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Nienna, sister of Feanturi · 11-29-2003, 04:17 PM

I got really annoyed watching 'The Big Read.' Most of those 'experts' in the discussion room obviously didn't have a clue what they were talking about. They all had a huge downer on Harry Potter simply because it was popular. One man admitted he had only read the first page, and then went on to say JK Rowling couldn't write to save her life- how does he kow if he hasn't read it properly? There was that irritating man saying airily about lotr "oh, it's not very profound" The thing about lotr is it creates it's own world- and the reader only gets out from it what it puts in. That's why it can mean so many different things to different people. Unlike a lot of writers Tolkien doesn't force feed his beliefs down the reader's throats. Speaking of which did anyone notice that CS Lewis' books were criticised for having a christian agenda, whereas Pullman's trilogy 'promoted an atheist view of the world.'? If Lewis was trying to infuence the reader to his point of view so was Pullman. Don't you hate it when people have double standards, like that?

11-29-2003, 04:17 PM	#16
Nienna, sister of Feanturi Pile O'Bones Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: U.K Posts: 13	I got really annoyed watching 'The Big Read.' Most of those 'experts' in the discussion room obviously didn't have a clue what they were talking about. They all had a huge downer on Harry Potter simply because it was popular. One man admitted he had only read the first page, and then went on to say JK Rowling couldn't write to save her life- how does he kow if he hasn't read it properly? There was that irritating man saying airily about lotr "oh, it's not very profound" The thing about lotr is it creates it's own world- and the reader only gets out from it what it puts in. That's why it can mean so many different things to different people. Unlike a lot of writers Tolkien doesn't force feed his beliefs down the reader's throats. Speaking of which did anyone notice that CS Lewis' books were criticised for having a christian agenda, whereas Pullman's trilogy 'promoted an atheist view of the world.'? If Lewis was trying to infuence the reader to his point of view so was Pullman. Don't you hate it when people have double standards, like that? __________________ 'So great was her sorrow, as the music unfolded, that her song turned to lamentation long before the end, and the sound of mourning was woven into the themes of the World before it began.'