Comments on: Victory!!! http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/05/victory/ the blog of scott westerfeld Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:47:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amanda http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/05/victory/comment-page-1/#comment-4372 Amanda Mon, 29 May 2006 02:44:48 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=139#comment-4372 The Giver and Uglies are similar in that they are both post-apocalyptic stories. There is actually an entire sub-genre of SciFi novels entirely devoted to these kinds of tales. (It happens to be my fav.) Some others include Day of the Triffids, The Martian Chronicles, Shade's Children, etc. (I recommend all of the previous.) All of the stories deal with societies that have arisen (or are arising) after the decline of current civilization through natural disaster, war, pandemic, alien invasion, etc. They're really interesting, since they show how societies react to radical change. The Giver and Uglies are similar in that they are both post-apocalyptic stories. There is actually an entire sub-genre of SciFi novels entirely devoted to these kinds of tales. (It happens to be my fav.) Some others include Day of the Triffids, The Martian Chronicles, Shade’s Children, etc. (I recommend all of the previous.) All of the stories deal with societies that have arisen (or are arising) after the decline of current civilization through natural disaster, war, pandemic, alien invasion, etc. They’re really interesting, since they show how societies react to radical change.

]]> By: Liset http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/05/victory/comment-page-1/#comment-4367 Liset Sun, 28 May 2006 20:55:24 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=139#comment-4367 amy: the village totally = running out of time. when i was watching the movie for the first time i almost screamed!!! me and my mom were like totally flipping out, for that movie was a total rip-off!!! p.s. running out of time used to be my fave when i was little. amy: the village totally = running out of time.
when i was watching the movie for the first time i almost screamed!!! me and my mom were like totally flipping out, for that movie was a total rip-off!!!

p.s. running out of time used to be my fave when i was little.

]]> By: Scott Woodrow http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/05/victory/comment-page-1/#comment-4333 Scott Woodrow Fri, 26 May 2006 23:13:38 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=139#comment-4333 1) believe me european (particularly the greek varient as different countries trat water differently) pepsi is very good 2) though i'm british i'm not going patriotic and saying the british entry was good- it was OK but not great but Lordi were the superior performance of the night 1) believe me european (particularly the greek varient as different countries trat water differently) pepsi is very good

2) though i’m british i’m not going patriotic and saying the british entry was good- it was OK but not great but Lordi were the superior performance of the night

]]> By: jane-la http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/05/victory/comment-page-1/#comment-4316 jane-la Fri, 26 May 2006 00:08:08 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=139#comment-4316 i cant tell, the whole time i was kept thinking "this is just like The Giver." there's a colony of people, small and isolated, in the future, where everone is born blind and then the main char, Jacob, starts to gain eyesight and its a big hullaballo, and theres a girl and a best friend.. and it ends almost the same way too. i cant tell, the whole time i was kept thinking “this is just like The Giver.” there’s a colony of people, small and isolated, in the future, where everone is born blind and then the main char, Jacob, starts to gain eyesight and its a big hullaballo, and theres a girl and a best friend.. and it ends almost the same way too.

]]> By: Kate http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/05/victory/comment-page-1/#comment-4295 Kate Thu, 25 May 2006 15:04:54 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=139#comment-4295 No way, The Giver is nothing like Uglies. OK, so the general same concept, but people in The Giver lived a lot worse, with none of the cool stuff and walls that spit out stuff. They were stuck in little houses with stuff that they got from the city. Plus in The Giver, it's a completely different plot. No, I haven't read Truesight though, is it any good? No way, The Giver is nothing like Uglies. OK, so the general same concept, but people in The Giver lived a lot worse, with none of the cool stuff and walls that spit out stuff. They were stuck in little houses with stuff that they got from the city.
Plus in The Giver, it’s a completely different plot.

No, I haven’t read Truesight though, is it any good?

]]> By: jane-la http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/05/victory/comment-page-1/#comment-4255 jane-la Wed, 24 May 2006 19:48:13 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=139#comment-4255 i didnt think of the giver after reading Uglies, but i can see the similarties. but they're really quite different, i think. but has anyone here read both The Giver and the book Truesight by David Stahler Jr? I swear, they're INCREDIBLY similar. please tell me someone else has seen this. that its just not me. i had trouble enjoying Truesight because the whole time i kept thinking it felt like a Giver rip-off. i didnt think of the giver after reading Uglies, but i can see the similarties. but they’re really quite different, i think. but has anyone here read both The Giver and the book Truesight by David Stahler Jr? I swear, they’re INCREDIBLY similar. please tell me someone else has seen this. that its just not me. i had trouble enjoying Truesight because the whole time i kept thinking it felt like a Giver rip-off.

]]> By: Jess http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/05/victory/comment-page-1/#comment-4241 Jess Wed, 24 May 2006 06:27:22 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=139#comment-4241 It means: 'It's a secret!' It means: ‘It’s a secret!’

]]> By: amy http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/05/victory/comment-page-1/#comment-4239 amy Wed, 24 May 2006 04:25:26 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=139#comment-4239 Pepsi?? what happened to coke? not that i really likes either... ok i was just wondering if anyone knew what 'mum's the word' means. i said it to my friend and she had NO idea what i was saying. i thought this was common knowledge, but i guess not. Pepsi?? what happened to coke? not that i really likes either…

ok i was just wondering if anyone knew what ‘mum’s the word’ means. i said it to my friend and she had NO idea what i was saying. i thought this was common knowledge, but i guess not.

]]> By: Sierra http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/05/victory/comment-page-1/#comment-4236 Sierra Wed, 24 May 2006 02:23:01 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=139#comment-4236 "Zombie costumes: $413 12-pack Pepsi: $4.35 Finnish zombies who win song contests: priceless" I don't actually know what a 12-pack of Pepsi costs, now that I think about it. “Zombie costumes: $413
12-pack Pepsi: $4.35
Finnish zombies who win song contests: priceless”

I don’t actually know what a 12-pack of Pepsi costs, now that I think about it.

]]> By: Rob http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/05/victory/comment-page-1/#comment-4235 Rob Wed, 24 May 2006 02:08:47 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=139#comment-4235 Scott should claim that as copyright infringement. I know i hate it when people take my ideas. Scott should claim that as copyright infringement. I know i hate it when people take my ideas.

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