The Best of the Three?

Ptolemy's Gate

Is it?

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Ianna Marid
24 Aug 06 - 21:37
The Scouraging was one of the best parts, I agree with Sent.

Also, it symoblized even home can be affected by evil. I think that was a powerful message, one that a lot of amatuer authors can forget.

I did like Merry and Pippin fighting, but I felt so bad for Frodo, as none of the hobbits thought he did much. And he suffered the most.

"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


25 Aug 06 - 00:42
wrote:I did like Merry and Pippin fighting, but I felt so bad for Frodo, as none of the hobbits thought he did much. And he suffered the most.
I guess that all that really matters was that he knows...
wrote:Also, it symoblized even home can be affected by evil. I think that was a powerful message, one that a lot of amatuer authors can forget.
Too true.
wrote:Wormtail
Wormtongue, you mean?
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Ianna Marid
25 Aug 06 - 00:53
Yes, but I found it heartbreaking.

Like a certain guy being with a C and ending in a P.

Wrong series...haha.

"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


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Apocrypha Afrit
25 Aug 06 - 03:48
Yes, I was thinking about tails, for some strange reason and I said Wormtail instead of Wormtail. :P
25 Aug 06 - 04:38
Apocrypha wrote: Yes, I was thinking about tails, for some strange reason and I said Wormtail instead of Wormtail. :P
I think you mean, Wormtongue instead of Wormtail. Wormtongue is in LOTR and Wormtail is in HP.
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Ianna Marid
25 Aug 06 - 11:07
Yeah, we just got past that.

Harry Potter dominates all!

Well, not really, but it pops up a lot.

"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


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28 Aug 06 - 01:04
His name is Grima, not Peddigrew. ;)
I wish I were a cat-dragon
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Ianna Marid
29 Aug 06 - 00:46
Grima Wormtongue...what a name.

"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


Malachi Mouler
30 Oct 06 - 12:45
1 PG
2 GE
3 AoS
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Adele Djinni
30 Oct 06 - 13:23
I liked them all eqaully. AoS made me hate Lovelace and like, the GE makes ya hate Dial Up Sucks and like Kitty. Then PG make ya like em all. Bartimaeus is loved all around.
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Nathaniel Djinni
31 Oct 06 - 06:25
GE makes you hate John Mandrake, not N@t, there is a difference because then in PG you like N@t
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Adele Djinni
31 Oct 06 - 13:00
Question? why does the computer change names like that. Do I need to write names differently to make it stop?
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Nathaniel Djinni
31 Oct 06 - 19:35
they are filters for Founder's week, we probably need to take them off now...
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31 Oct 06 - 20:11
Founder's Week ends tomorrow, so we'll dismiss them then.
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Abel Afrit
31 Oct 06 - 21:07
awwww....but theyre fun....does that mean the Dramione Dwarf/Abel filter is going as well?
I love that, after years of not using this forum, my average posts per day is 0.7
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Darkfire Mouler
29 Dec 06 - 01:28
Close call between the first and this. I really enjoyed AoS when I first read it, but I guess I liked the 3rd more.
Yakaii Ghul
29 Dec 06 - 13:42
I think yes, it is. :leader:
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12 Apr 07 - 01:43
“Ptolemy's Gate” was the culmination of all things good about the trilogy. Furthermore, the explorations into Bartimaeus's past were infinitely wonderful – fleshing out the Ptolemy-Bartimaeus relationship added a whole new dimension to the book, and Kitty’s character is also developed further. We also are privileged to see the first magician who is not greedy, ambitious, and wholly scornful of commoners – Mr. Button. This I consider to be a pleasant detail; not overdone or clichéd, but quite human, as evidenced by his continued prejudice against the intelligence and worth of commoners... a prejudice for which, when voiced in Kitty’s presence, he has the courtesy and conscience to apologize.

Last but not least, Nathaniel in “Ptolemy’s Gate” begins to discover a moral maturity rarely seen in magicians of his rank. His death was his redemption: in realizing his ultimate sacrifice, he has also returned himself to the state of goodness that Bartimaeus first recognized in him. This is strongly hinted at by the parallels between his demise and that of Ptolemy’s; thus, Nathaniel, far from ending up an arrogantly self-serving wretch, instead touches on the greatness of Bartimaeus’s old master and friend.

I wonder if Bartimaeus shall begin to take Nathaniel’s form if ever summoned.
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10 May 07 - 07:00
chainedwind wrote: “Ptolemy's Gate” was the culmination of all things good about the trilogy. Furthermore, the explorations into Bartimaeus's past were infinitely wonderful – fleshing out the Ptolemy-Bartimaeus relationship added a whole new dimension to the book, and Kitty’s character is also developed further. We also are privileged to see the first magician who is not greedy, ambitious, and wholly scornful of commoners – Mr. Button. This I consider to be a pleasant detail; not overdone or clichéd, but quite human, as evidenced by his continued prejudice against the intelligence and worth of commoners... a prejudice for which, when voiced in Kitty’s presence, he has the courtesy and conscience to apologize.

Last but not least, Nathaniel in “Ptolemy’s Gate” begins to discover a moral maturity rarely seen in magicians of his rank. His death was his redemption: in realizing his ultimate sacrifice, he has also returned himself to the state of goodness that Bartimaeus first recognized in him. This is strongly hinted at by the parallels between his demise and that of Ptolemy’s; thus, Nathaniel, far from ending up an arrogantly self-serving wretch, instead touches on the greatness of Bartimaeus’s old master and friend.

I wonder if Bartimaeus shall begin to take Nathaniel’s form if ever summoned.
ok, well you seem to have said it all for me so i shal say a big.
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18 Jun 07 - 03:55
No. Fav is GE.

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