From katmac at lagattalucianese.yahoo.invalid  Wed Oct  1 04:05:25 2008
From: katmac at lagattalucianese.yahoo.invalid (Kat Macfarlane)
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:05:25 -0700
Subject: [the_old_crowd] Re: Amazon bought Beedle the Bard
References: <fl9d92+7veu@...>
Message-ID: <00c701c9237b$3755f6e0$482fdcd1@...>

I have to confess that I'm having a real time getting worked up about Beadle the Bard. I am having enough trouble coming to terms with Deathly Hallows. I don't know what the edition is like in the UK, but in the US, what they sold us is essentially a cheap paperback in a hard cover (sort of). It broke off the backing the first time I read it and split up the spine in one place. I recently reread it and while I found the story itself more coherent and enjoyable than the first time, I was disgusted to have it split off the spine in another place, so I now have three hunks of DH held together in a far from sturdy hardback (it looks like cheap cardboard if you take the cover off).
I am considering gluing it back together, but wonder if it's worth the trouble. This was not a hard used book. Did anyone else have this problem? When I lay out $35.00 for a hardback book, I expect it to be stitched, not glued. My overall impression of Ms. Rowling's output is that it is getting tackier by the year, and I am getting very, very tired of all the hoop-la.

Disillusioned purrs,

Gatta
Quantum me cogitis omnes!


  --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "fhmaneely" <fmaneely at ...> wrote:
  >
  > I saw this today...anyone know if they will publish the book? I wonder 
  > if JKR will allow it to be published for profit.

  Hi, Fran, Healthy and Prosperous New Year

  I'm surprised no one has replied on-list to you yet. There was much
  discussion of Beedle the Bard on HPfGU-OT, starting at
  <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/34511> but
  unfortunately intermixed with people who are offended or gratified
  when someone says 'Happy Holidays' to them instead of 'Merry
  Christmas' ('Happy Christmas' for the Brits).

  <www.amazon.com/beedlebard> gives summaries and sample screenshots of
  the stories.

  In 
  <http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/12/23/transcript-of-part-1-of-pottercast-\
  s-jk-rowling-interview>, she mentions in passing that she expected to
  put 30 tales in the books rather than 5, until she started handwriting it.



   

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From katherinemacfarlan at ...  Fri Oct  3 06:33:10 2008
From: katherinemacfarlan at ... (Kat Macfarlane)
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:33:10 -0700
Subject: [the_old_crowd] Re: Let's Try This Again: Which Came First, the
 JKR or the Barr?
In-Reply-To: <gbjcmu+221u@...>
References: <gbjcmu+221u@...>
Message-ID: <48E5BCA6.7010309@...>

Um, er... If you're referring to the coeurl, the crew called him Pussy, 
not Fluffy. (Neat cat, by the way. I wish they could have tamed him. He 
reminds me of my boy Tommy, who has lots of attitude and has also 
figured out how to open the refrigerator when he's feeling peckish.)  
Nothing in the _Space Beagle_ saga is named Fluffy (the coeurl is the 
only being who is remotely fluffy). So it looks like we're back to 
Square 1.

Ms Nevada, ma'am, please?

Purrs,

--Gatta
Quantum me cogitis omnes!

Barry Arrowsmith wrote:
>
> >
> > I just finished reading Nevada Barr's _Track of the Cat_, and spotted
> > what I thought was a lovely nod to Hagrid. The line "Fluffy...It's a
> > joke we have" had to be a dead giveaway, right?
> >
> > And then I got to checking publication dates, and it turns out 
> _Track of
> > the Cat_ was published in 1993, whereas _Harry Potter and the
> > Sorcerer's Stone_, in which Fluffy the three-headed hell hound figures,
> > didn't come out until 1998.
> >
> > So what's going on here?
> >
>
> Wotcher.
> Unlikely there's a connection IMO. Nevada Barr isn't widely read over
> here in the UK even now, and there would probably have been even fewer
> UK readers back in the mid 90s.
>
> However.... is Ms Barr a fan of A. E. Van Vogt, I wonder? Because there's
> a very nasty psyche-gobbling cat-like monster in 'The Voyage of the Space
> Beagle' (and the shorter story 'Black Destroyer' that was expanded 
> into TVotSB)
> - that is if this tired old brain ain't gone wonky yet, referred to as 
> 'Fluffy' - and
> that book has been around since 1950.
>
> Interestingly, it's also credited with being the inspiration for the 
> film "Alien',
> though that's pushing it a bit far, I think. Either that, or they 
> changed the plot
> a helluva lot.
>
> Kneasy
>
>  


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From katherinemacfarlan at ...  Fri Oct 10 18:31:22 2008
From: katherinemacfarlan at ... (Kat Macfarlane)
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:31:22 -0700
Subject: [Fwd: Fw: PBS Onlin Poll - Vote NOW!]
Message-ID: <48EF9F7A.3080709@...>

 From one of my cousins, who hates La Palin as much as I do.

Purrs,

--Gatta
Quantum me cogitis omnes!


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Fw: PBS Onlin Poll - Vote NOW!
Date: 	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:10:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: 	Linda Forsey <laforsey at ...>
Reply-To: 	laforsey at ...
To: 	Judy N <JNeihart at ...>, Linda Savage <lsavage06 at ...>





    PBS has an online poll posted asking if Sarah Palin is qualified.
    Apparently the right wing knew about this in  advance and are
    flooding the voting with YES votes.

    The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream  media.
    It can influence undecided voters  in swing states.

    Please do two things -- takes 20 seconds.

    1) Click on link and vote yourself.

    Here's the link:  http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

    2) Then send this to every single Obama-Biden voter you know, and
    urge them to vote and pass it on.
    The last thing we need is PBS saying their viewers think Sarah Palin
    is qualified.



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From editor at mandolabar.yahoo.invalid  Sat Oct 11 16:51:44 2008
From: editor at mandolabar.yahoo.invalid (Amanda Geist)
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:51:44 -0500
Subject: [the_old_crowd] [Fwd: Fw: PBS Onlin Poll - Vote NOW!]
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References: <48EF9F7A.3080709@...>
Message-ID: <692FA616B83B4279922BAFE2012054C0@AmandaPC>

Thanks. I hadn't known about this. I'll be logging on and voting Yes. 

 

~Amandageist

 

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On Behalf Of Kat Macfarlane
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>From one of my cousins, who hates La Palin as much as I do.

Purrs,

--Gatta
Quantum me cogitis omnes!

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Fw: PBS Onlin Poll - Vote NOW!
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:10:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linda Forsey <laforsey at sbcglobal. <mailto:laforsey%40sbcglobal.net>
net>
Reply-To: laforsey at sbcglobal. <mailto:laforsey%40sbcglobal.net> net
To: Judy N <JNeihart at msn. <mailto:JNeihart%40msn.com> com>, Linda Savage
<lsavage06 at msn. <mailto:lsavage06%40msn.com> com>

PBS has an online poll posted asking if Sarah Palin is qualified.
Apparently the right wing knew about this in advance and are
flooding the voting with YES votes.

The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream media.
It can influence undecided voters in swing states.

Please do two things -- takes 20 seconds.

1) Click on link and vote yourself.

Here's the link: http://www.pbs.
<http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html> org/now/polls/poll-435.html

2) Then send this to every single Obama-Biden voter you know, and
urge them to vote and pass it on.
The last thing we need is PBS saying their viewers think Sarah Palin
is qualified.





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