Couldn't and/or was too lazy to find the Potter thread...

blueerica · 08-02-2006, 10:31 AM

Gemini Cricket · 08-02-2006, 10:32 AM

Waitaminute.
Stephen King is telling someone not to kill someone in their books? Look who's talking Mr. Huge Bodycount.

mousepod · 08-02-2006, 10:40 AM

So silly of King et al.

It reminds me of the (apocryphal) story of American readers waiting on the docks for the latest installment of the Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop and shouting "Is Little Nell Dead?" as the ship pulled in.

I'm not a huge Harry Potter fan myself (I'm more partial to Dennis), but the mania about literature makes me happy.

Gemini Cricket · 08-02-2006, 10:44 AM

:derail:
I'm reading King's unabridged 'The Stand' for a third time. I just started. It's my favorite book.

Andrew · 08-02-2006, 10:51 AM

The best part of that news article is on page 2.

Edit: The line above was a failed joke. I couldn't manage to get the second page to load (kept getting "story not available") so I assumed it was broken. Apparently it's just me that is broken. Please ignore.

Alex · 08-02-2006, 11:00 AM

The Stand is one of the few books I regularly reread (like every five years or so) but I prefer the original edit to the expanded version. Stephen King was definitely better when he didn't quite yet have the clout to avoid the editing process.

08-02-2006, 10:31 AM	#1
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Couldn't and/or was too lazy to find the Potter thread... This just in from Reuters... __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
	Submit to Quotes

08-02-2006, 10:32 AM	#2
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Waitaminute. Stephen King is telling someone not to kill someone in their books? Look who's talking Mr. Huge Bodycount.
	Submit to Quotes

08-02-2006, 10:40 AM	#3
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	So silly of King et al. It reminds me of the (apocryphal) story of American readers waiting on the docks for the latest installment of the Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop and shouting "Is Little Nell Dead?" as the ship pulled in. I'm not a huge Harry Potter fan myself (I'm more partial to Dennis), but the mania about literature makes me happy. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
	Submit to Quotes

08-02-2006, 10:44 AM	#4
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	:derail: I'm reading King's unabridged 'The Stand' for a third time. I just started. It's my favorite book.
	Submit to Quotes

08-02-2006, 10:51 AM	#5
Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	The best part of that news article is on page 2. Edit: The line above was a failed joke. I couldn't manage to get the second page to load (kept getting "story not available") so I assumed it was broken. Apparently it's just me that is broken. Please ignore. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself" Last edited by Andrew : 08-02-2006 at 11:15 AM.
	Submit to Quotes

08-02-2006, 11:00 AM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The Stand is one of the few books I regularly reread (like every five years or so) but I prefer the original edit to the expanded version. Stephen King was definitely better when he didn't quite yet have the clout to avoid the editing process.
	Submit to Quotes