Has anyone read "The War of the Worlds"? If so, i have a lot to ask you about it...?
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There is a pay site for all cliff notes\nhttp://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?catalog=monkeynote&query=war+of+the+worlds&.autodone=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.yahoo.com%2Fmonkeynote%2F\n\nand another site\nhttp://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-warof/
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I have read this book a couple of times and am looking forward to the movie.\n\nI think it is a great piece of fiction.  Sure, there are some truths in it, but for the most part it is pure fiction.  I have been to many of the sites that he pointed to in the book and some just aren't the way he stated.\n\nI think that it makes baseless claims about Jesus being married and having a child, and a few other things, but that is his perogotive as a writer of fiction.\n\nI am Catholic and am not in a hissy or upset or mad that the book was written, but I am upset and mad when people use it as a basis to trash my Catholic faith.  It is FICTION!  He says so himself!  But regardless of being true or not, I look at it this way, if Jesus was married and had a child, what better roll model for me, as a Catholic father to have?
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i don't know anything about this book or author.  it is bogus so forget it.\n\nthere is one star (sun), eight planets (mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, uranus, and neptune), hundreds of dwarf, ball-shaped bodies ("1 ceres", "134340 pluto", and "136199 eris" for example), and tens of thousands small irregularly-shaped bodies in the solar system, and there is no hint of another star or any more planets.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar_planet\nhttp://exoplanet.eu/catalog.php\n\nin 2006,  astronomers found evidence for a planet orbiting a star 21,500 ± 3,300 away.  the star is cataloged as OGLE-2005-BGL-390L.  the planet, OGLE-2005-BGL-390Lb, is 5.5 earth masses, but astronomers have also found more than 200 others.
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Going to see the X-MEN!? YOU BLASPHEMOUS HAIRY BALD MAN! Yer goin' ta hell in a hand-basket. Its a cute one too! I originally purchased it for my daughter but she moved away and its gathering dust.\n\nThe plan is to force you into the basket, hook it to a cable that leads to the center of the Earth - and send you sailing down into da pits. When you hit bottom, yank three times on the cable so we'll know to fill in the hole. You're cooperation is much appreciated. Thank you.\n\n(And you said Creationalists are not polite! Shame on you)
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Have you read "Prey" by Michael Creighton? I read this several years back before the world had heard of nanotechnology. It was enough for me to decide that it scares the beejeezus out of me. Granted.......it was a book. But the thought that these atoms could almost take on a life of their own is a bit disconcerting.
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I did a dissertation on this book so I should know... (hopefully, if I can cast my mind back that far...)\n\n- There is a racist theme running through it. Look at the language Conrad uses when he discusses the natives.. they are always dark, and shadowy, making them threatening and foreign at all times. It ties in perfectly with how he describes the landscape, like when he sees the land for the first time from the boat, eerie and shadowy. Of course, the constant referencing to darkness and shadows ties in with the title! \n\n- There is an apocalyptic theme running through it, almost as though his journey along the river, further and further into darkness is a metaphor for the mad dudes (I've forgotten his name, whoops!) descent into craziness, so look at the darkness within as well, and the link between losing ones sense of englishness, and losing ones sense of identity, at the price of ones sanity. \n\nIt is not just that mad chap who is bonkers, they all are really. madness is a huge theme in the book.\n\nThat is all I can remember, hope it helps! Obviously, it could be beneficial to watch Apocalypse Now as well, as it explores the themes further, in a modern context.
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It is an interesting idea, but do you reallly understand where the other side is coming from?  Have you read any good books written by creation scientists?
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I am right with you Bohemian. I think the book and the movie are quite overrated, mostly because of the controversy. I read the book and wasn't especially thrilled with it, no the ideas presented, but the actual writing and such. I would suggest anyone read Angels and Demond by Dan Brown for a much better book.
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-----------\nAbout "Chariots of the Gods":  This book was completely discredited and debunked 20 years ago.  Much of Van Daniken's work was drawn from the work of H.P. Lovecraft, a wonderful FICTION writer.\n-----------\n\nSo far we've seen no verifiable evidence of other sentient species. That said, I believe with some certainty that somewhere in our galaxy at some past, present, or future time, a sentient species did/does/will exist.\n\nWhy haven't we heard from them?\n\nPerhaps they are not technologically advanced enough to be heard. They may be mastering stone knives right now, or experiencing their own Rennaisance.\n\nPerhaps they are here right now. Any species sufficiently advanced to travel interstellar distances would be able to hide or masquerade with ease. That Boeing 737 that just flew by may be a surveillance craft.\n\nPerhaps they are so far away they will never notice us and vice versa.\n\nPerhaps they existed a million years ago and died out.\n\nPerhaps they will exist a million years from now.\n\nIt is really impossible to know for sure.\n\nThe Drake Equation suggests that there is sentient life out there. The Fermi Paradox casts doubt. Play around with the calculation form at the second link and see what you think.
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I have seen the movie. It's impossible to avoid bias in things like these. Clearly Al Gore was/is concerned about Global Warming, but  it's impossible to comment on what should/could/would have happened if things had been different in the election. \n\nI thought the movie was super informative and interesting. It definitely made me think about global warming. It's a really important subject and I think the movie does a good job of introducing the issue to people who might be less informed about it. Go check it out!
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I think it sounds pretty good:). I would just brush up your grammar on some of it, rearrange some of your sentence structure, otherwise it is really well done! I read Lord Of The Flies my freshman year of high school, and it was one of the only ones I could read without hating it. The only question I have is-are you sure Golding is giving the early forms of living a bad rep? or is he maybe looking into what he sees may be the future of civilization if we cannot live by our morals and our rules???? Think about it in that sense and you may get a different view on it:). Good luck!:)
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Haven't seen the movie, yet. I liked the book as a work of fiction though. It really kept me entertained. I don't see why so many people are believeing it as fact, though. Its not like Dan Brown is a theologian. He's a novelist. People should read his other stuff, though... it gives a clearer idea of what kind of stuff the guy writes.
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I just asked a question about the Montauk Project myself.I read the books.They seem to be very technically correct about a lot of the  things they talk about.So who-ever wrote them wasn't an idiot or a nut making up a story. I believe that the things spoken of in the stories are more than likely possible.Whether or not they actually happened as it is written,or if we really do possess this secret technoIogy, I don't know.In a way though,I kind of hope it isn't completely true,because the story of these projects are filled with abuse and inhuman treatment of human beings in the name of scientific developement and whatever else.
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I do accept the impact of Star Wars and other Science Fic movies.\n\nBut I think if there is one movie which shook the foundation of the "Reality" while still lurking in the realms of Fiction.. \n\nIts MATRIX..\n\nIt made me ask so many questions. Doubt so many things. Its too vast a subject to discuss in 200 words...\n\n.:Fishie:.
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bummer, i hope you can find it...i haven't had a chance to read it yet and i'm very interested.\n\nJBoy, I see 17 entries...how many are there supposed to be?\nhugs:-)
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poor fella! nobody's answered. there is a story, a complicated one for that matter. it ties into the bag-on-line adventures, a couple comic books written by singer claudio sanchez that are quite sci-fi in nature. umm... hit up the coheedandcambria.com links and see if you get some more in depth info. hope that helps and be prepared to be mindboggled :P
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I watched it when I was about 10, and I read the book about a year later.  It didn't warp me in any way, and frankly I think it's a good thing for kids to see, same as with Schindler's List.  I'd just be sure to answer any questions they have immediately, and in as unbiased a fashion as possible so that they are able to form their own opinions.\n\nI learned a lot about history, about the origins of racial tensions.  Well worth the reading, and even the re-reading.