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"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« on: January 04, 2011, 01:18:02 AM »
Just finished reading it again after a long hiatus. I used to read it (and others) every couple of years but stopped for quite some time. Not really sure why. Brought back a lot of comparative memories of just being a boy at one time. Treasure hunting, playing pirates, being fascinated with things that went "kaboom", and suddenly realizing some girls had a strange, almost alien appeal. Almost wishing I had a "sure 'nough" Barlow knife again...

Currently reading Huck Finn, and after that it will be "Roughing It". All of them old, dear friends, but timeless in their manner.   
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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2011, 06:19:29 AM »
I used to like the Penrod and Sam novels by Booth Tarkington.  The Hardy Boys, too, when I was a little older.
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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2011, 10:09:31 AM »
Reread Huck Finn a couple years ago.  Interesting in the way science fiction is interesting -- as a glimpse into a different world.
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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2011, 10:55:00 AM »
At least with Sam'l Clemens, you could point to an individual person and say, "There, see? He (or she) wrote that.  He (or she) sat down and conceived the plot, fleshed out the characters, scrawled (or typed) it all out, letter by letter, sentence by sentence, and finally typed (or scrawled) 'The End' when finished.

I was devastated in later years to discover that most of the "series" books, for children or otherwise, were written either by a staff of writers or farmed out to ghost writers by the publishing companies --including the "Hardy Boys" series.  (And the Nancy Drew mysteries, too, I found out.)

How hard my childhood icons fall.

.... And not just with my favorite books, either.

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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2011, 12:55:45 PM »
For a minute, reading the thread title, I thought this was in reference to that creepy-ass claymation magic elevator ride where Mark Twain takes them to hell to meat Satan etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifeyKhxgHbA
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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2011, 02:17:56 PM »
Quote from: AJ Dual on January 05, 2011, 12:55:45 PM
where Mark Twain takes them to hell to meat Satan

How does Meat Satan differ from regular Satan?
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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2011, 03:16:44 PM »
Quote from: Marnoot on January 05, 2011, 02:17:56 PM
How does Meat Satan differ from regular Satan?

Meat Satan is responsible for a host of evils, such as vienna sausages, all forms of pate, menudo, blood sausage, etc, etc.

Regular Satan just makes people sin.
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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2011, 03:23:09 PM »
Quote from: Racehorse on January 05, 2011, 03:16:44 PM
Meat Satan is responsible for a host of evils, such as vienna sausages, all forms of pate, menudo, blood sausage, etc, etc.


Vienna sausage RULES!  And so does potted meat.

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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2011, 03:23:50 PM »
Tom Sawyer was by far my favorite book as a yout'
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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2011, 03:29:16 PM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on January 05, 2011, 03:23:09 PM
Vienna sausage RULES!  And so does potted meat.

Brad

Vienna Sausages are the mentally deficient younger cousin to hot dogs, and as such, are wholly unnecessary.

As for potted meats, God never intended for meat to be spread like butter. Being contrary to God's will, potted meat is a product of the Meat Satan.
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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2011, 09:10:51 PM »
I read somewhere that there's a new edition of Huck Finn coming out only they got rid of all the "N" words and "I" words.   Yep, they've made it PC.

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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2011, 09:28:26 PM »
"I" words?
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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2011, 09:49:21 PM »
Indians?  Or maybe, in the dialect of that time and place, "injuns."

Izzat a problem for anybody?

Holy cow.  (Jeeze, no offense to the Sacred Cows of India...)

Maybe I should start getting offended if someone truncates my screen name to just "230." 
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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2011, 09:56:18 PM »
Quote from: 230RN on January 05, 2011, 09:49:21 PM
Indians?  Or maybe, in the dialect of that time and place, "injuns."

Izzat a problem for anybody?

Holy cow.  (Jeeze, no offence to the Sacred Cows of India...)

Maybe I should start getting offended if someone truncates my screen name to just "230." 

Yep, Injun.  Can't offend anyone now....  :facepalm:
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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2011, 10:03:56 PM »
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"so I ended up getting the above because I didn't want to make a whole production of sticking something between my knees and cranking. To me, the cranking on mine is pretty effortless, at least on the coarse setting. Maybe if someone has arthritis or something, it would be more difficult for them." - Ben

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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2011, 10:46:07 PM »
Cheeer up, freakazoid.  It took me about 15 minutes of head-scratching to figure it out.  :D


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Re: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2011, 09:37:43 PM »
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