book written for children shouldn't be displayed as a badge of cool.
Harry Potter books are for children and retarded adults.
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