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The New Yorker has posted a terrific, in-depth look at the writings of Roal Dahl... as well as the author's many enemies.
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2005, 08:55:33 PM » |
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I really do believe he was one of the best children's writers of all time. He had such a great imagination. Anywho, cool article. I very much enjoyed it.
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2005, 11:10:51 PM » |
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Boy was pure genius... one of my alltime favorite children's books.
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-ruth ann
it's like God himself is coming home to say:
"I, I can do anything, if you want me here.
and I can fix anything, if you'll let me near.
where are those secrets now (that you're just scared to tell)?
I'll whisper them all aloud so you can hear yourself."
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2005, 12:19:18 AM » |
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I don't think I ever heard of him, and I can't remember if I read any of his books when I was a kid in the 1960s.
What are his five most famous books?
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2005, 12:27:58 AM » |
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I don't think I ever heard of him, and I can't remember if I read any of his books when I was a kid in the 1960s.
What are his five most famous books? I'll give you the top two: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory James and the Giant Peach We could probably argue quite a bit beyond there about who really belongs in the top 5. Make sure to get the book of JatGP, the movie doesn't do it justice. |
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Someday, Dan will make a site with nothing but pictures of amusing stolen avatars.
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2005, 12:45:46 AM » |
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I don't think I ever heard of him, and I can't remember if I read any of his books when I was a kid in the 1960s.
What are his five most famous books? I'll give you the top two: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory James and the Giant Peach Well, of course I have heard of those, but only from the movies. I don't remember ever reading them as a child. |
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2005, 07:12:40 AM » |
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If you don’t have freedom as a principle, you can never see a reason not to make an exception. There are constantly going to be times when for one reason or another there’s some practical convenience in making an exception.
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2005, 08:51:41 AM » |
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Indeed, Vlad!; that's one of the things that always troubled me a bit about Matilda.
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2005, 01:31:15 PM » |
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I love Roald Dahl; I think I read all his books when I was a kid/early teenager.
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2005, 03:53:54 PM » |
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Boy was pure genius... one of my alltime favorite children's books. Yes! I especially love the part where he puts the bird droppings in his brother in-law's pipe. Laughs galore... |
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Yes! I especially love the part where he puts the bird droppings in his brother in-law's pipe. Laughs galore... Did he have to get permission from Edgar Rice Burrough's estate to use Boy in a novel?  |
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« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2005, 05:23:23 PM » |
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Here's a good article about Dahl: Roald Dahl |
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« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2005, 08:25:42 PM » |
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Umm... isn't that the same one I linked to in my first post in this thread? |
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« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2005, 08:28:34 PM » |
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tsk tsk Bethany......
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« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2005, 09:18:41 PM » |
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Umm... isn't that the same one I linked to in my first post in this thread? Nope. It's its evil twin. |
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« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2005, 09:44:05 PM » |
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I read Matilda when I was eight. I've not read a book of his since then. As I recall, I didn't particularly enjoy or dislike Matilda. It was one of those rare books that I was pretty much "meh" on.
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