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  • June 7, 2008 at 10:57 pm #40157
    Jordan
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    When I saw Prince Caspian, I got to see a trailer for City of Ember, which went by as “just another action/escape movie” at that time. But now I’ve been seeing references to the book all over the place. Is the book any good? If so, I’ll need to read it before the movie is supposed to come out so I’ll be ready!

    June 7, 2008 at 11:41 pm #42273
    Alyosha
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    Haha, the NW Books thread strikes another victim!

    (Er…don’t mind me… :roll: *in an odd mood*)

    Anyhow, yes, I’ve read the book and it’s really good. The sequels aren’t nearly as interesting or original, but they’re worth reading if only to find out Ember’s back-story.

    The fourth one comes out…oh when is it…soonish, though.

    June 8, 2008 at 12:50 am #42274
    Jordan
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    Alyosha – 1 hour ago  » 

    Haha, the NW Books thread strikes another victim!

    Anyhow, yes, I’ve read the book and it’s really good. The sequels aren’t nearly as interesting or original, but they’re worth reading if only to find out Ember’s back-story.

    The fourth one comes out…oh when is it…soonish, though.

    LoL, yes, I have been lurking there. :-P

    I’ll have to check it out, then. Yay! New book! :-D

    June 8, 2008 at 5:42 pm #42275
    Sarah
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    Let us know what you think of it, please! (Once you’ve read it, of course.)

    June 8, 2008 at 11:36 pm #42276
    Owan
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    I’ve got City of Ember around here…somewhere. And will read it…soonish.

    June 12, 2008 at 5:26 pm #42277
    Rebekah
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    Could someone give me a plot summary? I’m curious.

    (And yes, I could just go look it up on Amazon, but I like getting other people’s takes on new books.)

    June 12, 2008 at 5:45 pm #42278
    Alyosha
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    Amazon editorial reviews are notorious for their spoilers so you are very wise to stay away from them. In my experience anyway. ;)

    In a nutshell, it’s about a city powered by lights, with nothing but darkness around it, and then the lights start to go out and two kids have to save the city…

    …which sounds horribly cliched (about the kids) but there’s more to it than that and it’s a very enjoyable read. :P

    June 12, 2008 at 6:47 pm #42279
    Alassiel
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    I remember seeing the preview for that now! It looked really dumb at the time, but I didn’t realize it was based off a book. Maybe I’ll check it out sometime.

    June 12, 2008 at 8:24 pm #42280
    Jordan
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    Right, Alassiel, that was my initial thought. A clichéd story about kids saving the world, ‘nother Walden mess-up. But then I realized it was a book first, so now I’m going to have to check it out, considering all the good I’ve heard.

    June 12, 2008 at 9:54 pm #42281
    Alyosha
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    LOL, so the fact that it’s a book makes y’all more favourably inclined toward it even if the book has the exact same story as the movie?

    I know what you mean, though.

    The movie releases in a few months and all we have are two measly production pictures! Ridiculous. :P *goes off in search of spoilers*

    edit–Oh, and the trailer, but my computer won’t let me watch that. I was hoping to see it when we went to see PC again last night but we were subjected to the deeply scarring Wall-E and Beverly Hills Chihuahua trailers instead.

    edit again–Ha, two more pictures. Very vague and cryptic but they’re pictures all the same. I wonder what Lina is holding in the second one? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970411/mediaindex

    June 12, 2008 at 9:56 pm #42282
    Jordan
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    More specifically, if the book is well spoken of. (with limits, of course)

    June 13, 2008 at 9:15 pm #42283
    Owan
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    Alyosha – 1 day ago  » 

    In a nutshell, it’s about a city powered by lights, with nothing but darkness around it, and then the lights start to go out and two kids have to save the city…

    Suddenly City of Ember sounds very interesting, *decides to read that next*

    June 13, 2008 at 9:32 pm #42284
    Sarah
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    Oh, there’s a whole Ember series, apparently. I just looked it up on Amazon. EDIT: Oops. That was already mentioned. Apparently I didn’t remember! Sorry!

    June 14, 2008 at 12:14 am #42285
    Alassiel
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    Next time I’m at the library I’m going to check it out. Hopefully that will be before the summer reading program there starts and all the shelves are empty…

    June 14, 2008 at 12:54 am #42286
    Jordan
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    You mean your library’s reading program actually has participants? *is shocked* What do they do???

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