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Post by MirrorCard on May 3, 2006 0:44:05 GMT -5
and I'd like to read "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles, but I don't know if it's available in the UK. I haven't been able to find it so far. It sounds interesting, though; it's centred around a group of teenage boys at boarding school in the 1940s. If anyone here has read it, what did you think of it? That book was crazy. The one boy, who ends up killing his friend, is messed up. Even my teacher thought it was a crazy book.
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Post by Gideon on May 3, 2006 4:39:57 GMT -5
That book was crazy. The one boy, who ends up killing his friend, is messed up. Even my teacher thought it was a crazy book. He didn't actually kill him, though, from what I understand. Finny's death was caused by an accident during an operation...I think some bone marrow got into his bloodstream and went to his heart, killing him. His friend (Gene) was partly responsible for Finny needing the operation; however, I don't think it could be said that he killed him. I'd say his death was more a horrible accident. Poor old Finny. He seems to have been the idealistic, innocent youth - "Only Phineas wanever was afraid; only Phineas never hated anyone."
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Post by BritishHomeStores on May 3, 2006 7:53:02 GMT -5
I'm reading a collection of novels by Ray Bradbury (it includes Dandelion Wine, Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles and a lot of short stories).
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Post by Kat on May 3, 2006 8:21:13 GMT -5
and I'd like to read "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles, but I don't know if it's available in the UK. I haven't been able to find it so far. It sounds interesting, though; it's centred around a group of teenage boys at boarding school in the 1940s. If anyone here has read it, what did you think of it? That book was crazy. The one boy, who ends up killing his friend, is messed up. Even my teacher thought it was a crazy book. That book was crazy. The one boy, who ends up killing his friend, is messed up. Even my teacher thought it was a crazy book. He didn't actually kill him, though, from what I understand. Finny's death was caused by an accident during an operation...I think some bone marrow got into his bloodstream and went to his heart, killing him. His friend (Gene) was partly responsible for Finny needing the operation; however, I don't think it could be said that he killed him. I'd say his death was more a horrible accident. Poor old Finny. He seems to have been the idealistic, innocent youth - "Only Phineas wanever was afraid; only Phineas never hated anyone." wow, ruin the book why don't you two
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Post by Gideon on May 3, 2006 13:21:31 GMT -5
wow, ruin the book why don't you two That was our plan. MC and I love to ruin books for people. It's one of our favourite hobbies. (I'm sorry. I forgot that some people might be interested in reading it. Next time, I'll post warning of a spoiler.)
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Post by MirrorCard on May 4, 2006 2:01:28 GMT -5
He didn't actually kill him, though, from what I understand. Finny's death was caused by an accident during an operation...I think some bone marrow got into his bloodstream and went to his heart, killing him. His friend (Gene) was partly responsible for Finny needing the operation; however, I don't think it could be said that he killed him. I'd say his death was more a horrible accident. Poor old Finny. He seems to have been the idealistic, innocent youth - "Only Phineas wanever was afraid; only Phineas never hated anyone." It was 10th grade year so my memory may be slightly corrupted, but I think it was Gene who pushed Finny. Or something to the extent that he intentionally hurt his friend and it drove him crazy. (<--Oh and, uh, spoiler warning )
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Post by Gideon on May 4, 2006 12:09:45 GMT -5
It was 10th grade year so my memory may be slightly corrupted, but I think it was Gene who pushed Finny. Or something to the extent that he intentionally hurt his friend and it drove him crazy You're right, he was responsible for Finny falling out of the tree, but that didn't directly cause Finny's death. Finny just ended up with (I think) a broken leg from that fall, and it was heeling. But then Finny fell down some stairs and had to go back into hospital to have his leg operated on, and a bit of his bone marrow got into his bloodstream and went to his heart, killing him. I guess you could say Gene was responsible in an indirect way, but I think of it more as an accident.
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Post by Kat on May 4, 2006 18:13:42 GMT -5
decided i wanted to read something very weird, so i'm reading 'the edible woman' by maggie a
wow, capitalisation and me aren't friends at all *shrugs*
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Post by MirrorCard on May 7, 2006 3:43:54 GMT -5
You're right, he was responsible for Finny falling out of the tree, but that didn't directly cause Finny's death. Finny just ended up with (I think) a broken leg from that fall, and it was heeling. But then Finny fell down some stairs and had to go back into hospital to have his leg operated on, and a bit of his bone marrow got into his bloodstream and went to his heart, killing him. Didn't Gene do something to make Finny fall down the steps. I mean, falling down the steps was probably an accident (I forget), but what was he doing out of bed? I really don't remember a lot of the book. I thought falling out of the tree is what made Finny need the operation. I guess you could say Gene was responsible in an indirect way, but I think of it more as an accident. Yeah. That's like saying "It wasn't the car crash that killed him. It was the the ambulance driver for not getting him to the hospital fast enough."
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Post by Gideon on May 7, 2006 7:51:07 GMT -5
Didn't Gene do something to make Finny fall down the steps. I mean, falling down the steps was probably an accident (I forget), but what was he doing out of bed? I really don't remember a lot of the book. I thought falling out of the tree is what made Finny need the operation. Falling out of the tree caused Finny to break his leg, but it was the falling down the steps that led to the operation that led to his death. Gene wasn't really responsbile for Finny falling down the steps - at least I don't see him as responsible. Some other friends of Gene and Finny had gathered them into a room to hold a mock trial as an investigation into how Finny had fallen out of the tree, and some of the boys implicate Gene's being responsible for it. Finny gets upset and says he doesn't care what happens, then runs out of the room and that's when he falls down the steps. So I still see his death as a tragic accident.
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Post by MirrorCard on May 8, 2006 0:12:27 GMT -5
Gene wasn't really responsbile for Finny falling down the steps - at least I don't see him as responsible. Some other friends of Gene and Finny had gathered them into a room to hold a mock trial as an investigation into how Finny had fallen out of the tree, and some of the boys implicate Gene's being responsible for it. Finny gets upset and says he doesn't care what happens, then runs out of the room and that's when he falls down the steps. So I still see his death as a tragic accident. Oh yeah! I remember that now! Geez, that book was so messed up *lol*
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Post by FoolNoMore on May 10, 2006 16:35:15 GMT -5
I just finished Fever 1793, I really like dit, it was about yellow fever, it got better near the middle and them on, the beginning, was kind of slow. Now, I have no book to read and I'm at a loss as to what book I should get next.
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Post by .:Shrimp:. on May 10, 2006 16:57:46 GMT -5
I'm reading the Harry Potter books (second time's the charm, eh?), Artemis Fowl (The Eternity Code) and some Horror Story books of which I have forgotten the name of...
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Post by .:Shrimp:. on May 10, 2006 17:05:26 GMT -5
I just finished Fever 1793, I really like dit, it was about yellow fever, it got better near the middle and them on, the beginning, was kind of slow. Now, I have no book to read and I'm at a loss as to what book I should get next. Oh, I hate when that happens. It's like when you finish a book and feel bad about finishing it because there's no suspence left. Or when you read a really good, yet really obvious-ending book, and you figure out the ending. Same difference, really.... It's not much fun whichever way it is, though.'s not much fun whichever way it is, though.
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Post by Mac on May 14, 2006 5:17:42 GMT -5
I did get around to buying "Rules of Attraction". It really does seem better than the movie. I also have "What Eats Wasps?", a factual book answering bizarre questions about nature. Both to be read during my time away.
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