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Jason
Unregistered User
(11/11/03 4:54 pm)
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Wicked - Your thoughts
Gregory Maguire won me over with this book. How does everyone view
it? I view it as a sort of epic.
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janeyolen
Registered User
(11/11/03 5:02 pm)
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Re: Wicked - My thoughts
I adored it and thought, "How smart and wise and funny the author is. Wish I knew him." Then remembered I did!
Haha.
Jane
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Jason
Unregistered User
(11/11/03 5:09 pm)
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You know him? I'm such a huge fan. Could you tell him that I adore
his work!? Also, recommend him do a re-telling of Alice in Wonderland
from the Queen of Hearts point of view, and call it "Queenie"
or "Queen of Hearts". That would be intense!
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janeyolen
Registered User
(11/12/03 6:17 am)
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Re: !
He is occasionally on these boards, though with a growing family and a Broadway show, he may have too much on his plate to check in right now. But when he does, you can tell him yourself.
Jane
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LostBoyTootles
Registered User
(11/13/03 10:52 pm)
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Re: !
I loved Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and I'm in the process
of reading "Mirror Mirror." I would love it if he told
the story behind Captain Hook from Peter Pan! That'd be a book worth
reading!
Tootles~~If I can't be anything important, would you like to see me do a trick?
Edited by: LostBoyTootles at: 11/18/03 8:05 am
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Gregor9
Registered User
(11/14/03 3:39 pm)
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Maguire
I thoroughly enjoyed WICKED, and CONFESSIONS, but was very disappointed by LOST (and fairly put off that the publisher felt the book deserved to have a study guide, for heaven's sake, at the end).
Maguire also, for me, wrote the finest piece in Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow's Wolf At the Door anthology, which I'd highly recommend you seek out.
Greg
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Terri
Registered User
(11/15/03 2:48 am)
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Re: Maguire
I've loved all his books. And stories. And poems. He has a new story called "The Oak Thing" in our forthcoming anthology, The Faery Reel, which is absolutely gorgeous. The book will be out from Viking next year. (Spring, I think.)
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Heidi
Anne Heiner
ezOP
(11/17/03 12:17 am)
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Maguire in USA Weekend
For anyone who hasn't seen it, Gregory Maguire was featured in the USA Weekend today. The article is available online this week. He reimagines Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, and Oliver Twist for the interviewer.
www.usaweekend.com/03_iss...tales.html
Heidi
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Jason
Unregistered User
(11/19/03 5:34 am)
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Gretel & Hansel
If Gregory Maguire reads this, please continue to pursue the Gretal
& Hansel story, it was very interesting! A novel would sure
be a hit! "The Gingerbread Gondola".
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RymRytr1
Registered User
(11/20/03 10:29 am)
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Wicked
It's a wonderful concept! I love the way that, if one pays attention,
certain things that are mentioned in an early chapter, suddenly
come clear, later!! The first one was "water".
My only regret is that I can't share this with an avid reader I know, who is 11 yrs old, or with my 80 yr old Mother who has been a gentle and kind spirit all her life, living in a style that excludes profanity, sex and vulgarity, in both conversation and mental make-up. Even the Disk World series is to riske' for these two.
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