Spoilt BratsMr Newton sighs, "ever known anyone so spoilt you would love to strangle? I lived with a Paris Hilton-a-like who complained about everything, stomped her feet and whinged till she got her way. There was a happy ending though: she had to drop out of uni due to becoming pregnant after a one night stand..."
Who's the spoiltest person you've met? Has karma come to bite them yet? Or did you in fact end up strangling them? Uncle B3ta (and the serious crimes squad) wants to know.
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chthonic, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 14:11)
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I dont see how you can compare Kipling and RowlingOther than the last syllables of their names.
Through the looking glass challenged the reader and was written for a time when children had imagination and could understand complex prose.
The only laudible thing about Rowling's prose was she managed to get kids reading again... but sadly many stopped at the last Harry Potter book.
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The point was you are very dismissive of the booksBECAUSE they were written for children, as if that's some sort of justification.
I think some of the best authors out there at the moment are childrens writers. Pratchett, Gaiman, Doctorow come to mind.
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chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:33,
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Yeah, but there are different levels of "being a children's writer."I attempted to read the first couple of Potters, and just found they were far too inane and juvenile. The difference between Pratchett and Rowling is that Pratchett doesn't talk down to the reader - which is probably why I can still enjoy what Discworld I've read.
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I wasn't comparing the works of Kipling and Rowling in terms of meritbut the OP had dismissed the books as children's books, so I was making a point.
As I said, Rowling is a clever thief. Anyone read the Worst Witch books when they were young?
a more blatent rip-off I can not imagine. Just add extra peril to make it "new".
edit: I've never considered the Discworld books to be written for children, am I alone in that?
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:59,
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They weren'tor rather they aren't.
He has written lots of childrens books too, the Bromeliad Trilogy, the Johnny Trilogy, The Carpet People, and the Tiffany Aching books are ostensibly "childrens" books, but again, they are written in a way that doesn't talk down and so can be appreciated just as easily by adults.
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I dismissed the books as childrens books...... because I am not a child. (I apologise for not making that point originally)
What irks me is that adults laud these works as some kind of literary phenomenon, and yet they were originally aimed at children.
There is a cornucopia of adult literature out there, which people classed in the eyes of the law can partake in.
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Kipling Vs Rowling.His battenbergs can't be beaten.
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