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Post by housemouse on Feb 11, 2007 8:32:11 GMT -5
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Post by krissie on Feb 11, 2007 8:42:13 GMT -5
Okay, I did it. I came out at 18%, which I found to be reassuringly -- and surprisingly -- low. I was amused by the question Hasn't everyone? I don't think that's being obsessive. I think that's called being geographically savvy.  Krissie |
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Post by Chris on Feb 11, 2007 13:39:33 GMT -5
I am only 13 % obsessed which rated me: Part time Potter fan. You probably have a real life. Ahhh, no I don't, I just have a bigger obsession.... Yep, Blind Justice!!  Take care and keep smiling - Chris  |
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Post by mlm828 on Feb 11, 2007 15:34:35 GMT -5
I am only 13 % obsessed which rated me: Part time Potter fan. You probably have a real life. Ahhh, no I don't, I just have a bigger obsession.... Yep, Blind Justice!! Me, too! I also came in at 13%. |
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Post by inuvik on Feb 11, 2007 16:17:03 GMT -5
I'm 11% which surprised me. All I do is read the books (once!) and go to the movies!
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Post by housemouse on Feb 11, 2007 16:19:30 GMT -5
I have the highest obsession percentage so far! Yikes! I didn't think I was that over the top with it. FNL yes, Harry Potter, not so much!
Oh mighty Shmeepster take the test, please knock me out of first place.
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Post by maggiethecat on Feb 11, 2007 19:18:28 GMT -5
Hallelujah! I am only 7% obsessed with Harry Potter. ;D If someone devised a P. D. James/Adam Dalgliesh or a Dorothy L. Sayers/Peter Wimsey Obsession Quiz, I daresay the answers would be different (eh, anna and Chris?). Or a Blind Justice Obsession Quiz . . . um, I think I'd be at 100%. |
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Post by bjobsessed on Feb 11, 2007 19:27:09 GMT -5
I am 9% obsessed which surprises me since, like inuvik, I only read the books and watch the movies.
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Post by Eyphur on Feb 11, 2007 20:37:47 GMT -5
I'm only one percent obsessed. THe only box I checked was you made it to the end of this quiz.  |
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Post by shmeep on Feb 12, 2007 8:25:09 GMT -5
Oh mighty Shmeepster take the test, please knock me out of first place. It is done. I came in at a whopping 45%. I think the midnight trips to the bookstore increased my number, as did some of the analysis I've written here and the fact that I've read books about the Harry Potter books, but I'm not really involved with the online fandom so that put me back into a fairly normal range (I think). |
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Post by anna on Feb 12, 2007 12:14:21 GMT -5
If someone devised a P. D. James/Adam Dalgliesh or a Dorothy L. Sayers/Peter Wimsey Obsession Quiz, I daresay the answers would be different (eh, anna and Chris?). Too true. I have to admit that I have not read the Harry Potter books, and I have watched only part of one of the movies. *raises hands to avoid being injured by rocks thrown by fans* The only fantasy novel that I ever have been able to read all the way through is Watership Down - and I had the flu at the time, so that might have contributed to the experience. The Hobbit? I've tried, I've tried. The Lord of the Rings? Nope. C. S. Lewis? Only The Screwtape Letters, which I did enjoy - but I'm not sure that qualifies. I'm sorry - really. I'm sure that I'm missing something delightful. |
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Post by housemouse on Feb 12, 2007 13:44:17 GMT -5
Too true. I have to admit that I have not read the Harry Potter books, and I have watched only part of one of the movies. *raises hands to avoid being injured by rocks thrown by fans* We would never even think of stoning such a wonderful member of this great board of ours. The only fantasy novel that I ever have been able to read all the way through is Watership Down - and I had the flu at the time, so that might have contributed to the experience. I have tried more than once to read Watership Down and I have never made it through the first chapter. I commend you. The Hobbit? I've tried, I've tried. The Lord of the Rings? Nope. I have never even tried to read any of those books. The thing about Harry Potter is that I don't think of them as fantasy books. I think it is because of the strong stories and characters. It makes perfect sense - in the context of the books - that Harry would get around unnoticed using the invisibility cloak. C. S. Lewis? Only The Screwtape Letters, which I did enjoy - but I'm not sure that qualifies.
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Post by krissie on Feb 12, 2007 14:52:30 GMT -5
Too true. I have to admit that I have not read the Harry Potter books, and I have watched only part of one of the movies. *raises hands to avoid being injured by rocks thrown by fans* The only fantasy novel that I ever have been able to read all the way through is Watership Down - and I had the flu at the time, so that might have contributed to the experience. The Hobbit? I've tried, I've tried. The Lord of the Rings? Nope. C. S. Lewis? Only The Screwtape Letters, which I did enjoy - but I'm not sure that qualifies. I'm sorry - really. I'm sure that I'm missing something delightful. I read Watership Down years ago and I remember loving it then. I'm not sure if I would love it now. I got as far as picking up a second-hand copy from our local charity shop a few months ago but I still haven't got as far as trying to read it. Maybe that alone says enough. The Hobbit: I haven't read it and doubt I ever will. Lord of the Rings: now, I have read that, and I mourn the loss of the thousands of brain cells I used up doing so. If you think by not reading that you've missed out on something delightful, I'd be more than happy to reassure you that you haven't. (Now it's my turn to raise my hands to avoid those rocks! If anyone wants to know why I didn't like it, let me know, otherwise enough said.) C. S. Lewis: I read all the Chronicles of Narnia when I was a kid and I enjoyed them immensely, especially Prince Caspian and The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader. However, when I watched the film version of The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, I found it unexpectedly disturbing. Human children being given weapons and going off to fight with barely a second thought? That's hardly the stuff of my fantasies. I haven't read The Screwtape Letters and know nothing about them, so can't comment. Generally speaking, I'm not a fantasy fan, but if a particular book tickles my fancy then I'll happily read it... and Harry Potter managed to tickle my fancy. I had the first couple of books for a while before I managed to get into them, though. I tried. Several times. But then, I got some disgusting disease, could barely crawl out of bed, and had to take time off work. I ended up reading Harry Potter and was hooked. Anna, perhaps the bug that allowed you to read Watership down is a close relation to the one that allowed me to enter the world of Harry Potter. Next time you're ill, maybe you could pick up Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone and try again... Then again, maybe you should just take some strong medication and curl up with a good television programme. There's one about a blind detective that you might like.... Krissie |
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Post by shmeep on Feb 12, 2007 15:05:20 GMT -5
Too true. I have to admit that I have not read the Harry Potter books, and I have watched only part of one of the movies. *raises hands to avoid being injured by rocks thrown by fans* We would never even think of stoning such a wonderful member of this great board of ours. I'm sure there are Harry Potter fans out there who would think your transgressions appalling enough to run out and grab the stones in case you emerge from hiding, but I am not one of them. I'll prove how open minded I am by saying that I still like and respect you--misguided though you may be.  I have tried more than once to read Watership Down and I have never made it through the first chapter. I commend you. I enjoyed Watership Down, but it wasn't something I wanted to read more than once. My favorite thing about that book was the concept of "tharn" (the state of mind an animal goes into when in the headlights of a car) and I still try to use that word in conversation from time to time. The whole time I was reading it, I thought it was strikingly similar to the Lord of the Rings books, only with rabbits instead of Hobbits. I like the Lord of the Rings books but didn't come to really love them until I saw the movies. Those movies were so brilliant and powerful and so full of Viggo Mortenson that I had to go back and re-read the books and I found a whole new appreciation for them. I also really like the Narnia Books because I loved them as a kid and I got through the first two Space Trilogy books by CS Lewis but couldn't get into the third one-- twice! I guess I'm not meant to read the third one. The thing about Harry Potter is that I don't think of them as fantasy books. I think it is because of the strong stories and characters. It makes perfect sense - in the context of the books - that Harry would get around unnoticed using the invisibility cloak. I have to agree with this. I never expected to love the Harry Potter books, but once I started reading, I got sucked in and everything was so consistent within that reality that it seemed to make perfect sense. Good writing is good writing. Period. CS Lewis once said that any children's book that can't be enjoyed by an adult isn't a good book and I agree with that. The Harry Potter books are far deeper than they seem and are full of clues and plays on words that give hints of future events and I find it all riveting. My husband got into these books because of me and is possibly even more obsessed with trying to figure out who will die in the last book and how it will all play out. It's great entertainment and not something I would ever put under a "fantasy" label--or any other label, for that matter. C. S. Lewis? Only The Screwtape Letters, which I did enjoy - but I'm not sure that qualifies. totally freaked me out. It was not at all what I expected. Heh. That one might qualify, Anna. And yes, Mouse, that is a book that can mess with your head. I quite liked it when I read it, but I should try it again and see if all my beliefs line up the way they used to. I have no idea. I think that book has a fantasy element, but it's so religious that some people might quote it as fact. |
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Post by shmeep on Feb 12, 2007 15:20:33 GMT -5
Lord of the Rings: now, I have read that, and I mourn the loss of the thousands of brain cells I used up doing so. If you think by not reading that you've missed out on something delightful, I'd be more than happy to reassure you that you haven't. (Now it's my turn to raise my hands to avoid those rocks! If anyone wants to know why I didn't like it, let me know, otherwise enough said.) No rocks from me! Those books aren't for everyone. They aren't even particularly reader friendly. They are kind of strange books because the story is great and really interesting, but you get so tired wading through everything and trying to figure out the complex history of everything that by the time you get to the good stuff, you don't know why you're bothering. That was how I felt. But even if you couldn't enjoy those books, you might still love the movies. I'm just saying...The books take each story and go through it from beginning to end and you don't know what became of the other characters until you get to their stories, but the movies took all the stories and put them in chronological order and switched back and forth from one story to another so it all makes a lot more sense. It's far more satisfying than the books because you can see how one story affects another in a way you couldn't unless you spent years diligently studying the books. Heh. I saw the first movie and liked it. Saw the second, and then couldn't remember what happened next and couldn't wait another year for the third to be released in the theater so I had to give in and read the books again and I found that now that I knew where everything was going, I really enjoyed the rich history of Middle Earth. C. S. Lewis: I read all the Chronicles of Narnia when I was a kid and I enjoyed them immensely, especially Prince Caspian and The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader. However, when I watched the film version of The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, I found it unexpectedly disturbing. Human children being given weapons and going off to fight with barely a second thought? That's hardly the stuff of my fantasies. ;D I know what you mean. Really, all of those books are a little--ahem--not PC in today's world. I noticed the movie changed Father Christmas's line about how battles are ugly when women fight in them. I wonder how they're going to handle all the blatant anti Middle-Eastern stuff when they make The Horse and his Boy. But I will always love those books. |
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