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The Best of the Three?

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Is AoS the best of the three books?

Apocrypha Afrit

21 Jan 07 - 08:12

Wow, a revival, didn't see that coming.

Smeagol Mite

27 Jan 07 - 05:05

On topic guys. i know this is days late, but still...

Nathaniel Djinni

27 Jan 07 - 11:25

they don't have to on topic if they don't want to

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27 Jan 07 - 12:54

This is astonishingly on topic for a thread ten pages down the line (and six months dead).

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Rekhyt2238 Utukku

28 Jan 07 - 01:28

Sentynel wrote: This is astonishingly on topic for a thread ten pages down the line (and six months dead).

Ten pages later, if we're still talking about the trilogy, it's suprisingly on topic. :D

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Artemis Afrit

29 Jan 07 - 17:07

Rekhyt2238 wrote:
Sentynel wrote: This is astonishingly on topic for a thread ten pages down the line (and six months dead).
Ten pages later, if we're still talking about the trilogy, it's suprisingly on topic. :D

Isn't that the same thing as what he just said?

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I know the night is not as it would seem,
I must believe in something,
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That this night will never go.

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Oh, Canada...

Rekhyt2238 Utukku

30 Jan 07 - 01:07

Somewhat...He was talking about this topic, I was talking about all topics...

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Faquarl Ghul

2 Feb 07 - 20:34

I think that AoS is the best. I personally enjoyed the story more. The fact that we got to see Nathaniels childhood and not his...dare i say boring rising through parliament. I do Law in college...and it gets mentioned alot in the GE and PG. This made my enjoyment of latter books less than that of the first. They are still boss of course, but i did prefer AoS. :mwamba:

Yakaii Ghul

2 Feb 07 - 20:37

It's not my fav but Nat's past is cool... ^^

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Faquarl Ghul

3 Feb 07 - 12:27

^^ yeah his past certainly shows him in a more positive light than in the later books, where he is just plain annoying. haha

WinterTabby Horla

3 Feb 07 - 15:42

Well I'm the opposite, I found the 'parliamentary aspect' of the books fascinating. Nat as a child was just like any unhappy orphan in literature.

Nothing to see here, move along.

Faquarl Ghul

3 Feb 07 - 19:34

Good Point, i meant about his lessons with Miss lutyens and getting Bartimaeus to stral the amulet etc. don't get me wrong, the parliamentry side is interesting in a way, even though i said it was boring. i still believe the GE and PS are fantastic books.

The Relaxed Reason Mouler

4 Feb 07 - 00:05

This was my favourite book out of the three. I dont know why i just thought that Nathaniels childhood was very interesting. I probably like it better because it has more footnotes by Barti than the others do, and they where really funny.

Faquarl Ghul

4 Feb 07 - 00:23

good point about the footnotes, i enjoy them alot aswell, they make bartimaeus seem alot more witty and humourus

The Relaxed Reason Mouler

4 Feb 07 - 00:33

Yeah i like them, the books would still be good if they weren't there, but they wouldn't be half as funny.

Rekhyt2238 Utukku

4 Feb 07 - 23:11

The Relaxed Reason wrote: Yeah i like them, the books would still be good if they weren't there, but they wouldn't be half as funny.

I don't think they would be even close to as good without the footnotes...Without them Barti looses a lot of his personality...

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Faquarl Ghul

5 Feb 07 - 15:21

Yeah, the footnotes did make the story a lot more fun..., but still, even without them, Bart would still have alot of personality just from his dialogue.