Here are ten questions that I wrote to generate discussions about my book Uglies. Feel free to copy, adapt, distribute, and otherwise use these questions in any way you desire. (But it would be polite if you gave me credit.)
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
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as for the questions…
1. as a matter of fact i have. twice. and i was in kindergarten once, and 2nd grade the other. its was devastatingly depress-making. i hope it wont happen again tho. one of my best friends is moving to Utah in THREE DAYS! she promised shed get a webcam so we can chat. i really hope shes not gonna flake out like the other brats.
2. never changed my mind. never will. yes, i DID want Tally to get the SPECIAL operation in PRETTIES. why? cause i thot (no offense to Scott-la) that PRETTIES was utterly boring and that Tally needed to get a grip and actally DO SOMPTHING interesting. when Shay-la arrived, i was like “Finally! Scott’s awake!” but seriously. i do not mean any body to get hurt. if they do, i am greatly sorry. in advance.
3. never. never ever for ever never. i really coodnt care less about looks. they have little affect on me…well, i mean friend wise. yeah i’ll be more proned to like a guy if hes cute, but that usually just makes me feel akward around them. so, obviously i wood not be trusting and comfortable around them. but definately no for friends.
4. it helped her realize how dangerous the wild is. and how you have to fend for yourself. there arent feather pillows and trampoleens to catch you when you fall out there. she had to get a hold of that. she had to build her own boundaries and airbags. by the time she had gotten to the Smoke, they were already charged up and ready for testing.
5. well…NO! i am already happy enough. i care absolutely nothing about how “beautiful” i am. *cough* because i already no im gorgeous *cough*. everyone needs a little taste of discomfort. besides. if you dont ever get sick, youd have to go to scool EVERY DAY!!!!! and as for money, if i ever go broke, i’ll just move in with Scott and Justine-la. they wont mind. hehe.
6. he was used to being around people with brains. actual brains. not lesioned brains. Tally had been brainwashed into thinking she was UGLY. even tho David wasnt brainwashed, had he been, he wood still probably see threw the mask. simply because of the way he was raised by his parents. ok that doest make much sense…
7. no. i no i woodnt. and im a lot like Shay. shes smart enough to no that you learn from your mistakes. i think. and a big one was hooking up with Tally. shes also smart enough to no that without Tally, the world wood still be trapped in the PRETTY time. im sure shes jealous. i no i wood be. she did everything, and Tally-wa got all the credit. thats mainly why i never liked Tally. while Shay-la was actally DOING stuff, Tally just kindof, went with the flow and happened to bring her innertube. Shay-la had to go under for both of them.
8. obviously the PRETTY society is healthier than ours. i mean seriously. we use war to solve all of our problems. like, didnt we just have a war to end wars? i mean seriously. how stupid is that? its like saying “oh. they dont want world peace. we’ll just have to get rid of them so that only we’re left. and since we dont want to have wars, the world will be a better place.” totally bogus.
9. she decided nothing. except the fact that she went with Zane instead of David in PRETTIES. the most idiotic move of her life. if it werent for her, Zane wood still be alive. ZANE LIVES!!!!! metiphorically of course.
10. id be perfectly fine. i absolutely HATE gasoline and oil. and i love walking. of course, gasoline and oil make that a little hard. whenever im walking anywhere, i have to hold my breath to stop the evil fumes from entering my lungs. talk about nasty!
wow. i just read over everything. hehe. sorry for sounding all “poetic” and stuff. hehe. airbag. feather pillows. hehe.
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
I love this…commentiness…:
1. I think I’m the friend who moved away and *couldn’t* keep in touch (because I was 5).
2. Actually, I did. And then I changed my mind after I found out about the lesions (just like Tally!), but still there was some part of me that was like, couldn’t she be pretty *and* think for herself?
3. No, I actually think I feel more intimidated by someone if they look really pretty…no wait. I’m lying. Or just confused. I think it’s their personality. Depending on what kind of aura they give off; a nice one, a mean one, a confident one, a demanding one. I don’t think looks has much to do with it. Though, usually the exceptionally pretty people are the ones with the ‘you can’t touch me’ kind of feel.
4. I think Tally’s journey to the Smoke strengthened her. It got her out of that city bubble she was in, and let her know the real world, the dangerous world and then the beautiful side of it too. And that way, when she learned about the lesions, she didn’t just wave it off, she really believed it.
5. Wow, I have no idea. Would I give up my mind to be beautiful? I think the first answer I think is ‘yes’, but then in the long run, how boring would that be? Hmmm… It’s a hard question. It depends on whether I would be aware of the fact that I couldn’t think for myself… Because if I didn’t know there was another side to it, and I was just a happy, bubbly, party girl…hmm…
6. David grew up in the wild, whereas Tally grew up in the city. In Tally’s city, they were basically brain washed to see the imperfections someone had before the good things. And David was optimistic: ‘Innocent until proven guilty’.
7. I don’t think she would have. You’d have to get into Shay’s head, though. But ultimately, if Shay hadn’t met Tally, she’d never have turned Special, they’d never have ended up in Diago, and they never would’ve been able to start the Mind Rain.
8. Well, the pretties are healthier than us, but they’re like a more extreme version of us.
9. I think Tally decided 99.9% of her fate. I like to think that we have control of what we do. Though, I will say that Dr.Cable tricked her in parts of it…but then again, she took the locket from Dr. Cable and she befriended Shay, which are the big things that led to her adventure. So once again, 99.9%.
10. People are finding ways to make those cars that run on electricity and stuff, but then everywhere would need electric plugs so cars could recharge and everything. That would need a lot of people changing what they’re doing now. And those cars would be expensive. So at the current moment, if we ran out of oil and gas, it would be mass chaos… like the Rusties! =]
I was really honest in this (you can see right through me can’t you?!) and now it’s obvious how vain I am. Actually, I’m less vain than most people, I like to think. But I can admit to the fact that I’m pretty darn vain myself. =]
Cheers to…everything!
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NICE.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No. I have cool friends.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Of course I did! And I always did, even after I knew about the lesions. It was, just, a fact of life that she would end up getting the operation.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No. I=inspired by your books.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Not at all?? She was quite the wuss on her way there, although she learned to be more independent…I guess.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
YES. If the doctors came for me tomorrow I would go with them willingly. I’d be HAPPY, wouldn’t I??
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Aww, he saw her as BEAUTIFUL!
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, they’re “best friends forever.” Hmm, I wonder what would have happened if Shay had never met Tally?
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
More population control in the Prettytime, less violence (It’s pretty much all better, except for the whole everyone-a-bubblehead thing. That kind of puts a damper on things.)
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
She says in Specials that she’s been changed so much against her will, but think about it–SHE volunteered to become pretty. She didn’t volunteer to be Special, that was the only change that she didn’t agree to.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I drive! Every day. I’m such a bad Rusty.
Um, I wouldn’t survive. I would be one of those bodies stuck in the Ruins. Yeah. Pretty depressing-making, huh?
1. In kindergarten my two best friends moved away. But besides that no. Everyone kind of stays put in my community.
2. I honestly can’t remember because I read Uglies for the first time like two years ago. But I’m going to guess that I did until I found about the lesions. Then no.
3. If it’s a cute guy then yeah, I’m more prone to talk to him then a guy I don’t find attractive. But that’s all. Most people’s personalities don’t reflect on their looks, and so if I find the cute guy is annoying or arrogant or any other trait I don’t like then I’ll go to the less attractive guy. Personality is the thing you’re going to be seeing fifty years later when the cute guy is old and gray, and he won’t be looking so cute then.
4. By the time she got to Smoke, she was halfway weaned off city comforts, so she was able to fit in pretty quickly and not miss her city comforts too much.
5.No. I don’t even have to think about it for a second. No. I value my mind above all that crap, because that’s what I’m going to use to making a living with that I like. There’s no point in having all those things if you can’t think enough to appreciate them.
6. David saw her for who she truly was, who she would be percieved to by the world if it wasn’t tainted by Pretty. Tally saw herself in the Ugly way, and so she could never truly be satisfied with how she looked because of the biology she had been taught.
7. I think she might want to at times, but then she would realize how different her life would be, and how much Tally benefited the world even if she doesn’t want to admit it, then she’ll realize that it was actually her who saved the world since she introduced Tally to the Smoke. I think Shay would like realizing that.
8. Really, if you took away the lesions the pretty society would be the perfect world. No war, no stress, no problems. But really, the lesions are the only thing making that happen. Once you take them away, all the pretty people will start tearing each other’s hair out and it will be our world again, only prettier. So what I’m trying to say is, the only thing separating their world and our world is the lesions.
9. I think Tally had a lot more say in what happened to her than she thinks. All she really didn’t have a say in was turning into a pretty and a Special. Everything else happened because she made it happen with her choices.
10. I live in a very spread out area; it takes about half an hour to get even to close to any stores, so life would be hard without gas, but managable. If it would save the world from being destroyed if we gave up gas, I would walk away from it without a second thought.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
no. :D.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I’m not sure why, but as soon as we stated getting to know Shay, I knew that I didn’t want Tally to get the operation. If there was a rational reason for that, i don’t remember it.:D.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I haven’t done it on purpose, but I think that in a small way, people are always a bit prejudiced, and judge people on their looks. I can’t recall any specific instances, but i’m sure that I have unconsciously at least once. :'(.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
By the time Tally reached the Smoke, she wasn’t dependent on Pretty comforts anymore. And she had gained a bit of understanding as to what life at the Smoke was all about. She had also gotten her first glimpse of what life was like in the wild…outside the control of the authorities.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
no. no way. I wouldn’t really be able to enjoy the happiness, wealth, etc. if I couldn’t think independently. It wouldn’t really be enjoyable if it was given to you in exchange for your ability to think independently. The way you think defines every aspect of your life.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
I agree completely with what Rachel said before me. David saw Tally the way she was just as Tally. The way she would have ben seen in our world, without the pretty or the ugly. ((wow, that sounded bad, :D. oh well. I was making a point. :D))
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
….well…. I don’t think so….. The way I see it is this. From Shay’s perspective she could have saved herself alot of hurt, betrayal and pain ((not to mention David…and staying ‘Ugly’))if she had never met Tally…..so she might want to at times. However, I think that she understands at least a little bit of the part she played in saving the world, and the fact that the whole experience, and the part she played in helping Tally, who in turn helped the world as they knew it…was something too important to miss out on. She helped make their world a better place, and while there were some things about the whole thing that were horrible to go through, if I were Shay, I would choose meeting Tally every time.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The lesions. They are basically a huge factor separating our world from Tally’s. I don’t however think that they are the only difference. THe whole system of thought…..it seems to me atleast, as if even without the operation it would be to easy to brainwash the people. From a very young age they call each other things like Squint, and all they think about is how much they want to become pretty. There seems to be something a little bit off about them, but I have no idea what it is. :P. ((sorry to be so…vague))
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I think that we rely on gas too much. People use it for their cars((the main source of transportation in most places…at least in the US)), and most other transportation vehicles( planes, trucks, etc.). I pesonally wouldn’t be able to go anywhere because everything is spread out so far. even in my neighborhood, people have big houses, so they are fairly spread out((no one ever comes here Trick or Treating because of it :'( )). It would probably take me about half an hour just to get down the street, let alone to school, or anywhere else….
I personally would use my bike or something if it could save the world. But I think that as far as that aspect goes, we are going down the same path as the Rusties. :'(.
good, long answers; but i think you skipped #9.
to preeti-la, i mean.
i already answered these questions on my blog. they are found here: http://theprettymindedugly.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/68/#comments
hehe. you DID miss number nine Preeti-la. hehe. all you did was rite down the question.
-Lizzy-wa OUT! 😀
ok!my trn!
1.Kind of, only my friend wasn’t as close to me as Peris was to Tally. It was more of a campy type of thing.
2.I didn’t really change my mind about Tally getting the operation until I finished Uglies and thought about for a long, long time. Before I read Uglies, I took looks VERY seriously. But I’ve changed.
3.Before I read Uglies, YES,YES,YES, EVERY DAY!! Yeah, I’m still kind of embarrased about that. Once again, not any more. I even try to avoid people that do judge people (but not me).
4.When Tally went through the Smoke she wasn’t very tough. She was used to things working for her, instead of the other way around. So yeah.
5.NOPE! It would be nice if everyone was that way, but it’s like living with robots everyday of my life! SO NO WAY!
6.When Tally was ugly {or “an” ugly} she just thought she was well, what everyone else thought she was in Uglyville; AN UGLY/UGLY! But David just saw what said, acted like, and was; a girl that had an adventure! To him, that meant she was pretty.
7.For some reason, I think Shay would as a special or pretty, but not as an ugly. When she was a normal pretty, she didn’t really have a choice so of course. When she started cutting herself; no way. When she was a Special, for some reason she kept coming back to her. Right now, I don’t really think she would.
8.I think that in Uglies, the government was everything, as for now, they’re not as big {yet}. But if everyone was a natural pretty, and there wasn’t the whole brain damage problem, then it would be pretty fair.
9.I think Tally’s fate lead her most of the way. Kind of like in TLD; how the guitar dropped and formed the band. She kind of HAD to turn pretty when you think about it. Well she DID have a choice, but at the same time, no, she didn’t. Mostly fate though.
10.I think that gas is a big problem to us right now {that sounds funny} b/c we depend on it so much!! Most people wouldn’t do very well if it just disapeared b/c they live so far away from the things they need to live every day. I might be o.k. for school, as for everything else, I WON’T SURVIVE!!
1. Only one. Her name was Kara, and she hasn’t talked to me in forever. Actually, with her personality and all… she kind of reminds me of Peris AOLT.
2. I did at first, when she lived in Uglyville and all, because I wanted her to be happy again with Peris. But the second she met David I changed my mind. No Joke. Like, immediatly. I mean, how great is that line about sending the Specials to Africa?! It’s amazing.
3. Sometimes. Actually, it’s not really that I pay more attention to what they say, it’s just that I pay more attention to THEM. It seems like I’m paying attention to what they’re saying because I’m staring to intently at their pretty face!
4. It made her a whole lot tougher, for one thing. She had already seen what it was like to have to really take care of herself with out all the city luxuries.
5. No way! It’s one thing to apear wise and confident and all, but it’s a whole other more powerful thing to actually BE wise and confident. Like how David and the other Smokies all had that real confidence that made Tall’y parents seem like total air heads
6. Tally was trained to be shallow, that’s how the community thrived. If someone looked like they knew exactly what they were talking about, they you’d believe every word. Tally only saw her physical flaws. And all the good things about her appearence seemed like they still sucked to her because they weren’t – and she wasn’t – pretty. David saw who she was, and what was inside. He didn’t know she understood the smoke because she looked like a smokie, who knew it because he talked to her and got to know her. It all comes down to this; She saw herself as forever Ugly, and he saw her as forever wonderful.
7. Well, I don’t quite understand Shay’s mind all that much, but Tally saved the world! She started the mind rain, and she wouldn’t have done that if Shay hadn’t been there. Shay brought Tally to the Smoke, and Shay was the reason Tally turned Pretty, and Special, and if it weren’t for Tally, Shay would be a bubblehead forever
8. Well, if you forget the lesions, it could be healthier than ours, because everyone is happy there. It like Tally says in Uglies, how no one really needs to be too depressed or anything ever, because they know that on their 16th birthday they’re life will be perfect and pretty. Also, it really does stop anorexia.
9. Well, if you don’t mind me going all Cause and Effect on this question… If Dr. Cable hadn’t forced Tally to go to the Smoke then she would have become a normal Pretty and lived life totally free of all that drama and craziness. But there were certain huge choices she made on her own. The choice to burn the locket, the choice to turn pretty, the choice to do what Dr. Cable wanted and to go to the smoke after Shay, the choice to take away Dr. Cable’s special-ness.
10. Well, for the most part I only use oil for cars, as far as I know. And I could easily go without a car, especially in my town, I could do it easily. But there are probably a hundred other things in my house that use gasoline that I don’t even know about that would expload-ie me. Maybe the stove :/
1. Yes, yes I have. This girl named Erin technically didn’t “move away” but ditched me for the popular kids and now won’t even make eye contact with me in the halls. How shallow is that? Plus she dumbs herself down just so she can be popular.
2. I don’t think I ever really wanted her to get the operation. Because then it wouldn’t be a story would it? Tally get’s the operation and they all live happily ever after. Not a very good book.
3. No I might actually feel uncofortable. Like all I would be able to think is “Oh my God i want to be her so bad.” or “I wish i was as pretty as her” Now if they are extremly ugly i might have a hard time focusing. Mean i know.
4. I really liked when she realizes all the things she takes for granted. I think this prepared her for having to work for what you need in The Smoke.
5. Never Never Never, never times a million. My intlligence is something I hold dear and close to my heart.
6. Since David has never see a pretty he can’t compare Tally to a pretty. That’s why it’s different, Tally can compare herself to a pretty and see nothing but flaws but David sees her and thinks she’s beautiful.
7. If I was her then yes I think she would. Because it would be like Shay being Tally. Shay get’s the glory, and Tally is the sidekick.
8. Well, they’re planet is not being destroyed by global warming, kids don’t get separated by thier parents when they turn 13, no high techie stuff. I am debating weather or not the government controls thier lives.
9. The only times Tally choose her fate was when she was going to The Smoke, and becoming a pretty. And that’s it. Everything else was other people.
10. Cars, airplanes, heating. A lot of people would die if the oil and gas went away like that.
And now it’s time to read what other people had to say!
hhhmmmm…interesting answers.
-Lizzy-wa OUT! 😕
I’m feeling so giddy today- only 2 days until winter break!!!
To question 9: I agree with everyone (most people) who said that it was really fate that led Tally. But does fate mean a choice? Or does fate mean that the choice was made for her? Because I like to believe in fate, but at the same time I think we make our own fate. There’re so many different choices I have, and yet I choose one, and that one leads to so many more. It’s all very confusing. I’m taking this club/class at my school and it’s like philosophy and just…thinking (called ‘Thinking Great Thoughts’). It makes me think =]
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1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Friendship is a two person thing so one can’t just be abandonded by the other without having some part in it, so no, when my friends move away our friendship fades. if it really was a worthwhile friendship we would both do something about it. The relationship isnt worth it if only one contributes. thats not what a friend is.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
i didnt want tally to turn into a bubblehead, but the idea of her being a special was skit. and now i want to be one!!
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I hope not. What you say doesn’t really have to do with how you look. If a person who is hot as was incredibly boring i wouldnt care less about them
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She learnt why the wild had to be protected and it majorly affected her final desicion in Specials, the one to stay in the wild to protect it. She learnt how strong nature is and the fact that nopt everythign needs an operation to be beautiful.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No. I love thinking. You can influence people with words more so than your looks. With your indepentant thinking you can become rich. With the money you can afford to stay healthy. I’de give up happiness to be intelligant, because than you at least have more of a purpose in life.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw the 5 thousand million years (or how ever many) of evolution in a different way she did.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, tally wanted to become pretty until Shay came into her life. I can’t remember if shay was going to go to the smoke before she met tally though, but i still think shay would have left and never would of met her
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Their society is heaps healthier than ours. Just turn on the news. I agree with the Specials view on humanity, well Dr Cables at least, that we are a cancer to the earth and i kind of agree with the logic of bubbleheadedness. I think that the centuries their society was controlled, the wild had a chance to grow back, so that was good at least.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I dont know. I dont think tally really was selfish though, i just think a lot of bad things happened and shay is a complex person.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I wouldnt mind it actually. It’s time society was halted so we could work on the current problems we have and give the earth a chance to recover a bit.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
uh… like i’m doing to my friends by moving to another state? no i’ll still keep in touch. but h, i don’t think so.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
i think so probably, and i think i changed my mind as soon as i knew something was wrong with it. once it was pretty obvious that something was going on, i was like no way.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
uh…. no? i don’t think so… nope not really
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
i guess she learned that everythin isn’t rainbows and sunshine all the time…
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
NONONONO what wouls i be without my mind?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
well he saw what was good about her as opposed to her seeing what was bad about her i guess
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
du know if it were me, no , but i can’t speak for Shay
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
the eco-friendlyness, the non-crazy killer people, and other…
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
her own fate? not much i’m thinking i mean she made the decisions, and everything, but most of the desicions weren’t overly difficult i mean i think she did what anyone would do.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
well… we wouldn’t have cars haha wow thats obvious i don’t know i think it’s one of those things that is so impossible to comrehend it gives you a headache just thinking about it. i mean that eliinates like all major transportation and wow that woudl be weird.
Hey there fellow Uglies fans! Hehe, I’m here to answer some questions… Here goes!
1. Q– Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
A– Actually, yeah. I’m sure most people do. My best friend in 2nd grade, Tasha, moved away. I’ve never heard from her since. I feel kinda guilty for saying this… but I’ve “been a Peris” before… 🙁
2. Q– At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (or did you?)
A– I know I definately wanted Tally to get the operation when I first started reading the book. I’m like “Oh, yeah, she’s gonna be with her buddy Peris!” but then when i start thinking “Uh, something’s wrong here…” I started getting kind of suspicious.
3. Q– Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but because of their looks?
Not particularly. There are people who have a kind of trustworthy aura that makes you trust them, but I’m not quite sure about the whole “paying attention” part! 😀
4. Q– In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
A– She figured out that there were dangers that people in their city protected them from, almost like censorship… and also she was more used to nature and the revolting Spagbol haha…. and also as a side note… THE NEW SMOKE LIVES!!!
5. Q– Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
A– Well, of course not. Isn’t that the lesson of the Uglies trilogy? Never to give up your mind and free will for anything?
6. Q– How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
A– He saw her as smart, independent, and obviously beautiful (note i didn’t use the word “pretty”), whereas she picked out all those flaws she had and compared herself to the Pretties… not a good idea overall.
7. Q– If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
A– If you mean that she would have gone back in time and gone to the Smoke instead of chicken out, I would have to guess yes, because to tell the truth, Tally really did cause problems for Shay, *cough cough* David *cough cough*…
8. Q– Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own?
A– Definetly the “green-ness”meaning eco friendly, not as much crime, less segregated, no war, new technology, reinforced police (Specials!!!), of course the mind-washed pretties roaming New Pretty Town… ect.
9. Q– To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
A– Most of the desicions weren’t very hard, most would choose the pretty operation nowadays, if you look at the benefits of it (assume people dont know about the lesion), but she still did decide them for herself.
10. Q– The Rusty civilization collapsed because of it’s dependance on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependant on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
A– Ha. Ha. Please, you’re talking to “Rusties” who use gasoline for EVERYTHING. we would have almost nothing without oil and gasoline. Think about it, everything manufactured would no longer be able to make any more, because the factories run on some kind of oil or gasoline (supposing coal counts) and we would all freeze to death. Isn’t that pleasant.
So there they are. Thanx for reading!!! {RIP ZANE}
11. Q–
i love the book
k, here be mine
1. Yes, a frend of mine moved to australia, and when i went to visit my family there, i bumped into her. i was really disappointed with the way she’d changed – like peris, she’d been a lot of fun and different from other people and independant , but now she’s really emptyheaded, she needs all her frends to think for her
2.Yea, i did kinda want tally to become pretty, even though i always liked shay betta for thinking for herself. but when tally learned the smoke existed, i kinda got suspicious, cuz if there was nothing wrong with the operation, why would people run from it?
3.I don’t know if i do or don’t. i guess everyone pays attention to what people look like as well as their personality, but some more than others
4.She finally realised she’d been living in a bubble
5.If it was to become a Special maybe… just jokes! no, definately not!
6.he always managed to see past her looks i guess, he always pays more attention to peoples personalities
7.No, i don’t think so, just because tally helped shay understand more about herself, and in life, often the hard times are the times where you learn the most. i don’t think shay’s the sort of person that would make someone disappear out of her life just because they gave her a bit of a rough time
8.The planet is no longer in grave danger of being destroyed, and there is fawesome technology. bad side? brainwashing and freaky phsycos (specials) on the loose
9.She did actually choose for herself most of the time, even if she thought she didn’t
10.Um, they make PLASTIC with petroleum. if it wasn’t for that stuff, i would not be sitting here typing on a plastic keyboard
shay be my favourite person throught evry book, i’m just saying. also Specials kick ass, even if they are insane (I love insane people)
i agree with every word Lotti-la just said. 🙂
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
1Q Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
1A. not really im tat person actully
Q2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
A2. no way
i hate society and the way it brainwashes people into beliveing shit like there not good enough
if i was tally i wouldnt even consider taking the dumb ass surgery
Q3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
A3. no aparently i didnt expant completely
the only reason we have an image in our minds on wat looks good or not is because of the fashion industry,celeberties and all those critics
we never think 4 ourselves its pathetic
Q4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
A4. well im not sure how to answer tat
bt i guess she just learned tat their is more out ther then wat people led them to belive
Q5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
A5. NOO …….y would anyone do that
they would just become robots of socitey
Q6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
A6. he wash brainwashed to belive everything that they told tally back home
so he knew how pretty she realy was
Q7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
A7. no . . . . she mite have been made at her bt she did dispise her
Q8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
A8. no . . .nobody chooses to be healthy in the pretty socity
the main differences *we dont seperate people by there looks
Q9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
A9. hmmm well i say that she decided her own future just some people put obsticles in her way
Q10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
A10.well my parents depend on it i could survive it would just be hard to get around
Oh yea 😛
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
no even though some of my friends have moved away we still see each other. Just not every day.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) I always thought that it would just be better if she got the operation. I didnt even change my mind when i found out about the lesions, because they never even think about why they are put there in the first place.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? maybe, but i cant think of an example
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? uhhhhhhh, i dont know!
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? of course! I would be happy, that in itslef would be enough. and also even after the whole series of books i think that the pretty thing is a good idea
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? well, she only thought of herself as ugly, thats pretty much how she defined herself but he actually saw everything else aswell. And he didnt even think she was ugly
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? maybe, when she is in her own mind and not prettyfied then she actually hates tally, until then end of specials and after that. Maybe both of them would be happier if they had never met. Shay would probably have gone to the smoke on her own and been happy, and Tally would have become pretty and happy because that was what she wanted untill she went to the smoke.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
i think the pretty society is better. The population is controlled, the environment is being wrecked and no one is unhappy or depressed. i think thinnking for yourself could be a bit over rated. i wouldnt mind being constantly happy
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? she decided it for herself partly, because if she hadnt gone to visit peris then nothing would have happened. but that argument could go on forever. she does decide to be pretty so that is all her, but she is forced to be a special. Which turns out to be mega crap.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
well i think that we are all mostly dependent on it. so if it all disappeared then we would plunge into the dark ages. so we would survive but not well, or for long. because some people wouldnt get food because they cant travel far enough without a car.
i agree with some of that stuff. pretty society is betta than ours except for the freaky brainwashing
i dont want to read all of these….
-Lizzy-wa OUT! 😐
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A true special,
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1.no but i guess ive done all the moving so i have done that kindof but not like peris that was not cool
2. yeah but when she meet shay i wanted her to go with shay
3.no never
4. she was tougher and she knew what they had to go through to get so she knew it was really importiant
5. no i wouldnt imm proud to be a tall non-skinny nerd
6. he wasnt brainwashed so he saw her like we would and its inferred that she is not ugly on the inside or outside
7. no because shay allways ends up love tally even is she hates her(i know it makes no sense)
8. i think it would be really good if we had that it would be totaly helthie without the ooperation ofcourse and choices but it wouldnt work humans are humans they are imperfect
9. if tally would have followed the rules nothing would have happened but really she almost never made her own choices(that werent forced)
10. books and bikes and i have everything and dont forget mr. lappykins(my laptop)for westerblog
I would die if I turned Pretty
but I wouldn’t know I was stupid……hmmmm….
1. Yeah, but she moved to another school, and she forgot all about me – tear –
2. Ok, i admit it, i’m torn. I don’t know what i want Tally to do now. At first i wanted her to get the life she always dreamed of. Then i read further and got hurt.
3. Never. I’m a scorpio, i don’t do that. i dig deep. Of course, if the person is mean, then yeah i walk away, they deseve it 🙂
4. Tally learned that you need to depend on yourself to survive in the wild. She was prepared for work when she got to the Smoke.
5. I would never ever do that. Never. I mean it. First, it’s better to have a mind than to be all brainless. Second, it’s fun having a mind! 🙂
6. David saw Tally through the lenses of LOVE.. Lol. No really, he did. That’s what all people see when they <3 someone.
7. Nah, shay-la wouldn’t do that. like she said, she and Tally are BFFs.
8. I do not think so. Our pretty society has people STARVING themselves to achieve a skinny image. Girls get hungry, eat and then throw up their food. It’s totally unhealthy so No.
9.ooh i <3 this one lemme see: Tally 25% Them 75% bc of peer pressure 🙂
10.hmm.. let’s see…. dad drives a car, i’m cold right now, no heat :(, But i’m surviving.. Dad could drive a mag-lev or hovercar.. maybe if we find something. U gave us a gr8 idea! Anyway <3 the questions but i g2g peple. Byes cu2morrow!
scott-la should come to Auckland, New Zealand. i no a lot of people (me included) would be very happy if that happened…
Lizzy your soooooo dead meat. Getting on my computer @ 6:43 am. Thanks for telling me. Ha! I’m not stupid. Thank you very much. My sister’s stupid $300 shoes are being wrapped right now.
Midnighters is cool? YEAH! WOO-HOO!
Shelby-la signing off. [Oh yeah, thats tight]
alas, I have to answer these!!!
1. Yes I have acutally. My friend, Kayla, she had to move to TN, and she used to call me everyday… now guess what… my cell phone is in positive minutes for a change!!!
2. At first I did, but as Tally went into the Smoke and started liking it, I started to like it and I didn’t want Dr.Cable and the Specials to come.
3. Sometimes I have caught myself doing that, just because their facial features caught my eye. But if you listen to… not so pretty people… they say more useful things than the boloney that pretty people say.
4. Some of the things were the hoverboarding, being sneaky, and just plain instincts were a major role and they helped her progress through the changes of the city, to how the people before us lived.
5. No, i wouldn’t sell my true happiness for the happiness that is superfical, and the happiness that most people think they want, but don’t know how it goes.
6. David saw Tally as a strong, beautiful girl, and she didn’t have to have an operation to make her pretty.
7. Personally, I don’t think she would, because Shay was pondering if she should leave for the Smoke, or stay and become pretty… and she made a really good friendship between her and Tally.
8. Well, I really don’t think the pretty society is healty at ALL, except for the enviroment. The Humanity though, is very poorly constructed because the people don’t even know what is happening to them, and they are being told lies from the very people they should trust. Our society has the liars, but we know what is going on with us, and we aren’t like robots or something.
9. It is kind of 50/50. Maddy wanted a subject to test on, and Tally wanted to know if the cure would work, and Tally wanted to make-up for the betrayel she layed upon them.
10. I think that some of the things my
^ it cut me off!!!!! as I was saying….
10. I think that some of the things my parents use are highly dependent on oil, like food, cars, the house, and other major/minor things. I would try to survive the best I could, but it would be kind of difficult for me, but I could probably stick it out 🙂
Shelby-wa. i told you its Shelby-wa. not la. to many ls. tongue twister. and i DIDNT get on at 6:43am. for your infomation. oh. and for the record, caps are for squares. so dont use them.
-Lizzy-wa OUT! 😛
oh. not that YOUR a square Sara-la. hey, are you the new girl? being new ROCKS! WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME!!!!! if your not the new girl…sorry for bugging you.
-Lizzy-wa OUT! 😕
lizzy-wa is confused 😕
I am confused
no wait I am confoozled
hehe. i prefer confuzzled. hehe.
-Lizzy-wa OUT! 😕
hehe. it says its Christmakanuka already. hehe. i shood move to Aussieland…Christmakanuka wood come faster….
-Lizzy-wa OUT! 😀
1. No, it’s the other way round. I’ve abandoned a lot of close friends after moving to Canada.
2. Yeah I thought she would get the operation. The specials-taking-her-away part really shocked me. And yes i changed my mind after she met the Smokeys since she was happy, even with being an ugly.
3. Um I do that occasionally. *turns red*
4. Tally went through a lot during her journey to the Smoke…she was around helicopters, fire, and had to bathe in freezing water. The Smoke wasn’t half as bad 😛
5. Not sure, actually. Being pretty, rich, etc sounds wonderful but it’s not worth one’s individuality.
6. Tally was raised to believe that she’s ugly and felt insignificant with all the pretties around her, especially her best friend who abandonedher. David was never actually around pretties and he grew up out of the city so he wasn’t brainwashed into thinking that someone like Tally would be considered ugly.
7. If I were Shay,I would. 😛
8. They party a lot. We don’t. hehe. Their society is definitely healthier than ours considering they don’t bomb random countries for oil and don’t have starving people.
9. I think most of it was decided for her in the first two books, but she took charge in the third one.
10. Hate to admit it, but I wouldn’t survive without gasoline. People need cars to get around. o_O
this is kinda stupid but if Scott is reading this, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE write a fifth book for your fans 🙂 Extras was amazing!
i use confoozled
a combination of confoosed and confuzzled
i am confused/confoosed/confuzzled/confoozled by all these variations of confusion
hehe. no. there varitations of confused. not confusion. confuzzles. lovesit!
waddya get for Christmakanuka?! i got a Boys Like Girls cd and a ton of books and clothes…
-Lizzy-wa OUT! 😀
1. Can’t say that I have, I have lived in the same place all my life, and there hasn’t really been anyone that every really moved away. I can’t imagine how awful it would feel, to lose your best friend though.
2. I never really HOPED that Tally would get the operation, my mind was never all for the operation, but I started realizing that it would end up evil when Shay was talking to Tally about it, making face-morphs in Tally’s dorm. When I read about the lesions, I was totally against it.
3. Well, it’s an awful thing to do, because it’s not fair. I don’t think I ever have, though people’s looks do, sadly, have a first-impression on me, but once I get to know people, it’s all about perosnality.
4. When Tally traveled to the Smoke, she definitely learned how large and beautiful nature was, which I think made all the difference. And she learned that nature is never on your side, you’re always fighting, struggling, or arguing against it.
5. In a simple answer, no. The thought of getting a Pretty Operation somehow never intrigued me, I wouldn’t want to lose my features, but the good comes with the bad, I would DEFINITELY take the immunity, the perfect vision, the strength, and most of all, the perfect skin. To lose my personality though, the thought revolts me, especially because I wouldn’t even KNOW that I changed on the inside, I would just be manipulated to thinking that I’m happy.
6. David was first intrigued by the scratches on Tally’s face, because he knew that it meant that she liked adventure. After discovering Tally’s personality, he knew that Tally was different from every other ugly he had ever met because she really did understand that the wild was serious. When David said that Tally was beautiful, he was mainly talking about her personality, but Tally only saw herself as a lifeless ugly that didn’t deserve a compliment like the one David gave her.
7. I really don’t think so, what would it have done for her if she hadn’t met Tally? I don’t think that she ever would’ve made it to the Smoke without meeting Tally, she would’ve just ended up a pretty in New Pretty Town, a bubblehead. Shay never would’ve become a Special without Tally. This is a tricky question though, because you never think about it when you read the books about what Tally REALLY did for Shay besides betray her, all you think about is what Shay did for Tally.
8. The pretty society is a reflection of what our society will never be…predictable, subtle…I think the pretty society is definitely healthier than the societies of today, because even though we didn’t always know it, leaders of Tally’s city ALWAYS knew what was going on, and they ALWAYS had it planned out that the trickiest ugllies would become Specials, and they knew about the wild, that it was dangerous, not to mess with it. Of course, they don’t HAVE to burn oil and use up natural resources…
9. Tally’s fate WAS basically decided for her, try as she might, something bad always happened following the decisions she made herself, to stay in the Smoke, to stay with Zane…it seemed it was destined to have her fate decided for her.
10. We wouldn’t survive without burning oil, and we all know it. It would just be IMPOSSIBLE, as far as we’ve pushed it. You can’t fly, drive, produce products…really, what are you gonna do without it?? If it all disappeared, the civilization would slowly die off…
wow that was really long.
These books are the best, anyway. I’m not even supposed to be on the computer right now (late for school), but I’ll say this:
– Tally didn’t look too bad on the cover… i’d date her (im a guy).
– i sort of wondered who were above the specials in power…
– this would be a great movie… BETTER than great. If a movie will be made, email me at >>> kevleep02@gmail.com (email me for any reason… i won’t mind), i want to help in the movie or even be an extra.
– I think the real Peris would have loved Tally, but the operation “grew him up”, right?
– The pretty society is healthier in only two ways. (1) No fossil fuels (2) We americans are overstressed and under-amused. they really had fun, like we should.
– Loved the book. Everyone Email Me at kevleep02@gmail.com concerning UGLIES, PRETTIES or any other great books by Mr. Westerfeld!
wow, that’s fool. not many guys read scott westerfeld, for some crazy unknown reason
they do not know what they are missing
has anyone read The Risen Empire? it be fawesome too
i have only just noticed, lizzy-wa you lucky person, that you have gotten comments thirteen and thirty-nine *grrr*
1. No, my friends that have moved away from me have all tried to keep in touch as much as they can. I have lost contact with one of my friends because we lost each other’s info.
2. At first I really wanted her to follow the 16 year old tradition to get the operation. But once she fell in love with the Smoke, so did I. I fell in love with the non-fake people called Smokies.
3. Yes. And I bet that’s how almost everyone is. If that person said no most likely they lied. Appearance may be deceiving on how we think and how we interact with one another.
4. Survival. Trusting her instincts. Understanding riddles. Being aware of your surroundings.
5. As great as being a pretty may seem I have morals and I want to stick with them. Having lesions in your brain would let you loose. I would like to have control over my actions.
6. David sees Tally in a way that is true love and passion. He sees her as a beautiful woman that doesn’t need surgery to become “pretty†; she already is pretty, he loves her way of thinking and being adventurous; he doesn’t want her to forget and become brain dead, which would result in her having lesions.
7. I think Shay would have tried to escape but with doubts in her mind. When she met Tally her doubts were erased. Tally made her braver and more confident of her decision. Therefore, Shay couldn’t have successfully got to the Smoke without Tally meeting her. Shay would only make it partially past the Rusty Ruins and then she’d get caught.
8. The pretty society in the book is pretty much explaining our media today. You have to look a certain way, think a certain way, own certain clothes, etcetera. The only difference is, is that we have a choice to decide if we want to follow these guidelines or not. The Special Circumstance is like the police enforcing this dress code upon their people as a law; you don’t have an option. Unless you’re a runaway and escape the law• This is pretty much a communism way to run their people. Therefore they should run.
9. I think Tally is in complete control of her life. However people put input into her life and she has to her decisions are what take over.
10. We all rely on our oil resources. We can survive without it but its going to be a struggle to change. If we could have everything metal censored and hover cars, ect. that would be so cool!♥
I love the books you make there so bubbly making.
Quick question what do you think the story would be like if Zane la didn’t die in specials, or if Shay wasn’t still mad at Tally for past events.
Anyway, always looking for your latest books.
And again I love the UGLIES series for the amazing plots, action, and the behind the scene love story with Tally and David & Aya and Frizz
Bye ; )
I love the UGLIES series. I’m not very much of a book reader and I rarely find books that appeal to me, but your stories have opened up more interests for me. I love the futuristic society that you created and for some reason I can never put the book down and I just have to keep reading more. I just finished the UGLIES series as of this morning and I am really hoping you will continue this series!Let me know if you are planning to continue the series because iI really want to find out more!
1. I’ve had a few of those actually. And when I was younger there were a couple who abandoned ship because we were put in seperate classes. How childish 🙂
2. No, actually. It’s surprising to see how many people did. I thought the general consensus was ‘No! Tally is wonderful anyway!’ But I was wrong. Maybe that’s why I’m a team David.
3. Actually, no. But I have this thing about the kind of ‘aura’ people give off. And if it’s a nice one then I tend to trust them more. Of course, I’m more than often wrong about people that way.
4. It got her out of that damn cushioned bubble she was sat in! Made her realise there’s much, much more to life than New Pretty Town.
5. Never. If I can think indepentantly, I can get myself all of those things, as long as I work hard enough.
6. He saw (about to say the most commonly used cheesy line in history) what was inside her, and not just what she looked like. There. I said it.
7. Well, throughout Pretties I would’ve said yes. But once reading Specials and hearing about Extras, I don’t think so. Tally helped shape her.
8. Less pollution maybe? But taking away the things for us to use to pollute the planet isn’t the answer. We just need to be more resourceful 🙂
9. If Tally had never been born into the society of ‘Pretties’ and ‘Uglies’, she would never have been put through all the trials she faced. So, I don’t think she decided her fate at all. But, after all, she helped think her way out of a different fate. If that makes any sense..
10. Haha! Err, I’m not actually sure. I get on the bus to go to school. But that’s the obvious answer. Everyone will most probably hate me for saying this, but this ‘global warming’ epidemic has happened before. Billions of years ago. It’s a cycle.
HaHaHa or Lol I’m not sure which one I prefer today. Okay, whatever, I’m supposedly laughing because there is a comment by someone named Callie-wa and my cat’s name is Callie. Never mind that isn’t really funny.(or is it?)
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Actually, I sort of was that person after I moved out of state.(unwillingly) I still kept contact with my bff’s though and after my family moved out of their totally brain-missing state of mind we moved back to California.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I did hope that Tally would get the operation because thats all she ever wanted.duh. And I changed my mind after I figured out the truth about the operation.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes.no.maybe. Actually no I haven’t.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Tally’s trip through the wild prepared her for everyday life in the smoke.(without all the technology and stuff she’s used to)
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
At first glance this question is super easy but once you break it down from different points of view it is kind of hard to answer.On the good side of things, you would be healthy like all the time.(unlike I am now, sick.*cough* emphasis on the*cough*)And you would be rich, happy, and beautiful. On the bad side, you would basically be a babbling idiot constantly oblivious to everything important. So no I would not give up my ability to think independently.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw the person behind the face.(even though she wasn’t exactly who he thought she was.I mean working for the specials and all.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I do think that it would depend on what mood she was in cause she constantly changed her views about Tally.(then again about half of those times it was cause she was forced under the operation)
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Ways that the pretty society is healthier than ours would be that they use less polutants that harm our environment, they produce less waste, they did not hunt or kill animals for food(considering that if they did there would be a dramatic drop in the population of the worlds natural species of animals.Yeah and that’s pretty much it.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think that Tally’s fate was mostly decided or constructed if you will, by others such as specials like dr.cable.(and I purposely put her name in lower case because I hate her. oooh do want some ice for that burn,cable?)Lol, I am really stupid right now.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Yeah, I would so be dead. Not that I approve of oil and gasoline because it polutes our oceans,rivers,lakes,streams,ect…oh yeah and air. Just pointing out a little fact we need air to like breath.and breathing is a little important now a days. Am I right?
see ya!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I guess I didn’t really think about it. When I did I sort of assumed that she’d get the operation. The lesions changed my mind… mostly, anyway.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes, although I doubt I realized it at the time; looking back, however, my reaction to certain people (incidentally one of them was the person from q1) was stereotype reaction to pretties. Ugh. I should wash my mouth out.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Well, in all the books the wild tended to mess up her mind a bit… so I guess her mind being warped a little bit prepared her for her mind being warped a whole lot.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Probably. Depends what day it is (i. e., whether I’m in school or not) and whether I’d know what I was missing. Plus my gods and muse would probably go find someone else to annoy…. which, though it may sound like a plus, would really really suck.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Tally had been taught by the city that, basically, if you’re normal you’re horrible and horrifying. David, on the other hand, had a more positive view of people, including Tally. This can be observed in the way that, when describing people, Tally would say that this was wrong and that was wrong and so forth and so on (though we don’t know how David thinks in that kind of circumstance of course).
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
If you asked her **right** after the destruction of the Smoke? Yes. If you asked her in the middle of most of the books? Yes. If you asked her at the end of any book? I don’t know. Probably.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The prettyverse society is much better for the environment than ours, using solar power and … stuff…. (hey, it’s not my fault that Scott-la didn’t explain much!) The population’s more controlled and I would say more brainwashed, but then again, I can’t really judge how brainwashed ours is as you’d have to be an outside observer (maybe they just look more brainwashed because everyone’s brainwashed the same way? Discuss.)
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I’d say Tally decided something like 50-80% through the various parts of the book and through the various books. It can be said that when she was allowed to make her own choices she chose what she thought was best for her (and, in most cases, for other people). Problem is that she kept changing what she thought, so in hindsight things looked like really bad ideas.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Well. Let’s see. I wouldn’t survive that well (have to drive to school, and stuff, and electricity is needed for… hey… even for typing this right now!) and even if I did my normal life would most likely FDGB* due to the fact that most of the framework of the town/society I live in would collapse.
(I was tempted to say that the town would FDGB too, but rampant overuse of that phrase makes one look like an idiot. So I didn’t.)
SinCerely
Cat
*Fall Down Go Boom
Comment 57 – Yes, it is funny.
and 58 (I think it’s easier to refer to comments by numbers because that way if someone posted twice or a dozen times you still can tell which the person’s talking about.) Well put on question 6. I’m glad I only read your post after I clicked “submit” because otherwise I might’ve been tempted to copy. But would I ever plagiarize? Of course not! No! Um… Maybe?
1. No.
2. No.
3. No.
4. She learned what its like in the wild?
5. Definetly not!
6. She saw her, not becuase of her looks, but because of what she had to say.
7. No.
8. The lack of independant thought? The increase in tech?
9. I think that Tally almost always had a second option.
10. Easily. I could simply lounge, and I could easily walk to a store.
1. Yes
2. No! I know lots of people that wouldn’t want to be cookie-cutter based*
3. No, why trust someone if they charm you with your good looks, but don’t pay attention to you?(I’m not saying that Zane is like this)
4. Umm… I’ll get bacl to you on that…
5. No. Let’s say that your house is on fire and that you are a pretty. Would you wait for someone to come and rescue you, or use your brain to think this out logically?
6. She thinks she’s ugly, but David sees her different because he thinks she’s brave(and doesn’t betray people…)
7. No, beacuse she wouldn’t have gotten through without Tally by her side, even though they both wind up on different sides.
8. People in our society have a choice in what they look like… but that doesn’t mean more plastic surgery will make you look more beautiful
9. I think she thought she owed it to the Smokies to find the cure because she betrayed them even though she was manipulated(the evil Dr.Cable!)
10. I think we all grow up assuming that nothing can go wrong when something as simple as oil can dissapear. But I think I could survive (most likely for about a month ;__;) more or less
* My new fav word, thatnks to Scott 🙂
1. Well when I was in kindergarten and I barely remember her now.
2. Well I did….since she missed Peris and all but once I read about how they brainwash you-I didn’t want her to wreck herself like that.
3. NO WAY!
4. Well since she kinda got pissed at Dr. Cable and the city for barely helping her it made her not want to help them anymore…(I can’t believe I still remember this stuff)
5. NO I WOULD NEVER BE A FREAKY PRETTY!!!!!!!
6. David saw Tally for who she was on the inside, I mean he was raised knowing only about “ugly” people. It wouldn’t make sence for him to be superfiscial.
7. Duh, well if I were Shay, I would. Tally messed her life up.
8. Well our econmy (unfortunately) is a bit superfiscial sometimes-it would be awesome if we had calorie-purgers, that would so rock.
9. Mostly it was her own choice (mind warped or not) but sometimes it seemed like she was never fully sure of what to do.
10. Uh…..read more books? Is that the right answer to an author? Uh….die……most likely lol
Hey, thanks Cat-kha(comment 60) I didn’t know my writing was good enough to plagerize. Hopefully when I finish my book that I am supposedly writing it will be up to good enough standards.
I am know wondering why I said supposedly. Maybe because the book is coming along extremely slowly.
What does FDGB stand for?
I am eating sour patch kids right now and there are like 50million lime ones and I hate the lime ones.Crud i just spilled the whole bag.(sorry if that was totally random,but I’m bored.)
1. Yah, I kinda think that almost everyone has had that happen to them…For me it was really hard.
2. I never did want Tally to get an operation! I just felt had a bad feeling about it from the beginning!
3. Unfortunately, yes. Sometimes, despite all my efforts, I find myself avoiding certain people just beacause of the way they look.
4. I think that the wild made Tally use her brain…she had to in order to survive!
5. I wouldn’t become a BUBBLEHEAD for everything in the world!
6. David saw the beauty blossoming inside of Tally.
7. No beacuase Shay needed Tally, and Tally needed Shay. They saved eachother’s lives more then once, and besides there wouldn’t be a story if Shay never met Tally!
8. At least in Prettyville, no one can judge you by how you look, no one argues, and everyone is totally carefree and lives to just enjoy life. Plus they rarely get sick and hardly anyone dies. The only con is that they are freakin bubbleheads!
9. All the operations in Tally’s life were because of Dr.Cable or Shay-la. But, Tally thought her way out of every one of them, she was very independent.
10. I could totally survive if all the oil suddenly disappeared! In fact, I think that it would be good for the world. Less global warming, less wars, almost everything would be better!
I just wanted to know if the rumors about Uglies being made a movie and coming out in 2008 are true.
He sold the rights, but it doesn’t mean they’re making a movie, but I really hope they do.
But the books are always better than the movies 😉
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Nope. Well, except when I was about… 10. Whatever.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I never wanted her to get the operation. I didn’t change my mind, either.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Naw. I don’t know too many pretty people. And it doesn’t matter. We’re all Special!
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She saw the harshness of the world and how sheltered she was. She learned to be dependent and trust herself.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
He** no! I would rather be dead than give up my mind. Screw happiness. I am extremely independent. I’m one of those gals who can go to the bathroom without a crowd. LOL!
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw her as special, beautiful, different. She was just brainwashed from an early age to think otherwise.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No. No, I don’t think she would.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The different age groups are separated. (Littlies, uglies, pretties, middle-pretties and crumblies) Most live by themselves. It’s more unhealthy that way, with the absence of family. But the friend realtionships are stronger to make up for it.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
She was basically forced to do stuff most of the time. She just decided what she was going to do with the crappy situations to get out of them. Like thinking out of ugly, pretty and special.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I use vehicles everyday, a gas stove, oil heaters, and countless other things. Basically, life would suck until we adapted technology to make up for it. Though I would LOVE IT if they made hoverboards and MagLev Trains to surf on. Totally icy.
yep.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
yes, it was very sad-making. she was my best friend, and she just threw it away, i was 12
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
yes i hoped she would, but when i found out about the lesions, i hoped not, because its not worth everything just to be pretty, your mind is what makes us separate, individuals
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
sadly, yes, i gave him more attention and wanted to dump my loving boifreind for him, when all along, my boyfriend was the one
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
she got *uncitified* and it prepared her for the rustiness of it all…
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
i might have considered it if i had never read this book, but now, i wouldnt give up my personal thought process for the world
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
he saw what was inside, he saw the light though all the dark that she had done, he knew she really meant well
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
no, she needs her, tally i think will save her in the end
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
in some ways, yes. they have good ideas, but they’re ideas. i dont think we should ever do that kind of thing, and we are working on a healthier world
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
she decided she would do what the specials wanted for her own reasons, not theirs
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
we wouldnt, which i think is totally bogus! we would crash and burn the same as the rusties! but if we keep wouking on it, we might make it
I feel this al happens 2 us and wat hurt me the most about a freind moving away was that he was my boy friend and he never told me until the day he moved but this book is like our 9well the fan clubs) lifes and we depend on these books 2 guide us when relly they dont we guide our selves
Kisses 2 all you boyz out der dat luv da series
Love always Dacotah~wa
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
yes he was my boyfreind i was 14 now i am 16
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
yes but now i wishe she hadnt cuz i really like her when she was U****
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
i truly have i am a pathetic person (well then)
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Every thing like that youre on your own 4 most of your life in da smoke
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
no i am happy who i am
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
he saw she was bueatiful on the inside and the out that she was prototyped to think that way
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
yes everything has a reason under gods heaven
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
nothing really but we have minds unlike them oh an dont 4get sanity
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
she decided it 4 herself she wanted to be loyal 2 the smoke
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
not at all i can tell you that but if really think about it we r the rustyz so try to expand our variety on oil and change thing
I send all my Boyz kisses
Dacotah~wa
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1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes, but I don’t think it was intentional.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
No, I never wanted her to get the operation. I thought that doing so much to be beautiful was totally a selfish thing to do when friends were at stake, but at the same time I had to contemplate the fact that everyone “knew” they were ugly and that pretty was normal. And eveyone wants to look normal.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Haha, well good question and sadly the answer is yes. The reason being when you find someone attractive you tend to look at them and eye contact is important when your listening.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I think that getting used to bugs and not bathing(in a normal bath xD not a river) helped her just face the face and aventually feel almost comfortable with the smokies way of life
(i’m still upset that burning that pendant cause the specials to destroy the smoke. idk why though. lol)
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Never, and I have many reasons why, I just won’t list them. xD
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw her as beautiful because their normal was Ugly to Tally so Tally couldn’t understand why David would tell her so. She even thougt of David as Ugly when they first met.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Now that Tally has changed and realized her mistakes and the power beauty or other things can have effect on people, I don’t think Shay would trade her for anything. But personally Tally wasn’t someone i’d want to be friends with if I met her the way she was when Shay was her friend. The reason I think this is because Shay is so smart and realizes more than Tally could imagine. In a way Tally seemed to always be in denial.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Healthier? Well yes and no. In a “I can never get sick” way, yes and in a “I have controll” way, no.
if that even made sense
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Well it was more split to me, because the way I see it everyone was brainwashed even before the lesions to an extent of what “is” and in that sense Tally’s mind was contolled in the way she thought it would be even though she was thinking for herself. Like when she set out to find the Smoke, she was doing it to be pretty like every normal person in their right mind would’ve. (during that time)
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
We’d live in my opinion, we just wouldn’t be able to use our cars anymore. the world needs more excercise anyways. plus gasoline is bad for the environment. So the Pretty civilization was so smart I don’t see why the world isn’t thinking about copyig your idea to make the world so durable without wasting resources.
: ] the end
hiya…
totally never posted a comment on a blog before…the parentals are totally suffocating. no use of any msn or myspace junk allowed.
um i was just thinking that in answer to the first question…
when i changed primary schools, i tried to get together with my old friends but no-one wanted to get together. so it wasn’t like i abandoned the relationship, just everyone else.
makes me wonder if anyone actually liked me…=(
oh and just so you know …
i read an interview where scott reckons that us aussies put ‘ie’ on the end of everything…well… i cant say thats not true..but i’ve never used the word ‘crumblies’ before. (do use ‘littlies’ however)..lol
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No offense but…um… Meg you act like youre 4 i think you want to be more mature than that unless you r like 4 but i highley dought it so b4 you type any more i suggest you act at least your age cuase you would never last a day in my school
all kisses to da boyz
dacotah~wa
How does she act like she’s four?I’m confused for like the hundreth time today.
See Ya!
well…if you tell me why i sound 4.. i could totally fix that.
i like to follow my parents rules and not go on msn…is that why i sound 4?????
thanks for the advice anyway, i guess.
where is your school?
1) Sadly yes, we were bff+e+e since birth and we were actually inseprabol *bad speller*. We did everything together. She moved in 3rd grade and i was devistated. She moved to ohio and we still keep in touch, we’ve been talking for over 4-5 years and we still go to the same camps and visite each-other. But yeah it is hard for someone you knew for so long just to leave. just like that. *oh i also missed her going away party because i went to mexico… but i was about to leave and go back, or just stay with them until my parents and sis came home but no. i coldnt…. 🙁
2) I thought tally shouldn’t get the operation, because once she and shay were friends, and went to smoke *and tally accidently called special cercimstances on them…* she meat david. He taught her that she is beautiful and that she dosnt need a stupid operation to make her preatty…. but i also tought she should until i found out about lesions… ew.
3) Actually no. I dont look on the outside- not just because they are preatty dosnt mean they should get the most attention. not meaning to be cheesy but i have friends that arnt that preatty but they are the most fun, intresting, funniest people there are.
4) For tallys jurney, i think she learned about how to servive. she learned that you cant count on getting food for you, you had to catch it, or find it and make it, you cant call a hovercar to come pick you up, you have to walk, climb, *fall-alot!* and all of that stuff. so she relized that when she went to smoke, they do all of that stuff, and for a long time so i think she learned a lot on that jouney.
5)um.. no because i would rather be an independant thinker and stick out in a good way then rather blend in w/ everybody elese… also if i did give up being happy preatty w/e i’d say i already am…! 🙂 (jk)
6) David saw tally differently than she saw herself b/c when tally looked in the mirror, she saw this girl with ugly hair, uneven eyes, to big of a nose, and small lips, but she thought that way because she was brain washed into thinking that, unlike david. David saw tally as this beautiful girl and he sees past the outside and he keeps telling Tally that she is beautiful and she starts to believe it but keeps telling herself that she is ugly and she cant wait for the operation…. except when she found out about the lesions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7) no, idont think shay would, but i also think shay would of… heres why
Not to go back: Shay was lonely at first and just wanted to go to smoke and just see david and be an ugly but….
Yeah go back: she did have an adventure of a life time and it kinda turned out okay in the end… except when she cut herself….and got angry at tally alot…. or when well idk….!
8) kinda obvious… the Preatty place is SO much better, i mean we go to war to settle out problems, i mean it kinda stinks, like if you didnt like our goverment, you just bomb us and try to kill us… but in Preatty vill, its a clean world that dosnt kill ppl b/c of dissagreaments *event tho they are programed to be friendly and a bubble head* *untill tally and shay stopped the stupidness, i mean bubble head thing !
9)actually, tally did choose to do some things, she choose to betray her friends at smoke b/c she wanted to be preatty, actually thats kinda harsh, but true even tho its like black mail in a way… um, she kinda choose some bad thingstoo but actually a lot of other people choose what she should do for her. but, i wish zane lived, i liked him, even tho it was *dare do i say* good that he died *even tho i cryed and totaly disagreed at the time* but now she learned what its like to lose someone that she loved and how she learned and had to move on and say that she knows there are other people out in the world that there are other people that you can love and care about…*david*…. whoa, i dont tthink i really answered the question, i just rambled… sorry ’bout that!!
10)SERIOUSLY! i would totaly live. i LOVE TO bike ride, and i am an awesome skate boarder and rollar blader and i like to walk outside, but i kinda live in pittsburgh, and everything is so spread out so like if i want to go to a mall it would take me an hr. on foot…. but other than that i would servive, but now electricity would be a whole nother isssue! couldnt live w/o it… how would we be able to type these amaizing comments on our computer…. ahhhhhhhhhhh we couldnt talk a bout scott and his amaizing-ness-e of a author!
My scool is in Trumansburg NY and no offrnse still but y dont you show me the rules and ill show you how 2 break them cuase uh.. all my boyz dat i have dated al have der own book and som cat fights 2 remember cuz uh you dont want to get in my face
Kisses 2 all da boyz
Dacotah~wa =P
And what particular language were you speaking,because I didn’t understand any of that Dacotah-wa?
Hola peeps! Sounds like somebody is getting a little bit angry.J.K.
LOL
See ya!
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Umm… I am totally confuzzled. What language is that?
Why did you take tally out of Extras, she is my fave. character!!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Not that I can think of. My town’s pretty small, so people don’t really move in or out that much.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I don’t know if I did. I mean, I guess I always did, even after I knew about the lesions.(I’m so mean.)
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
If anyone says no, they’d be lying. We’ve all done it or will do so at one time or another. So yes.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I think she learned a lot about herself. She realized that they’re not stronger than nature, or more beautiful.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I don’t think so. Being able to think for myself is something I value a lot. All those other things are just added extras.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
I don’t know that he did. It’s kinda hard for me to explain.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
At times, most definitely, a lot of times in SPECIALS. But think. If she had never met Tally, she would have been a bubblehead. She never would have gotten to see the wild on the way to the Smoke, never would have gotten to see Diego, and never would have gotten to do the things they did together. Playing the prank on the new uglies, breaking the rink over Nefertiti Stadium, becoming Cutters, blowing up the armory, fighting in the Diego war, and changing their world.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The pretty society is very different. The technology obviously as one of the main things, and the operation as the other. The fact that their cities are disconnected so much, and that people don’t communicate with others outside their own city. The pretty society is definitely healthier than ours. They purify the water they put back into the bodies of water, they recycle everything, and they don’t pollute, clear-cut, any of those things. It also seems that besides the Smokies, no one eats meat, which pleases me greatly. ^-^
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think it’s split both ways 50-50. Tally decided to go to the Smoke, decided to become pretty, decided to try and re-wire her mind, let Zane take the other pill, chose Zane over David and stayed with Zane, not run away even when she had the freedom of a Cutter, set the nanos loose in the armory, follow Zane and the other Crims into the wild, stay with Zane while Shay went ahead, kissed Zane with all his shakiness, help the other cured Cutters fight against Cable and the other specials in the Diego war, let Zane die, stay with David in the wild, and so, so much more.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
My life is very dependent on oil and gasoline. The bus I take to school, the cars my parents take to go to work, and to stores. If that all disappeared in one day, I’m not sure if I would survive or not. I mean, I would like to say, Absolutely, but you can’t really be sure. I’m sure other people here who said yes to this question wouldn’t survive. I guess it’s all just a matter of how you react to the situation and how well you can deal with living in the wild for however long it takes. So I guess what I’m trying to say is, I guess it all depends.
That was Russian, Tally-and-Zane, and DON’T CLICK THE LINK.
LINK=VIRUSES.
Just warning you.
Oh…I get it. Wait no I don’t.Why would someone put a link with viruses on it. That is so mean and totally not happy-making.Thanks for the info laine-wa.
See ya!
I’m such a dork, i so would’ve clicked on it.
(writes while glaring angrily at virus link,*daggers*)
i speak black girl in a white hood town there r like 10 black familys and i am the only black person in my house cuz i liv wid my mom and she is white so….
kisses to all my boyz out der
Dacotah~wa
Tally & Zane youz iz so funny only i not seen your point
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
yes, i have…it was tough getting over it too but ive made more friends throughout the years
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
i hoped she woudl because she talked so much about it…but if you can figure it out yourself there was no way she could have
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
no actually i dont think i have…well except guys 😉
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
survival!
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
probably not…i like being an individual…even if it means im none of the above…i guess thats how life works
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
he accepted her for who she was! =) its so sweet!
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
probably not…they have had some pretty good times as uglies…maybe not as pretties though!
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
the way our government runs…id probably want to have favored being a pretty!
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Weather to get the surg. or not. either way she did a great job!
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
ha? cars? airplanes? how would we get across the ocean…? GONDELAHS? (sp?) i think our world would suck even more if one more bad thing happend to it…? why not throw in not having electricity too!?
Dacotah-wa, I was asking about comment 76 and 87.Because I was kinda wondering why it was written in a different language and Laine-wa told me that it had a virus and I am totally oblivious of things like that so I probably would’ve been my curious self and clicked it and my computer would have been messed up ending with me being very angry.(HeHeHe!!!)But yeah, so basically I have to watch out for stuff like that from now on if I feel like staying my happy,cheerful self.(lol!)
See Ya!
Hack again?!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yah.. about 8 times.. :'(
grrrr…
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Erm.. Not really, I never really liked how people call people pretty or ugly, so I guess not.. the story might of got a little boaring anyways..
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I dont really think so.. But you never know I might have
🙁
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I guess so.. bc she was all ready crapping in holes .. rofl.
But yah She is like a wild-der-ness Girl!
Wo.. lol
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No. ^_^
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Because David is the most awesome person! And he is so awesome. And his awesome-ness led him to be awesome
=^_^=
😀 Oh yah you know I got a way with words 😀
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
would of what got the operation??.. I dont think she would of changed her mind.. bc when she met shay-la-la she was in new pretty town escaping after peris. So she might of got the operation.
Then She would of never met David ]:
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Alot of things, Like they dont kill tress
– GASP –
..lol
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally-wa pertty much had her fate chosen. But It5 was kinda good Dr.C told her to go bc then she got to meat David 😀
B4.. she kinda distroyed smoke….
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Well.. I think I would live.. Food water, shelter.
I just need mu skateboard to get around… tho a hoverboard would be nice..
.. Wo….
HOW DID DAVID GET THE SCAR!!!
TELL ME!!
1. Yeah, my neighbor Danielle. I never heard from her.
2.I wanted her too but, i could tell by the story it was a bad idea. It changed when she met David. I wanted her to stay with him but, knwoing the second book was called Pretties.. that would be impossible
3. Never, I get along with everyone, unless they do something to upset me they are fine with me. REGARDLESS OF LOOKS
4. She learned nobody is going to baby her and watch over her she is alone now. Well not alone but she has to venge for hersel.
5. Sometimes in a heartbeat. I am not going to lie I would love it. But, other times it just makes me mad thinking about it.
6. He grew up in an enviorment where beauty wasn’t a main situation, he cared about what was on the inside…he figured everyone else would too.
7. No, i don’t. Shay loves Tally eve if she screws up.
8. Everything is undercontrol in prettyville. Also, everyone cares about the looks.. I can’t find much difference
9. About 20% was her own the rest wasnt her desicion.
10. We wouldnt survive. Now that I think of it… we are pretty pathetic we base all of our hopes on everything material.
SCOTT IF YOU READ THIS I HAVE A DREAM! A DREAM FOR THE TRIOLGY TO BECOME A MOVIE!!!!!
oooo oops i clicked oh well this is the school comp
Scott,
Did you find yourself wanting Tally to get the operation? From your writing it felt like you intended to make Tally beautiful from the beginning. She had wanted it so bad, but after she changed her mind there was still some feeling of desire left in the words.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I changed my mind when I found out about the lesions.. I bet a lot people changed there mind when they found out about the lesions.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
a little bit.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I think she learned to live without some of the luxury’s she had in uglie town. (Is it uglie town, or uglieville, or what?????)
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No, I would not.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David thought Tally was beautiful without the operation, but with the society Tally lived in before coming to the smoke, she saw herself uglie compared to the bubbleheads.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Yes and no. Tally did destroy the smoke and took her boyfriend. But I think that before any operations, she enjoyed their relationship and liked Tally.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Our society is like the pretty society. I think that we divide people into groups by there looks, even if we don’t realize it. It is just how we are. But some people do it less than others.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally decided about 50% of her fate, Shay decided 10% and Special Circumstances decided 40% of her fate.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I would not live easy if it all disappeared in one day, but over months I think I would addapt. It would not be easy tho.
Alyssa: I like your comment & question, It seems like you put a lot of thought into that question and I am wondering the same thing too.
I would not like if you made the book a movie Scott.
hehe a little late isnt it risa? he already sold the rights im almost positivly sure. 99.9% sure. gosh how many people have asked this???!!!! just go to imdb.com and search uglies!!!!!!!! how do u think i found the date 4 twilights release???!! gosh i luv that site dont u people no bout it?????!!!!!
i luvv the bookS!! im almost done reading EXTRAS!! its soo good! it would be cool if u made it into a movie…but u have to make it look real! ahh…srry i didnt take the quiz thing.
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whats with the little rectangles? hehe.
-Lizzy-wa OUT! 😮
1. Yes, totally! My former-friend Jessica was the first to do so – she changed schools after first grade and promptly forgot me. My former-friend Emily was next – she moved to Colorado after first grade. (I live in Hinsdale, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.) We sent snail-mail letters back and forth for a while, but she stopped responding altogether until last week, when she emailed me. How random! Next, my former-friend Devin moved away after fourth grade and abandoned our email correspondence about a year ago. (I’m in eighth grade now.) Finally, my former-friend Julia stopped IMing me a couple of months ago.
2. I did hope Tally would get the operation – it was what she wanted! I changed my mind about the same time Tally did, when David told her she was beautiful. After that, it just seemed natural for her to not get the operation, for her to stay in the Smoke. Then she had to go and throw the dumb locket into the fire, and Special Circumstances came, and then of course I hated the Specials and I wanted her to fight to stay out of the city.
3. Only once. There’s this sixth-grader at my school who was in the musical this fall with me and I could not stop staring at her. Her hair was this really uncommon yellowy-blond color, like mine was when I was three. And her hair was also really thick and wavy so it hid her face. I just could not stop STARING!
4. Tally’s trip through the wild made her think while she was following Shay’s obscure directions and it prepared her for both the hard work and the hard revelation that she found in the Smoke.
5. I think I might, since many people at my school think that Amy is a genius and Amy is not allowed to make mistakes. If Amy were a bubblehead, then Amy could make mistakes. Also, since Hinsdale is a wealthy town, most people are happy, healthy, beautiful, and rich. These people sometimes make fun of me for not being these things (especially rich.) I think I’m one of the two or three people in my school who doesn’t have a cell phone. So, yeah, I actually might give up independent thinking for a lifetime of being happy, healthy, beautiful, and rich.
6. David saw Tally as beautiful. Tally saw Tally as ugly. David had not grown up in the city with the brainwashing. David had never seen a pretty. So, as it is put in Specials, “of course he might think that ugly Tally Youngblood would be okay to look at.” But I don’t think that’s all it is. Hmm… I really don’t know how to answer that. I think I’ll try again later.
7. No, I don’t think she would. Shay did have a lot of good times with Tally, just like all friends. And just like all friends, they fight. Their fights are just more… severe than most. Hmm… destruction of an entire village, check, deaths, check, etc. Yup, definitely severe.
8. The pretty society is nicer to Mother Nature than we are. We are completely wrecking the world, yet they just have self-sustained cities. They also don’t poison (literally, not figuratively) their people like we do, with things like food additives, various carcinogens, carbon monoxide in exhaust, etc. (Sorry, my mom’s a health freak.) And I think those things are pretty big achievements. If it takes a little brain damage to do that, then that’s what it takes.
9. Tally decided her own fate when she decided to go find Shay in hopes of becoming pretty, when she decided to stay in the Smoke, when she went with David to go rescue everyone from Special Circumstances headquarters, and when she decided to sacrifice herself for the cure. (And that’s just in Uglies!) Everything else, yeah, pretty much other people’s decisions.
10. My lifestyle is dependent on oil and gasoline because that’s what cars run on and that’s what heats my home. I would definitely be able to survive without it. I’d just have to bike, walk or rollerblade everywhere (which I pretty much already do since my parents “can’t afford” all the gas for the car) and I’d have to dress warmly in winter. No biggie.
Wow, that was a lot of typing!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Like some other people had said I think i am the friend who moves away and abandoned the friendship. 🙁 I had lived in 12 houses, 5 cities, three states and two countries by the time I was 11. LOL I often didn’t see or contact any of my old friends. 🙁
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
To be honest I always wanted Tally to get the operation even when i found out about the Lesions.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I am not proud to say it but . . my first impression is on how a person looks. 🙁 🙁 🙁 Even if the SUPER nice i usually hang around people who i think look pretty or have nice fashoin sense. Like i said I am NOT proud of it.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Tally learned in the wild that you cant always depend on the high tech things you can get in the city.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Yes and No. I would definently have to try it before I really decide! LOL :]
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw Tally on what was on the inside not the outside. Even though i sometimes judge on looks I would really want a boyfriend like David who can see what I am like inside! 🙂 🙂
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
NO
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The main differences are . . I dont know hard Question! LOL
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think Tally decided her fate 50 percent. I mean she made all the decisions in her life (well the obvios ones) but the so called ” Specials and Pretty Commitie” also had control of other peoples lives like tally’s. They put the idea of people having to be pretty to have a place in the world if they didn’t do that maybe people would have more confindence in themselves and have more people would be like the Smokies and resist what everyone thought was a perfect life. SO other people did partly control Tally’s life by putting stories in her head. 🙁 🙁
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I WOULD NEVER SURVIVE! I play sports and stuff but if I was in the postion of The Rusties my first insticts would be to jump in my car and drive away! LOL LOL 🙂 🙁
Sorry about all the mispelled words! I was in a hurry. . 🙁 🙁
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1.Yes! Well, except she didn’t move away!But she just left to go hang out with other people and never said anything to us until two years later.
2.I really wanted her to get the operation! But when she got to the smoke and met David it all changed and didn’t want her to get teh operation.
3.Sadly, yes. I just forget and totally lose it. I try not to
4.I think that the trip prepared her because it kind of gave her a little idea of what she was going to have to do while she was in the smoke.
5.No way! That is just so scary-making! I don’t ever want to be like that. I would be totally bogus.
6.Tally grew up thinking that she was nothing but a little rock sitting next toa boulder. David made her realize thatshe was more than just anugly, and that she dosn’t have to be a pretty to be amazing and beautifull.
7.Well, I think that during the time when they are in the Smoke and David starts to like Tally more that she would, but in tohher parts of the books she wouldn’t.
8.Well, I think that they have control over everything. They don’t wan’t bad things to happen. I ‘m saying we do I am jsut saying taht we can’t really control whats happening today. There they don’t have people running off doing or commitimg crimes. There is no freedom in being pretty or ugly because you can’t experience things that we can tody.
9.Well, I think that the other people narrowed it down for her then the rest was all up to her. I think that she decided at least 50 percent of her fate.
10.I think that that could happen one day. But I don’t know how long I could live with ou oil. And it’s just that way because of teh way I have grown up. I am sure other peole could do with out oil.
U ROCK SCOTT WESTERFELD!
I love these books! I wish I could jump inside and be one of the characters! I wan’t Scott Westerfeld to write more books to the series!
yu mean want? hehe. no apostrofie. hehe.
jump inside. i do that all the time! well, in my mind i do. ya no. Blues Clues shood put cautions on that whole method thingie…
-Lizzy-wa OUT! 😆
Emma-wa I liked your answers!
Lizzie-wa. Interesting comment
I am confused! Hello
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes, i have. She lived in the US for about 3 years and then moved away back to her home country of Belgium. We wrote to each other but then we stopped writing to each other.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Yes, i did hope that Tally would get the operation and I was mad when Shay ran away because i thought that Shay was sort of holding Tally back from having the operation. I changed my mind when Tally started to like the Smoke.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Um, i don’t know. I can’t exactly remember.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I don’t really think that the wild prepared her that much for the Smoke. I think the hard parts of the wild prepared her, but that’s pretty much it.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No, i would not. I would rather think for myself not be a puppet of someone.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw what Tally was on the inside. Since he grew up in the wild, he wasn’t exposed to the operation’s affects on the people around him. He probably never seen a bubblehead and since he grew up in the wild, he learned to see past the ugliness on the outside and see right to the inside. I think that it’s harder for you to see what you’re like on the inside compared to how other people. I think other people can see what’s inside over you easiler than you yourself can.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I don’t know. Sometimes when she’s mad at Tally, she probably would go back, but when she and Tally are like friends, I don’t think she would go back.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
With the pretty operation, people are healthier then we are. The pretty society is much more advanced in techonology than we are and the way they set up their lives.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Special Circumstances decided her fate by thinking ahead about how Tally could destroy the locket and other things like that.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I think that I might not survvive. I ride the bus and my stove is gas so i wouldn’t be able to get any where far because i couldn’t ride my bike far places. I could ride my bike to other places that are close and i guess i could ride my bike to school but it would be very DANGEROUS!!
Will there be another book after extras? Does anyone know? AHHHH I’m dying with anticipation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i really hope soooo
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
I don’t really remember any of my old friends. I moved away when I was younger and no one ever really talked to me after that, but then again I never had many friends to begin with.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first, I hoped she would because she wanted it so badly in the beginning, but later on once she was with David I kept thinking “maybe this is where she belongs”.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I’m not going to lie, of course I have.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I don’t know why, but I’m drawing a blank here. I guess all the things she went through in the wild made her realize that the Smoke wasn’t just a place to mess around, it was real.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No. While looks are important to me, intelligence, creativity and independent thinking outweigh beauty and being thin.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David was raised in a place where there were pretty much only Uglies so he could see beneath Tally’s surface and to how she thought; he could see that what was made her beautiful. Tally was raised in a city where she had been around pretties and being outshined by their beauty gave her a negative self-image.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, I don’t think she would because without Tally she would’ve never had the guts to make it to the smoke and she would’ve never become pretty or special.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Our society is build on money and fuel fossil and all sorts of things that destroy the Earth. Tally’s world is monitored to make the world a better place. Not to mention it’s pretty dang far in the future.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally didn’t decide much of her fate. Dr. Cable forced her to go to the Smoke, but she chose to fall for David then she accidentally betrayed the Smoke, she was kind of forced to become a pretty to help David, but she chose to fall for Zane then she was FORCED to become special…so a lot of Tally’s life was decided for her.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
We depend on oil and gasoline for cars. If it disappeared one day then our society couldn’t function. Everything is just too far apart to walk and horses would make the trip twice as long.
Haha. I’m a little late, but I wanted to fill it out.
All I have to say is that I started to read the first part of Pretties and so far it’s BORING. I hate that Tally is snotty and is not an Uglie. She was WAY cooler and amazing when she was uglie. Now she hates uglies. I wish she would have stayed and had a ralationship with David. He was so nice and cute. She was happy with him. He hugged her during the invasion and stayed with her on their way to the citie. I was TOTALLY disappointed!!! GGGRRRRRR
Courtney it gets sooooo much better so keep reading.(by the way Zane is better than David.Way better.)
See Ya!
Word, Sistah. Zane is the pøwnage, which is why I used his name. Because I luff him so much. *sad sighs*
You think Pretties is boring, Courtney? None of Scott’s books are boring. I love them all. They are very happy-making.
My brother is trying to design some way to make a hoverboard. It’s funny. I want one so bad. Who would invest in it? LOL
We there be a 5th book i really hope there is does anyone know!!! Please i hope there is!!!! I LOVE these books!!!!!
You rock Tally&Zane!!!!!! Zane is way better than David!
I know, I do rock, don’t I ? HaHaHa!!! Just kidding
all i can say is that i want to know if there will be a fifth book plz tell me yes cause i am in love with these books!!i want to know what happens to tally and david and aya and frizz.plz tell me if there will be a fifth book plz!!
1. I actually moved and couldn’t keep in touch (I was four), but I think that Peris’s actions are different because he didn’t really have a choice; the leisons got in the way. In our times, friends choose to ignore you after they move (sadly).
2. I wished I had the chance to live in Tally’s world, actually, and do it all (low self-esteem) and I hoped she would do it. At first. Then I found out about the lesions.
That was the turning point. I realized that Tally really shouldn’t get the operation(s). What’s the point of being rich and beautiful and all that if you don’t have the ability to make your own decisions and really feel and have fun?
3. Not trusting them- if anything, it makes me trust them less which is really shallow and selfish of me (sigh), but I can’t really help it because it always seems to me that really pretty people are mean and consider themselves better than me. Sad truth. Same with liking them.
4. No comment
5. No. nononononononono. It’s scary, that thought. You’d only be a doormat, trampled by people who let you think you really have a life.
6. David wasn’t full of the crap that they filled the unsurged (I refuse to call them ugly cause they AREN’T) people with from the time they were little. That means that he could see past the stupid lies and know that real beauty is inside.
That sounded corny as hell, but it’s true.
7. Hmmm…. When she’s mad,yes, rest of the time, probably no, but she may regret things that have happened to her because of Tally.
8. They’re alot healthier and live (physically) better lives, but I’d rather be fat and ugly but full of thoughts than stupid and gullible and Pretty.
9. Well, Tally was manipulated (lots), but to a certain extent she made her own choices. She only really gets to making her own decisions, though, in Specials.
10. All of you people who said that they’d live fine without gasoline, please get a mental examination. We know it’s unhealthy and polluting the environment, but really, come on. We’ll be fine if the change away from using oil is steady, but if all of it went away at once, there would be the following:
a) Mass panic
b) Starvation (farmers and HEB trucks couldn’t get to most of the public)
c) Riots (over food)
d) More wars (over food)
We all love walking, but I’m pretty sure we also love a full stomach. So until we come up with a better option and put it into action, keep breathing the fumes (sigh). We are trying to come up with options, though…
Wow, I sounded like a jerk in 10. But what I said is true, although I don’t like the fumes any more than yall do…
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David is better than Zane!!!!
My turn to sound like a jerk. David is NOT better than Zane, I think you may have breathed in more fumes than you can handle.
HeHeHe!!! Sorry, very opinionated person.
I so totally agree with you Tally&Zane, Zane is way better than David me and my friend fight about it all the time!
ummm well i just have one thing to say and that is
#10
i don’t think people really understand how much we depend on gas and oil.
sure, yeah, we use it for cars and airplanes and such.
and yes, it does pollute the air.
yes, we use it for heat.
but how many of you realize that PLASTIC is made of petroleum?
yes, that’s right plastic.
go through any room in your house and count how many plastic things you can find.
would you be able to live without all that stuff.
i’m kinda thinking no.
Crap, your right Kally, I totally forgot the whole plastic=petroleum thing. (my cat’s name is Kally except I spell it Kallie.)
haha that’s very cool. my full name is kalyn though.
i love my name because it’s so much like tally.
funny funny!!!!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes.
My best friend Katie, moved away on my birthday.
And she never called, nor did she mail me.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Yea kinda,
I did change my mind, because I loved David.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
:/
Not usually
but if someone looks rough, I doubt I’d easily trust them.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I guess it prepared her diet, and how rough she’d have it out with the smokies
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
NO.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw her as beautiful no matter what
Which I think is just sweet
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
It depends on which point of time she could take it back,
At some points yes, and others, no.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
In some ways.
IN the no violence thing, yes.
And no diseases.
But others no.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Most times I guess.
Like her becoming a pretty.
Her Becoming special.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I cant drive yet, btw, and im not excited to. I drive slower than turtles walk.
I’d be fine.
I dont favor cars.
I like doing healthy activities, such as riding my bike,
I live in a small town, so you dont need to use a car much, if youre not lazy.
But others would.
But if it was without ELECTRONICS, that would be a whole other story.
I cant survive without my ipod.
I always need background music, like I have my own little movie.
I’m sad because I am reading Extras and am so close to the end!!!! If I end then there won’t be anything to read, but if I don’t finish then I won’t know what happened!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice site keep it up!
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hi all i just have one question for Scott. have you heard anything about uglies the movie? i check IMDB every day and there hasn’t been any change i was hoping maybe you knew what was going on. thats all
I cannot answer these questions becuz I didn’t finish Uglies!!! But I want 2. I will answer these when I finish. I PROMISE!!!
Totally bubble-making!
1. I haven’t really had a very close friend move away, but i have been the one to move from my old friends. I don’t visit them anymore but luckily we have stayed in touch over the last 7 years. It would be awful to leave/have my best friends leave me now.
2. at first i did want Tally to get the operation. In the beginning she wanted nothing more to become Pretty, but when she met David i changed my mind on what i wanted to have happen to her. I loved the relationship the two created and thought becoming pretty would ruin it.
3. Well…if i happen to like that person, yes i would pay more attention to what they say. Im not obsessed with good looking people, but i am captured by the way a good looking person might carry them selves. Actually, i pay more attention to ANYONE who happens to carry themselves well.
4. I think that Tally’s journey helped her get ready to expect the worst. She also learned to do things for her self, which is the way smokies function. The journey made it easier for Tally to side with the wilderness rather than the city, because it became her own escape from her unhappy ugly life.
5. There is no way you would get me to be a bubble head just to be happy. Life is wonderful enough that we can think independantly, and can choose not to be influenced by the media. I wouldn’t be able to choose which music i liked (im planning to be a music major in college) and would never be able to know what i REALLY did love in life, because i never chose it for myself.
6. David didn’t grow up with perfection, even his parents trashed their once perfect looks. David was able to see past everything, just as we hopefully are able to do. Even when Tally was special he never noticed that Tally was different.
7. There are times that I think Shay would wish she never met Tally, but i don’t think she actually would ever get rid of everything they went through together. The two of them became a unit, and whether things went wrong or right, Shay was there for Tally when Zane died, and Tally was there for Shay when ever she had another crazy plan. The two feed off of each others instincts, and thats something i don’t think Shay would ever trade.
8. Environmentally, the pretty society is much much better than ours. As fare as government goes, there are similarities and differences. There are always things that the country won’t know that the government does, and we don’t know if that is a good or bad thing. The thing that is better about our government though is that we do have a say in what happens, unlike the pretty society. Yay democracy!
9. In the end, Tally did chose her own fate. Every time she would at least try during the series though, things would do in a different direction. i would say 90% of the time she didn’t get to chose what happened.
10. If oil disappeared, we wouldn’t be able to survive. Maybe a lucky few would be able to, but most of us wouldn’t be able to. America…the way it is, wouldn’t have people that could compete with doing simple technology and actually having to do manual things. I am a rower, so i do have other means of transportation and athleticism =P. We depend on oil to run our planes which allow us to trade, it gives life to our cars which gets us to the places that we may make money or make relationships. Oil is something we are VERY dependent on.
hi my name is lexie and i know im just a 10 yr old BUT I LOve UR BOOKS and my wgole class is reading them and i cant wait 4 the movie 2 come out i bet it will be buddy-making. LOl welll plz reply and i have every book uved sold on yeah.
_Lexie Thompson
Hello Scott,
I am in middle school and I am currently reading Uglies. I am reasearching stuff in the book and I was wondering what New Pretty, Middle Pretty, and Late Pretty meant.
Thanks!!!
It’s like the different ages, like you stay a new pretty for so long, then you have surgery to become a middle pretty for a certain amount of time, then you have surgery again to become a late pretty. I guess it could define aging *gracefully*. HaHaHa!
Hi, Lexie!!! Don’t worry I am kind of young too. I just found out one the persons age and it didn’t ocoure to me that they were that old!!!!! Not they are like 20 or anything, but yep.
Tally&Zane:
I thought that when you became a late pretty you were really a crumblie
1. Well actually I was the friend that moved away. And I’ve tried to the best of my ability to keep in touch with my old friends.
2. I suppose I did want Tally to get the operation until she met Shay. Once I heard her point of view, I immediately sided with her.
3. While I will admit there are a few people that my gaze tends to drift upon because they are fairly attractive, for the most part they are certainly not people I would want to pay attention to what they said.
4. I believe Tally’s trip through the wild made her realized how sheltered and spoiled she’d been. That outside her cozy little dorm-room there was a whole other world. And it was harsh.
5. There is no possible way that I would give up my independent thought for such vanities. Without independent thought, the world would still be flat, with the rest of the universe revolving around it.
6. All through-out Tally’s life she was told that here natural features were “ugly”. That there was only one image of beauty (that of which was unattainable naturally) and if you didn’t match it then you were hideous. (Not unlike are own modern society, am I wrong?) She was told that every part of her was imperfect and wrong. It was impossible for her to like herself.
Where as David had never been taught to strive for this ideal. He chose what he thought was attractive, it wasn’t forced down his throat.
7. Though there were times when Shay swore it would have been better if she never met Tally, I think deep down she really appreciated her friendship.
8. Though this question is about differences, I would also like to mention some of the similarities between our society and that of the Pretties.
As I mentioned in my answer to question 6, they impossible standards of beauty are present in our own society. Blonde haired, blue eyed, thin, ample chested women, have become our countries “Pretty” Teenage girls try desperatly to get themselves to look like this, and take drastic, unhealthy measures.
In the Pretty world, this image is attained by operation, but every gets to be “pretty”. No cases of anorexia anymore right? But at this point they no longer have their own free will. They are shallow, vapid, clones. This part of the Pretty society is always what would have devasted me if I lived in that time period. But hey, with no original though, no anarchists! No war mongers! No religious freaks!
I’m not quite sure how to articulate my exact views on that matter, but simply a world where everyone is the same does not sit right with me.
Chew on this though, war is simply in human nature. Seeing as we have pretty much exterminated natural selection in our own species, perhaps war is another method of population control. I’m am not saying I support war at all (born and raised a flower-child) but just think about it.
Population control. That is where I think the Pretty world has it right. Limiting the number of spawn you’re allowed seems like a pretty smart thing. Otherwise we’ll overrun this planet, suck up it’s resources, and run out of space for ourselves and other species. Also I am all for renewable resources as opposed to petroleum (which was the death of us Rusties).
9. Well I think in actuallity Tally did decide alot of her own fate. Even though Dr. Cable had given her an ultimatum, she still had choices. All through-out the series she was faced again with tough decisions to be made, and very little time to make them.
10. I did a report on this very subject for English not to long ago. And I believe our society relies much too much on oil. It supplies over 48% of our energy needs, and practically 99% of our vehicals. We need to convert to renewable resources NOW.
And those are the views of a sleep deprived 14 year old.
Hmmm…I thought crumblie was another name for late pretty but I’m not sure. I might be wrong.
Oh, wells dosn’t really matter any ways!!!!:)
Scott, what month is the movie coming out and who are the actors/actresses? The IMDB has no info on it. Tally & Zane: Have you read the 4th book? Have you read Peeps or Midnighters? Same questions for you Reagan.
1. Yeah i have. She left our school cause she had some issues with other people, and then when she was gone we kept in touch for a bit, but after a while it was like i was the only one trying with our friendship. I used to invite her over, she then couldnt make it etc. So in the end i just thought fine, if she doesnt want to make the effort then why should i?
2. I was curious about what it would be like to be Pretty, as Tally always descirbed it as something AMAZING. But when she went to see Peris, it made me feel a bit :S about it. Then the way Shay used to describe it, it put me totally off it. Who WANTS to be required to have fun? And the Smoke sounded like such an adventure.. I wanted her to leave. For the adventure of it, and for herself. Who wants to be a bubblehead anyways?
3. Um… This is a hard one. I mean, sometimes its easier to not listen to someone who is kind of a loser, but i dont really. I listen to my friends, and i am deeply agaisnt the populars at my school. They may be pretty [some of them even arent that] but they only talk to you when no one better is there, and they are all mostly self obssessed. I try to listen to everyone and talk to everyone, not basing it on their looks. Its too superficial.
4. The way she was living in nature for those long days, when she first realised Nature didnt need an operation to be beautiful, it just was. That was a huge turning point for her i feel. And when she was alone with herself, had to look after herself. I think everything about that journey helped her to see the world in a different way, and see herself differently too.
5. It sounds tempting, sure. But i mean, as you saw with the bubbleheads, they were happy, but their mind was always fuzzy, things not fitting together right. I would keep my mind. If people could learn to see people for who they are, not what they look like, then we wouldnt even need to bother with things like plastic surgery. My mind is everything about me, my personality and my soul. I wouldnt trade it for anything, no matter how gorgeous or healthy or rich i could become. Nothing is worth losing your mind and who you truly are.
6. When David looked at Tally, he didnt just see her exterior, her body. He saw her as a PERSON. He saw her as Tally. The way her mind worked was why she was beautiful in his eyes. Her lips might’ve been thin and her eyes too close together, but that didnt matter. Her mind made up who she was, and that was what he loved about her, and what he saw when he looked at her.
7. Oh my gosh, Good question Scott-la! Um.. I have no idea! I mean, she wouldn’t have ‘lost’ David to Tally, she wouldn’t have had half the hassle, but she would’ve lost ehr best friend. Yes, she hated Tally at times, but they were best friends. I think in the end of everything, Shay-la would’ve kept things the way they were. She was healthy and happy, and saving the world, alongside her best friend. What could be better?
8. Well, for starters they separated the Ugly people from the pretty people, like discrimination. They taught history in a way that left out any good points. They made the Rusties seem like terrible people who were idiotic and had no common sense. They were better than us in the fact EVERYTHING is recycled, nothing is wasted. They look after the planet, in ways which we are sturggling. Also, the way different countries/cities left each other to their own business. No wars this way. I feel that if someone would’ve been in trouble they could’ve helped, but everyone is different. So if they run things differently like Diego and Tally’s town, then they should leave each other to it. That could help a lot with things, especially nowadays.
9. It seems that whenever Tally made her own choice about something, it got switched around. She decided to stay and get the operation, but then was forced to go after Shay if she ever wanted to turn pretty. She decided to stay in the smoke, then accidentally set off the tracker. She was kind of happy pretty, but Zane made her fight the lesions. She decided to leave, and when she finally was reunited with Zane, he had a tracker on him no one could remove. She decided to stay with him, turn Pretty with him, then escape again. But once more, she was turned Special agaisnt her will. She wanted Zane to join them, and ended up losing him forever. Anything Tally ever decided, she always ended up doing the opposite. It can crush people like that, how could you ever make you own decision? I always felt for Tally in that way.
10. Personally, i think i do depend on it. Cars to school, buses to the city, everything like that. But i always want it to dissapear. Just for a while, so we can learn to live without it. Some people are TOO dependant on it. We need to stop using up all the worlds resources, and find a sustainable way to live. I also don’t actually believe in global warming. Climate change, yes, cause its a fact. But the world naturally heats up and cools down again. Its like a cycle, i dont think the world is going to like, melt. I think we just need to see what we are doing to the world isnt sustainable, and find a better way to live into the future. Otherwise, to put it simple, we’re screwed.
Fawesome question Scott-la, this has distracted me well from work i probably should be doing… Lol.
Hope you like my answers :]
Alisha-la xx
OMG. Sorry, but i have never written a post THAT long. Wows much =D
xx
Shay-la:
I have read the fourth book. But no I have not read Peeps or Midnighters. I’m waiting for Peeps at our library.
I love uglies !!! It’s so intersting!! I am now on prites! Read the Twilight seris it’s even better. By Stephenie Meyer!!
Well, as you can avert we have a backside here, I can’t slurpily tabulate unfurling you won’t adapt the cops, you’ve shielded my surety and I can’t disappoint that chance.
Scott Westerfeld is such amazing writer and I must say something, I cannot stand it any longer. First of all the Uglies books are absolutely impossible to put down! I feel as if I have left my world and hopped right into Tally Youngblood’s or Aya Fuse’s. The only thing I don’t like is that I constantly am wishing I were born in the future during these books. Can you blame me? I become obsessed and amzed! I start flexing my ring finger randomly thinking of how cool it would be to send a ping. Anyway I want to live there! I want to have dazling pretty beauty and be able to look however I want (that would be after the mind rain of course). I hope that I am not alone with my crazy obsession. I think that it is a relief to all of my friends and family that I have finally found something else to be obsessed with other that Harry Potter( even though I am still very much obsessed with that). Pretty much I am saying that I love these books along with the peeps and the last days.
____Oh and by the way I figured out that Aya was Japanese before he told us in the book. (Even if I figured it out only three pages before it was announced)
Peris did abandoned Tally.
But he kinda came back to her during SPECIALS!
At the end of the SPECIALS, Peris said that Tally and Peris were best friend forever.
Does people realllly think that Peris abandoned his friend!?
Also during Pretties, Peris and Tally were good friends. Except, Peris wasn’t brave enough to be with Tally. But at the beginning of SPECIALS, Peris helped Tally and Shay (when they were sending Zane to Smokey). Once again, did Peris really abandoned Tally or maybe he was just afraid(of a whole situation)!?
I love the uglies series, and the midnighters series. I havn’t read peeps yet. I have also read the twilight books and the are good too. put it this way. ALL BOOKS ARE AWSOME. i have also read so yesterday and that book is excelent. I LOVE BOOKS!!!!
I have a question for you Scott. What was you insperation to right the uglies series. i have read all of them and they are most definintly AWSOME.
1. Yes I had a good friend and when we went to high school he stopped hanging out with me on weekends. I guess my face rank wasnt as high as his(lol).
2. Yes, I always wanted her to get the operation. I had to put the book down when she threw the tracker in the fire. I was happy when she finally got the operation.
3. DEFINETLY, as Tally tried to tell David people see your exterior and associate that with how you are on the inside. I mean when I talk to a really hot girl I’m really careful about what I say and way I look and everything. When I talk girl thats ugly or just less hot i don’t really care. I think I’m a really ugly person. Most girls would just say that I’m cute or ok but I hate the way I look. I hate to look in mirrors and hate pictures and won’t be in them. I hate… myself i guess.
4. I think this question is simple. Tally learned how to live without the comforts of the city that she once depended on.
5. OF COURSE I WOULD! Who wouldn’t want to live in a perfect utopia where everyone is beautiful and you can have anything you want. There is no war, not even any serious arguements. As for the legions, ignorance is bliss.
6. I think Tally sumed it up pretty well. She said that David was born in the Smoke so he had never seen a pretty or even many people. So to him Tally was beautiful.
7. Yes, she would probably want to be living with David in the Smoke.
8. It is superior to ours in everyway. Freedom has a great price. War, discrimation, murder, rape the list goes on and on. Do you really think their perfect utopia is so bad?
9. She didn’t decide much and I think those suprises are why the books are so good.
10. We are an oil dependent society. Without you couldn’t do much. For example the computer you are reading this with is powered by electricity, that electricty is powered by a power plant which probably uses fosil fuels(not sure about this).
I think face rank is a real thing. I mean I know I coudn’t go out with the most popular sophmore girl. Say she was in love with me, I still couldn’t. Because no one would approve…My life sucks
or like a quote from superbad, “f–k my life”
cya
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii hey scott why did you kill zane-la and have david come back for tally-wa?
Hey Anonymous:
I disagree not all books are great. Liek I tried reading the Lord of th Rings books OMG I don’t know I got through the Hobbit and #1. I tried reading the second but I couldn’t the first four pages were already boring!!!!!!!
um, yeah, i tried reading my dad’s (really old) copy of the lord of the rings, which has pages falling out, and really tiny print because it’s got all three in the one book, so it’s also really heavy, and i got to the second page, and thought “this sucks. i’m going to go read specials again”
1.Ya, I had a friend who moved away in 5th grade we tried 2 stay intouch,but that failed.
2.At first I wanted her to be w/ Peris.but after hearing about the lesions.I wanted her to be an ugly.
3.Not really, once in awhile some guy w/ gorgeous eyes will make me want to trust them.but thats only the 1st time i see them.
4.she learned about the wild being way bigger than her city.more dangerous,and you didnt have anything to pop out supplies you need.just the smarts you had.
5. Never!i want to be me.
6.He thought of her as beutiful while she thought of her self as an ugly that no one could ever think to be pretty.
7.I think shay wouldnt go back.her and tally would of never been bff.and the mind rain may never of happened.
8.i think the way they live is healthier for the enviroment.
9.i think she decided most of it,except for dr cable making her go so she could become a pretty,and shay making her a special.
10.we really are very dependent on oil.I think i could of survived, but it would be very hard to.
syd-la:
Have you read the fifth book?
1. Yep. It was really sad, too- she just suddenly stopped answering my emails and I never heard from her again.
2. I definitely hoped she’d get the operation, and I was still hoping when she was in the chair in the waiting room, but once Doctor Cable showed up, I kind of changed my mind. 🙂
3. Oh yes. I know this completely cute guy and I found him slowly manipulating me, but I didn’t notice, because he was cute, so he couldn’t be mean, right? Wrong. Fortunately, he moved too XD
4. She slowly got used to the fact that life wasn’t a ball, what with her having to eat SpagBol forever… 🙂
5. No way. I like being the outcast. I LIKE being the school geek.
6. David’s thoughts weren’t manipulated by the city, so he had no idea what an average ‘pretty’ looked like, so Tally was pretty compared to other people he’d seen.
7. I doubt it. Shay and Tally had been through some good times together, even though in Extras (spoilerspoiler) they claimed they always ended up on opposite sides (end spoiler).
8. The pretty society- people were less selfish, destroyed the environment less, and were much more efficient technologically than us.
9. Tally chose to make herself pretty, and even under all that prettiness, her personality is still there. So I’d say it’s about half and half.
10. Well, I myself don’t drive a care, but I think we have an oven that runs on gas, and our houses are heated by gas, so I don’t think I would survive, because there would be no more production of things in factories.
Ok heres da thing, i think that tallyneeds to be more in the 4th book!!!PLz scott?*puppy dog eyes*
Omg! Scott, you are such an awesome writer. ANYWAY, how do I mail you xD?! I just don’t know how! My computer is being a jerk. Anyway… Is Uglies coming out as a movie.. Because some websites say so.. I really hope it does, but I also hope it doesn’t. I really want to imagine the characters myself! And another question, sorry I’m such an idiot xD. In Midnighters, I know there are 3 books, but, are they different people with different stories, or does the first book keep going on and on with the same characters like Uglies…? I loved your Specials! It had more action than Uglies and Pretties. How’d you come up with that! You are an amazing author xD. I look forward to reading your books!
Big fan! 😀 xP
emmy-wa:
On his site it says you can contact him through e-mail. YOu click on the contact me option then you write what you want to tell him. And on my computer it always messes up so I kind of gave up. 🙂
Oh.. Thank you Reagan. Actually, I couldn’t because it said it couldn’t find that contact.. So, I really couldn’t find it.. D: But, I’ll try! Thanks much Regan! Oh yea, I got my name wrong xD. It should be emmy-LA right :D?! But it sounds better with Emmy-wa. xD\
Thanks again!
Big fan. 😀
i totally love this book!!!! bogus how i cant get extras though
lol shay-la i have extras and i read it (the best), and pplz good answers……lol
Has any one read the “Among the Hidden” series? I love those books but they aren’t as good as Uglies. But the author has written alot of books and she’s really good.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Um ya… but it was a long time ago, and when we were young, so it doesn’t bother me a whole bunch.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Ya, actually I did… all the way up till she met David and found out about the lesions.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Not really… I mean sure I first judge them on looks, but everyone does that, whether they want to admit it or not, but once I get to know them, that’s when I see how they really are.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
What I think mostly helped was just the fact that she realized there really was a life outside her city… and it wasn’t perfect.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I’ve actually been thinking a LOT about this question and honestly… I would definitely rather keep my ability to think for myself. I mean I have a STRONG belief on individuality, and what are we but that same as the next person if we were to get the operation?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Well Tally was raised to think she was ugly, I mean it’s really not her fault, and David, having not really seen a lot of pretties would see more of the natural beauty in people.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No I don’t think so. Because after I finished reading Specials (haven’t read Extras yet… have to get the book first) I realized that even though basically everything was Tally’s fault (ie. The Smoke being ambushed the first time, Zane dying, the whole war, and basically everything bad) it’s kind of funny because Tally really saved the world even through all that. And Tally would never have been able to do that if it weren’t for Shay.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I think basically the fact that we have freedom to think for ourselves, and when we disagree with something, we can say so. Because even if there is no conflict or whatever in the Pretty town… we still have that motivation to strive for peace. And when we are forced believe a certain way, and don’t know the difference, I think we need conflict in order to strive for better.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I don’t think Tally decided a whole lot of her fate honestly… I mean everything that happened to her was because of someone else it seemed… but I do think it was all Tally in the way she reacted and I personally think that that is all that truly matters.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Well I drive! I suppose that’s the biggest thing… I often ask people the question, if technology would just disappear would you still be able to live? And for me… if gas and oil were to disappear… ummm, I’d have to say it would be hard to live for sure, I mean… getting from one place to another, but I would still try to make it through the day.
Reagan: I’ve read the among the hidden series. you are right it is good but not as good as the uglies series. Have you read running out of time? There’s a fifth book in the uglies series?
wat? a fifth book?
I’m not sure. that’s what I thought Reagan said before
Reagan i love those books too. The Uglies series are better though
yeah
wat??
dude, Reagan! u watch Smallville?
hey pplz im going bye!
i have to clean the bathroom. yuck. 🙁
Clarissa-wa:
YES I LOVE that show I own season 5. I am liked opsessed over Superman just because I think that Tom Welling is so flippin hot. And there is this kid in my class and he says that he is Superman and we fight all the time.
I Love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
I didn’t say there was a fifth book to the Uglies series. I said that the autor of the Among the Hidden series has written a lot of books
And no I have not read running out of time.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
no u said there was a fifth book to the Uglies series
Where did I say that? i am confused
Wait I MEANT TO SAY FOURTH BOOK !!!!
I very sorry I thought you guys were nuts there for a moment. I didnt scroll up enough.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
omg if i had the choiceto ditchmy whole life tobecome a specialcircumstance i would sooooooooooooooo doit !!!!!
those reflexes would come in handy.
i wish there was a fifthbook i want to see about miss tally and monsoir david. i did not see that coming !!!!
it would be cool as long as they dont mess it up
huh????
wat? with ?
1.no but i feared that no one would want to hang out with me when moved back to my school.
2.yes but when shay came and showed her how better your life would be if you werent a brainless person olny worrying about the next party.
3.no because i value wat is inside someone more then the outside i mean sure someone may be realy cute but if they start being mean to me i will not put up with it no matter how good looking they are!
4.i think the trip made her see how important it is to respect nature and i think it prepared her for what lay ahead by making her stronger and tufer to with stand hard labor.
5.i beleive that the freedom to have freedom of speech and the press are very important because they let you speak out and think independently yes i would give up everything to say what i think is important for the world adn the country. plus if you didnt have your independence you could be like the governments little puppet like the absolute monarchy in france that i learned about in history- if they hadnt demanded independence all the peasants would be poor and hungry and nothing would have changed same with americas idepence for england we still would be paying taxes to poeple on the other side of the world!
6.when they first met david thought amazing and cool and nice but she felt that she wasnt pretty or any or any of those things her society had given her very low sef-esteem
7.yes i think shay would have stayed and gotten the operation unless she some how got the curage. and i think tally would have gotten the operation and joined peris.
8.the pretty society was very clean and environmental thought i was a good idea until it turned out it messed up your head!
9.i think she decided her own fate because she wanted to become pretty to save shay.
10.everything imaginable that is human made some how in vovles oil and gasoline! there is no way to avoid it! my family is saving up for wind energy and electric cars. i have informed poeple with my website that you can visit by going to freewebs.com/doyouloveyourearth
any way i think some poeple could servive if they knew the balance of mother earth wich i try to understand.
They are making moveis for the books.
I love Superman/Tom Welling
Wouldn’t it be soooo bubbly-making if there were films made out of these books! I would soooooo watch it!!!
Any hints of the possibility of a film?
(please, please, please!)
yes plzplzplzplzpzlz!!!!!!! i would miss skool for the movies!
hey why does the time on this thing say 9:07 on march the 3rd? where i am its only 10:09 at night on march the 2nd!
I may not miss skool but i would totally watch it like 50 billion times!!!! Dont you ever wonder what you would look like as a pretty or a special?
yes, every day i imagines myself as a special…
i seem to be way in the future already… it is 9:32 pm over here in NZ
wow! i am in GB
i always woner what the doctors would think of as my imperfections and how it would feel to be a special….
i really wish that the series went on forever or had an attachment series at the same place and time as i never want the stories to end!!!!!!!
How will i ever survive?! lol
wonder* sorry about sp.
uglies series ruuulleeezzzz!!!!
it sooo does, me and my mates are making up a sort of club about it, using the same language. i find it so cool that flash tatoos might be available in the future to us! we could have a mobile phone tatooed on our arms that really worked! i also would love someof the eyescreen lenses. so bubbly! see you later becca-la! bestys 4 life! (want more cheeseyness? lol)
Me and my friend are going to get a flash tattoo ,when we get older in the same spott. We also plan to get eyscreens. They wouldn’t really be eyescreens, but we are going to get some of those contact things.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
omg!!!! i could never imagine getting a flash tattoo cause i have never thought that i would have wanted a tattoo…hmmm
i think the eyescreens would annoy me though as they wouldn’t do anything and just get in the way of my vision or thats why they may be so appealling.
oh well… i am still crossing my fingers for a movie though!!!!
Yeah I know I don’t think I would wear the contact all of the time if I got it.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
lol i wonder if Scott would ever get a tattoo like that or those contacts lol
That would be funny. I’m sorry it is just hard to picture people like that. I mean people that I know (Or I should say I know what he looks like.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
Yeah i think it would be weird if you saw someone down the street with a moving tattoo all down their face.
I would probably only get it if it was a worldwide thing and literally everyone was getting it and it wasn’t too expensive. It does look really pretty on girls though like the girl on the front of the specials book cover.
I think with the contact lense wouldn’t you feel like you had a bug in your eye constantly as you would not be used to seeing a circuit in you eye everytime you looked at something.
yeah i agree, i think the contact lense would look really cool though, imagine going to school like on a first day back and people see you will like all cicuitry eyes. that would be so cool!
i cant wait until the film of the book uglies comes out in america, it should be out by september 2009! wow, i wonder who will play tally? i am sad i dont live in america though otherwise i would audition if it was open casting.
that WOULD be cool if you auditioned, Sarah-la
1. No… I always try to keep in touch with friends.
2. I wanted her to….. until she moved to the Smoke and learned about the truth behind the preety operation.
3. Ya…. about that…. *cough*cuteguys*cough*
4. It helped her realize how much the city “babies” her. She learns how much the city shelters her.
5. Urg! Well, kind of. I’de probably get the operation, and if it sucked, I’de take the cure for bubbleheads.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? He wasnt used to pretties. He saw uglies as normal people, and found the beauty in all of them.
7. Yes. Though she doesn’t really express it, Shay seems to still be Jealous of David and Tally’s relationship. Had she not met Tally, She would have gone to the Smoke, and lived with David happily ever after with her own mind and the face she was born with.
8. They’re society is much more enviornmentally aware then ours. Which is very good. And these days, many strive for the perfect face and body. Which makes them loose focus on life’s more important aspects.
9. In my opinion, her fate was entirely chosen by others. She became pretty for the sake of finding a cure, and Special because Shay forced her.
10. We heavily depend on oil. I need it to get to school, to run the generator in the house when hurricane season wipes out power, and to travel cross country on plane. If oil was to disappear, I would be lost. Survival would prove to be very difficult.
Hey, does anyone know what happeed to the Westerboard? Its been down months now.
no idea Kelsy-wa
it would be sooooo cool if we all could audition! too bad i don’t live in america tho…:-(
i wonder if the movie will be exactly like the book r wether they’ll change it like some movies do(i reeeaaallly hate wen they do that)
what do you think about the flash tattoo and eyescreen thing kelsy-wa and shay-la?
Becca-la, I think they might take out some parts in the book when they make it in a movie.. Like Harry Potter I guess. xD But I hope they don’t! This is like one of the best books I have EVER read. Actually, it’s the best third person point of view I have EVERRR read!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Well, I wouldn’t say he moved away physically so much as emotionally. When we were younger, oh I’d say around the ages of three to thirteen, we were nearly inseparable. We liked to build things and run around outside imagining up one thing or another. But gradually, he stopped talking to me. His visits became less and less frequent. Eventually, we stopped talking
to me all together with the exception of the polite “hello†on holidays. I was very sad. I remember when I was fourteen; I brainstormed possibilities for the distance. Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that he probably just had some issues he needed to sort through. I respected the distance he put between us and decided to give him the time and space he seemed to need. Since he’s my cousin, I suppose he can never completely be rid of me! (Now that we’re both nineteen, things are starting to get a little better.)
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first, I didn’t want her to have the operation. Clearly, it was something shady from the start. However, after further reading, I realized that the operations she had were absolutely necessary to provide Tally with the catalyst needed to grow as a person and trust who she was. With these operations, she was able to overcome the fallacies of her society and what’s more important—she was able to find her voice
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
To be honest, there have been times when I chose not to listen to what people say because of their looks. Don’t get me wrong—they could have been the most “attractive†people in the universe! It wasn’t about that so much as how they presented themselves. If they didn’t have respect for themselves, I didn’t have respect for them, either. So, I guess to answer the question—I pay more attention to people who look as though they respect themselves. Does that make sense to anyone else?
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Besides self-reliance? I guess you could say the trip acted as a crash-course to begin to tear away Tally’s fear of the nature and the unknown.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Hah, what do you think?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Like anyone in love, David loved Tally for her strengths and weaknesses equally. Tally beat down on herself for what she saw as inadequacies; David loved her for them. They were a part of who she was. David—who was not brought up in that city—had a deeper understanding of human nature than almost anyone else in the story (but that’s just my opinion).
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Shay loved Tally. You don’t do that with people you love… or at least, I wouldn’t.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I’d say an obvious difference is that we rely on oil and they don’t. In that respect, the pretty society is way better off than we are. If only we listened to Al Gore. -sigh- Ah well, I digress. I’d say a main difference between the pretty society and, specifically, the United States is the Constitution. Ya know, The Bill of Rights.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I need to believe that Tally made her own decisions throughout the entirety of the story (Maybe that’s just for my sake though.. I never said I wasn’t biased!). The mere fact that Tally was able to cure herself (more than once) means that she had the power, wisdom and strength inside all along to think and decide for herself (Very Dorothy-esque, Scott.).
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I suppose if we didn’t have oil, our country would be better off all around. We wouldn’t depend so heavily on Middle Eastern countries. Then, perhaps, we would no longer deem it necessary to intervene in their affairs. Eventually, our economy would rise (significantly). That boost in the economy would create more jobs for Americans which would boost consumer spending…which would then boost the real estate market etc… Ultimately, the United States would return to being a superpower. But me? Well, I’ll start by saying that I commute 30 minutes to and from college every day of the week plus the drive to work. Not to mention that it is still FRICKIN’ COLD in New York! So, I’d probably struggle through until I could find a horse, some extra blankets and a few sweaters…hahaha.
I hope they don’t take out any parts. I can’t really think of any parts off the top of my head that they would take out.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
maybe some of when she is travelling to the smoke and stuff when she gets there that just fills time and doesn’t have much major effect to the plot (i hope they wont take anything inportant out like in harry potter)
i think they might take out the minor parts obviously, they cant have that many extras, or then again… think of how many extras there are in harry potter… oh well,
i wonder when in the storys they will finish the movie? will they leave it on the books cliffhanger? or will they do what the golden compass movie did (it may not be out in america i dont know, i live in the uk) and end before the book ends to give it a better ending movie-wise that relates better onto the big screen…
i hope they dont change it too much, they will have to shorten it, but taking out all of the tally thinking scenes will be an obvious change (like when she isnt talking and just thinking about her past life) and replace those with mini scenes. hmmm a lot to think about. i cant wait till it comes out and we can know for sure!
yeah but i felt the cliff hanger would make a good movie ending as it would make people want to watch the next movie and so get them more money…(its for their own interests then!)
i hope it doesn’t do that thing where they send out the movie like a year earlier in america than they do here in england cuz thats just unfair!
I REALLY,REALLy,REALly,REAlly,REally,Really,really, want to be exactly like Tally-wa(in Special Circumstances) cuz those extra powers that she has sounds like she is a Vampire…and I totoally LOVE Vampires.They make me way Bubbly. And its been my life dream to be beautiful, really powerful, and I know this sounds wierd but I’v always wanted sharp teeth that could cut anything. It’s so sad-making I don’t have that stuff. But Im not like a totoally evil-making dictator or anything kinda like Dr. Cable.
You should read Twilight then… It has a vampire in it
omg i love yor book i know ive had this book 4ever but i didnt know you have a blog. im so addicted 2 your books my freinds have 2 keep taking the book away from me durring class becaus all i do is read it ive read all of your books 16 times they rock.now 2 specials
sorry computer just shot off and back on. now 2 specials lovve were u say “to all the fans who’ve written me about series.thanks for telling what was write,what was wrong, and which bits bitts made you throw the book across the room(you know who you are)”that was a lol moment. i have 2 admit i was one of book throwers. seriously i cant belive zane died. i cried 2 days strate but anyway extras rocked totally loved it the whole dally thing was assome 2. i liked the part were david and tally-wa walked away into the pleasure garden so romantic. so i have a really big favor 2 ask please oh please make this a movie that would rock.:) and another Q/A is there going be a 5th uglies trillogy. i know im babbling but one last thing i think ive figured out why im soo addicted it gives me a place to ascape reality away from parents and school and all the other crap. so thanks 4 making life abit easier on me i love you soooooooooooooooooooooooooo much cant wait 4 next book bye -cammie-wa out:)
I have a character in one of my stories named cammie.
that totaly rocks i got this from a book are u a uglies fan
the name i mean
tally & Zane what book did u write?
im attempting to write a book rite now but with all school stuff i just can’t seem to stick to it much….oh well…
cammie-wa you are sooooo hyper (do u go hyper on sweets and coka-cola?) lol 😀
at least you seem so hyper…you may not be…
😀
yes actually im usually refered to spassy
lol is it natural or just wen u have eaten some sugar or something?
i only get hyper on an adrenaline rush
Me too. Sometimes I just laugh at everything because I am like really tired
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
yeh like wen u and ur friends get together and you all just start randomly acting like ur drunk for no apparent reason lol
I think i get high on happiness (woah that sounds like a name for a song or something) lol
Do you think that extras may have a sequel or a fifth book possibly titled The new special circumstances….i am writing a book write now becuase i got so bored when i finished reading extras. Frizz got brain lesions(in my book) and he is no longer radicly honest and when they got rid of that for him the strange “VIRUS” came back….thats all i have done so far only for pages but oh well i hope there is another one!
love,
vie-la
PS
I love tallys manefesto!!
Sometimes me and my friend Abbie just start laughing for moe reason like it’s an inside joke but it’s not and every1 lookes at us wierd
I love SUperman/Tom Welling!!!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Sort of…
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Yes, I definately wanted Tally to get it!! I thought it would be so fun to be in new pretty town with her, you know? Anyway, then when I heard about the lesions, I was sort of confused, because I thought that Tally deserved to be pretty, but I felt so bad for her. I’m not really sure if I wanted her to get the operation or not, but I do know that if she hadn’t, there’d be no story, so I’m glad she did.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes. Especially if they have nice eyes. I guess that isn’t fair, but it’s how it goes, I guess.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I don’t know… but if she hadn’t had the trip, she wouldn’t have understood about how big everything was, and she wouldn’t have understood that there was so much more to life than just what they say in the city.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I’m tempted to say that I wouldn’t, but I honestly might. It would make life so much more enjoyable. But, then I think about how much the Uglies series makes me think, and how much it inspires me to do something with my life (and honestly, I think the book did do that!) and I think about how important it is to be able to think, and feel your own feelings.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David knew that Tally was amazing and unique, but Tally couldn’t see this. All her life Tally was told that she was ugly, and not worth anything until she was a pretty, but David knew that wasn’t true. I was glad, because David loved her for who she was.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, I don’t. She is mad at Tally, and sometimes can be a very bad friend, but without Tally, Shay would be just another pretty, completely clueless, and the mind-rain never would have happened. I think that she would say she would, but deep down inside, if she actually had the choice, she wouldn’t.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
They are actually similar, if you think about it. I mean, there’s cliques now, and definately in this book. But in the pretty society, people have more faith in their government, and trust each other more. In this way, I think that it’s healthier. I can see Dr. Cables logic with the whole lesion thing. It made people live longer, healthier, happier lives. There were also no wars. War is the stupidest thing ever. Honestly, it is. Although, there were definately downsides. Society is so controversial. But I’m glad that I’m free to think like I do, because otherwise I couldn’t write this reply. I like challenging my brain, especially about things that I like. It makes me happy!
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I always was so sad for her. She was always the victum. I mean, honestly, most of what happened was other people’s faults, and everyone blamed Tally for it, and she believed that it was her fault, but it wasn’t. There’s no way that I’d stay ugly for life if conditions were like they were. Also, It kinda bothers me when people rebel just for the sake of rebeling, and I know that they weren’t, but I think that if I was Tally that’s what I would think, and I’d be really annoyed at them. Also, I be POed at Dr. Cable, because it wasn’t tally’s fault that Shay left. But I guess that that’s what Special Circumstances did– Manipulate people.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
It does so much more than I think about. Blow drying and straightening my hair, driving anywhere, lights, fans… everything. I would survive better than most people, because I live near a town, and I have a woodstove that heats our house and cooks our food, but also, a lot of the food would simply not be able to get to me anyway, so it wouldn’t do much good. I think that oil is going to be gone soon, and people need to start thinking about ways to start using renuable resources as our fuel. We’re literally repetitively shooting ourselves in the foot! And maybe soon, somewhere more fatal. Honestly, I’m really worried.
heyy hi how iz my peeples heheheh
hello and i m a natural born spass i just love being hyper its always funner. but if i ever got a chance to go to tallys world id definetly colm down and just enjoy were i am love you scott
lol me and my friends do that same random laughter thing aswell
its fun to freak the populars out
(the people with perfect hair and about a illion friends who aren’t even proper frinds ugh some of them really annoy me)
RANTING OVER LOL!
soz bout the accidental caps lock
I like just acting crazy around pepole with my firends and they all get freaked out! Like I always jump on Abbie’s back and we see how far we can get. We always yell when we do that too. Poeple just think that we’re nuts and walk away. I t’s a good way to make space around you! lol
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!(I hate Garrett Davis)-not really, Just hate his nick name!!!!!!!!!!
totaly lol i only atack my freinds like that when its a “special circomstance” haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa lol
Funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love doing that to her though
I lvoe Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
Hey what ever happened to Clarissa-wa?
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
SCOTT!
are you going to write a another book after extras?
or is the uglies trilogy through?
I have to say i loved the Uglies trilogy! i havn’t yet bought the Extra’s yet but i have read the Uglies, Pretties, And the Specials all in less then 2 weekds *i know i need a life* i absolutly Loved the books they kept me read, i am not going to buy the Extra’s and look into your other books!
My friend read like all of the books in like 3 days!!! Which actually wouldn’t be that hard if you had a lot of time
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
I really hope Scott writes another book after the Extras.
But are the Uglies trilogly done with?
I loved those books!!!! extras is great too. whens the next one coming out?!?
movies would be totally bubbly-making!!
I wanted to know when is the next book coming out that has to do with tally youngblood I love your stories and they are very interesting and the are very funny at some point point I als have read all of the othe books that you wrote and the are very good like PEEPS that was another one that I liked because it was about vampires and you were so detailed about what you were taking about. I hope that you write more .
Hello I am just wondering when the heck are these books going to be made into films??
I love your writing and am reading extras at the moment and loving it. I am trying to limit my reading so I don’t get through it so quickly. But I have read the trilogy twice and you get even more out of it the second time!
Apart of me wishes how cool it would be like to live in their world with the flash tatoos and I so want to have a go on one of the hoverboards!
I hope you like carry it on in another way!
They are. I THINK that they are coming out in september of 2009. I don’t know for sure though. I am reading Peeps right now.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
So… discussion questions, eh? I guess I’ll have a go at it. Sorry if I’m really detailed for some and not at all detailed for others.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes, but this particular friend abandoned our friendship far before he moved away. We had been best friends for… I lost count, like the majority of our lives, but we never went to the same school anyway, and I guess once our dads stopped working together there was no more occasion to see each other anyway. He moved to South Carolina this summer, and I must say, I missed him more before he moved away.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I actually don’t remember. Please keep in mind that I am a teenage girl [was not when reading Uglies, but close enough] and therefore characteristically indecisive and, well… quite shallow. so, I’m just assuming that I did want her to. I mean, I didn’t see any problem with being insanely pretty. I wanted her to be pretty, but I /do/ remember that I wanted her to run away with Shay at the same time. Maybe become pretty then run away. I think I would have changed my mind when she fell in love with David. Even before I found out about the lesions. So sue me for being a stupid, boy-crazy teenager.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I do not recall trusting someon more because of their looks, but it is true that I may pay more attention to what they say. Alas, I don’t always judge on stereotypical “good” looks [i.e. large eyes, small nose, clear skin, symmetrical features], I tend to more often judge on odd things. Like earlobe size [I prefer small], and how bright their wardrobe is [the brighter the better]. And, if their hair is kind of funky looking, that’s another plus. I don’t know…
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Forget the trip to the wild. I don’t think she would believe any of what they told her in the Smoke if she didn’t meet the specials.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Well, they do say ignorance is bliss, but, no, I would not. I would not sell my soul to the devil to look like every other mindless, unthinking, unfeeling anti-individual out there. I honestly would not give up my ability to think independently for.. anything.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
The way I see it is, when Tally looked in the mirror, she saw what every other teenage girl sees. [Well not /exactly/ but you know what I mean.] She saw imperfection, and having been raised in a society where nothing less than perfection was even considered to be normal, she couldn’t help but consider herself as being some sort of lesser being than the pretties. As for David, he found perfection in her flaws. I think the main difference between their views of Tally was that where Tally saw what society wanted her to see, David saw what was right in front of him.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I don’t know. There are two completely legit sides to this argument. I don’t even know what I would do in the situation. But, I think going back in time would be the most reasonable option. Because Shay, being Shay, if she does not, will continually beat herself – and Tally – up about the fact that everything she does, Tally has to do it different, and upstage her in the process. Every man she gets, Tally has to lay her own claim on. I mean, even if they are “best friends” it should get pretty tiresome.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I think that the greatest difference between pretty society and ours is that the pretty society has no sense of family. Parents are just middle pretties who give up their children to government care once they reach school-age. Most kids [in pretty society] barely even see their parents, let alone form a bond with them. I guess this could be metaphorical to current society, but still. Also, people trust the government much more in pretty society than now. I’m sure we’ve all guessed that it’s all a communism/socialism [edging towards Special Ogliarchy]. I think that for a ruler, pretty society is much healthier than ours. People with no ability to think independently are politicians’ best target, and unfortunately, they make up most of the human population. Alas, those few [not that few, but nothing compared to the rest] thinkers out there mess everything up. In a society where everybody does what they’re told, without even questioning, things would definitely run more smoothly.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally took very little part in deciding her own fate. It is quite depressing, actually. She wanted to become pretty because society /made/ her want to become pretty. She became roommates with Shay because her old roommate became a pretty before she Did, and Shay was moved into her dorm. She had to go to the wild because otherwise, she would not become a pretty [see sentence three]. Skipping ahead in the story, she HAD to agree to allowing them to give her the anti-lesion treatment, because she still blamed herself for killing [insert david’s father’s name. I just totally blanked.] Which meant she had no active choice in becoming pretty either.
Once pretty, she had very little thought anyways, and was terribly easy to sway. At that time, she was like young Frederick Chopin, being controlled almost entirely by the George Sand of your story, Monsieur Zane-La. Zane was an alpha male to begin with, and clearly had a knack for making people listen to him, and the fact that Tally was in love with him did not help one bit.
Honestly… throughout the entire series, until the very end when she decided to go into the wild with David, she had very little to n o control over what she had to do. All that responsibility was just thrust on her, which makes her an incredible main character. All that I’m-just-a-regular-girl-with-a-not-so-regular-destiny, yeah, readers [including myself] really eat that stuff up.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Oh, goodness gracious, my lifestyle is a bit /too/ dependent on oil. First and foremost food and water, none of it would get to grocery stores without trucks to import it, and I wouldn’t even be in America without gasoline feuling airplanes. I wouldn’t have an education, because my parents insist on sending me to schools halfway across the city… I don’t know how well I’d survive if it all disappeared. I’m not sure if plumbing has anything to do with gas [I should look that up], and I own a water filter, so I don’t think I’d have much of a problem when it came to water. My grandfather and I started a vegetable garden about six years ago, but that’s only veggies and a few fruit trees, and an orange tree that came with our house, and I’m not going to eat my dog. OR MY GOAT. I suppose we could go vegetarian… my education would be at a standstill, because, alas, no bus to take me to school, or any gas to feul my parents’ cars. That would mean I wouldn’t get to pursue any of my [many] dreams, either. If I were in the middle of the school day, well, I shudder to think of what they’d feed us… if cafeteria food is an oxymoron the first day… We do have a farm though. But I refuse to eat Bubba. I’d probably go insane without my parents, though if I were to be at home I’d go insane without my friends. Walking’s not that bad if your school’s less that twenty-five miles away, y’know. I actually have a gas stove, so that is terribly inconvenient, but I honestly think that’ll the least of my worries, if all gas were to suddenly run out in my lifetime.
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1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
I haven’t really, though there was this one girl that I used to be close friends with, and she moved to Texas, and that was pretty much that. We didn’t really try to stay friends.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I really did kind of hope that Tally would get the operation just because of how great it seemed…and I’m not sure what I think now. It’s like, she’s gotten the operations, and she fought through them. Still, a whole new story could have been created if she hadn’t gotten the operation. Everything would have been different.
Honestly, when Tally through the tracker-necklace into the fire in Uglies…man, that whole situation is just frustrating to think about. What a life she could have lived in the Smoke. But maybe all of this happened for the better?
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She was able to think abstractly, and to think for herself in ways she probably didn’t believe she would ever have to think – for example, she had to think about her survival, not convenience. She learned a lot.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I think that maybe if I could still be moderately intelligent, yeah. But I would prefer to be Special. Even though that would seriously screw things up, like in the book.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He grew up around ugly people, and Tally grew up around pretty people. Enough said. He was used to it. He could still find that beauty. Tally only knew one kind of beauty because society made her believe so.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
By the end of the Specials series, no, I don’t think she would have wanted to go back in time because everything sort of worked out…I’m sure there were many times where she wanted to go back in time and forget her throughout the series, but at the end it all seemed worth it.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
In the pretty society, they don’t have petty conflicts, they don’t have debt problems…It seems completely ideal. I think it’s sad that the only way to find peace seems to be if we all stop thinking differently. We can still think abstractly, but I think that if the Pretty operation could be tweaked just the slightest so that we were more peaceful in nature, that would be completely worth it to try out. If there was a utopia such as this that existed, I would join it and try to expand it.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
It was more path-finding than anything. People kept constantly changing Tally into being something that she wasn’t. So her path turned, but Tally still made very independent and individual choices. It’s what made the books.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I, personally, would survive fine – it would be others that would fail. I wouldn’t find any problem in going back to how things used to be – I wish everyday that we could. Back to where there weren’t cars and convenience, but at the same time, a mix of a fantasy world, like Uglies or some RPG game. Walking everywhere without the cars. People would be healthier. And just eliminating currency as it was, and not even having to trade anything – everyone would be given everything they NEED, and maybe a few things they want, and nobody would ever need to care about money ever again. I want that kind of life.
update this site more often, then it will be better. Will you write more books from the Uglies series?
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No,at least I’m not sure.I once had a friend who moved away and lost contact with me,but thats it.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first,I really wanted Tally to get the operation,to see how it would be.But once I found out the truth of being pretty,it was like wow.After that,I didn’t really want her to turn pretty.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Theres quite a lot of people that are very pretty looking people at my high school.I don’t trust those types of people becuase all they all do pot,haha.I pay attention to them becuase they’re either really loud or saying something really interesting.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
No clue.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Sometimes yes,but other times no.I know that being rich,beautiful and etc ends up going wrong or isn’t very happy?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw her as a beautiful,strong,and adventrous girl.Then Tally thought of herself as a repellant ugly,who was going to betray many people.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I really hope she wouldn’t.Once Tally met Shay,everything was very interesting.Shay was the one who got Tally into hoverboarding,and pulling bunch of tricks.Plus,I love Shay’s attitude.I doubt that Shay would go back and time and change that time,from what it sounds like,Shay loves Tally.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I really don’t think the pretty society is a lot heathlier then the others.Our real world is almost not as screwed up and furustric then theirs.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally seemed like she was pushed around a lot.She was told to go to the smoke and betray many people,told to do wild things in New Pretty Town,and was almost forced into being special.And the list goes on.Tally choose her fate with not betraying the smoke,and a couple others times,that Tally got to choose things on her own.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Well,for some reason I can almost see our world collasping becuase of something like that.Our world depends on oil and gasoline for transportation and machines.Whatever else too.
Had to fill out these questions.
Damn,if there was gonna be a Uglies move,that would be hard.Worth watching though.
Still hope that Scott will write more to the Uglies trilogy.
will there be a part 5 for uglies, bc there better be part 5 those books rox!
I actually did want Tally to get the operation but then was terrified of what it actually meant.I decide that I’m naming one of my daughters
Tally-Uglies,Scott Westerfeld
Lori-Tenderness,Robert Cormier
Vivian-Blood And Chocolate,Annette Kristen Clause
I’m such a weirdo!
vie-la whats the name of your book or doesn’t it have a name and how many pages have you written?
i always wanted to call my future girl holly and her middle name anne but then her initials would be H.A.M so maybe not unless i change my name…hmmm…
1. have i ever had a freind like peris that stoped being my frind when i left but i ve also done that mostly because i lost there numbers im very disorganized. uglies triolgy rocks you rock 2 scott dont forget a movie would rock 2.:)
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So how r yall doing? :mrgreeen:
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If you just put your mouse on it it will tell you how to do it.
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1. Yes, I was friends with everyone in my old neighbourhood, and I moved and no one kept up the friendship, and we just lost contact. Like Tally, there have been days I’ve wanted those friendships back. But I found new ones.
2. At first, yeah. But sometimes Tally annoyed me by constantly talking about the operation! When I found out Shay wanted to run away, I really wanted her to go with and I was absolutely ecstatic when David, Maddy, and Az had turned her against the operation for good.
3. No, I haven’t. Good looks don’t matter to me. I care about how people think- that can grab my attention.
4. In the wild, she realized that a Pretty couldn’t survive out there and how dangerous it was. I think that when she found that a Pretty wouldn’t be able to survive in the Smoke, she suspected something.
5. No. It’s a tempting offer, but I couldn’t- the thought of mind control, even a little bit, is too scary.
6. Tally thought that she was hideous because she had always been surrounded by inhumanly gorgeous faces growing up. David knew what real people looked like, and he thought that Tally’s naturally beauty and her beautiful mind made her prettier than anyone.
7. Yes, she would. Scott’s the writer. The wouldn’t have been a book.
Okay, in all seriousness now, yes. Tally and Shay were fated to meet. They would have at least met the day of the operation- they have the same birthday.
8. Some obvious differences are the recklessness and the drinking age. The fact that the society seems endlessly wealthy and it costs nothing for life support is a glaringly obvious difference. I don’t think it’s healthy because all the society is is a bunch of clones running around without the ability to think for themselves.
9. All that Tally did was decide her own fate. She decided to turn in Shay. Then she decided to destroy the locket (granted, that one wasn’t really Tally because she didn’t know it would call the Specials). Tally decided to flee and hide. Tally decided to help David save everyone. Tally decided to become pretty to save Shay. It was all her.
10. We depend on gasoline for heat and food. We depend on oil for transportation. If it all disappeared, we’d probably die. But I’d try to survive. Maybe run to a Smoke-like civilization x]
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1. lol probably. i dont really remember those long.
2. no. i didn’t want tally to get the operation. i liked her best as a smokey.
3. as a littlie i did. definately. but not anymore. its better to see what they’re like instead of what they look like.
4. she learned not to rely on technoledgy (or however u spell it) for everything. that did a whole lot for her. they dont use much technoledgy in the smoke and Tally was always used to having the tech stuff doing everything for her, not ready to be independent yet. i think the trip taught her the beauty of nature and independency. (is that a word?)
5. no way. im satisfyed with myself. nothing matters if u cant think for yourself. the thought of me not having controll of my mind kinda freaks me out a bit.
6. David saw that Tally was beautiful, maybe not pretty, but in her own way. Tally only saw her reflection. Also, i think it was a bit of a love-at-first-sight sort of thing.
7. hmmm… hard question. i’m not sure. in a way, yes, because then the smoke (the original) would still be around and she would still be together with David. but also no, because they’ve gotten so much from eachother, they’ve had so many moments, they’ve taught eachother so much. its a hard question. Shay is just so unpredictable, so its hard to tell.
8. in some ways it’s better, some ways it’s worse. the pretties dont have to worry about sicknesses, they have a lot more safety things, and, most importantly, there is no war in the pretty world. now time for the bad. the pretty society is kinda controlling, and they dont let people have much of a choice. its a dictatorship, and they want to change (aka controll their minds) or kill anyone who thinks differently. also, they make people hate themselves if they arent pretty. thats cruel.
9. Tally completely decided her own fate. except for ending up in Special Circumstances. that was Dr. Cable. but Tally was shallow in the beginning. She could have said ok when Dr. Cable threatened her that she would never be pretty. she could have told David about the locket or someone else when she wanted it off of her and they could have sent it on a bird to south america.
10. people are stupid. did u know u could use mcdonalds greece instead of gas and oil? its good 4 the environment. at least mcdonald is some way healthy. ish.
ok im done now
1. Yes once it was my fault I think, I moved to NJ for my dad’s job but then moved back to my home state of FL =). Well I was about 6 and my bff and i stay in contact for about 2 years but then they moved and I never got their number=(
2. I really thought that she was going to get it but I did not hope she would (kind of hoped for her to run away w/). I changed my mind after I found out what the operation did to the mind.
3. No looks dont mean the world to me. I dont care how you look if you have something to say I will listen.
4. It taught her that the world was much much bigger and dangerous, you actual have to watch your step.
5. Never Ever, what would be the point of all the things you gain if you could not use them because you couldnt think.
6. David saw Tally for her not what some committee thought of a as a beautiful person. Showed her that you dont need to change the way you look to be beautiful.
7. IDK I think she would like to go back and change the series of events but i still think that she still would want to know Tally.
8. Being pretty gives you many things the ability to party all night sleep all day, never get sick, and are very well protected but the miss out on alot such as true love and they are all tricked into believing that they are not pretty =(
9. Tally had very little in deciding her own fate:
Uglies- she tried to destroy the tracker after she made her own decision (we all know how that turned out)
Also when she was forced into becoming special, Last in specials when they tried to change her twice w/o success.
10. Our world is run by gas (look at the prices!!!!) for me I would survive because I could grow my own food and filter my own water, but peole in harsher landscapes (desert) would have a hard time surviving w/o supplies and very few ways of getting them.
1. Yes. My friend Vicky, who I have known since kindergarten, moved to Utah. My other friend Mikayla, who was also friends with Vicky, is able to stay in contact. Mikayla told me that she asked Vicky if she still remembered me, and Vicky said, “Who’s Shelby?”
2. Yes, I wanted Tally to get the operation. Even after she knew what the operation did, I still wanted her to get it because she and Shay both kind of need anger management (mostly Shay).
3. Yes…whenever the Jonas Brothers come on the TV, I stop what I’m doing and start watching.
4. It prepared Tally for surviving, basically. She had to go through forests, forest fires, and bath in a river. Although I would have missed the city just as much as she did, I would greatly benefit from it, as Tally did.
5. Most of the time, I am stupid and someone else has to finish my sentences. Even though the operation isn’t real yet and I am 13, I don’t really have a brain..so it doesn’t really matter…lol.
6. Tally lived in the city where everyone is pretty and she lived in Uglyville. So she thought she was ugly because she saw other prettier people. David, on the other hand, lived in the wild. Everywhere he turned, there was someone ugly. So David thought Tally was beautiful because he never saw any pretties and therefore couldn’t compare Tally to them.
7. Yes and no…Yes because Tally made Shay mad almost all the time and no because Tally changed Shay’s life dramatically.
8. They think everyone has to be a certain way. They think everyone has to act a certain way to fit in. Only a small handul of people thought differently. Also, they lost their sense of knowledge of what the world looks like, only living behind city walls.
9. Tally was the one who decided to cross the river into New Pretty Town, which started the whole thing. Then she met Shay. Shay running away wasn’t her fault, but going after her was, even if Specials threatened Tally. Tally also volunteered to be pretty. Not to be Special, but pretty. She decided much of her fate by her actions. The only part the Specials had in Tally’s fate was giving her the choice of not being pretty or going after Shay (again, it was Tally who chose it, so she decided that part of her fate), making her Special, and messing up her friendship with Shay.
10. Pretty much the only way I am dependent on oil is when I am being driven somewhere (I’m not 16 yet!). I would be able to survive fine without oil and gasoline because most of the places I go to are within walking distance.
I’m confused about something. Scott, on your blog you said you were traveling to research for your new book. So, is it the fifth book in Uglies, or what? If you or anyone else has an answer, go to my site (just click my name) and PM me, Owlstar.
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Hey!
I am not going to answer any of the questions…too lazy at the mo’…but I do have a few questions of my own.
For all of the books, have you realized that the ‘good stuff’ always happens in like the last eighth of the book?
In Extras, Aya is like obsessed with kicking someone, did she change at the end. I kinda of got the feeling that she did…but yea
OMG and David and Tally, finally……………
I’m kinda happy that Zane died, cuz he kept on screwing up Tally’s life…in a way…………
ya he did…
I love the Uglies trilogy. I think Pretties is the best out of the three. I cried when Zane died in Specials. He was my favorite character (besides Tally).
1. Um… in third grade I had a really close friend Holly. Then she moved about 13 hours away. At first we wrote eachother letters, but eventually we stopped and grew apart.
2. No. I was pretty upset when she got it.
3. Not really. All the really pretty and popular girls are snobby in my school. They would never talk to me because I’m not exactly like them.
4. I think it helped her learn not to depend so much on the city to survive.
5. Of course not. I like my brain just the way it is.
6. Tally always compared herself to the pretties. David had never been to the city, so he saw her imperfecions as beautiful, even though the Specials didn’t think so.
7. I don’t think so.
8. I have no idea.
9. I think a lot of her desicions were made for her, but she probably would have picked to do most of the same things that she was forced to do.
10. Well, I use oil to get places such as school. I also use it for heat and cooking. I don’t think anyone would have it easy if all the oil were to run out all of a sudden.
1. I have had to move, and leave my friends. Some of my friends after my moves are still my friends, 20 years later. Others are not. It is impossible to move to a whole new place and not change in some ways, and people you leave behind don’t always understand the changes in you.
2. A part of me wanted her to get the operation, because it would be cool to be pretty, right? Still I kept thinking that you would have to loss some of yourself. Kinda of like David’s scar was part of him, the scars that Tally and Peris gave themselves were part of them. I would be sad to lose those surface things. Still deep down, hopefully they would be the same person. In the end, when she walked out to get the operation, I was kinda excited because she was going to get to be “pretty” and still hold onto herself. Still, pretty truly is just liking yourself! When you are confident on the inside, it shows through to the outiside making you glow. Before you know it, people are confident in you too.
3. I don’t know that I have ever trusted someone just because of their looks. Unless maybe they had similar looks (example- same looking eyes) Of someone else, whom I loved and trusted already. Still it is true that people with good looks get away with stuff all the time!
4. Being alone, she had time to think and become stronger, and that prepared to her to hear the things she heard and learned.
5. NO WAY!!! Still there are plenty of people who do that everyday, for example I give you reality TV.
6. He was seeing the beauty deep within her.
7. She absolutely would have. Shay wanted to be in charge, and cool. She liked it while she was teaching Tally new things. But when Tally started to be the one that was top of thing Shay didn’t like it. Shay is a selfish, shallow person, who only wants to be “in charge”.
8. We aren’t always as seperated from each other due to age. It is wrong to seperate people because of age. We need to be around others of different ages to learn. That is why homeschooling is so successful. Homeschoolers are not spending the majority of their time with other people that are the age, mental capaciaty, economic status, etc as themselves. I thought it was sad that Tally’s parents were not more a part of her life. Still in some cases the that is true for people.
9. I think that Tally decided her own fate, ultimately, with the forces of the outside world still affecting her decision. This is a good example of life I think. We do make decisions everyday, some don’t even seem half as important as they actually are, that may affect our lives forever. And other people affect what happens to us, and we affect others as well. That is why we should treat people well, you never know how you are going to affect someone elses life.
10. Ithink finding a cleaner way to support our technilogy then our dependence on oil is a good thing for everyone.
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Soz that i haven’t been on that recently but i am revising my head off. Yawn! lol
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answer to question 2 & 9(because i cbb to answer the rest)
2.i knew she would get the operation from the beginning because when i first read the book there was a preview of the first chapter of pretties, so she obv gets it 🙂
9.i think no matter what happened tally was meant to become pretty etc whether she helped decide her fate or anyone else involved
I don’t really know what will happen, (I’m still on the first book) but so far I’m in love with it. I think the writing style is fantastic.
I am soooo mad!!!!! 😡
I spilt milk all over my pants 2day!!! So it looked like I peed them!!! So my friends were calling me pee-pee-pants. S like I was messing around with them and said that I was mad and pretended to cry! So then she said that she was sorry and I told her that I wasn’t ready to forgive her yet. So she said that she wasn’t going to be my friend!! And it’s been going on forever and I know that she is just messing around but she is taking it a little bit too far!!!!!!!!! And then I said (warning) I was pissed and some brat-face n my class named Ben was like “Yeah I know” I was gonna shoot him. Thats not the end!!!!!!! So we have to write these stories and I told him that there was going to be a guy in my name and his name be Gay and his last name be Swarts (Ben’s last name). And he was like “You want to marry me?” So he kicking me and I grabbed his foot anf Brandy was like “ooh your playing footsies with him” and so Ben said “You rushing it” I am so mad!!!!!!! So then on the bus this guy named Jake had to carry even farther and called me pee-pee-pants. So then the whole bus had to hear the storie!!!!!!!!! I am having the worst day of my life!!-(not literally)
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!! (The only person wo loves me at the moment)
hey im not that far into pretties but so far i love it.
#1- im in chapter valentino 317
#2-i love it
#3- i almost cried when zane kissed tally
#4-to scott westerfeld i love you for writting this thing
#5- THANK YOU!
I read the uglies, Pretties, and Specials so far. I want to Read Extras,
But does it have anything to do with the uglies series??????
Will he ever make a fifth book!!!!!i love them soooo much i couldn’t stand the series ending!!!!!
Hi I was just wanting to know the same as elle-wa also how many pages in each book please let me know ASAP! So I could be extra bubbley!!!! :~)
1. Everyone flakes out sometimes. It wasn’t Peris’ fault tho. He was pretty-minded and not as good as Tall y at fighting it. He’s not the only pretty who broke promises. Can you blame him?
2. Of course I wanted her to get the operation. I’m only human and therefore shallow. To be supergorgeous would be awsome. I kind of guessed about the brain lesions before they said anything but after I learned about the cure I kept hoping she would be changed then take the pills so she could be beautiful and smart. I got my wish! Just not the way I expected.
8. The main diff. is that overall, the city likes to control them. More than just the opperation, in every way. The operation’s just another way to keep them form thinking for themselves. Now wiether that’s a good thing or a bad thing is up for discussion because the pretties don’t fight, have wars, argue… or think? Keeping them from thinking is bad but it has its positives. “Freedom has a way of destroying things.” -Scott Westerfled (Specials)
9. People tried to control her mind and life, but really she chose her own path. She wanted to think straight and was able to not only be bubbly herself but help millions of people out of their pretty-headedness too.
**Thank-you Scott Westerfeld for the questions above to help me say want I wanted to say and thank-you also for giving me something to talk about (Your insperational books, Uglies, Pretties and Specials)
CAN’T WAIT TO READ EXTRAS!!!
Anyone else notice that the last word of uglies was pretty because that’s what she was going to be in the next book, the last word of Pretties is special because that’s what she is in the next book and in specials, the last (sort of) word is ugly… implying that no matter what she is on the outside or no matter what happened to her brain over the series her mind is still “ugly.” After reading pretties I kind of already knew that that was going to happen in specials(the “last” word being uglies) I guessed.
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What exactly did that just say right there ❓
Bahahaha
I lvoe Sueprman/Tom Welling!!!!
seriously 🙂
So, I’m not going to answer any of your questions, although i think they are very clever. My question is, are you going to make a 5th book to the “trilogy”.
I began reading the trilogy, and at the end of the third i wondered how there would ever be another book. But i enjoyed Extras even more. After reading Extra I was in desperate search of a 5th book. I think that Aya could have so much in her life. Aya began a high face rank, so how was her life at that?
Whatever happened to TAlly at the end?
All im asking is for a 5th book 🙂
Please, Email me.
I love the Uglies series, Their my favorite books. I hope your make a movie! I’de love to see it. Mr. Westerfeld would you comsider doing an aperance at my school? Your on of my favorite authors and that would be so cool!!!!! Also do you plan to write a 5th book?
Email me!
~Jade
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hey peeps, y dont u guys go 2 the scott facts page and comment there? much more fool. bsides, more peeps go there. more people 2 obsess with. and if scott-la ever answers any of u on this, tho i no he wont cuz he doesnt on any of his blogs, tell him that the facts page needs a notice that he doesnt check it. or that he needs 2 check it. thanx! rock on twilight/uglies! boo jessica getting stuck in secret hour!
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heyy.
i just wanted to say it would be REALLY cool if you made the Uglies into movies..
cause i love them ann they’d be a great movie.
ann also it would be cool if i was tally.
cause it think i would be able to play her well.
i absolutly LOVE Tally.
but i was upset that Zane died..
why DID Zane have to die??
why couldn’t he live??
but yeah,
i would absolutly LOVE you if you made movies.
ann if you let me know why the auditions where for the characters.
<3Natasha.:]
dear scott ,
i am reading your book pretties and it is amazing i loved uglies and pretties is just as good. i am about one chapter from the end (cold water) but can’t bring myself to read on scared of what is going to happen. is it going to be a happy ending? is zane alright? does tally get togeather with zane, david or neither? how does it lead onto the next book? is it safe to read on or will it be a depressing ending that will make me not want to read the next book?
please let me know if i should keep reading or if i don’t want to know the end!!!!
yours sincerly
ciara fox
british school of houton
i was thinking all about the movie that’s coming out. and i was imagining the end of the Uglies. you the part where tally decides to turn pretty herself? well i was thinking about what music they would play for that part. and then i heard this new song called “Shadow of the Day” by linkin park, and i was just..”wow! i could definatley imagine this song being played at the end of the movie…into the credits.” so what do you guys think??
Ok my band just finished playing Pirates of the Caribbean and ti sounded so awsome!!!!! But unfortunatley we still have a lot of work to do before the concert.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!! (every1 thinks that Ben Swartz is Superman)
HE IS NOT SUPERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAN I MAKE THAT ANYMORE CLEARER?
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? Yes. We grew up in the same apartment complex and met when I was five or so, she was four. We were best friends until I was 11, her 10. She moved away that year, only about a half hour. It was awful and I was so confused at first, one minute we were the best friends in the world, and when she moved I tried to keep up our friendship, she didn’t.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) Yes, but I didn’t expect her to. And then later, I didn’t want her to turn the Smoke in and the whole fact it rewires your brain.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? Sadly, yes.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? It was kind of like a cold turkey throw into the wild for her but when she was alone so she wouldn’t drive those around her crazy. And it definitely helped strengthen her and help her realize how dangerous it is out of the city.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? Never! And when everyone else is that, it doesn’t count for much.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? Her saw her inner beauty…
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? Well she’s your character so only you truly know. But I don’t think so.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) I dunno, population control? and yeah, in many ways they seem healthier but it’s a fake healthy
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? She didn’t get to choose as much as she wanted to for sure, but she still decided the majority.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? Getting to and from school, church… even though the grocery store is just across the street, eventually the food would run out because no trucks would be delivering more. It’s not just us using oil and gasoline, but us dependent on those who do… in many more ways than with the grocer.
Hey: ciara fox
If you haven’t kept reading yet, please do so. But then make sure you read Specials after that.
Hey peeps… Oh man I love weekends who ever made up the whole kids get Saturday off well… I love them ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Well tomorrow I have school I trust me I am not looking forword to it. The only thing I am looking forward to for tomorrow is seeing all of my friends.
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Hi, K im not gonna anwser the questions even though they are totally awesome!!!
But i have a question for anyone who will anwser, if you will please email me at Alyce0012@yahoo.com!!
K my question is:
Is there going to be a 5th book, or not?
TYVM to anyone who anwsers!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Not really. The few who moved away, we kept up our friendship
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At the beginning of UGLIES I was in expectation of Tally getting her operation, so when she was denied it, I felt the tension. This tension remained throughout her trip to The Smoke. Once Tally found out about the lesions, I didn’t feel her need to get the operation anymore. However, at the end of UGLIES, I was anxious to start PRETTIES and see what Petty Tally would be like as a character, and to see the inside workings of the Pretty Culture.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes. I find it fascinating, psychologically. It is very enjoying to look at a beautiful person–my body’s designed to respond to it, so I’m going to enjoy it. However, I have the presence of mind to let this ‘enjoyment’ not effect how I treat other people (I hope). It’s only biology, in the end, it doesn’t need to rule you.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Aside from preparing Tally to become used to a less advantageous lifestyle, I think being alone on the trip for such a long period of time seemed to ‘detox’ her from her mental conditioning of the Pretty Culture. All her life she’d been surrounded by the same people saying the same things and that was the only world she knew and believed in. Suddenly, she’s rejected by this world (as though its beliefs can no longer be hers), and while she keeps promising herself ‘I’m going to complete this task and return there’, her mental image has already begun to change. Perhaps being alone built mental reserves that helped her escape when The Smoke was overrun by the Specials, when so many other of the Smokies were captured. Those within a culture (Pretty Culture, Smoky Culture) would always look to others for help, while Tally had the strength to look within herself.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I don’t much care about beauty, health or wealth–but being happy is an immense temptation. But I’d say no. I can’t risk not knowing who I’ll be at the end.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Yes. Tally was raised in such a culture that all were considered ugly until the operation, a form of conditioning, that I believe it stunted her ability to become attracted to males around her and develop romantic relationships in a normal way. It’s like the people in the Pretty culture were kept in an almost infantile frame of mind, in regards to romantic bonding, until they had the operation. She doesn’t feel herself as attractive or understand how any attraction could possibly be there on his part. David had a more ‘normal’ upbringing, so being attracted to a person didn’t completely revolve around a person’s looks and, I’m assuming, his romantic relationships began at a young age. I suppose David had a more natural view of things than Tally.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I think she would have for the first two books. In UGLIES, Shay lost David, the Smoke was destroyed, and she was made into a Pretty against her will–which she could have attributed to Tally. In PRETTIES, Shay knew that even as a Pretty something wasn’t right, and as a result of not being given the cure/pills, had to resort to cutting herself, a pretty unhappy way of living–again more things she could have blamed on Tally. But by the third and forth books, Shay had come to terms with Tally’s actions, and probably realised although Tally had made mistakes, that it was not all her fault, the way the events of the novels had played out. By the end, I think Shay would say no to this question.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I would say physically the Pretty culture was way healthier than ours (didn’t they live to be 150 or so?) But socially there were large problems. Giving people brain legions is a major invasion of a person’s rights. Keeping the primitive tribes trapped in an enclosure and studying them is offensive, treating a person as though they are less than an animal even, an experiment. The authorities believed the means justified the ends (the ends being no more warfare), which is a major societal flaw. The Pretty culture thought they were so more advanced/healthier than our present day culture (us being the Rusties)–yet they were just as bad, only in different ways.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think it was a mixture. In some ways Tally made decisions, in other ways she was swept along with the flow. So, although she may have not largely controlled her fate (the events of her life), I do believe she had a very great control over her mind. Her internal journey was very powerful, and was one of the most enjoyable part of these books, the inner narrative. In UGLIES, she revolts against the mental conditioning of her culture. In PRETTIES, she revolts against the lesions, and rewires her brain. In SPECIALS, she, by only the power of her will, gets others to change around her.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I think we could rely on the basics (shelter, food, water) remaining, but all the luxuries would be lost as we would no longer have transport for importing and exporting. I would miss books the most.
I just wanted to say, I’ve enjoyed all the Scott Westerfeld books so much. I first bought UGLIES on a whim, and over the next month laid my hand on every Westerfeld book I could find. They’re on my favourites shelf at home. Keep writing.
Very interesting questions, and the kind that I like thinking about.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
None of my friends have moved away, but I’ve lost touch with some of my childhood friends. Once we got older I think we realized that our interests were different, and we moved into different social groups. My current friends like to think about things besides clothes and boys, which I appreciate.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I never wanted her to get the operation. In the beginning of Uglies I actually disliked Tally because I didn’t want her to conform to social expectations. Shay was actually my favorite character because she wanted to stay the way she was. But then I wondered whether running away and isolating themselves was really the answer. I started to like Tally more when she began to appreciate people for who they were, instead of what they looked like. I was the most upset that Shay was turned pretty.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I may have without realizing it, but for the most part I form friendships based on their personalities and interests, rather than their looks. But I suppose some of my crushes have been because they were cute (even if I liked their personalities too). My mother believes that people are treated better when they look better, but I try not to fall into her way of thinking. I’m happy with how I look, and I’m healthy. I don’t worry about looking like everyone else.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I think one of Tally’s greatest obstacles in accepting the Smokies was that they worked against the environment to survive. By living in the wild herself, she learned that without technology to help, people must use natural resources.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Definitely not. I think appearance is important in today’s society, but I prefer to be able to think and feel and dream for myself, rather than conforming to one set ideal. I like the features about myself that are unique. This is one reason I will never get plastic surgery. Why should I have to break my nose apart just because it isn’t like everyone else’s? People should be proud of the features that make them different, and learn to think for themselves instead of whatever is popular at the time.
The brain lesion is the worst part about the pretty operation. It’s nice to think about being happy all the time, but I wouldn’t want that at the expense of losing the ability to think freely. True happiness comes from recognizing adversity and not letting it get you down, not from a form of mind control.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David grew up apart from the conformist messages of Tally’s society, so he was able to appreciate her for who she was, not for the superficial standards of appearance that dominates the ugly/pretty social structure.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Shay’s characterization has puzzled me, to say the least. I liked her a lot in the beginning of Uglies, but later on she seemed petty and jealous. Perhaps she felt her life would have been better without Tally, but I think Tally gave her the confidence to finally seek out the Smoke for herself. I liked their friendship in the beginning and was upset to see it collapse.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The pretty society emphasizes conformism and having a good time over thinking and being unique. However, it does have some advantages over the Rusty society, which makes Dr. Cable almost seem reasonable. The pretty society respects the environment, although it completely isolates itself, which I think is unhealthy. They don’t make war or have conflicts or discontent among the citizens, although at the expense of free thought. The pretties are lazy, and the
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally got pushed to the Smoke by Dr. Cable, but her friendship with Shay was what really drove her. Then David helped to influence her beliefs in what the Smokies were doing. But I think in the end it was her own decision to stay with the Smokies. Only her mistake caused her to accidentally betray them. Also, Tally chose to become pretty, even though she knew it would change her. Not to be popular and gorgeous like she originally wanted, but to save her friend.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Nearly everything we do is dependent on oil. I AM one of the Rusties, and though they are portrayed negatively in the books, I think the pretty society is far worse. We should use the message in Westerfeld’s books as a warning that we should overcome our oil and technology addiction and learn to live in harmony with the environment and each other, and learn to embrace our differences and accept other viewpoints.
As the readers above have said, thank you for writing such a thought-provoking book, especially for teens, since the message is most important to us. I will lend the book to as many people as I can so they too can read it and hopefully see the similarities between the pretty society and our own.
why exactly did you write the ulgies book?
Hola peeps! Well I have now affiaclly (sp) become the moving target. I have been pegged in the head with a football, slapped in the head with hand (it was an accident) and been pegged int he arm and behind my ankle , that bone that sticks out back there, with a softball.
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Hi i just want to say that i love the books!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? who doesn’t? when your best friend from the third grade moves across the country, it breaks the poor kids heart, me, but little did i know that is good for me. If i lived this sheltered life with no changes i would be…well….quite different by now. not to mention even now its sad to see a friend go, but when one door closes, that only leaves room for another to open, cliche but its ok.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? umm well im a fan of romance, so i really really wanted her to get it to get together with peris, i just really like books with romance, so at the first chance i get way excited. but david is definately way better than i could ever have wished for. zane isn’t half bad either oh yeah i changed my mind obviously when she met david haha
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? yeah but on the flip side of the coin, i have also paid less attention and trusted some of the better looking ones less, it all depends on their vibes…
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? it gave her freedom… a sense of independence?
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? umm i have never thought about that before. but i don’t see why i would have to give up my thinking, if i actually had to…then probably not.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
david…wow. he is my hero. he saw tally as a human, a brave human, and not an ugly, he teaches her many things through this. not only how to view others, but how to view yourself.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
no… that doesn’t really make sense does it?
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
umm well we have druggies… and murdereerrss and all that baddd stuff. and well you know..there is a reason they call them the “rusties” the obvious reasons the society is better.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
she decided her fate at every chance she had, and obviously there were the times when she was forced to change her life via the system… but yeah. even at that she stayed pretty independent in thinking
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
right now im going to say 100% i depend… i depend on it for everything. if it all disappeared, well i would get by… it would be interesting. i am more of a survival girl myself though. although i have poor circulation and i always tell my mom that if we ever start to freeze i will be the first to go haha.
i try to work with the present, what is presented with me, mold that clay, not the woulda shoulda coulda, what else is their to do?
although im sure no one read this, in the event someone did, thanks for reading? and it was fun to kind of self-analyze myself
?#1 Have you ever had a friend like Peris who abandond your frienship after they moved away?no i hanen’t but i have done that to several people before becace i have been in foster care all my life since i was five so i have had to move around alot and it can be really hard to stay intouch with friends.
1. no
2. yes
3. no
i think your uglies book was good ^^…………………….in a scale to 1-40 it is 39
yep a realy good book
what! it all happend so fast! tally pritty… (YUCK!) grrr… I hate secals those disgusting people!!! MURDERERS!!! his is sick im reading prities to find out what hapens!!!!
wait i ment specals!!!!!!! not secals!
I think she should og got the pretii thingy but i changed my mind about it when her and rave started to like each other. But i change my mind again when drave didn’t save her.
no becuse it dusint mater wat on the out sied it wat is in the in siued that counts.
Hi again… so… There hasn’t been a lot of discussions going on here latley…
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Hello… I think this is my third time being on here and yet still no comments. What happen to all of my peeps?
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I hope maybe some1 will say something. Some1 who isn’t answering the questions.
Hello!
I’m french, so I can’t speak english very well. I’m not able to answer the questions in english!!
I read ‘Uglies’, ‘Pretties’ and ‘Specials’ and I loved!
I’m waiting for ‘Extras’, available in France in september.
I just have a question:
English and French cover are the same, and I think that the man (is it Zane??) on ‘Pretties’ cover is so… Pretty! What is his name???
Thank you very much for wrote your books.
MERCI
wow thats so cool how ur from france!!!!! that shows how good the internet is, u no, long distance things. SO COOl! bibi
1) no, i didn’t have a friend who left, but i had to leave all my friends when i left new zealand. I found it hard to keep in contact afterwards cause i was 7.
2) I hoped tally would get the operation till she went to the smoke, then I hoped she would just hand in the necklace.
3) Not really, i mean all my friends look pretty good, so i pay attention to whoevers being the most interesting.
4) When she left the city she was totally unprepared, but after her trip, she just wanted company
lawa-ca, that’s awesome that you used to live in New Zealand! no one is ever on when I’m on and I never get to talk to people live 🙁
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
nope, the friends that moved away i still keep in touch with, yay!
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I wanted her to get it, cause she was so excited about it, then when I learned about the lesions i thought “yuck!” and then never ever wanted her to get it.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
nope, never. heck, i can’t really tell when someone’s good-looking, someone else has to point it out to me…i’m weird 😛
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
being in the wild helped her to accept nature as it was (even if she hated it then), and that’s basically also what she learned in the Smoke.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
NO. FREAKIN. WAY. i like my personality and independence of thoughts, thank you very much…and i would hate being all shallow like new pretties…yuck.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
he was never brainwashed to think that being normal was ugly, so he just saw her as she was inside, not the quality of her features.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
hmm, no, after specials and everything i don’t think so. shay owes a lot of her life’s experiences to Tally.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
they don’t use oil for everything, for one thing! so that makes them waaay healthier. and they apparently don’t use much metal, either. So, there’s no pollution, i don’t think, and they don’t have to deal with gas prices 😛
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think other people decided it for her some of the time, but not all. First she was brainwashed to think she was ugly, so this influenced her decision to betray the smoke. not completely, but it influenced it greatly. Then, she was given lesions, which made her pretty-minded. But, she broke out of it on her own volition. Then she was turned Special involuntarily, but rewired herself. so, she partly influenced her fate, and partly influenced by others.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
i’d probably be fine car-wise, i’d walk and bike everywhere. i’d probably have to take up farming, cause a lot of our food doesn’t come from our town (except for fairview farm!) and it has to be shipped here using gas. life probably wouldn’t be as easy, but that would force us to figure out a new solution to this problem faster.
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We think Zane should have gotten stolen from the hospital when everyone left, and that they have been working on him for years- cause maybe a chemical or something made him seem dead when he wasnt really dead yet- and they fixed his brain and everything too- and so him and tallly are friends again— and they meet again maybe in a new book which I guess wont happen 🙁 but Ill pretend I guess…..
I totally agree zane-la couldn’t have just died, he is way to good for a fate like that. BUT I think that it was good that Tally-wa had to choose David. David is so much better for her then Zane-la. No offense to Zane-la or anything, but i was always for david. especially after Tally-wa kissed zane-la for the first time and said David. u could totally tell that she was still in love with david. i havnt read extras yet, but i will soon I hope that Tally and David stay together.
~Andy-wa
i am still so sad im for zane all the way. if he hadnt of died tally tottally would have picked him. david was a subsatute at her time of need and david dosnt really even know tally well the real one she lied to him about almost every thing to him all he has memories of is lies. zane knew tally they practicly lived with each othershe told him everything it was so sad to here that he died. i dont know how i would have lived but tally has such a strong spirit its overwellming. allthough i did like what david thout of her how hes all ways going to be there for her i sill dont understand why they didnt just put more brain tissue there and stop his immune system from getting to it and let the brain rewire itself i mean like zane said the braines here to fix its self. :1
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
I would have to say no, but I guess after high school we all kind of drift apart.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Hope? Hmm I didn’t think she would as she was the main character and such, even though she wanted to (at the beginning).
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes and no, trusting not so much, paying attention maybe I smile a little more when i’m serving a cute customer
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
To be relient on yourself, no one there to erm.. wipe your arse
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Nope, I love my thinking and already happy.
She should be with Zane again- but we know the 4th book is done….
He’s the only one she could be completely honest with…. but David saw past her “ugliness” and saw that she already was pretty…. But Zane said he LOVED her…. And she never got to say she was sorry when she rejected him on the way to Diego…. say that she cured herself of some specialness…. so sad….
I know! i’m reading the series for the second time and it’s just sadder because i already read it and I know what is going to happen and its just stressful to see that they were so happy!
I love scott for making this so rediculously credible and I wish i could meet Tally just to see if the effect she had on people in the book would be the same effect in real life
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
NO I HOPE IT NEVERS HAPPENES EITHER!
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
NO Y WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BE LIKE CONTROLLED BY SOMEONE ELSE???
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
YEAH I HATE TO ADMIT IT THOUGH
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
IDK
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
NO WAY NOT EVEN IF I WAS DARED TO!!!
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
HE LOOKED INSIDE HER(THAT MIGHT SOUND CHEESY, OOPS)
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
NO SHAY KINDA DEPENDS ON TALLY
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
PRETTIES R CONTROLLED KIND OF BY ROBOTS. WE CAN DO SORT OF WATEVER WE WANT!!!
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I DONT THINK ANYONE BUT TALLY DECIDED HER FATE EXCEPT FOR TALLY
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I HAVE TO DRIVE EVERYWHERE!!!!!I WOULD PROBABLY MAYBE LOSE MY SANITY!!!(ha ha)
i love it that u can comment on this page
~toTally Zaney
Is it just me or do the people who aren’t the main characters at the time always seem evil? I think its like that in all 4 books.
Didn’t get to finish so:
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David I guess didn’t know the real reason why she was there to him she was this chick who turned up with scratches on her face, just looking for her friend, just to see if Shay was okay. And also the propaganda force fed into tally making her think she was ugly until she got the operation.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Probably… More fun
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
With both the societies i think is that there is always a group of people we strive to look like, the difference is we can choose if we want to go under the knife, they do it when they hit 16, sure there is pressure for our society to look better but it is not to the extent of the pretty society.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
She was brought up to think that she was ugly until she got the operation, and she wanted it so bad, they took that away from her, she had to do what she had to do to become pretty, if that meant travelling for days, living off of spaghetti and ratting out her friends then so be it. This is the length she will go to to get the operation. So I think that yes growing up in a society like that would have alot of influence on you but in the end it comes down to what YOU decide.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I ride the train… ALOT it gives me ime to think and I find it very soothing (my friends think I’m weird) so yeah I think I would go nuts.
Sure it’d be very very difficult But we do have solar power, and there are people in developing countries living without gasoline or oil. Go subsistance farming! again I say it would be very hard but I think that I’d cope… somehow.
-Jenn
how can becoming pretty bran wash u? i don’t get it.
also if when Peris turned prety he remembers tally?
It doesnt brain wash you- the surgeons are just made to remove what they dont want you to have- like the violence stuff- which they give back to you if you need it for your career
the violence stuff is easy to get back though.
But would you want to become violent again?
I want to be like shay, a special but without the brain-loosing thoughts of superiorite.
I think there should be a book about dr.cable when she was young.
dont you pepole read the series. the lessions make you forget. and they cant take out things from your memory with out killing you remember davids father. the lessions just make you a happy go luky loopy person.
How do we know he’s dead?
Dr. Cable could have just told them he was.
I heard rumors about a movie being made for the books, is it true ?
ask scott-la if its true
There are only two questions that I will answer.
5) Okay, now there is a right and wrong anwer. The right one is no. The wrong one is yes. Now, let’s think this out. Aren’t we already like pretties? We are brainwashed enough by society and commercialism, I doubt anyone would notice the difference. I probably would say yes, because I would want the challenge of thinking myself out of it. I would also say no because who on earth wants to be an exageration of what our society want us to be? That’s it.
8) I honestly see no difference, except that our society chooses to be ignorent and total bubleheads. Yep, I wrote that.
There are only two questions that I will answer.
5) Okay, now there is a right and wrong anwer. The right one is no. The wrong one is yes. Now, let’s think this out. Aren’t we already like pretties? We are brainwashed enough by society and commercialism, I doubt anyone would notice the difference. I probably would say yes, because I would want the challenge of thinking myself out of it. I would also say no because who on earth wants to be an exageration of what our society want us to be? That’s it.
8- I honestly see no difference, except that our society chooses to be ignorent and total bubleheads. Yep, I wrote that.
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HI! 🙂
ok since not that many ppl really understood the point about spoiler im just gonna start somthing that we can spoil except most people hav probably read the book so…yea…. im just wondering…. wat was the point of the aliens taking every1 captive becus if they wer trying to help the world with metal and all like y wuld they keep ppl hostage?
srry i posted on the rong page……[[looks nervous and embarrased]]
K, i was a huge fan of the series, because it touches on some major points of society today. im gonna leave out the questions that aren’t very thought provoking to moi.
2)I did, for tally’s benefit being what she wanted. but my mind changed because of…
a) the smoke
b) lesions
c) DAVID!!! when she fell in love with him <3 😀
4) Well first of all, being away from civilzation for a long period of time made it easier for Tally to adapt to what she thought was ‘uncivilzed’ about the smoke. Also what she had learned and all the knowledge she grew up with was broken down in the wild, and it made it easier for her to accept what she learned in the smoke, for example the lesions. (but i have to say that the special circumstances also played a huge role in that)
5) Although according to reason we would all say no. And that is my answer as well. Technically I am happy with the way I look. I dont care that much about money. And if we got the chance to be pretty, rich and healthy (without the whole lesions thing) we would want it.
But in reality, would we rather be depressed, deprived of education, food, shelter and a life, or be happy, rich and stunningly beautiful? that is something that interested me.
6) He grew up with different beliefs and ideas than tally. according to what tally learned, she WAS ugly. According to science she was ugly. But David knew that it wasn’t the truth. He saw her as average, or even above average. Because he never really careed about beauty the way tally did, he was able to see what she really was.
7) well it would be selfish if she did. would she rather have herself think individually, being happy and in love, and be that by herself, or let the world understand what individual thinking is?
8) there are many diversities in soceity today, and those differences create beauty. but in the pretty society everyone is engineered to be the same. Although the world that scott had created would be so much safer, it would be ruined and pointless. diversities do create destruction, but n a more positive aspect they create beauty, love, knowledge and so much more.
also there is the fact that pretty society is extremely paranoid. they knew the mistake that the rusties created, but instead of learning and improving in a way that can let the humans THINK FOR THEMSELVES, they ruined the world on a more mental scale.
9) Everytime tally escaped what society had built, the specials would evolve her. she was able to escape on her own, but was always turned into samehing else that was out of her control. she also chose zane over david. usually when someone had control over her, it would either be because of a threat or because of force. nnow that makes no sense. 😛
I just have to say that scott is amazing! i just love how possible the world he has invented could be! We are vain. (no offense) And with the media promoting how important vanity is, we ar influenced by it. And the end of our world is possible. Scott weaves amazing stories and plots, but the amazing part of his style is the fact and history behind them!!
Okay, so I did some research (I know this is totally unrelated but I feel it must be said) on the Uglies books, taking little hints here and there and I think I’ve collaborated enough evidence to tell you where Tally lives. (If this actually is located somewhere I’m going to feel like a tremendous bubblehead) Anyway. This is what I’ve got:
-In the first book, Tally describes the Rusty Ruins as a city with millions of people once living in it. (Very vague, I know, but it gets better)
-She also says there’s a river separating New Pretty Town and Uglyville (I know, still vague, but I’m getting there!)
-Also, she lives near an ocean, and mountains. (Still oh so vague, stay with me people!)
-She doesn’t live too far south, because it snows where she is.
-There’s a city named “Diego” somewhere in this too. (Relevence will be revealed later)
-In the 3rd book, she says she travels down south across the continent, so much so that it starts becoming much warmer.
AND THE HINT THAT GAVE IT ALL AWAY!
-In the 3rd book Shay says they used to call the area they were in “Death Valley” even when the Rusties were around.
So, I thought to myself “Maybe Diego is actually SAN DIEGO!” Makes sense, right? Well, turns out Death Valley is RIGHT NEAR San Diego! So, I travelled along the west coast of the US, thinking “Okay, well, it snows there, so we’re looking for a large city in… say… Washington?” Seattle!!! And guess what’s right next to Seattle? A river separating the mainland from VANCOUVER ISLAND, or, New Pretty Town!
So I have it! Tally lived in Uglyville, right next to the rusty ruins, or what used to be Seattle. The bridge going over the river lead to New Pretty town, or Vancouver Island. She travelled along the coast until she reached Diego, or San Diego. It all fits!
Like I said, if where she lived is actually posted somewhere, I’m going to feel like a horrible bubblehead. Oh well, I think this is right. SCOTT! Tell me if I’m right here! 😀
Or maybe you didn’t even have a defined location for her, and I made one up! 😀
I would like to correct something in my previous entry, because I just realised it.
I was taking a closer look at Seattle, and noticed a series of islands closer to the city. These islands look like a more plausable place for New Pretty Town, seeing as it’s surrounded by rivers and is much smaller than Vancouver Island.
Just so ya know. 🙂
1. Yes, in 6th grade my friend moved away. Even though she came back to visit, she didn’t even call me. Now that she’s moved back– we aren’t even friends anymore. But now I don’t really mind.
2. At first– Yeah, I did want Tally to get the operation, until she got to the smoke, and realized that she was better off there, and she realized that the Smoke was a better world than what she had grown up to believe. People saw her for who she really was, which means way more than getting attention for what she looks like, all in all– After her arrival at the Smoke, I did not want her to get the operation.
3. Looks don’t matter to me– I go by personality. I believe that people who tend to be more attractive than others get more attention and get respected more than those who aren’t as good looking, and that’s not fair. We live in a shallow world.
4. I think the trip prepared her because the smoke isn’t luxury like she was used do living in the dorms- though the dorms weren’t extremely luxurious. [but you get the basis] The trip to the smoke helped her learn to deal with being out in the wild.
5. No, I would never give up my ability to think– and make my own decisions and everything else just to have superficial things.
6. Because David wasn’t raised to think only about peoples appearence. Everyone who was raised in the book the way the goverment wanted– were raised shallow. David has grown up to learn to look past that and he loved what he saw in Tally 🙂
7. I honestly think that if Shay had the chance to go back and not befriend Tally– She would.
8. There a many differences, some of them being– The goverment controls everything, people are very superficial, and technology is more advanced.
9. I don’t believe that Tally chose her fate at all.
1o. Everyone depends on gas and oil. Day to day I drive my car– which runs on gas. Scott Westerfeld is a very smart man, he wrote about something that could possibly happen.
i think tally chose alot of her fate
she could have told david about the necklace
in uglies
Well I htink that people kind of made choices for her… like partly in Uglies if she hadn’t becaome friends with Shay than she wouldn’t have to of visited Dr. Cable. Plus technichaly the whole going to the Smoke was alo Dr. Cable.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
Tayler, are you talking about their society or our society? Just asking!
y didnt tally just say what she felt that was so dumb(take no offense Scott)I absolutly love zane he to tally sounds like my kind of guy
srry totally
Okay so I havn’t seen any of the older other people on here latley so I thhink I may also peaceot!!!!
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
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I went to IMDB.com and I saw that there was going to be an Uglies movie. Is that true? Do you know anything about it?
it says on wikipedia that they’re making a movie
The movie has been talked about for a while, I’m not really sure any more, so I’m not going to believe anything until I see some proof.
1. Well yeah, but it was ages ago, and happened more over time than Peris and Tally
2.YES! At the start of the book, the oporation sounds great, but then you start to see the HUGE downsides
3. Kinda, the way someone looks is way less important than the inside, but when your in a room and you don’t know anyone you do go and talk to the people with better skin or whatever, but I wish that wasn’t true!
4. The wild changed how she saw the world, that meant when she saw they were clear-cutting although it freaked her out she was able to deal with it
5. “1 week of killer sunburn is worth a life of being gorgeous”
-Tally in Uglies
I wouldn’t get the oporation! Although it would be awesome being able to surge in so many ways (clocks in your eyes that go backwards?!) I still wouldn’t do it. Free thinking is something I value, so I wouldn’t give it up even for ‘beauty’
6. David had never seen a pretty before, so he saw people just like we rusties do.
7. I don’t think Shay would go back in time and not meet Tally, they fight all the time (some of the stuff Shay says, just owch), but she always comes back to help Tally when she needs.
8. I think the oparations has both ups and downs, and I don’t have enough time you write them all down!! 🙁 sorry!
9. Tally decided small things which then lead to much larger things, so over all she didn’t decied her fate, but some stuff could have been avoided
10. I wouldn’t do too well if all the oil became unstable or disappered. I have to drive or take public trasport to school because I live about 1/2 an hour away when there is not traffic, so walkign that would take a very long time
Sorry about my terrible spelling!
I am reading specials again now, and the next chapter is where the amazing Zane dies 🙁
I have read that chapter twice before (in a row) and cried BOTH times!!
I have another question to add to this list, who is your favorite between David and Zane.
I have no answer to this quesiton myself, I love them both, but I am sure some people would have an answer!!
From Joey-la
None of you are ever going to believe this but I sent scott westerfeld a written letter and he wrote back! I am so excited… AND I JUST CAN’T HIDE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love Scott Westerfeld’s books!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank You Scott!!!!!!!
I am your number one fan!!!!!!!!
Ashley-Wa
pepper1228@hotmail.com
Cj-
I agree with you!
Ashley-Wa
Oh wow. I am slightly crazy, but I still haven’t written scott. I’ll put that on my to do list…just it’s kinda long already…oh wow…whatever…total love for the book Uglies. so many good quotes. yeah.
I love the Uglies more than any book I have ever read!
You know when people say:
What’s your favorite book?
It is a no-brainer I say….
Well, duh… The Uglies series!
Andrea-La:
What is your favorite book out of:
Uglies, Pretties, Specials and Extra?
Mine personally is the Uglies.
Cioa for now!
🙂 Ashley-wa
I am an adult (currently reading “Extras”) and I love the whole “Uglies” series.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? Yes, unfortunatly thats usually what happens when friends move away. There have been a few that I kept in touch with, but it takes lots of effort on both people’s part.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) I changed my mind when Tally and David started to get close (in the smoke). I was hoping that she would never activate the necklace and live in the smoke forever. I think Tally really wanted to stay there too, when she threw the necklace into the fire, accidentily activating it. Then when Davids parents told Tally about the legions, I really didnt want her to become pretty. But in the end, it worked otu. So I am happy with what happened.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? I dont think I give “pretty” people more attention, I try to treat everyone equal. For me, I can tell more about a person by the way they act, than the way they look. And if I dont like the way a person acts, then i try to stay away from them. You can tell alot about a person through body language. They can be “ugly” but be so nice. Or they can be “pretty” and still be so mean.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? I guess she started to learn how totake care of herself. Without relying on conveniences of the city.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? nope. Independent thought is more powerful than beauty, and wealth. Unfortunatly so many people I know seem like they have no independent thought at all, and they dont even have the pretty legions.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? He was not influenced by city life and therefore had not been brainwashed into thinking that a person is better if they look a certain way. He saw her for what really matters. What was inside of her.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? No, I dont think Shay knew what she was getting herself into when she met Tally. I dont think either one of them did.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Us “Rusies” tend to be brain missing even though we dont have the legions. So many people will beleive anything they hear on tv or the newspaper. So many people are so quick to follow the crowd and do what everyone else is doing.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? Well, Tally always had a choice, but she decided to do what she did, becuase she did not like the alternative.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? I live in a medium sized city, and i’m pretty close to everything I need, so If there were no cars, I’d get a bike. It would take longer to get places, but I dont think it’d be so bad. Also we’d have to find alternate ways to warm our house. I think the biggest problem would be that the stores would have problems getting their shipments, so we may not be able to go to the grocery store and get food. So we’d have to learn how to garden. And gardens are very work-making.
I agree with juli-wa, a book about Dr Cable when she was young would be cool!
I have written to scott-la before and talked about Zane dying, he replied, I was very happy!! No WAY BEONYD HAPPY!!!
I miss Zane 🙁 but if he didn’t die that whole bit of the book would just be war war war!! eee kill everyone!
Sorry I am slightly insane. I don’t know what I think about the idea of making an Uglies movie, who could play Tally? or Shay? or David, Croy, Peris, Dr Cable, Zane, Fausto…. the list goes on.
It would be alright if they made a movie, but only if Scott-la thought it was all perfect! 🙂
hehehe
Joey-la
I would love an “Uglies” movie, but only if there will eventually be a “Pretties” movie and a “Specials” movie.
I love the series so much! I am so into them and I am relating all of my friends to specific characters in the book now..haha.
I have a quick question…
How do you guys (in the newer covers) Get them to look like that?
I’m wondering how you do that to?! I tryed on paint a pic of me but all i got was the eyes.Also on the special book cover her eyes are brown and i went on to paint.They are much more scary-making if coal black.I actully have a friend named zane-la.
So, yes, I’ve done these before, but I’m just so desparate to have another Uglies book that I’m like, triple re-reading them. like living in the past. I need a new one!! 🙁
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No, I think I was the one who abandoned someone… and I feel bad about it.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
You, know I really did. I think that she really deserved it. Then, when I heard about the lesions, I didn’t at first. But then, the more I thought about it, the more it made sense to me. I mean, you can be happy. No pain, ever. How great would that be? I mean, really. idk. It’s a really hard question, and I’m glad it’s not up to me to decide!
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
yes, yes, yes. and I don’t know why I do it, but yeah.
The wierd thing is, reading these books has made me more prone to liking pretty people, because every time I think of someone, I think about which of there features is “pretty”.
Of course, more and more people have started looking pretty to me, so I guess it evens out, but YOUR BOOKS HAVE CHANGED THE WAY I LOOK AT LIFE!
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She learned that everything isn’t exactly as it seems, and nothing is safe.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Ugh. You know, I really think I would. Being able to think is great, but the reason we think is to make the world a better place, and if everyone’s happy, healthy and safe, what’s the point? idk. that sounds awful, I know.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David definately hadn’t grown up in a world where everyone was considered ugly, and he knew that your inner beauty is the most important, but Tally had been conditioned to not even think about it.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
i don’t know. I really don’t. I think that it taught her a lot, but Tally really hurt her. I think that at first she’d want to go back, when the pain that tally had caused was still fresh, but in the end it made her stronger (and she could think) and so she wouldn’t have, I think.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The pretty society is much healthier than ours. It’s a sad truth, but humans just can’t be perfect as we are. Some people will always want revenge, causing war and fighting. We get to elect who represents us, but it does no good because people are still getting killed. I just think that life can be enjoyable and fun, but people are so egotistical that they don’t even think about it.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Mostly Other people decided it. I think that she had very little choice in what happened, but most of it was for the better. I mean, if Zane hadn’t died, she’d spend her whole life wondering between Zane and David.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
We couldn’t survive. not at all. everything we do, eat… everything depends on oil. Our society needs help!
♥Hannah-la♥
It doesn’t sound awful to make the world a better place. But I value my thoughts far too much. To the point where it is unhealthy. I can’t imagion not thinking my thoughts, but maybe then I could enjoy life more. Thoughts can be such a burdon, but at the same time, something I can’t life without. Our society deffinetly need help. Too bad we are our society, so there is no one to help us except God, who will. Someday, maybe we can be better. Oil kinda sucks. We need to depend on something else. It seems like we keep on having to invent things to fix the problems of previous inventions.
I think our dependence on oil is definitely bad because we shouldnt rely on oil in the next centuries with our great technology. The uglies world would be definitely easier to live in but still has difficulties like every civilization has. BUT back to RUSTIES that is what we are currently like and hopefully we can find a solution to our oil crisis. But anyways uglies trilogy definitely changed what could happen in a different perspective.
hey mr westerfield. i just had to let you know how much i LOVE your novels. im seriously hooked on them. im not the type of teen who actually loves reading but i read your whole series in less than two weeks! i heard you guys were making a movie of the uglies sreies and i was just wondering if it was two early to be asking if you guys were having casting calls for the “extras” movie? i would really love to hear back from you. & i cant wait until your fifth book comes out!
sincerely yours,
kristhine 🙂
omg hi pples. how is every one. hey evan la your comment was cool i loved how you took o much time in reserching the book that means you really like it its inda dreamy if your a girl with a boys name its awsome not dreamy ok moving on they should make a movie and for pples that play the charetors should be the modles on the cover seeing that we set those images in our mind already . and regan im one of the older pple writters that still com on(not as in age still a teen) and to the other comments were did you get his adress i want to send him a letter too some one pleazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz talk back
Hi people um… one time I had my friend Reagan write on here for
me. So I kind of don’t but do know you. anyways I LOVE Uglies and Superman… See reagan is his wifey and I am jsut his sister because he can’t love me like that because Reagan is his wifey. 🙁 anyways nice to see yall (I am not from TX I just like to say yall)
Hey Scott,
I don’t know if you’ll read this But I just wanted to say that all your books are amazing. I liked how you started Extras off except for the fact that tally wasn’t in it. But when she did show up I liked how you put it to show how everyone else saw her.
I really do love all you books =]
Just to let you know Jenn he dosn’t read these. Well acrtually we don’t know that for sure but it’s probably 1-100 cahnce that he dose.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
hey. I have read the uglies, pretties, and the specials. I love all the books and they are my favorite books. But on all the covers it says trilogy which means 3 and there is a 4 one coming out? i am kind of confused but excited to read the last one. the books are really great!! keep writing Scott Westerfeld.
Hey the fourth one has already come out! Just to let you know.
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
Hey. How are you. I’m from Germany and I love your books sooo much 🙂 I have to write a report about you and I have only one very important question: Why you write books ? So, why have you written about that topic, about uglies. I think there must be a reason?! 🙂
Please write back soon.
I must have it until friday :/
So, see you.
1. Not really, but I have had friends who “abandoned” me for new friends. I’ve done the same thing, actually.
2. Not really, but I could relate SUPER strongly. I had to have an operation myself two years ago, about six months after I bought this book, because my chin didn’t grow enough forward so I had a nasty looking underbite. I never really thought I was pretty and couldn’t imagine having to live my whole life like that.
3. Sometimes I trust people /less/, in fact, because I assume they’ll be shallow or stupid. But other times, yeah, I do.
4. Living o her own gave her a chance to develop the kind of self-esteem and independance that people need to grow up for real. Until then she had let the city determine her actions and her self-worth, but out in the wild, she had to make her choices and live with them. This gave her the ability to adapt to the Smoke and recognize how much control the city had over her.
5. I would hope not, but it’s very tempting, which is obviously why everyone was willing to go uder the knife. It’s the perfect example of Communism, really; equality, lack of religion, complete state control, etc. I’ve always wondered about the quote from the Communist manifesto in Specials, what did you mean by having Zane read that?
6. First of all, David hadn’t grown up expecting surgically-implanted beauty in every person over the age of sixteen. In fact, the city’s idea of beauty would have looked pretty eerie. Tally was conditioned to only value an external appearance, while David appreciated her personality as well as her face, which may not have even been that bad looking to a present-day observer.
7. Only Shay can answer that question. But in the end, I think she realized that like it or not, Tally’s actions were the catalyst for changing the entire global society. Shay also would have probably had the operation without ever making it to the Smoke and living outside the city in the first place.
8. Equality is the biggest improvement; everyone has equal, while artifical, self-esteem, wealth is evenly distributed, disease is pretty much gone, and poverty seems to be eliminated, all of which is awesome. There is no threat of conflict, but you’d have to trade your mental independance for that, because everyone’s got a temper and knows how to use it. I think the world of Extras is the best, since you gain freedom without losing most of the equality.
9. Tally was given her situation, and her choice was how to deal with it.
After her experience at the Smoke, she chose to constantly challenge what was forced upon her by the city.
10. This keeps looking more likely with every day, and with every penny that gas prices go up. Living in Texas makes me drive EVERYWHERE, and I’d be walking for years along the freeway like a very brave hobo if that ever happened.
OMG I love your Uglies series! They’re so amazing! I love everyone of them, although I’ve only read the first and second. Uglies kept my hair on end! I didn’t want to put it down! My favorite was when Tally got with David because I thought she would get with Peris like most girls do in those fairy-tales story where the girl ends up dating her best guy friend!! I can’t wait to read the third one and can most certianlly not wait to read the fourth! Keep writing! Love your stories!
hey guys do yuo think i should be debi-wa or debi-la???
answer me please.x.
Hey debi,
you would be debi-la because you only have -wa if you have an l in your name like Tally-wa! 🙂
Hola! so how’s it going every1?
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
Hello?
I love Superman/Tom Welling!!!!
i always lover tally and i never thought that she should have the opertation it is just a way to make a normal person turn into everyone else even though the partys are there she should be inique. i love how she fell in love with david he sounds so down to earth i lover these books i wanted them to go on forever and to never end!
AHHHHHH. You should deffently make this series a movie!!!!!
I loved all the books, I havn’t read Extras yet but I will soon.
I read on IMDB that it will be a movie, but I wasn’t sure. Sooo is it?
Lol.
If the operation is so pretty-making, and you lose your ugly-mindedness, don’t you just lose yourself? Being bubbly is great, but you only stay bubbly for so long. Unless you’re Crim. (Totally pretty-making)
P.S.
Pretty-missing is such a bogus thing to be, anyway.
DOWN WITH THE STUPID MOVIE IDEA. Cant you people see that every single time they make a book into a movie, the movie is almost completely different!!! Examples- Harry potter Movies (some things were changed, but that’s a bad example to start off with…)…. OH A Series of Unfortunate Events. Look at that one. i’ve read every book in that series, and the movie was so different and, frankly, not that good. And apparently Aeragon (sorry about spelling) was very different and really bad. And the Narnia books that were made into movies. I know the directors want the movie to be more interesting or explain to those who didn’t read the book, but if they didn’t read the book, then why would they be seeing the movie? And if they want it more interesting, why are they making the movie based on the book anyway? that would be saying the book wasn’t interesting! And probably the most changed book/movie is Ella Enchanted. That is one of my favorite books, but they changed SOOOO much in the movie to make it “modern.” now do you all want this to all be put on Scott-la’s shoulders, and have us very mad at him for quite some time just so he could make MORE money off of his writing?
U R TOTALLY RIGHT EMILY-WA! (btw this is my first comment on THIS page) it ruins the book if they make a movie. They will make every1 look different and take out parts and it makes u think of the book in a whole different way (which isnt good). Although, if I could write it and choose the actors, that might b ok, cause i would make it right.
I agree so much with you! Whenever I watch the movie Ella Enchanted, I basically yell at it. I regularely watch it for that purpose.
i hate ella enchanted
The book is swimtastical. The movie basically is totally hateable.
you know how the first two harry potter movies were the best, nothing was different, and the next 3 were terrible, well they are bringing back the same director as the terrible three to do the 6th!!!!! How sucky is that?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! One the bright side, though, the guy who directed the 1st two is directing The Lightening Thief. SOmething they left out in the fifth- the coins. The 7th movie is going to be 2 separate movies, but they are going to suck, because some of the stuff they left out plays a big part in the 7th book/movie. Stupid bad director. WE WANT THE OLD ONE!!!!
DOWN WITH TERRIBLE DIRECTING!
I KNOW!!!!!!! And I liked the music in the first and second better than the first too. Way better. Go John Williams!!!!!
ya!!! Go John Williams!
DOWN WITH THE OTHER DUDE!
okay, that made no sense. I ment to say I like the music better in the first and second better than the third.
i didnt even notice
im weird like that
Yay!!!!! Hedwigs theme is the best song ever! I play it on my clarinet at the beginning of every band class, and everyone at school now hates me for it! Yay!
thats nice
the movie comes out this fall!
cant wait to go throw popcorn at it!!
Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!
do you have to refresh every time to see if i said something?
Yeah. Do you?
yep, and then i have to scroll all the way down. Something is beeping in my house and its giving me a headache
just the stupid carbon monoxide thing that beeps whenver someone touches it
Beeping you say? I like beeping. I like metronomes too, and will just listen to mine for fun. It drives my family nuts!
I HATE, DISPISE, DETESTE (FRENCH), WANT TO KILL METRONOMES!!!!!!! Scott-la thinks gettig up at 7:30 for one day to be on tv is bad? try getting up at 6:30 EVERY STINKIN day to go to school!!
getting*
I wake up at 7 for school. What’s up with you and metronomes? On Saturdays I usually wake up at 5:30 for swimming, but today I got to sleep in til 7:30!
me too!!! Well, if you knew my evil orchestra teacher (we like to call her ms. valdevil, notice how shes not married) then you wouldnt like metronomes either
not the swimmming part, the part about today
Yay for sleeping in! I have a really nice band teacher. He only uses the metronome when he has to. Like for full band things when we have to clap on the 13th beat or whatever.
cool! im a genius! instead of clicking refresh and then scrolling down, i found an easier way! you click f5 (the actually button) to refresh, and then click end, to get to the bottom!
COOL!
i g2g i have i bat mitzvah to go to
talk to ya later
I have to study for *gulp* exams.
OK, this is awesome. I have only read UGLIES, but I HAVE to get the other books. They are my all-time favorite now.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
My friend abandoned me without moving away.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first, I was like ‘Tally, you HAVE to get the operation! You’re world is totally awesome’. Then I found out what really happened, and I wasn’t so sure. As an added note, when she realized what would happen to the smoke if she turned them in, I am so glad she didn’t turn them in….on purpose. I know she did a lot of damage, but she did her best to fix everything, and she was genuinely sorry. David HAS to forgive her!
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Not really what someone said, but paying more attention to them, I guess.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Tally found out more about the world around her, after living in one small city all her life. She had time to really think about what she was doing, going to the smoke. I think her journey helped her think about others, to the point where she was ready to give up becoming pretty, after she met David. He is a terrific role model, friend, and I HOPE, boyfriend.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
To me, looking pretty is important, but being smart and thinking for myself is even more important. Even with all the PRETTY advantages, I don’t think I could give up my free will and intelligence.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw Tally like she really was, not like she thought she was. He never had someone constantly telling him he was ugly. After a while, you would get used to it, until you believed it. Being told you are ugly is especially hard for a girl, so maybe he never thought of beauty as important. He saw through her looks, into who she was, inside.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I think that at the end of the book UGLIES, Shay would have. But I think she would regret it in the end. Shay and Tally are BFFL.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
In some ways, pretty society is better than ours. I mean, super-advanced technology, no peer pressure, everyone is pretty, HOVERBOARDS. But they are a lot weaker too. I mean, lack of free will is a pretty big loss.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
In a way, Tally decided her own fate. She decided to accept Special Circumstances blackmailing. She didn’t have to turn pretty. But she was almost brainwashed to believe she was super ugly, and wanted to be amazingly pretty. Was that her fault? Obviously, turning in the smoke was a huge mistake, if anyone’s fault, it was Dr. Cable’s. Tally tried to save the ones she began to care about. She risked everything. That was her choice. But other people helped determine the outcome of that choice. She became pretty, when she didn’t want to, just to save Shay. She did’nt have to do that. So, Tally’s fate depended on herself, and a lot of other people, too.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I think nowdays, a lot of people’s lives depend on oil. I think we should be good to the environment, and find alternate energy sources, but think how hard that shift would be. We depend on oil for travel, heat, some electeric, and SO much more. It wouldn’t be a change in energy, it is a change in LIFESTYLE.
I totally agree. Oil has become something we depend on for everyday things, so it really IS a lifestyle. We shouldn’t completely stop using it, only enough less so that it isn’t such a problem.
I think that eventually we could, and should completely stop using oil, (at least for the next million years or so, as the supply is replenished) and find better ways to produce energy. After all, we don’t want to end up like the Rusties in Mr. Westerfeld’s books.
I was thinking about that (after I stayed up ALL night reading PRETTIES and half of SPECIALS). The whole idea of the books brings a very real and very controversial topic. Pollution, and caring for our environment. It still can’t be decided who should get the job of cleaning up the world. I think we all should. Individuals, Communities, Countries, Continents, everybody.
The books also talk about staying true to yourself, and inner beauty, and all that jazz. But, if you really think about it, that is becoming really hard, and really important, in today’s fast-paced world.
Thanks for your opinion! =)
As a note,
Has anyone read EXTRAS? What did you think? Should I get it?
it’s good, but it’s not all about Tally
wow. we r turning into the scott facts page. slowley going off subject.
Hola peeps this is like one of the only times I can get on so just talk to you later bye:( 🙁 🙁
:(:) Bye AGAIN!!!!
I LOVE SUPERMAN/TOM WELLING
AND PINK RUBBER DUCKIES
hey,
I reckon we need to be less dependent on oil, but sadly I don’t think that will happen any time soon. What I think we need to do is find a better energy souce than coal (in Australia, where I live) and Oil. By the way, BIOFUELS are hardly better than nuclear and fossil fuels. I did a project on it at school and its a total waste of resources.
To all the people who answer yes to the question ‘If she could, do you think Shay would go back in time and never have met Tally, would she?’ I want to know why you think she wouldn’t have!?
Because she always comes back and helps Tally when she needs it!
Yes Extras is really good too. Its not all about Tally, but has HEAPS of awesome Tally Youngblood moments!
Love Joey-la! 🙂
In response to question #3, I think that everyone, whether consciously or not, has treated someone better than maybe they deserved because of how they looked. I’m saying that it’s the right way to treat people, but at some point ALL of us has been guilty of treating the good looking people better. And to say that looks don’t matter is completely bogus. One of the points that Scott made in these books is that as much as we would like to pretend that they don’t, looks do matter on some basic human level. So all of you who posted on this page saying that “no looks don’t really matter to me,” please stop lying to yourselves.
Sorry, I just realized that I typed something wrong in my post above. In line 3 I meant to type “I’m not saying that it’s the right way to treat people.” Sorry!
I love Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer!
once again scotts blog..I dont even thinks hes talked about her
we have but not him?
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Sort of. I had a really good friend at camp, but afterwards, we just grew apart. Neither of us was {were?} really good at keeping in touch.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Well, I knoew she would, because I knew about Pretties before I ever read Uglies. But it always seemed sort of weird to me. =/
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I think we probably all do that a little; I don’t think I do it any more or less than the average human being.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
It was a sort of baptism by fire. She was forced to give up all the comforts of city life. However, she probably had it easier than most, because she got everything she needed for the trip from the Specials
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Like most people, my first reaction is NO WAY. However, I don’t think I would definitely make the same decision if I was offered it for real… I’m not sure I have the sort of sense of myself that you need to fully resist the operation.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw Tally in a way very similar to that of teenagers now. Tally however, was brought up on Pretty beauty, which expected all beauty to conform to certain standards- instead of seeing herself, she saw how she deviated from the standard.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No matter how much Shay wishes she never met Tally at various times in the series, I don’t think she’d ever do that. Shay and Tally are inexorably connected; they really depend on each other.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Pretty society definitely got the environment right, for one thing. That’s something I prefer about the Prettyworld over the world of Extras {which is awesome and you should definitely read it}. It’s also very controlling, which is bad, even though most everyone doesn’t realize they’re being controlled.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally doesn’t decide much, when you really think about it. Almost every decision she makes in the book is due to external forces, from the smoke, to being Pretty, to being Special, to what happens to her in Diego.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Well, you can’t really look on how well one person would survive, unless they’ve gone completely independent {growing their own food, stockpiling necessities, etc.}. For one thing, society would be collapsing all around you! so if you haven’t become self sustaining, you’re not going to do very well. I probably wouldn’t- I’m to much of a city kid. xP
1. Yes, she left me with out anyone.
2. Yes because i wanted her and Peris to get back together, then when Tally kissed David i was like screw Peris.
3. No, looks aren’t everything.
4. She learned there was no getting what she wanted without working for it, she need to be prepared for danger in case something happens, the smoke didn’t have showers so they had to use river water to purify and bath in.
5. Yes only if they’re was a way out. I would rather become a cutter because your invincible you can live forever and you have a nice friends to surond you and you can get away with whatever you want.
6. Yes he saw her as a beautiful person on the outside and inside and he wouldn’t change her for the world but she would change herself.
7. Because in my opinion Shay and Tally were meant to be best friends forever and nothing could change that.
8. I would rather live in the Pretty society because there is no money, war, nothing bad can really happen besides the whole brain goes to mush thingie.
9. I think David and Shay made her stay because David is in total love with her he would do anything for her, Shay’s her best friend and Tally did want to leave her alone not knowing what could happen to her and if she betrayed the they would be a little pissed off.
10. I could do well with out oil and gas because I wouldn’t need a car i could walk, bike, run to anywhere I wanna go. I still can communicate because of electricity so i really don’t need gas or oil.
I wanna say this series would make a kick but movie! I would wanna be the character of Tally or Shay they are sweet especially in SPECIALS more action. I kinda started reading the first little bit of EXTRAS i kinda don’t like that Tally isn’t in it I was wondering if you could write more books about Tally Cause I kinda felt a bond with her, but I still think you are an amazing writer.
I am trying to write a book and I was wondering if you had any pointers 🙂 email me at goaliegirl_314@hotmail.com
and last thing CUTTERS RULE!
oh and face tats a kick ass.:)
hey every one oh and hi reagan i havn’t seen you much this summer any ways who like david more than zane
Tally is in Extras. You just aren’t there yet. ;D
Ergggg… I am counting down the days for Bogus to Bubbly to come out…. its 115 days to be exact.
What is Bogus to Bubbly?
a guide to the series
hey
I can’t decide if I like Zane or David better
What does everyone think??
I don’t really like either of them, but I think David is in some ways more ‘real’ than Zane.
Anyone know any good uglies fanfic sites?
just to answer 2, i was about to die when i found out tally was gonna give herself in to be pretty. I KNEW BAD THINGS WOULD HAPPEN! special to, they freak me out, cept cutters seem kinda cool.
im totally and completely in love with David!
*pokes earlier question*
I like question number five. Right now I feel like adding a new perspective to it. So here it is:
5) I don’t think that it’s the beauty or anything that I would find so tempting. It’s the not having to think. I mean, thoughts clutter up my head so much I can’t understand them. My brain regualaraly thinks really stupid thoughts that make no sense. I’m really against plastic surgury and all that, but I wouldn’t mind not having to think. It’s just that it’s hard work and I’m tierd of it.
This has something to do with #5 and adrea-las answer.I don’t mean to be snotty and a know it all but i am very serios and when i tlk to people who are not in advanced (like in midnighters) but who are cool and popular they seem so bubbly and happy, energetic not a thing to worry about it may be a front but i would love to live like that no pressure or seriousness just giglely.I may be all mindcasterish but i’m tired of people who can talk endesly about gossip ( or do i want to be one of them?!)confusing….. confusing
Yeah….I agree to an extent. I’m more polymathish. I’m a bit of a math nerd who lives in her own world thinking about metiphorical decimals.
Though being a cutter would be cool ,every thing so icy so clear (Lol I sould like shay wanting to be like tally)
lol. I don’t know. It all sounds cool as long as you get a hoverboard.
sould=sound
I defintly agree
Hello!
I am sorry to ask three times the same question, but each time I try to find my mail, it is not any more then it I veils rest my question:
Will be you there a film on series ” Uglies “?
please!!!
answer my question it is urgent!!
NO! I REFUSE TO ALLOW A MOVIE TO BE MADE OF THE UGLIES SERIES, OR MIDNIGHTERS FOR THAT MATTER!
Thank you for having answered me, but you are which to say her?
Are you anybody who works in the cinema not to allow a filmd’ to be makes?
Why you say his it is not you which decides if it is necessary to make a film or not anything….
It is not because you refuse, because there will not be film….
They are thinking of making a film (its on imdb) but I am with Emily-wa, NO MOVIE of Uglies or Midnighters. I think if they have to make one then they should make it of Midnighters, it would sell more tickets, and my favorite is Uglies! 🙂 I love them both though
Also people who like Uglies should read Maureen Johnson’s books cuz they are really good. And Scott-la and Maureen are friends! 🙂
Love Joey-la
thanks Joey-la, I’ll keep a lookout for Maureen’s books. Also, Tally-wa, I didn’t understand a word you said- uh, typed- so I’m going to ignore the fact I think you were attempting to argue with me O_o
SOMEONE TRIED TO ARGUE WITH EMILY-WA??? Sorry, not paying any attention whatsoever. Yeah, me and my friends pulled an all nighter last night, so I’m not exactly what you would call awake…
No, I wanted in no cases to argue with Emiliy-wa> <
Thanks a lot to have answered has my questions!!
Thank you!!!
Stay up excuse me if you did not always understand very well, because I am French, then I try of disentangle me of the best that I can to be legible!
I’m failing french class.
uhh actually it’s only Uglies that’s going to be a movie according to IMDB….
hmmmmm…i’ve always wanted to protest somthing…
heyy
i loved the first three books of the uglies series but i just started reading the first one and i dont really like it/ get it. why did he switch the characters? did anyone else feel this way?
sry i meant the fourth one i just started reading
hmm.. in that case Tally-wa…
Salut! Comment ca va? Ca va bien. Je suis…bored lol.
Je suis FATIGUE!! 🙁
J’adore le fromage et chocolat
sorry, for people who don’t know french that means I’m tired and that I love cheese and chocolate.
I was confused at the start of Extras too, but if you keep reading Tally comes back! 🙂 yay for Tally
I REALLY don’t want them to make a movie of Uglies. Who could play Tally or anyone for that matter!!??
J’espère que mon français n’est pas trop horrible! Tally-wa, je crois qu’ils vous ont juste mal compris, ne vous en inquiétez pas donc. Je sais que vous n’avez pas eu l’intention d’offenser quelqu’un. C’est frais que vous êtes le français! That’s probably a little late, for Tally-wa, oops.
eh i can only read bits and pieces of that…. like the “vous” and “horrible” and “Je” and “suis” and “francais” (icr how to do the little accents) and “n’something pas” which means the opposite of or something like that…
I said: I hope that my French is not too horrible! Tally-wa, I think that they just badly understood you, don’t worry about it. I know that you had no intention to offend somebody. It’s cool that you are French!
I have a question, what is a middle pretty?
when a new pretty gets a certain age, they are considered a middle pretty. They’d be about… i’d say 25+ yrs. old. They live in the suburbs (I think) and this is the age when they have kids and i think marry and such.
just to add on to emily-wa description of a middle pretty: they also get more serious about which career path they will be choosing
just a petty little thing meggy-wa but you should be meggy-la. There’s no “L” in meggy…
same for Abby-wa.
wait is there a late pretty? I feel like that’s what i’ve been talking about… is there a late pretty who is like what i said or am i completely making up this whole late pretty thing?
Yeah there is a late pretty, thats about 60+ I would say.
Tally’s parents (Sol and Ellie) are both still middle pretties when Tally is 16! 🙂
All wardens, fire fighters, rangers, doctors ect. are middle pretties!
and then after you’re a late pretty, you become dead pretty. but only after your hundred teens.
(all of tally’s great-crumblies are in their hundred-teens)
I know! I thought that was so cool how they were in their hundred and teens! 🙂
I was thinking today, of all Scott-la’s books, which world would you prefer to be in?! I have only read Midnighters, So Yesterday and UGLIES but I would like So Yesterday world best, because its a lot safer! Then Tally’s, I would put that first, but I wouldn’t want to be forced into getting exreame plastic surgury. Then last Midnighters becuase then there are darklings and slithers trying to eat you! :0
But I guess there are massive perks to living in Tally’s word such as
HOVERBOARDS!!!!!!!!
wait i thought 60+ is crumbly?!
okay, has scott-la ever used to term “late pretty”?
And to Joey-la’s question, i would choose Extras world. It’s much like the Uglies world but with some better outcomes, like no lesions. It would be so cool- hoverboards, hovercameras, merits instead of cash, etc…
Merci beaucoup Tally and Zane et vous avez tous a fais rasion je ne voulais offenser personne.
Et pour répondre a la question de Joey-la, moi je suis certaine que je pourrai jouer le rôle de Tally-wa… lol
For you:
And to answer has the question of Joey-la, me I am sure that I shall be able to play the role of Tally-wa lol
k I understood up to avez. I can’t seem to remember what it means…
raison sounds familiar… I think we used it near the end of the school year in french class. I remember because it either had something to do with being right or wrong, i cant remember, but it was like “to be right” and “to be wrong” and both of them sounded like american words for food. lol.
I say coach her I resemble him in his character a lot all my friends say that when he reads it, it think that it is me who their speak… 🙂 lol
Merci beaucoup Tally and Zane…
Je voulais que vous sachiez que j’ai envoyer un mail a 20thcenturyfox, pour savoir s’il y aurai un film et jouer le rôle de Tally mais ce n’est qu’un rêve mais j’essaye… 🙂
For you:
I wanted you to know that I have send a mail has 20thcenturyfox, to know if it shall have a film there and to play the role of Tally but it is only a dream but I try:)
thanks for the advice emily-wa!
Why are we writing in French?
Cuz she’s French. Um…C’est vraiment agréable! Le Tally-wa de Bonne chance, ce serait impressionnant! LoL, j’aime agir. And Emily-wa, I think that Crumblie is just another name for Late Pretties but I’m not sure…
Crumblies it is the ancient pretties, the old not?
Merci Tally & Zane…
Merci beaucoup et tu te débrouille très bien en français bravo!
🙂
Yea maybe it is TZ. I can’t actually remember a sentence in the series that says “late pretty” so i think it’s littlies, uglies, new pretties, middle pretties, crumblies.
I am of agreements with Emily-wa!!! 🙂
I am pretty sure Scott-la says late-pretty at one point, but only like once.
Late pretty is the same as crumblie!
🙂
yes, i am pretty sure a crumbly is the same thing as a late-pretty, but it’s sort of a teenage slang for it. as for whether scott mentions the word late pretty, i think shay says something like “once we turn, theres no going back. it’ll be new pretty, middle pretty, late pretty. then dead pretty”
yes it say exactly that once we are pretties;
command us young persons pretties, means pretties and then finally crumblies (old pretties) and what an existence as her rhymes have nothing.
I am almost on that it is her… 🙂
yea lotti-wa I agree, i think it was just for shay-la’s little speech.
My answers:
1. Yes,
2. I THOUGHT Tally was going to just go to The Smoke, activate the pendant and turn pretty. But I guess that wasn’t the case. I was kind of curious about David as a pretty. You should’ve heard about what I said would happen if Az and Maddy didn’t run away and they were the ones giving Tally the operation and how she would meet David.
3. I’m not sure, probably. That’s bad of me though.
4. She learned about…something. My brain isn’t working right now.
5. Never! I’m already beautiful! >.<
6. David looked inside of Tally instead of just judging her from the outside like she did.
7. Maybe, maybe not.
8. Quite frankly, I don’t see our society THAT different for the Ugly/Pretty world.
9. Tally decided it because she could’ve never done tricks, then she would’ve never met Shay, and would’ve never had to turn into a Special because Dr.Cable wouldn’t stalk her. lol and Shay wouldn’t have had that grudge on her. But besides that, everyone else pretty much decided for her.
10. I can’t answer this, my brain isn’t working a lot right now. I’m no good at these types of questions lol.
i know this is the wrong thing to comment on, but does anyone know what is going on with the uglies movie??
He sold the rights for a movie but I don’t think anything’s been done with it yet.
so there will be a movie??!
at some point?
Only if someone picks it up, but ya it’s possible. But most likely not in the near future. Like not really soon.
oh. ick. i REALLY hope, like REALLY REALLY hope it doesn’t get made into a movie. it was optioned by the guys who made Eragon into a movie. no offense to those hardworking movie people or anything, but it SUCKED! like, did the director even READ the book?! yeah. so i hope like, they sell it to a DIFFERENT producer/movie maker person. like the ones who made Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, and then THEY can make the movie. thats what shood happen.
-Lizzy-wa OUT! 😀
Huh, I watched the movie before I read the book Eragon(Which I totally in a million years would never do but I was tricked! Long story…) so I thought it was pretty good at first. But now not so much.
Ugh, my head. My aching head. I feel like Zane when the nanos were eating his brain tissue. Aka I feel like craaaaaapppppp.
augh i hated that part of the book, Specials was so saaddd…
My answers:
1. Yes,
2. I THOUGHT Tally was going to just go to The Smoke, activate the pendant and turn pretty. But I guess that wasn’t the case. ——> it shall not have had a lot of stories there in that case…
THERE WILL BE THEREFORE A FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O_O
Mais c’est impossible pourquoi c’est horrible je veux pas qu’il y ai un film je préfère tous imaginer par moi même mais d’un autre côté je veux bien qu’il y en ai un pour pourvoir avoir la chance de jouer dedans mais ce n’est qu’un rêve bien évidemment… 🙁
For you:
But it is impossible why it is horrible I want not that it have a film there I prefer all to imagine by me even but on the other hand I want that he have one there to endow have the chance to play indoors but it is only a dream naturally 🙁
Je suis si triste… :'(
I am so sad :'(
I am as Tally I settle full of questions, and I have seedy ideas at present… 🙁
Pourquoi?
Why what? Oh so you want a film and you don’t want a film…Hmmm…I see what you’re saying. I don’t know either though…
I don’t want there to be a film, because I prefer just to imagin the characters myself.
But I think Uglies and Midnighters would both make really good films. I am glad I am not the one deciding if they will be a film
Also Tally-wa, how old are you? Becuase your english is really good! 🙂
I fear I said something wrong, becuase its been like 3 days since anyone wrote anything, and I am worried I made people feel awkward or something! :0
If I did say something wrong, sorry and please forget it ever happened!
Is there anyone out there who likes Zane better than David?
I am undecided, but most people either like them equally or like David better!
I DO!!!
and i think we’ve just been tlaking on other posts, it’s not you. You happened to have the last post.
oh, thats good to know
I am glad Zane-la has some fans! 🙂 I can’t decied, I have spent HOURS trying to decide but never come to an answer.
Do you guys know of anyother good forum things for Uglies!?
Thanks a lot Joey-la I am going to make 15 years her I have 14 of it.
🙂
Me, I do not know what think if to choose Zane or David I know not then I am going to follow history and therefore to choose David if I am tremendously going to regret Zane-la… 🙁
I your liquid assets not to answer you in succession, and therefore I come has say to you that I shall not be her during 1 week because I go on holiday…
Then I to goodbay you!!!
Cross good vacation (if you are on vacation) and discuss well!!
Friendship,
Tally
🙂 🙂
1. Yep. Well, not moved away, but I went to a different school…it’s been two years and I haven’t heard from her since. And it sucks because we were great friends! Or so I thought…
2. Yes I did hope that Tally would get the pretty operation at first! I changed my mind when she went to the Smoke and started living that new way of life, and found out what the operation did (the lesions) and fell in love with David…(David..aaaaahhh *sighs*) It’s funny…it was exactly the other way around for the special operation. Before I read the series, I had read ALL the covers of the books (something I regret now) and so I knew she was going to be turned into a Special. So all throughout pretties I did NOT want her to turn into a Special, and I was like “oh no please no, let me have read the back wrong!” And when she did I was like “NO!” But then when I read Specials, I changed my mind and I was GLAD she got the Specials operation! That was so cool!! 😀
3. No, not really. They can be the most beautiful person in the world and a complete bitch (pardon me) and so how they look doesn’t matter.
4. The Smoke is based mainly on wild survival skills…they haven’t got much technology, so it’s all about living the way you can with the few things around you. The wild prepared her for the lack of technology, and the way of living independently, or depending on yourself to get and work for the necessities.
5. Of course I wouldn’t!! That would be crazy. I may want to look pretty, but not to that extent!! I care a LOT about being able to think for myself. I’d rather die than be a living robot!!
6. Tally could only see the outside of herself, which she thought was ugly. David could see straight past her so-called “ugliness,” straight into her soul, and he could tell that she was beautiful inside.
7. I definitely think she would. Shay hates Tally with all her guts now; at least, before she turned pretty and became brain dead. She can’t believe that she trusted Tally and let her into the Smoke to have Tally betray everyone. That, and her jealousy about David, is enough to let her anger boil over and make that kind of decision, it it was possible.
8. One major difference is the use of fossil fuels and the level of Co2 emissions…right now, we burn coal like crazy and use endless energy that spreads a thick jacket of Co2 into the air…but in Tally’s world, from what I’ve taken from it, they don’t release that much Co2 into the air or burn fossil fuels or do all that bad crap…and also, they don’t cut trees down, which is really good. So I guess, if there wasn’t the pretties operation, Tally’s society is actually better than ours!
9. Tally USED the excuse that most of the time, that other people decided her own fate for her, but I think that’s bull. She could have chosen her own way herself if she hadn’t been so selfish, and if she had been willing to make a few sacrifices or just think past the obvious. For instance, she could have forgotten about being pretty and just lived as an ugly…or she could have left her own city and went to another one, where she could get the operation. Honestly, she can’t be THAT shallow-minded…she must know that her city isn’t the only one in the world. And then, when she was given two of the nano pills, she could have thrown away her own fear and eaten both. Nobody forced her to give it to Zane. (even though I’m glad that she did; I hated Zane, so it was a relief to have him die.) So basically, I’m saying that Tally THINKS that other people decided her own fate for her, but really she could have chosen any old direction she wanted.
10. We depend on oil for transportation. On that note, I think I’d be okay if it all died, because I could walk or ride a bike…but the thing that might kill me is, transportation may stop delivering food, so I may starve (unless I can find food without getting it from somewhere else) and if I’m near any sort of oil if it explodes, that also might kill me. 🙁
Hoped you liked my answers!
Oh my god no *groans* Did I read that right? Are the people who made the eragon movie going to make the uglies movie? NO!!! We’re all going to die!! Uglies has the potential to make a great movie, but now, because of the eragon people, it’s going to suck…they’re going to kill the book again. Darn it. I was really looking forward to the movie until now…I might not even go and see it, to save myself from more disappointment and anger like what I had when I finished watching eragon.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
[No.]
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
[Nope, I hoped she’d go with Shay and run away.]
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
[No. Never.]
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
[In the city she was like, all, ‘I shot a wolf and ate it?’ but in the Smoke she excepted that except for the trees ‘you…you cut down trees’. So yeah.]
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
[No. I like being myself thank you.]
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
[David saw through all the belief of ugliness and prettiness and saw Tally for what she was. He took on a million years of evolution. Tally saw herself as ugly.]
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
[No. Tally tought her to grow up and go.]
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The pretty society is healthier by the operation effects, good and bad. But our society, our free minds, are tearing this world apart (read exodus by julie bertagna) so…
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
[Tally accepted Doc’ Cable’s offer, Tally went, Tally fell in love with David, Tally betrayed the Smoke. Though none of it would have happened if the society wasn’t like it was.]
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
[My dad drives me to camp. My mom drives to work.
I hate our dependence on oil but it is what it is.]
1. No, I don’t think I’ve had a friend who moved.
2. Hm…I think I did at first, when I didn’t understand what that Shay was really planning to run away, but when she told Tally about it, I was hoping that Tally would join her.
3. I’m not going to lie. I have at times, and probably still do every once in a while, but I try not to. I mean, hey, you can’t always judge yourself (or anyone else, for that matter) on who they are, but sometimes on who they want to be.
4. I think that the trip showed her what to expect and how much the city was hiding from her. It helped her understand the Smokie’s motives for giving up a life of beaty and glamour for the wilderness.
5. Those aren’t exactly bad things, but I love to think. It’s what I do.
6. David saw through the “evolution” and focused on her mental traits rather than physical appearance; he accepted her for who she was, without any changes.
7. Her life would definatley be different if Shay hadn’t met Tally, but I don’t think that Shay would change it.
8. Well our world definatley had more variety and individual thinking (sometimes even lack-of, sad to say). Their world does have some benefits, such as a more evironmentally friendly society, world peace, etc.
9. I think that she didn’t get to decide to much, but more than she thinks. She excepted Dr. Cable’s offer; she decided to split the pills with Zane; she tried to make him become a Special; she chose Zane over David; and finally, she tried to have the final decision in her fate by going out to protect the wild, the only place without a voice to be heard during the Mindrain.
10. There’s heating, most forms of transportation (I’m not allowed to walk extemely far on my own, any way.), and even more ways that I could ever imagine, regardless of my half-asleep at the moment brain. We depend on our energy though, not just oil. The answer to ending our dependance on oil isn’t to turn our backs on all of our technological progress, but rather to introduce our societies to alternative, environmentally friendly fuels. Good for the planet, good for us.
Since it seems that everyone here is also having a David vs. Zane arguement on here, I might as well put in my input before hitting the hay (or pillow): although it’s hard for me to put any logical reasoning torwards it, I think Zane. I’m not totally sure why, i’m just leaning torwards that angle. Maybe it’s because even when Tally was starting to cure herself, she still prefered Zane, or because he seemed like he honestly wanted to understand her Ugly life, and even in Specials he never gave up hope to regain her affections, even ending up takign his own life while trying to become a “Special” in essance so that she could stand to be near him. Than again, sometimes he seemed to use her for his own reasons, to find info to “stay bubbly”…. Like I said, I have no completley logical, justified reasoning for how I feel about this issue. I like Zane, just do.
I think Zane too! David was Tallys first love and its not realistic to end up with your first love- that happens in most books and it annoys me. I do like David though.
I hate Zane. I’m glad he died. I don’t know exactly how to explain it…it’s just every minute that Tally spent with Zane to me, it felt wrong. I guess my mind always flew to David…
David was there first. He was really special. He saw past Tally’s ugly face and into her soul…he really did love her. And the only reason that Tally got together with Zane is because the lesions made her forget David, and when she did see and remember him, they made her think he was ugly…
I guess I thought that David’s always been the guy for Tally, and when Zane came along, I felt like he was taking Tally away from David and intruding on what they once had. That’s why I hate Zane so much.
But in a sense Zane saw past Tally’s pretty face and loved her for who she was too! 🙂 even when she became specail.
By the way I am not trying to poke holes in Sella-wa’s argument, I just relised that myself and thought I’d share! 🙂
I CAN’T DECIDE! Zane or David
Just a question and subject:
Do you think that mister Westerfeld looks at what we write?
Joey-la, I disagree…I think (and this is my opinion) that being pretty was half of why Zane loved her. I don’t think he could have loved her if she was ugly…not like David could…
And anyway, sometimes I felt like Zane was using Tally. Like their first kiss, Zane was only doing it do feel bubbly, and get information from her on her ugly past. Tally even realized it herself, but she didn’t do anything about it.
I’m 100% David. And negative 100 percent Zane.
Tally-wa: I don’t think he does…or maybe, I’m not sure…
ok thanks a lot
omg is it true the movies coming out i need to read extras it was really good tho 🙂 i love scott westerfelds books there great …
uhhhh idk im bored add me if uve read extras or if u know anything about the movie coming out….
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I DON’T WANT A MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I agree with u guys, DAVID ROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joey-la, emily-wa, tally & zane who are you??? 🙁
wtf Tally-wa why wouldnt u want the damn movie what r u retarded i just hope they make it the way ive imaginied it…..idk if there going to make it or not its just rumors ive heard……….
Lala, they are going to make a movie, it’s official.
And the reason NOT to want a movie is because the SAME PEOPLE THAT MADE ERAGON are going to make the Uglies movie!! NOOO!!! IT’S GOING TO SUCK!!!
I agree, the movies of books are never very good. Like The Golden Compass, which I haven’t even seen, but Lyra is soooo wrong! But I like Uglies better than that, and if they got Tally or David or Shay or Peris or Zane or Dr Cable or ANYONE slightly wrong, I would be sad! 🙁
Also Tally-wa, were you asking this:
‘Joey-la, emily-wa, tally & zane who are you???’
were you asking it as in, how can you think that or as in who are you eg. where are you from ect.
I’m not really sure what I said wrong if it’s the first one becuase I love both Zane and David, I can’t decide who I like better. But if you mean it in the other sense, I am a 13 year old girl called Joey from Australia.
If it’s the first one, please tell me what you mean! 🙂
Also can people maybe not be mean, like everyone thinks different things, and thats why we write things. Everyone is entilted to their own opinion 🙂
I agree Joey-la, everyone has the right to their own opinion!! 😀
And not only is the uglies going to “maybe suck” because most book movies do, i think scott’s sold the rights to the same people who made the movie eragon! at least, that’s what I heard. So now it’s ensured that it will suck. Eragon was such a bad movie. 🙁
ERAGON??? what movie was that and u dont know yet who are playing the parts because scott westerfeld still doesnt even have a script writer…..in the movie the only ppl i can imagine 2 play tally…and zane are the ppl in the covers
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I think that most people want the protagonist of a book to be happy, and your mind gets so intwined in their emotions sometimes that their fulfillment is your own. Although I must admit that I was still rooting for her to get the operation somewhat even after she’d gotten to the smoke and whatnot. Having nearly unbreakable bones and teeth really made my brain buzz.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Not necessarily trust, but in some cases I do pay more attention to the sexies. Although I am rather skeptical of the idea that all humans have the same essential idea of beauty in a mate. It’s undeniable that some things such as clear skin would play a factor in our people-hunts, but it is a different experience for everyone. Perhaps that’s where brain lesions come in eh? ^.^;;
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
It is my opinion that Tally was always rather independent, but your upbringing has a great deal of impact on your life. Getting away from that society where she was constantly being bombarded with subdued, happy, bubbleheadedness and the longing for things to run smoothly with your environment. Being exiled into the wild, with the experience with special circumstances fresh in her mind, it was incredibly easy for Tally to adopt and accept her new life in the smoke, which probably wouldn’t have been possible if she’d just been dumped out of some hovercar on David’s doorstep.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
It’s a tough one, they say ignorance is bliss, but I’d like to believe that I wouldn’t be truly happy in that state. Not being able to be creative would be like… not having a mouth, I don’t think I’d know what to do with myself if I were a beautiful babbling bubblehead. Camping is fun anyways ;3
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David hadn’t grown up with the same bombardment of social norms and expectations that Tally had, so it is only natural that their views of people were different.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Well, odds are that if Shay hadn’t met Tally, she probably would’ve just had the surgery and spent a hollow unproductive life drinking champagne and launching safety fireworks. Shay doesn’t ever seem to do things alone, If she hadn’t had Tally there that summer to pull tricks and make her remember her true nature, it would have been easy for Shay to just go with the flow I think. So Shay needs to ask herself #5 before she makes any decisions.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) The pretty society is essentially communism if it were to actually work. The only reason it properly works is because of the lesions. People can always be trusted to take more than they need, and be selfish, greedy, demanding, clever, and hurtful. Not all people are like that, but it only takes one weak link to mess up an entire chain. Freedom isn’t free so you have to make a choice, live in a stupor, albeit a comfortable stupor, or live in a tough, frightening and unfair world, but be able to experience every moment of it and think for yourself. It’s a tough call, and you can’t half-ass it either way.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? I don’t really have a cohesive opinion on this.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Driving in cars for me is a fun, but unnecessary pleasure, I’d much prefer to walk somewhere or ride my bike, it makes your arrival at a place all the more special in ways, also you find out where your real loyalties lie, you’re not willing to walk ten miles for just anyone
^.^;;;
*whew* that took much longer than I’d thought it would.
oh and as per the movie/no movie debate. I trust that Mr. Westerfeld wouldn’t let them mess it up. I’d be excited to see them even if they were the most awful movies ever, it’s not like making movies out of things ruins the books eh?
Lala,
I heard from someone/somewhere that scott already sold the movie rights to the people that made eragon! but…that could just be a rumor, im not really sure…
They are going to ruin the movie! I hope Mr. Westerfeld did not give up all rights. I guess the movie could be ok, if the cast was really good.
Who would you want to star?
Who would you NOT want to star?
u r right. I could not imagine anyone other than the people on the covers. I REALLY hope all the special effects (aka hoverboards) look really sweet.
Is the movie going to be just on what happened in Uglies? Or in one of the other books too?
Does anyone know anything else?
I never imagined the characters as the ones on the cover of the books, just oh I can’t explain how I imagine them, I just do!!
The cast would have to be perfect and of course specail effects! Gosh I hadn’t even thought of that.
I can’t think of anyone who I would want to play them, so then I don’t want anyone famous to play the charaters! 🙂
Hello I was just wondering if they are going to make the uglies, pretties and specials trillogy into a film becuase i think it would be relli good if someone did. So if anyone knows of anything then please relpy. thanks x
i do trust Mr.Westerfeld to make a good film
and even though i cant imagine
any famous actors playing people like tally …
well theres always computers and they can
fix their faces for the prettties like ive seen it happen
in other movies
and for the uglies …well um they dont need to be fixed
haha
its us.
but its true a book like that should be directed
by the people who made Harry potter or atleast something like that 😛 😀
AHHHH!!!! un confuse me….. 😮 scott westefeld better not put the cast of eragon tho ive never heard of it ppl say its a bad movie…and not all good books turned into movies are bad take a look at twilight awesome book looks like a good movie not say scott wrote it…but even if the movie is horrible which i highly doubt scott westefeld would do i will always have the whole movie of the uglies trilogy in my head and how i would picture it…. :)……….and yes the only way i could imagine them….was in the covers thats how i imagined the whole entire book i can only imagine tally..and zane.. but not david or all those other characters
from someons opinion do u like UGLIES trilogy more or the Twilight Saga me and my cuz are fightig over which books better ive never read the twilight series …i tell her to read uglies trilogy and that she would fall in love with them but she says no book would ever take the place of twiligh…im also hoping to read the twilight series b4 the movie comes out
and nooooooooo i dont want any damn famous ppl doing the damn characters of the uglies trilogy i would never look at the famous ppl the same plus i also trust scott westefeld he wont ruin the movie of his best seller
Hah, don’t you guys know that not all good actors are famous?
There’s heaps of undiscovered non-mainstream talent out there, they just don’t have the connections to get calls to the big castings yet.
I mean actors don’t just start out famous usually. Gotta remember extras for that, there’s sly-girls hidden all over, either unfamous purposefully like jai, kai, lai; or just because they just don’t catch everyone’s overstimulated eyes (like Aya) They’ve got heaps of talent, but it’s not general knowledge.
catch my drift?
As I read the series, I really liked the idea of them making a movie out of them.
But I think it would be pretty contriversial (HOW do you spell that?!) trying to decide who matched the “ideal of perfect beauty” or whatnot. you’d have to figure out a way to make them perfect.
difficult.
Yeah…they aren’t really doing a great job with “god-like beauty.” I mean, look at the vampires for the twilight movie. Not at all what you would call god-like.
And they’d have to have three different actresses for when Tally is ugly, pretty, and special, wouldn’t they? Unless they dressed the same actress with a lot of make up and wigs and all that. But that wouldn’t really work…
I DONT WANT A DANG MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE I MADE MYSELF CLEAR!… I thought so
gosh nikki-wa stfu we all have are own damn opinions
xD well am i harsh…..anyways….it would be difficult to make the movie because i would know either how to decide what uglie ppl and wat beauty ppl should be on the movie it would be kinda difficult to find …..and i hate famous ppl i like that twlight cast well some but they picked good famous ppl but as for the uglies trilogy idc if the character is famous as long as its someone good and someone that can actually act
well, i mean, it dosn’t really matter if they act great cause they just do a scene at a time, and if it’s not good they get rid of it. It’s really that they need someone who looks like and speaks like the charator.
I agree but i dont want them to use famous ppl, i dont want my fave actress/actor playing my fave book characters way to weird, I wish they weren’t making the movie at all!!!
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have you all heard any updates about the uglies movie? it says 2008 on imdb but there is no cast or anything.
i found out about the movie last year and it doesnt seem like any progress has been made!
whats going on??
I’ve got no clue! I’ve been wondering about that too! Uh…anybody know what that says? ^^
Um…I think that’s in Russian but I have no clue what it says…
I want a movie of Specials, but NOT IF THEY MESS IT UP!!! Because not all movies from books are bad (lord of the Rings was better), and I would love to see Special Tally in a movie. However;
– Most movies made from books are bad, because you get an idea in your head of how things should look like, and if they don’t look the same, it sucks
– Looking at how the movie of Twilight turned out has put me off movies-made-from-books forever
I TOTALLY AGREE i want to see the uglies made into a movie but only if they don’t change a single thing, and they ALWAYS do, so I guess i don’t want a movie, BUT I DO WANT A NEW POST!!!!
Je suis revenu… 🙂
I agree nikki-wa and lotti-wa. I want to see the series on screen, but they always mess it up and I don’t want to go through that!!
u said it Sell-wa, u still on
Donc, tous sa pour dire qu’il y aura un film… 🙂
lol
Therefore, all her to say that there will be a film … 🙂
lol
Know, since twlight i cant watch movies-from-books
uggg!!!
plus like lottie-wa said, they’ll chage it
im ok either way but if they DO make a movie, i want one movie per book, or else it’ll all be cramed togehr and will probaly SUCK.
It’ll suck anyway.
i really do hop they make this into a movie…3 separate movies! on imdb there are several ppl that have been throwing names that they want to see in the movie. some of them are good names…but some not so much…just click on the casting threat to see who all ppl want in the movie. my worry is that they will CGI it so much that it will not be good. they tend to go over board with it.
we have a book club at work…i have passed these books on to about 10 different ppl…i usually do not like books like this…but it grabbed me from the first line…
cant wait!!
jenn-la
Movies always ruin the book. They made Shay fat in the movie when her nickname is Skinny! Grrrr
Amanda-wa wtf u talkin bout they havent made a movie yet that was on youtube tho
Yeah, I saw that youtube video, Amanda-wa. GRR is right! They should really read the book. argh.
but it wasnt real u stupids it was a video they had to make in school….they just didnt have the right characters…big whoop dont matter does it
You think that will belong which, who will organize the casting and or?
And you think that Century Fox will belong which is going to make these films?
I am curious then I want all to know… lol
gosh…well idk ithink the director of twilight should do it because twilight the movie looks really good
Lala I know it’s not the official one!! I just think it’s stupid that they did it wrong.
And I disagree. I think the Twilight movie is going to suck.
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wtf?
what language is that? is it russian or something?
haha u stupid twilight movie is not going 2 suckk….
I disagree. It will.
well watever u have ur retarded opinions i hav my good
does anybody no whats the difference between the endings la and wa. I only have about 50 more pages. There was a really long waiting list at the library. Also I found out there was going to be a Uglies movie but i dont have any info. about it. Has anyone heard about auditions and anything else. I love the uglies series and hope that there will be a 5th book. Again i would really love more info. about the movie so if anyone knows anything please post something…i really need to know.
Lala that was really rude!! Grr. I hate rude people.
Brandi, if your name has an L in it, it ends in -wa, and if it doesn’t have an L, it ends in -la. I agree, a 5th book would be awesome!!
thanks Stella-wa. i agree that was a little rude but thats just my opinion. If anyone knowns anything about the movie please please post it cause i really would like to follow it.
does anyone know if there is going to be a 5th book to the Uglies series? ive been looking around and i found some site that said that there was going to be a 5th book and its supposed to be coming out soon. if there is a 5th book, can someone please tell me the name?
I have no idea, Brandi…sorry…
haha deal with it sella-wa and brandi-la >:)…..woah wtf 5th book i havent heard bout that yet
omfg i hate you 2….hate is such a powerful and cant be used unless u mean it so xD
A 5th book… OMFG!!! I HOPE THIS IS TRUE!
I agree, a 5th book would be awesome, but I think if there was going to be a 5th book Scott-la would have said something about it!
Also, I say again, PLEASE don’t be mean!!!
i would lovee a 5th book but i think
you guys are talking about bogus to bubbly
😛
it will come out soon
idk but i heard about that book. the extras book was really good, i have officially finished the book as of this morning. does anyone know about any other good books to read. i hope bogus to bubbly is good. does any1 know when its coming out cause ive been seeing all different days.
literally the 5th book i dont think scott westerfeld is going to write another book he cant keep the series going on forever
suck it……??
You think that films (if it there there a) will have the same functioning as Harry Potter?
OMG I JUST FINISHED BREAKING DAWN IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING BOOK I’VE EVER READ IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Ya have a friend like Peris! She talks to my BFF but not me!
2. I thought the operation was kinda cool until i found out about the lesions!
3. I don’t think i’ve ever trusted someone more because of their looks!
4. Tally’s trip through the wild helped her soak in how people lived in the smoke because she got used to being dirty and could atleast try to do things independently.
5. I would never give up thinking independently just to be pretty, happy, healthy, and rich unless it was to save my friend like Tally did for Shay.
6. Tally got used to seeing pretties and her flaws in herself that she could no longer see the beauty in herself like David did, beacause he was used to seeing uglies and appreciating his looks because he knew about the lesions.
7. No i don’t think Shay would because even though Tally and her had their differences she and Tally were best friends forever and they had good times together and had fun adventures. They also discovered themselves through eachother.
8. I think in the pretty society they rely too much on technology rather than their own brains. Also they care too much about themselves than others. I think in a way the pretty society is healthier than ours because there is no pollution and everybody seems to get along.
9. There wasn’t many times when Tally decided her own fate. Usually people decided for her. When she went to the smoke Dr. Cable basically made her go, when Tally turned pretty she made her own choice to because she made the mistake getting Shay like she was, Tally really didn’t have much of a choice turning into Special Circumstances, but Tally did make the choice to follow Zane and to go on and leave Shay to save the world with David.
10. My lifestyle is very dependent on oil and gasoline. We go almost everywhere in a car that takes gas. I know that if it disapeared in one day we would all be skinnier and richer but be difficult to get to school, gocery store, friends houses, and vacationing would be hard. We would probably rely on electricity next.
Sella-wa, was Breaking Dawn better than the uglies series?
Brandi-la- Shocking as it may be- yes, it was.
wow, it was that good. i really am shocked. mayb ill read that book. i cant wait for bogus to bubbly. i already asked my library if i could have it reserved for when they release it. waiting is lyk really bogus.
oh my gosh!
i just finished breaking dawn also!
so amazing. i cried so much…
anyways… im really getting frustrated. i check for new news about the uglies movie about once a week, and nothing has changed in about a year. do any of you ever email scott to ask???
i check lyk all over 2. idk my computer doesnt let me email scott, cause i tried a few times but it wouldnt work. i would like to know more about the movie and stuff so scott-la if you read this please post some info about the Uglies movie like cast/auditions, something please. sorrry if theres a lot of stuff wrong on here.
yeah, please any news. just something to let us know if it is still going to happen..
i saw a rumor that they are using some new kind of special effects for it. that probably isn’t true.. its just something i saw,
i am excited about the special effects, with hoverboards and other stuff
I know, kels, I cried too! Breaking Dawn was amazing!
kels-where did you hear about the special effects and stuff. i have been looking around for a while now and i still cant find anything good/updated.
^^ yep!
the ending was amazing. i cried because i was so happy.
^ brandi-la, it was just one of those yahoo answer things or something. i cant really remember, it was a while ago. but i doubt its true. because there is really so little information i dont know where they would have even heard about special effects
haha lydia-wa my names lydia 2 ….well im lookin forward to reading the twilight saga b4 the movie comes out
The film ” Uglies ” already is turning?
Tally-wa, theres not much info on the uglies movie right now. all the info thats out has been the same for months so we dont no if the film is already turning.
Wait, they’re thinking of making a movie for Uglies??
Mo-wa, well i heard that the rights have been sold but theres like no info on anything. i really hope they get started with the movie and release some info for us who are just waiting for something new.
w8 how does anyone even kno that scott westerfeld is going to put the eragon cast in there….maybe its just rumors but i would like to hear from anyone where theyve heard the from unless it came out of scott westerfelds own words
i heard that there really are eyescreens and flash tattoos now. is that true if it is can someone please leave a site so i can see…especially the eyescreens, i really would love to get one some day.
Always good to read about Rollerblading, my ex was of olympic standards..
Can I ask though – how did you get this picked up and into google news?
Very impressive, is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created?
Obviously this is a popular blog with great data so well done on your seo success..
you know whats funny? well actually its annoying. ahah
type in twilight movie on google. and then type in uglies movie. compare the difference in information. funny right? yeah. i thought so too. sorry im ranting. i am just getting suuppperrr frustrated.
scott-la if you read this PLEASE tell us something, anything about the uglies movie. is it still actually going to happen???
HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sooooooo want there to be an uglies movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
^ i do too Lainy-wa. so bad! it would be awesome. especially to see hoverboarding. and all of the high-tech stuff. i really hope it still happens!
i think if there was an uglies movie it would make soooo much $$$!!!! like it my FAVVVV book, that and the whole series (the pretties, the specials and the extras)
it sooooooo should be a movie!!!
yeah really. i think alot of people would go see the movie who haven’t read the books. i know alot of people who wouldnt read them because they are a little long. ahah. but they would see the movie. i want a movie sooo badly!
Yeah I really think that a movie would be great
but you guys make this so dizzy-makeing
~ josh-la, ya it might be a little dizzy-making at first but it gets better.
~ kels, i agree it really is kinda funny about how big the difference in information is. i also know people dont wanna read the books cause they are kinda long but they would see the movie(i was one of them and now i ♥ the whole series…i hope that worked).
~ 2 all of those people out there who dont wanna read the books just cause their long, you really should read them because they are really good.
~sorry i just keep on going on and on…im bored…ok ill go now.
I think that a very good film with fulls of special effects would belong and it will be brilliant has look, with true actors he defers me!!!! 😀
so..i dont want to answer ALL of those questions, but i do want to point out the fact that gas prices are INSANE! and there is all this talk of oil prices and its everywhere, when its on TIME magazine *shrugs* i consider it to be somewhat of a big deal. i think that too much dependency on something like oil will be our demise. And i absolutely loved how the books remind me of todays society, with beauty=happiness, and i mean the media totally supports that image, then again there’s that modeling agency in NY dedicated to..dare i say it..”Uglies” 🙂 i couldnt resist. well thats all.
-dizzy-making
the only thing that isnt good is that the people who bought the movie made the eragon movie. and if any of you read eragon and saw the movie you know they bare no resemblance. but on the other hand maybe they learned a lesson and uglies will be closer to the book…
I doubt it, kels…they probably haven’t changed their ways. 🙁
: [ your probably right sella-wa
that stinks. because eragon was completely awful.
oh well, still want a movie no matter how bad it is. haha
kels i totally agree with you. i dont care if the movie sucks i still want it but it would be awesome if it doesnt suck.
^ ahah. yes, that is exactly right.
oh well, we have plenty to do while waiting to hear about the movie.
harry potter 6 movie
twilight [ !!!!!!! ]
and so other stuff : ]
Can I ask though – how did you get this picked up and into google news?
Very impressive that this blog is syndicated through Google and is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created?
Obviously this is a popular blog with great data so well done on your seo success..
Rollerblading greats you should write about next, my ex was a Windsurfing champ!
1. I don’t really think I have had many friends who have moved away, but I have had friends who decided that they were too good to be my friend when they became more popular. I think three people have done that to me, and they forever lost my respect.
2. In Uglies, at first I had hoped that Tally would get the pretty oporation, but then when she was in The Smoke, I changed my mind. I wanted her to stay an ugly forever! In the end I was upset that she said “Make me pretty.” In the end of Pretties, I was upset that she had become a Special Circumstances, because truthfully, the Specials scared the crap out of me. haha.
3. No, I have never ever had more respect for people or payed more attention to them because of their looks and never will. People like that sicken me! Life is not just about looks.
4. Being in the wild made her realize how hard life would be without all of the technolagy that the cuty gave her, but it also helped her accept the Smokies more and beco9me more in tune with the environment.
5. I would deffinatly rather have my ability to think idependantly then be beautiful and healthy and rich and blah blah blah. I already am not the most popular and I don’t care about the fashion trends and stuff like that. I love my independance and I wouldn’t give it up for the world.
6. He never lived in the city, so he was able too see beond (sp?)all of Tally’s imperfections, but living in the city made it almost impossible for her.
7. I think Shay thinks (and is right), that if Tally never followed and never came to The Smoke, The Smoke would still be there and she would never have become a Special. Tally is her best friend, but she ruined everything for her. Sometimes I think she never got over the whole “Stealing Dav9iud from her,” thing.
8. I think that in the Pretty Society, everything is perfect, or it’s just that the bad is covered up from the Pretties to make everything seem like la la land, but in our society, there are a bunch of stupid conflicts and all the bad is just there, with nothing to cover it up, which in my opinion, is much better then keeping everythuing secret.
9. Tally decided her own fate by thinking her way out of the brain legion and beating the system, but the specials pretty much made her life, well, her life. If the specials never sent her to The Smoke to retreave Shay and have her find the smoke for them, she would have never realized how corrupt the city life was and made her decision to save the environmet and help The Smoke. They also decided her fate when thhey turned her into a Special, changing her forever.
10. I think I depend on oil a lot. Probably like…99% dependent on it. For getting to places, for staying warm, (I have an electric stove, but for people who have propain stoves,) and for cooking food!
Oh yea, by the way. I loved the Uglies seiries so much, I’ve started to say things like “Wow that was totally brain-missing!” or “Ahh, this is dizzy-making!” my friends think I’m a weirdo now, THANKS SCOTT!! Haha, just kidding, you rock! You’re my favorite author!
ok in advanse im srry this isnt about the questions, but i couldnt find where to add a comment on the prevous page so this woks. hehe. i’ve already read all 4 books in the ulgis series and im dying to no if any1 is going to make a movie out of it. because im very sad that all the books are over. and a movie would probably make these books even bigger. like harry potter or the loin the whitch and the wardrobe. and other books that have been turned into movies. so PLEASE any1 that can make a movie and reads this. PLEASE PLEASE PLAESE do something. im tired of hearing all my friends talk about twilight comming out, soo please help me a little. thank you
Hannah-la, you’re so clueless, huh? If uglies is made into a series, it’s going to RUIN the series. Because, so I’ve heard, the people who made Eragon would make it. And, so I heard, Eragon SUCKED. I don’t want uglies to suck. It’s my favorite series. Why can’t we leave the series alone, and have scott-la spend the money on something mroe important *cough cough Midnighter cough 4th book cough hack COUGH!!*
actually, i thought it was the other way around: Eragon sucked and the movie was better.
that probably wouldn’t happen with Uglies, but i’m just sayin…
Because I’ll totally make the Top 100 😉
Oh, it will happen. I know it. I am fully against the movie. I will probably protest outside the movie theatre, with or without Andrea-la. Maybe. Probably. Possibly. Doubtfully. Probably not. Nope. Ah, I wouldn’t go without Andrea-la… it wouldn’t be the same…
So are you gonna come over to the dark side and pay money to watch the movie?
NEVER!!!!!!
Never what???
i do not want to see the movie if they ever make one…i think that they wouldn’t do the series justice, whoever makes it.
they should put their money into making hoverboards instead!! 😀
yeah the people that bought the rights to the movie also made eragon.
i have read all of the eragon books [ so far ] and the books are amazing. just about as good as the uglies series. but the movie was horrible. they could have called it something else and no one would ever no it was meant to be eragon.
but i still want an uglies movie reeeaalllyyy bad. eragon was definitely a hard movie to make anyways. so maybe they will do uglies better
All I have to say is that books are books, movies are movies and they shouldn’t mix. I mean, what’s wrong with movie people these days? Why can’t they just come up with their own ideas instead of destroying someone else’s? I mean, books made into movies generally suck not only in comparasson to the books but also to other movies. Movies that are just the movie are by far better than books made into a movie…then again, that’s not exactly saying much…
well ive said it befor and ill say it again i dont care if the movie sucks i still would like to see it.
Same here. And um just to note as a fact, the movie people are sold the rights to making the movie. They PAY to take the story from a book and turn it into a movie. So the writers are obviously in compliance to having their work “destroyed” as Andrea-la so quaintly put it.
Plus, on the business side, if someone loves the movie, they’d probably buy and read the book.
TZ: THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S RIGHT TO HAVE A BOOK DESTROYED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
maybe they wont mess it up that bad. i mean we should at least try to stay positive about this.
Well, I’m positive that it’s gonna suck. Does that count?
I know it doesn’t make it right! I was just saying!LoL.
lol…..i’m still positive that it’s gonna suck….
Probably, seeing as Robert Pattinson has vocalized that he despises his character.
lol…i just remembered that i haven’t watched a movie in MONTHS…..gosh, what’s wrong with me?
Um, I don’t go to the movies a lot usually but I saw The Dark Knight and The Mummy the next day. Too much sitting still and “quiet”! HaHaHa…
“quiet”…I’m pretty good with quiet…….usually…
Me too. I’m usually a really quiet person, that is…until I’m inside the movie theater hyped up on sugar with my friends.
SUGAR!!!!!!!!! Yes, and caffine…my friends are trying to make it illegal for me to have coffee…I can’t imagine WHY that is….
HaHa, wow. Caffeine has like no effect on me. I don’t drink coffee though. Sugar…however, in the right dosage, definitely does effect me. Yep.
lol…caffine makes me go insane…sugar does too….I don’t drink coffee either, mostly because no one will let me….I still don’t see WHY that is….I COULD control myself, I just DON’T…lol…
HaHaHa, that’s hilarious. Well I g2g to Church! Ttyl.
lol…i just got back from church….early service…it starts at 9:00…lol…
hey u guys do u know when the next book is coming out??? cause I just finished the 4th book! I NEED 2 know! or else I’ll DIE! any1?? plz!
-bridget-wa, if ur talking about the uglies series theres a guide thats supposed to come out on Oct. 21 or something like that but if u wanna read it, the name is Bogus to Bubbly: The Insider’s Guide to the World of Uglies. I think ur name should end with a la instead of a wa (because there isnt an L in ur name, check out 600) but if u lyk it lyk that i guess thats ok.
Wait I don’t understand in my book Extra, they say, fifth book:
secrets to come out in november 2008.
Maybe it’s the french name of Bogus to Bubbly but it’s weird…
Hello! 😀
I am new and I have just read all series ” Uglies “, her has me much more and I hope that there will be much more than four volumes…
Would like to know if it is really the blog of Scott-la and how much you are…
( thank you for answering quote these questions 🙂 )
???????????????????????????????? 🙁
hey,
yeah this really is Scott Westerfeld’s blog Dinana-la! 🙂
I can’t wait for Bogus to Bubbly! yesss………..
Is there anymore news on the movie, like on IMDB?? Why am I asking that! I can go and check right now,… wait, I will post more in like 20 seconds IF there is anything else interesting on imdb!
ggrrr…only people posting pictures of themselves and saying who should I play, ect.
Nothing to tell us if it is still in production!
Dude, I have a friend who IS Peris. We were totally tight, but he’s younger than me, and once he hit high school, he flaaked. So bogus. Actually, I have a friend that reminds me of EVERY character in this book.
Oh, if you have myspace, join my Uglies traain. =]]
Dooo it. (:
You think that there will be a film but you are not sure it is her?
Thanks to Joey-la to have answered has my question (:
Hey, I love the series.
;o But if there was a movie coming out.
Would you make Extras?
Because I would Love to try out as Aya
;D Cause i’m asiannn Haha.
And I got a funny looking nose. ;]
But I’d just love Extras To come out, mainly because everything is so high tech even after the couple years have changed.
And Moggle sounds soo cute <3
Hi… Um…I wasn’t sure where to leave this note, but I thought everyone would be interested to hear about these Swarovski crystal lenses. They remind me of Shay-la’s eyes in Pretties – like she got crystals in them that could tell the time, and they ran backward…
http://www.bornrich.org/entry/sparkle-swarovski-studded-contact-lenses-for-blinged-vision/
I found it courtesy of Geekologie. Seems like the Pretties future isn’t so far away.
I am only going to anwser my favorite questions I liked number two six seven and nine
2. I never ever ever would want Tally to get the operation I always new she would be different ( cause if she was normal a boring book that would be) and I always wanted her to be different when i found out about the leisons that just made more sure I did not want her to get the operation.
6. I love David he always found Tally beatiful no matter what the city did to her!!!! And Tally was so stupid for listening to the city letting them convince her she is ugly. she is so beautiful in and out plus BEAUTY IS A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE AND ALWAYS WILL BE PERSPECTIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7.Shay would not go back in time I konw Tally did a lot of bad things to her but all the great things she did for her makes up the mess ups and TALLY AND SHAY WILL ALWAYS LOVE EACH OTHER!!!
9. Tally did choose a lot of her fate but I personaly think she was told more to do than she had a choice I mean she did have a choice but she had so much persure it made it feel like she had no choice!!!
I do not know about everyone else I have always wondered where this story takes place i mean where is it to us today?
The final line these books are the best ones I have ever read and I love everyone the new smoke lives and so do Tally and David together
This is totally bubbly. ahh ok so i going to comment the second question. At first i wanted tally to get the operation, but after she met David, i didn’t want her to get it. I knew that it would separate the two lovers and like i predicted, the operation did separate the two. Because of the operation, she ditched perfect David for Zane because of mainly his looks, the vulnerability and need to help him. I still wish we could know more about how David and Tally’s relationship ended, but leaving us with that last moment with the two stealing away from the party during Extras lets us readers imagine what their relationship is like now that Zane is gone.
I think its really sad that Tally could not kiss Zane because she could no longer stand the site of him after becoming a special
well after reading uglies,pretties and specials it felt kind of wierd seeing everything from someone elses point of view, through our Extras i kept thinking, what is Tally-wa thinking?
1.Thankfully,no. 2.Well,yeah,I did.that`s why i like the book pretties.she can be with peris! 3.yes.a pretty face is great to look at! it lowers my self esteem,though.. 4.she learned to fend for herself,and in the smoke that`s important. 5.i`m not sure. i mean,pretties can sort of think independently.like,we kinda remember people.I would love to be healthy and pretty,buti like me,so know,i would not give it up. 6.She only focused on her imperfections,he saw her for her and that that was that mad her beautiful. 7.well,the real her would want to forget tally.She destroyed her chances with david and betrayed the smoke for heavens sake! 8.the pretty society is way more eco friendly. 9.i really don`t understand the question. 10.we r toatlly dependant on oil. cars,buses,trains,we would be lost without them.that`s why i suggest everyone learn how to ride a bike,it may be our only way of travel sooer then u think!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Well maybe idk one of my friends moved away then came back and we weren’t friends really
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I kinda always wanted Tally to. then i sorta changed my mind when she kissed and met David.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She had to do hard things on her journey to the Smoke and did bunches of hard work on the journey and at the Smoke.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
no way never.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw a behond the the “Ugly” face and saw whats inside Tally. he the what not most people see. they take it for granted. he saw Tally in a way that not even herself saw, mostly because it was stuck in her head that she was ugly.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No because then they wouldn’t have had the awesome journey.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
i think not. of course its obvious our minds our much much healthier, and they might be celeb skinny but that doesn’t mean their healthy though.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think the specials decided a little amount of her fate, but at the beginning it seemed a lot, and in the end i think she found herself more and decided she could make her desicions and decide her own fate.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
well obviously we use gas everyday by filling up our cars with poisoness gasoline. i dont really don’t know what i would feel if it dissapeared happy i guess, idk.
My name is Nealey and i am 11 years old. and i would luv to say that u, scott westerfeld, r my favorite author! keep them books cumin!
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Heyyz!!!!! OMG!!!!!! I absolutely loved Uglies!!!!!! You’re gonna think I’m weird but I actually dreamed of being Tally Youngblood!!!!! I wanted to be her soooooooooooo bad!!!!!!! I cried sooooooooo hard when Zane died!!!!! I probably cried 30 minutes straight!!!!! Ya! I know! I’m a dork! Do you guyz know if there’s gonna be a movie? I sure hope there is!
i agree with Lainy-wa. i think there should be a movie and i was hoping to email you this but with no success in finding your email address. But it would be really cool to make a movie out of the series because it is very popular and would cause more people to think about this social issue. I personally think it would also be cool to have some of your fans as the actors, like have new actors for a new movie, not some popular teen actor for the moment. thats what i personally think,(possibility of me haha) but just making the movie would be awesome too.
ok i just said this morning that they should have a movie and i just found this link on the internet. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986270/ go to it and it says that there is going to be a movie
Hey you Scott I just read your book and I looooooove it its the best book ever all three of them……well actually four cuz I read the one EXTRAS you Should totally make A move out of it…. it will be hard but Alot of people will kill to see the movies it would be like the harry potter but you would be greater YOU should totally think about it………….whos with me
Sorry i meant you should make a movie hehe sry
If the book is great that means that the movue would be better…….i mean i got shivers down my spine when i read it so imagine a movie how would that destroy a book we are not rusties you know
lainy-wa i had the same drem but Only the romantic parts cuz they are my favorites……we can be dorks together….haha
IM so lonley today nobody talks to me i love the books tooo you know
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I just wanted to know if any of you would tell me where i could find a different ending for specials cuz in my book is said i could find an alternate endig but i cnt find my book so if you please
OH and one more thing if you are making a movie then i would be more than happy to act as either TALLY’ SHAY,or AYA
i ;&hearts the uglies series… i hope that worked it it didnt i was trying to make a heart. can someone tell me how to do that?
hey joey-la, so do you know if thers a movie coming out yet?
happy-la im am soooo with you.i would murder someone just to see the movies.(i wouldnt really murder anyone)
scott you better make a movie
hey jazzy-la do you have drems about the book just asking………….I know im wierd but yeah
i love the Uglies series!
hi vin-la me too
Wow Cool !
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Nice Site
I realy need to see a movie of the uglies or at least a TV show about it….. omg you mat you guys i just found out that there will be a manga book about it and the drawings are amazing.
Hey,
Jazzy-la, I’m not really sure if there is more infomation about the movie, you can serch Uglies on IMDB and it should tell you!
Do you guys think there should be a 5th Uglies?? I know I do! 🙂
Nah, I think the uglies series has ended. I like that scott-la has made books to go with it, like the guide and coming-soon essay book.
Midnighters, on the other hand, needs a 4th book.. *wink wink*
And DOWN WITH THE UGLIES MOVIE IDEA!!!
I don’t want my favorite book series to be downgraded because people see the movie and not the book. And the movie will suck, i already know it, because nobody can look as extreme as a special or as pretty as a pretty. And I don’t want a picture put in my head of what people look like.
yeah, yeah, yeah….emily-wa, haven’t you said that about a gazillion times already? Or is that an understatement? lol…j/k….but yeah, i agree with you on that to an extent. But on the other hand, if there’s a movie made of Uglies, then it would gather more publicity, therefore more people would read the books…but that’s just what I think…
I just one question , have u ever think about making a movie of uglies? because it would be super cool if u did that.
i already read the books.
is there going to be another book?????
I agree with Emily-wa and Andrea-la, I don’t want a movie. But I also think a movie would sell really well! I like to have my own images of the charaters in books, rather than a directors!
I wish there was going to be another Uglies, but I don’t think there will be, it would also be cool if there was another Midnighters, but Uglies is my favorite!
Anyway, computer is about to die!! :0
OMG how many times do I have to say this… we are not doing anything to ourselves just because we see the movie… it would be great to see the movie because we see a better image of them and look if the book exited you that much imagine the movie what it would do to make us feel…. im mean i disagree with everybody who thinks we shouldnt make a movie. we are not RUSTIES you know.
We are RUSTIES actually. Scott said it in his new book, Bogus to Bubbly. He he.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
yes, twice
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
yes & am happy she did
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
nope
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
she learned killer insticts, awsome tricks, and a awsomer brain
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
meeeeeeeeeeeeeeybe…………
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw the pretty, kind side of her that nobody saw.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm…… I do not know and ido not wanna try because of fear of brain exposion.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
see #8
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
BIKE! BIKE! BIKE!
I want a uglies movie 2
all i want to do is answer #5:
my best friend molly-wa thinks i am completely brain-missing, but i would give ANYTHING to be a pretty!!!!! i mean, hello?? you can think yourself out of being a bubblehead like tally-wa did, as long as you stay bubbly! and no cutting! i wouldnt care about the lesions!!! i would sosososososososososo LOVE to be a pretty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey Scott. Why didn’t you ever tell us how David got his scar. it has been nawing at me to know. i mean he promised to tell Tally and he never did. by the way i really think she should have chosen David but what kind of a story is that right. 🙂 so back to his scare and you at least write a short story on how it happened. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 sorry i can’t answer your questions this was the only place i was able to write. oh by the way I love all your books. Uglies (awsome), Pretties (exciting), Specials (sad), and Peeps (cool).
what is OMG ? ( :
Diana-la, OMG means Oh My God…
So. OMG OMG OMG i must have an Uglies movie. They probably will ruin it, but WHATEVER dude. Yea, Eragon sucked, Twilight’ll probably suck, but hey. It’s kinda fun to see it, and then dramatically yell at your TV and then plot all the producer’s deaths and such, LOL.
Yea, Bailey you’re totally right. HOW ON EARTH DID DAVID GET HIS SCAR? Jeezum Scott Westerfeld. I think he totally forgot about that haha.
TEAM DAVID!! AAH! But still, poor trembly Zane.
Baily: OMG, i forgot about the scar! For an author who does so much foreshadowing with small details and than explains their relevance later (like the lightning in the first Midnighters), you think Scott-la would meantion that.
Anuna-la: (Btw, cool name.) Love the plan (seeing the Uglies movie, yelling at your t.v., and plotting all the producers deaths, lol), sounds just as fun as my plan to see HSM3 (even though the franchise annoys the crap out of me) in an empty theater with a few anti-HSM friends and throwing popcorn at the screen. But seriously, I LOVE empty movie theaters. Last time a friend and I were in one we danced around the isles and tried to touch the screen (which is actually higher than it looks, lol) and waving to the mysetious person who may or may not exist that runs the film reels.
I love love love your books
ecspellicialy The Uglies
i just keep thinking about it ughgh sooo good
i love how her and david are like in love
but i got like really sad in the pretties where she likes zane and david still loves her but she doesnt
🙁 .tear.
well any wayy i think that you should tttttttooootally make a movie for the uglies
and i think you are so if you are please make a trailor thnks..
hey dianla-la omg means oh my god or gosh watever you want it to mean…and EXCUSE the other poeple for not telling you what it meant. and seth-la the thing that I meant was that we are not like other Rusties, we actually want to protect the eviorment. Oh and one more thing, can anybody tell me where i can find the alternate ending for the specials In my book in the back it tells me to go to Behindthepulse/specials.com but it didnt show me the ending and i realy realy realy realy rrealy want to see it so baaaaaaad thank you….!!!!!!!!
Oh and who read the book extras…. dont you think it is amzing the only thing that i dnt get is if Frizz cnt lie then why didnt he say that he liked aya in the first place i mean that got me thinking real hard
thi book rocks jk it sus ass
suks aassssssssssssssss
I think that you should put qoutes from your books on your website because say I left my book at school and I am doing a project at home on the book, I would like to come to this website and be able to find stuff that is in the book, as a resource.
dont mind my friend thei he never read the book so he does not knoe how crazy he is hhahahahahahahahahahahhahhahahahahahahah
ahhhhh
make a movie!!!
Wow. All of the stuff you can find during a research assignment is amazing! [yes i chose Scott]
1] Yes, somewere in my childhood… though I can’t remember who exactly
2] I didn’t want Tally to get the operation at all. I had a bad vibe about it, and I couldn’t imagine her so… bubbly and dense.
3] Not for like the “sexy” or ”beautiful” kind of people, but like the very innocent/ smart looking ones.
4]She got to know the world for what it’s really like (the dangers and wonders of it, and the dangerously beautiful things).
5] No. I like being independent, and i’m find with my life as it is…. sorta.
6] It’s been a while since I’ve read the book. But from what i remember, he saw her stregnth and will along with her NATURAL beauty.
7] No, since I’m like that with my best friends. I might be upset with them, even pissed at them, but I never regret meeting them, or wish I never had.
8] Our wolrd is all obsessed with “ideal model” looks (women being 5 ft 10 in and 120 lbs, men being over 6ft and about 150 lbs). The pretty world is about equal with our world in my opinion, anerexia is abd, but for them it’s lesions… eek.
9] When Tally was turned into a pretty, she had very little controle over her fate, but all in all, she dominated the utopian[?] freaks.
10. I use oil and gas for heat and transportation. So I’d say I’m pretty dependant on it. If it all disapeared, and with winter drawing near…. I’d probaly freeze, but survive.
a movie would be awesome. i luv the whole series. im going to read bogus to bubbly as soon as i can.
I know thats what im talking about but other people dont think so they think it be destroying a book and its noooot ok
peace out
i dont think it would be that bad. i havent read the eragon books but i didnt think the movie was as bad as everyone keeps saying.
I LOVE UGLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i got it for my birthday and finished it overnight… but cause i live in egypt i cant find pretties, specials and extras 🙁 i ordered them from amazon but its taking FOREVER. im dying here. whys scott westerfeld so dam good? please please please make a movie. i cant wait till they come. does anyone know if book 5 in the ‘trilogy’ is coming out???
i love uglies!
do you think there will be another book after the Extras?
YEAH THERE IS ITS CALLED BOGUS TO BUBBLY BUT ITS NOT REALLY A BOOK JUST LIKE A GUIDE OF WHAT WERE THE THINGS THAT THEY KEPT USEING IN THE BOOK THAT WE READ
I wonder if Scott has ever thought of making a movie for uglies.
ya i think he did. the rights were already sold.
But I want the movie to come out already It is so hard to wiat Oh and one more thing whre can i find the altrnate ending on the book specials
I just started reading the Uglies sereis and omg. in Pretties i think tally should have went with david instead of staid with zane. she wanted to escape the city but choose to go back!! david was her first love and that should have been enough to go with david.
NO! ZANE WAS WORTH IT!!!
I have four fictional boyfriends- Zane, David, Edward, Jonathan, and Larry the Cuccumber. In order, it’s Zane, Edward, Jonathan, Larry, then David. Cause let’s face it- David isn’t half as good as Larry the Cuccumbers.
DOWN WITH THE UGLIES MOVIE!!!
My fictional (Well to me not really fictional!!!!!!!!!!) Boyfriend is Edward too!!! He glitters!!! 🙂
DOWN WITH UGLIES MOVIE!!!
UP WITH UGLIES THE SIMS2 VERSION!!! (cuz that would be fawesome)
hey,
I agree, if they made Uglies into sims2 that would be really cool! I hadn’t even thought of that!
I don’t really want a movie, but if they do end up making it, I rekcon it will do really well! 🙂
I hope Scott-la writes a 5th Uglies, but I don’t think he will 🙁
I can’t wait for Bogus to Bubbly, but because I live in Australia, it will take ages to come here, even if I pre-order on Amazon!! DAMN!!! I WANT IT NOW!!! 🙂
i hated zane (not like he waz bad… i just like david) so are they back together or what??
i hate zane plz PLZ say their back together!
i love the books
GAHHH!
Hey Scott, Hannah-la here….
WE NEED A MOVIE! (:
i agree i wanna movie
no… i don’t want it…. i NEED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
srry i just NEED IT
anyone there oh…
TALLY+DAVIDFOREVER
i. do. not. want. a. movie.
oh ya…
#1 no i havent had a friend who moved away
#2 like most ppl totaly at first, but not after the talk with maddy az
#3 umm… maby, but only if they look REALY REALY good
#4 I think it taut her that the hole in the wall doesn’t give you every thing you need and as she puts it “is ether beutyfull or dangerous, or both”
#5 NO NO NO never never nOOOO im not sure i would give it up anyway!
#6 he’s never seen a pretty so for him she is just a person with her looks, but he sees her for personality
#7 ya… maby i wold she hurt a lot of ppl…i probobly would of done the same thing too
#8 it’s a lot more healthy because they recycle, they don’t reproduce much,and a lot more
#9 ok…dr.cable force her to go to smoke, and well, maby she decided 80% and everyone else 20%
#10 i depend on it alot, well basicly everyone depends on it… so ya totaly and totaly NOT bubley. OR icy
why !! don’t u want a movie!!
i do!
andrea-la? r u there?
and i have just recomended the uglies to 1 of my friends so more uglies fans!!
i. do. not. want. a. movie. BECAUSE:
1) I hate movies in general.
2) I especially hate movies based on books.
3) There are only five movies in exsistence that I actually like.
4) It’s not worth having a book totally changed just for entertainment purposes.
5) Entertainment is over-rated to begin with.
6) The movie industry causes greed between multiple people, and that is generally a bad thing.
7) This gets me started on commercialism and how it totally wrecks people and their way of life while replacing it with some shallow version of life.
8) Did I mention that handing over a book to our money driven society is a BAD thing?
9) Movies are never as good as books…and in the case of movies being re-made, that’s even worse.
10) A sims2 game would be WAY better. In a sense.
8) = 8 )
I just wanted to say I do not know about eveyone else but I loved tally’s manifestio ( the last chapter of specials) she says so much good advice not just to maddy shay and peris to all of us I reread that everday and think about it it is very well written good job Scott.
And is it just me or was Pretties boring until the end when they ran away.
plus scott how could you make tally yell at david ” get your ugly face out of here” I almost cried when I heard Tally yell that at him and she should have left Zane
one more thing you did really good on specials I loved how in the 1st chapter 1st chapter she is already chasing David you did not wait just boom right off the bat they are in a high speed chase
i luved all of the books. idk if i really had a fav. extras was ok but it was different not knowing what tally-wa was thinking.
~Joey-la~ive said it lyk a million times and ill say it again i really really really need scott-la to write a 5th book. but lyk u dont think that he will.
Scott-la please please please write another book to the uglies series.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
A-Yeah. When I was in fourth grade one of my very awesome-making best friends moved away to another city. At first we talked all the time. But then we just kinda drifted apart.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
A-Well I did at first, but then when David’s parents told her what happened during the operation I changed my mind immediately.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
A-No not really. There was this one kid one time that no one liked because he was really annoying and not so good at talking. But I hung out with him all the time and he was just an awesome friend. Were not friends anymore but I’m not gonna say why. I hang out with [or pay attention to] people because I like being around them. I’m not big on the looks thing.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
A-It made it so not so many things surprised her. And she was also able to survive longer then what she would have if she had shown up in a car or something.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
A-NO! That’s all I need to say with the answer. If I cant think independently; then whats the point? If my mind isn’t my own; then how am I thinking that IM pretty? Some one else might have put those thoughts in my head.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
A-David had never really seen a pretty. Tally has. So, David having none of that knowledge; its just like hes seen a really pretty NORMAL girl.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
A-Yeah… Maybe. I mean. I read Pretties and I saw what Shay did to Tally. I don’t think she would have done that if she never met Tally.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
A-Its more… controlled. And yes; it is healthier then ours. Its more clean then our society is.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
A-Tally decided to go to the smoke, Tally decided to kiss David and to try to destroy the pendant. Dr. Cable blackmailed Tally, and chose for her to become a special and to ruin her life before all that by making it seem like Tally was a bad person to shay and all the new smokies.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
A-My way of living doesn’t really depend on oil. Except for getting to church and back; I could walk to the places that I normally go, like my moms, grandparents, my friends, and school.
I.WANT.A.MOVIE.
because:
i would like to see what a pretty/special would look like, my
friends hate books and love movies so we can talk about it
it’s something to do!
yeah. killing youself is something to do too.
i can’t find the idnighters ANYWHERE! has anyone seen it? plz tell me cuz that would be bubbly
oops! i mean midnighters…
what do you mean ‘killing yourself is something to do’
you said that a movie would be “something to do”….killing yourself is something to do too. i’m just saying that as a metaphore. As in both of them would have a bad result. I am thoroughly against the movie idea.
ohhh…
(also, i’m the most stubborn person EVER)
i thought u meant something bogus like t.v killing u (maby if u wach it all the time…)
how come??
i have come up with my own uglies alternet ending
gotta go! stay bubbly!
(or icy…my favorite!)
oh ya! andrea-la what are the movies that u like, maby i’ll wach them
icy…yes…..my fav too.
movies that i LIKE? oh gosh. I’ll make a list:
1) Stranger Than Fiction
2) The Princess Bride
3) National Treasure
That’s about it….
(The “don’t hate” list is a little bit longer…not much)
hello agian its me but um yeah no one has answered me about that alternate endin and im hoping if anyone has found it yet and if you have plz tell me right here right now thank you.
sonja-la i like your spirit for the movie i have an imaginary bf named zane and no1 has explained to me that if frizz cant lie then why didnt he tell aya that he liked her that came frome the fourth book by the way
andrea i LOVE the prinsess bridde too! i actuly don’t have any fav movies, i like movies but i mean nothing has ever realy caught my eye. Oh ya… HAPPY-LA i found a website that has an alternet ending, here it is:
http://www.quizilla.com/stories/7469248/ugliesthe-untold-tale
it’s an…ok ending but not the best. hope u like it!
scincerly the best… SONJA-LA
oh ya happy-la and andrea-la, my favorite quotes are:
i don’t need to be cured. just like i don’t need to cut myself to feel or think.
and… just wait,
ok here it is…
“that’s me. little miss lucky” she said softly.
“the wisdome of the crowd!” and…
my favorite…
nature didn’t need an operation to be beutyful, it just was.
tell me your favorite quotes!
oh ya,
UGLIES MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and nobody told me where i could get a midnighters book
and another quote:
“tea?” “uh,please.” her face twisted at the bitter taste. “ah.i mean sorry. i’ve had tea before actuly.”
well there not really ‘quotes’ but i think it’s funny
and
scincerly the best:
SONJA-LA
marra-la?????
r u there?????????????????????????????
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
ANDREA-LA???
MBY I DON’T NO
I HATE MY NEWTHING
hi
i. am. so. tired. and. i. offically. have. a. stupid. song. stuck. in. my. head. due. to. obsessive. practicing. for. my. audition. for. the. school. musical.
GO TO MY SITE http://www.smbookblog.com
hi
sonja-la
its marra-la
ummm… ok???
oh wow…i’m so tired right now….
andrea-la, are u bubbly right now
cuz if ur not thats bogus.
go to mine and sonja-las site
its smbookblog.piczo.com
hmmm….right now i’m tired. does that count for anything?
i`m so icy!!!!!
i guess so.
is your comp in french mode?
hi andrea-la say somthing
no, maby not
mine is`nt
i think i might leave soon….
no my com is not in french mode
the appostrophie is kinda weird….going to wrong way….
i`m board and not icy anymore
watever
i’m tired…..
…click my name!!!!
and it`s SOOOOOO COOOOL!!!!!!!!!
just did…it didn’t take me anywhere…
hello
any one here
did u do it…. BRB…
i’m gonna leave now….i’m too tired to carry out a conversation….i think i’ll just go into a hole and read a book.
oh…that`s werd
marra-la and andrea-la do this smbookblog.com !
smbookblog.com
hi.
hello
hello people
hi
I’M GETTING BOGUS TO BUBBLY TOMORROW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(shreak screams for 10 minutes)
yo sonja-la
get on the com now
two days till bogus to bubbly i get, think i.
i got bugus to bubbel l(oud and ear killing scream for at least ten mins)
scream
scream
scream
yayyyayayayayayayayayayaya
i got it today too!!!! i was so happy….my skrieching was probably heard in Indoniesia.
i got the book
andrea-la are u on
hello andrea-la
marra-la you are such a liar!! i KNOW you don’t have it! you don’t even have the uglies!
**** still screaming about BOGUS TO BUBBLY****
***calling marra-la**** …
answer me!!! i KNOW u don’t have it! oh yeah, PHONE ME BACK!!! (because i know u don’t have it… I DO)
are u just saying that because u saw mine this afternoon!
and im still happy about ******bogus to bubbly********
MARRA-LA ANSWER THE PHONE!!!!!!!
I hope Scott Westerfled reads this message!!!!!!!!!!!!
What does David look like?
What happened to Croy? I really liked him.
Does Aya still kick stories? I hope not, she should have learned her lesson.
How does Shay turn out? I know Tally and David our together but what about Shay?
I have all these questions, but I guess you probably want me to have all these questions. Because thats a good ending it keeps people wondering.
hello sonja-la
sonja-la
say somthing
i dont have bugus to bubbely 🙁
🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 noooooooooooooooooo i want it i want it i want it so bad:( 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
i was joking ha ha ha ha ha ha 🙂
U DON’T HAVE IT STOP SAYING THAT!
i am on the first book only and its soo good
i want Scott Westerfeld to read this
me and my friend sonja-la made a web site because we love your
bookthe site is
smbookblog.piczo.com
go to your page
from:Marra-la
r u there???????
marra-la? oh hi!
smbookblog.com plz go there
itz not ddone but still go there
AND SCOTT WESTERFELD SIGN OUR SHOUT BOX
HELLO
SONJA-LA
ARE U THERE SONJA-LA
sonja-la say somthing
sonja
marra-la?
YES I’M HERE!!!!!!!!!!! is anyone else??
like andrea-la??
or marra-la??
smbookblog.piczo.com
read read read
is any one here
this is not my site but it is the best
is anyone there
yeah! my site!
la dee da da doo…
sm book blog is the best
HELLO IS ANY ONE HERE
hi i love the books but its sad!:(
hello
hi
I think Tally did decide most of her fate but people got in the way or people put challenges in her way that made her fate not decided by her
I can’t believe you jerks above me are using this to talk to each other it is ok to talk to each other but it needs to be about the book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi im lilly-wa
cool!
my site smbookblog.com is the best!
WHY DID YOU TAKE ZANE OUT OF THE BOOKS I GOT REALLY MAD HE WAS MY FAV CHARACTER and even though my name is shay i think that shay was a jerk. I WANT ZANE BACK!!!!!!!
anyone here?
hmmm…there was a girl in my class at school named shay. she’s new….ironically, i was reading Uglies when i first met her. yeah. i think that she thinks i’m weird. but never fear, i kept myself under control when i talked to her being careful not to be all “OMG you have the same name as a book character from my fav series!!!”…yeah…but it was close….my friends were giving me that weird look that said “don’t you DARE freak out that new girl”…yeah. so i freaked out another new girl. fun.
i love books
books books read read
Andrea-la i don’t think that i am that girl that you are talking about because i am in 6th grade at ylms but anyways your story made me crack up!!!!! ya i checked the uglys at the library because it had my name in it AND IT ENDEED up being great i read it in 3 days so my mom took me to borders and got me the rest of the series i am on the extras right now!!!
ANYONE HERE
hi is any one here like marra-la or sonja-la
i am
IM HERE!!!
IS ANYONE ELSE??!!
hi
sonja-la are u here
ANYONE!!!!!!!????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IM HERE
hi sonja-la ha ha ha
im on the chapter ugly for life
r u?
OMG i finished specials foever ago but I’m still moping over Zane’s death. But I think this ending would have been better.O and when you said Dr. Cable dies im like HOW DID I MISS THAT!? lol and i have a question, is the rusty ruins san fransisco or just a random city because at first i thought it was new york and they lived on the east coast but then i thought how the heck would they have gotten to diego so fast??? And i read bogus to bubbly and saw the map (yeah new york was under water that kind of elimnates that idea) and saw Tally lived on the oppisite side of the continent. O YEAH my friend and i are trying to make a hover board. its 2 inches off the ground but were getting there!!!!
oh!!! that’s good!!!!! oh and what’s with the ‘ha ha ha’
lets talk about books
marra-la! where r u???
WHAT’S WITH ‘HA HA HA’ ??!!
anyone?
wow…i’ve been practicing my audition piece for the school musical for about an hour…..remind me not to do that again cuz now my throat really hurts and i still have to go to triathlon training tonight…
anyone here hello
IM HERE!
p.s. i love tally+david and when did Dr.Cable die? was it when she freed tally? and was really tired and had to rest? and what do you mean when the doctors at Deigo say she’s a dangeorous weapon?
Andrea-la: Cool (no about the crappy throat, just the auditioning), what musical? And what song are you auditioning to? The roles for my school musical were posted recently, though I refuse to post what part I got–it’s just plain degrading. The whole thing’s really rigged. First of all, their totally biased, ’cause the people who’s parents help with the show or are on the school board get a part every year, regardless of musical ability or age. And this year it was totally rigged, because the longer you’ve been in the productions, the better role you’re supposed to get, and only three people from my grade were cast as named parts, and the lead is two years younger! Okay, this is a lot of ranting considering you weren’t even aknowleging me, lol. Well, good luck!
any one here im SUPER board
HELLO ANY ONE
ok i think that sonja-la and Andrea-la are really nice but when ever i am on they never are if you have an email email me at Shaymaren@roadrunner.com please
is there a movie about the uglies series coming out?
idk i think so ever body is talking about it!!!!!! i hope i want to see it so bad if there is.
anyone here i have school at 8:30
hello cassie u must be don something wrong
im not doin nething wrong
owww! thx Shay-la!
hey we still getting a ride from devontay
idk.. do you wanna?
I do but if you dont want to we wont go but hey are you still mad at kayla cus idk if i still am
idk… nemore i think i’m just gonna ignore them both like my bro. is tellin me to…
so then no ride from devontay?
idc… if u wanna
what r u talking about? ? ? ?
and Shay-la thx fr sayn that!
marra-la shay-la or andrea-la r u on?
hellooooooooooooooooooooooo…..i did bad on my math test…..so i’m gonna ask if i can retake it…but i probably can’t cuz i got 93%….but that sucks for me cuz i had 100% in math before that test…..
93%!!!! that’s GOOOOOOD!!! for me i would of gotten 63%… cuz i’m not the best at math.
marra-la shay-la and andrea-la ur like my best friends here cuz ur always on! (exept 4 u shay-la…but that’s ok)
sonja-la thanks alot for the website but yeah I would love to your bff to all of you but noone ever talks to me here so yeah got to go bye and and once agian thanks alot
ummm…. ur welcome… i guess
so NOW my bff’s r marra-la andrea-la shay-la and happy-la
(and myself 🙂 )
😉 😉 🙂 :):):):):):):):)
;);););):););););););)
you still on?
i hate the books but i love http://www.smbookblog.com
yeah, im on
r u ???
i’m here….just blogging at the same time is all….
and…that jordanojj guy don’t like books
so… i DID do bad on my math test!
verrrrrrrrrry bad l l l l (4) BAD bad bad.
i did bad on my math test…..only 93%…..
i got about 95%. but i wanted 1000000000 (100)
at least i got that! usuly i get 50% very bad for my marks
but scince im only in 5th grade i don’t have to worry…that much
yeah…this idiot in my class got over a hundred percent and then i’m all “well, i’m smarter cuz i didn’t show work because i just did it in my head” cuz honestly, that the only reason i lose marks.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
my teacher MAKES us show work some times
wait a tick…you’re in fifth grade?
umm…ya!
aren’t you?
or am i realy young?…
cuz that would be super weird!
at least i’m not inviseble.like at school.
i’m in grade nine…..
andrea-la?
wow.
that is weird, i’m like the youngest person here. i didn’t think the book was hard though.
how old are you?
at all
i’m 10
but… ok… weird-making
oh…i’m 14…..coolio….
yeah…bogus AND bubley.
lol…i am SO tired….
but that’s still weird oh yeah, the questions 😆
#1 no i have never have a friend who moved away
#2 at first i REALY wanted her 2 get the operation to b with Peris untill maddy and az told her about lessons
#3 well maby i look at them more, but no i don’t think i trust them more
#4 i think it taut her that you don’t just click a button and get whatever
#5 NO WAY NEVER I HAVE EVERYTHING I WANT! (almost lol!)
#6 he saw her for what she was, almost like if she didn’t have a face or anything, just personality
#7 ummm… yes actuly, she could of lived happily ever after with David if Tally hadn’t come along and brout the specials
#8 simple: the pretty scociety is way healthyer (exept for the brain washing 😆 )
#9 well specials forced her to go to the smoke, shay made her into special. well those are the big ideas
#10 i would DIE i mean what i’m doing right now is working because of oil!
and that’s my openion
😆
dude… how do u get on myspace.?
nd i still cnt believe tht him nd kayla is goin out..!!
makes me confused.
i kno me neither and yeh i hate that your back to bein friends with kayla
anyone there?
you guys confuse me.
cassie and jessica
is there going to be a fith book in the uglies series????
tell me if you know!!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
yes i have, my best friends were a year older when we went to private school, then after a while we all went to public school and they are two years ahead of me grade wise, and we dont really talk anymore, maybe a hi here and there but thats it….
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
at first i was kind of hoping Tally would get the operation, but i didnt want her to become bubbly that would totally ruin the story..(haha) in any case after a little while i came to realize that Tally really didnt need the operation, she was fine the way she is, and she would always have someone who loved her even though she never turned pretty.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
yes, sadly, i am probably the worst at that. its habit i really need to break! even though i do have very exotic friends
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
The trip through the wild showed Tally, that the world is not full of fun and games, it takes a lot to get to where you need to go and its hard work.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
on some days i would totally trade for that, however when my heads on stright i know that inside i’d be miserable and become depressed…even though i wouldnt show it…
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw past the looks and really focused on tallys funny, but determind personality. Thats why he fell in love with her!!
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
i doubt that Shay actually would, i believe that even though they have been through way too much together, thats what makes their relationship stronger and it keep Shay and Tally exciting.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) In the pretty society the differences are kind of like age, when you turn 18 you can drive, when your 21 you can drink, however when in the pretty society the only people who were really in control was the government, in our own society we are able to select and choose almost everything, from presidents all the wasy down to the city council.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Basically to a large extent, tally did think for herself but she was persuaded a lot by her friends and the ones she loved. Tally was strong minded, but her mind was changed often by the actions of OTHERS.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
id say that about half my life would be gone, sadly my school is a good 20 minute drive from my house. and biking there would take about an hour and a half. also, i dont think my dad would have that much of a life, cause doctors have to get places far from where they live sometimes and that would effect my house hold big time. but i would have to find a way to cope, im not dumb.
wow, almost noones ben on!
hi every1!im new here..can u believe that?
ya…i can. i was new about a month ago.
but WELCOME TO THE WESTERBLOG!!! i’ll see u l8r
hey sonja-la!thanks for the welcoming!!well hope 2 talk 2 ya later!!by:)
oh… you’r welcome?
lol…that was so ironic….nice.
lol!!soooo..ummm yeah what do u guys talk about anyways?
we talk about…stuff…like UGLIES seiries…and that andrea-la and tally&zane and all those ppl gonna protest of UGLIES movie
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
hehe…
fjjj
SONJA-LA RULES!!!
yess!!! 2 four digit comments (w/ zeros) ina day!
wow. we’ve had ALOT of comments today!
IM SOOO SORRY i havnt been here in awhile but wth school and homework and friends I cant fit it all in to my scudgule you kno what I mean but yeah WELCOME WELCOME to YOU nana~LA
AND SONJA-LA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WEBSITE OF THE ALTERNATE ENDING AND AS YOU SAID IT WASNT AT ALL GOOD BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH THO. AND ALSO THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE PROTES ON THE MOVIE EVERYONE SAYS THAT IT WOULD BE DESTROYING A BOOK IF THEY MAKE A MOVIE, IT WONT YOU HAVE A CHOICE EITHER WATCH THE MOVIE IF YOU WANT(witch i tottally will) or not at all. but thats you choise to make…..who agrees with me.
OH and dont mind cassie and jessica they are 2 girls that found out that they can chat on this website during computer class so dont mind them.
i agree happy-la!
no commment
scott, Where do u get ur ideas?
i need to know for a book report
your propably not goin 2 answer me so just forget it
1.) No, I have never had a friend like Peris. If I had I would be really mad.
2.) At first I did want Tally to get the operation to turn pretty until she got to the Smoke and met David.
3.) No, I hope I will never do that. I don’t care about peoples looks and I hope people don’t care about mine.
4.) I think that it prepared her for what it was going to be like. It also made her relize that nature was not bad.
5.) NO! I would not want to be pretty because I don’t want to look like everyone else. It would be very boring. And who cares it you are rich. And are you even considered rich if everyone else is rich too?
6.) David saw her as a person that did not need the operation not some ugly that really needed it. He didn’t compare her to anything. If she didn’t compare herself to pretties she would see herself as pretty too.
7.) I think that she would because all she ever does is gets mad at her and then friends and then mad again. It is a never ending cycle.
8.) The main differences are that they are into having parties all the time and making people think a different way. Other than that they have the same goal not to fight any more.
9.) She decided a lot I think because she chose to become Shay’s friend and to go to the Smoke and all that sruff.
10.) I think that everything could end up living like the Uglies and all them live.
oh ya, in 1st grade my friend named annie she moved away. now in 5th grade a girl named juver anne (jhuver an) used to know her! so i found out she was doing fine… blah blah
lol!thanks 4 the welcomes happy-la:)
i love thhe whole hoverboard idea . I wish i had a hoverboard.
But i think some company is trying to make them, i saw pics of them on the web
omg
sarah wa,(fred)
if your reading this its D.L.B
u should really post a comment
hjjviylbuog8o7ihnpiyuyl fu
there’s some1 really gonna make a hoverboard!!!no way!
i. need. a. hoverboard.
i used to daydream in class about hoverboards-how weird is that? but i really want one cuz i skateboard so i can almost like feel as if its like me their talking about in the books cuz its like, kinda similar…
i know! I.NEED.A.HOVERBOARD. it would b awsome!!!! even better than cars! but you’d need 2 b like UNDER 40! that would b 2 awsome, i don’t care how much it would cost me i would buy it no mater wat!
o kno
ya…
Im bored so Im going to answer the questions
1. Um I guess so her mane was Kim and we were like best friends until grade 3 when she moved, we tryed to stay friends you know birthday partys and such but then we stopped and now we go to the same highschool and it just not the same we have nothing in common .
2. Yes I wished Tally would get the operation because it was what she had wanted all a long and it sounded kool until she met David and found out what happens under neath the beauty then I didn’t and when she became a special I almost lost it!
3. Actually cant say that I have but I do tend to pay more attention to (guys) people with long blond hair and blue eyes. I love sweedish guys(no clue why)
4. Hmmm well eating all those gross Spagbol things pepared her to know not to eat them anymore, and I guess by getting al gross and dirty already made her not care about her looks as much
5. thats a hard one, I dont think I would. it would be kool to be healthy and rich but beeing a clueless bubblehead is not on my to do list
6. He saw that on the inside Tally was beautiful he didn’t care what was on the outside. It was that she was different then most uglies that he met
7. not sure I get this one but if you mean meet Tally then I think she would because without Tally Shay would have been alone and she most likley would have become Pretty anyway
8. well some similarities are that the pretties don really think for them selfs and seem to be happy. There is a lot of champaign and lots of “love” in a way its healthier because there is no competition to be prettier there is no conflict and no one is going against te rules(well except the crims but that Pretties so…)
9. Tally decided her own fate by falling in love with David and then betraying everyone. but others did decide it for her(Dr.cabel)
10. Wow I dont even want to think about that. We use oil for everything, cars, heat, airplanes, toothpaste, plastic, paint, clothing if it were gone I dont know how we would live, we would have no heat no transportation, nothing.
is eny ppl there?… 😳
nobody ever does enyymore 😥
this isnt answering any of the questions, but i have to say this.
I’d SO rather be a Special than a Ugly or a Pretty. so what if people are scared of you? you’re better than everybody else!
I’m just going to answer the last one…
Um… lets think about this logically.
* Jeopardy music *
No.
A dependence on anything is bad. Like Ai said, stuff only matters if you let it. And we have certainly let ourselves rely on oil way too much. It’s the global drug… once you get addicted, you can’t stop. And global rehab is going to be expensive, folks!
This is like that old chemistry of america commercial… with the guy in a doctor’s office on the examination bed? Everything starts dissapearing… because, yes, we need chemistry for… everything. Its like that with us and oil. Us=oil.
Just to be the optimist, of course….
hehe… *jepordy music* hehe,
This is a very random question but i have to ask….. what character would you be if you were in the story. I would be tally she so awsome she has to guys that loves her so much and she also has a bff that will stay by her side no matter the operation that they get. o and tell me WHO HAS READ THE FOURTH BOOK EXTRAS i need to know becuse there is one thing that I dont understand. o and your welcome nana~wa I realy didnt have anyone to greet me here when I started but I thought I should change that and be nice so yeah dont mention it happy to have you here and hey where do you live like what state or country I live in wuakesha/wisconsin I was born in mexico though so yeah im mexican and proud of it but im just babbling now so talk to you guys in three daYS!!!!!!!!!!
HAVE FUN PPLE 🙂
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
no.i never had a friend who moved
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first i wanted Tally to get the operation,then when she went to the smoke i changed my mind.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No.I judge people by how they are or act.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
The wild was pretty much like the smoke.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No,because i like the way i think differently then other people.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw Tally though what she did or how she acts not by her looks as Tally did.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No,because they will always be friends no matter if anyone tries to rewire their brains.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The main difference is that their government is more in control than ours.The pretty society is healthier than ours because they learned how to live without oil.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally decided to go to meet Peris,thus meeting Shay.Other people(government) made her betray her friends.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
My lifestyle depends on oil to get to school.I would survive easily beacause i get car sick and hate the smell of gasoline.
i think i would b Tally 2. funney story, i had a dream, i was in the book and i was Tally! it was soooo weird! but i liked it.
I know that happened to me too and I was imagining wat david would look like and that we were kissing it was soooo akward but it was kinda romantic and i liked it cuz that is the first time I’v ever seen a guy act so cute to a lady and i would love to have a boyfrriend lyk that wouldnt you?
1. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
yes actually i dont know why but it just makes me feel important listening to what they have say…….Im so sad no wonder i dont have any real friends…….
lol! u kissing david? k, that’s a funny sight!
haha i know but hey it was the best dream i’v ever had in the history of dreams but hey wat part of anywhere do you live becuse im looking at the time that i put in my blog but my time is different over here.
im sooo anctious to see the movie grrrrrr
Well, sorry if i have already answered these, but..
1. Yes. I have had a few. e.g I went out with one of my friends(he was always a friends, but people made up dirty rumors, so we kinda HAD to date!) and he moved schools.Over the summer holiday, we emailed, until G R A D U A L L Y the emails tailed off….until he ignored me completely. A few weeks later, he sent me a horrid letter, explaining why sophie(my nemesis,literally yin to my yang)was sooo much better than me etc…..it goes on.
2. I wanted Tally to get the surge soo much, not because of the moral implications, but because of the fact that she was reallly wanting it.But I changed my mind when she did…I got taken along for the ride, I guess.
3. I sometimes trust people because of their looks,)Usually not because they are PRETTY, but if they look CUTE!!^^)But this can also be good too. I usually know if a girl(not a guy)is trouble by how she looks.Not to be judgemental or anything, i don’t think ‘ooh she’s preppy=trustworthy’, or ‘oh, she dresses goth=stay away!’ I mean, her physical attitude.I’ll shut up now.
4.Tally lost some of her vulnerability and neediness for people and things. It was necessary-not good or bad.
5. If I had no memory of it and it didn’t affect my friends+family/friends+family came too, yes. I feel I am a creative person, but sometimes freethinking hurts my head…and other people’s too.If I chose it, i wouldn’t regret it-too blissed out. so….although I would be shallow, I wouldn’t be judging myself.
6.David saw past the layers,and also past Tally’s own perspective…like peeling away the sticky film which clouded her vision.
7.No, Shay is ‘best friends forever’ through ups and downs.
8. Pretty society lacks hate, racism,ageism,AND sexism COMPLETELY,but there ARE barriers between ages. Teenagers are not seen as problems, nor a children or adults. They are simply different. That is good.Everyone also has a positive attitude-they think of war as a horrible thing, and crime is unheard of- naive to the max.
9. I think Tally’s fate was in the beginning all decided for her. Although she was made to do some things against her will, if she had not made certain choices, they would not have done these things.She again, is neither good nor bad-inhuman.
10. I think that I would probably survive, though not without struggle. In the beginning, I wthink I would only survive because of my family!but maybe iin the end I would like to think that i would be o.k.
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Hi,
I’m not new here, although I haven’t said anything for ages! :0 can you beleieve it?
I’m turning 14 in like a month and I live in Australia, just to let you know.
I love the Uglies books, and am dying to get Bougus to Bubbly, but I have to wait for it to come out here. Or I could get it on Amazon, but with the current finachal state, it would cost me like $100000 to get it shiped here and I don’t have that kind of money and my parents are not going to pay it!
I’m going to go to the bookshop on the weekend and force them to order it in!
To people who already have it, don’t spoil anything, but is it good??
1. Yes. I have. When hurricane Katina hit, a feind named beth moved to where I live, and stated attending my school. we instantly became friends, and promised eachother that when she moved back we would never forget eachother. While that promise may lie unbroken, our other, to keep in touch, doesn’t. After a week I didn’t talk to her for about a year. We had one phone call between us that lasted a while, well maybe 2. Then after that she visited like once, but it was never the same. That was about 3.5 years ago and I haven’t talked to her in 1.8
2. yes lol of corse but all that changed when she stated a romance with david
3.no but I have found myself not paying attention to ppl because of bad looks
4. it made her see how much the city hid from u and it made her no that you cant trust everything
also it made her strong enough for all the working at the smoke
5. if I didn’t no I would be giving that up ya but if I did no way my brain is pecious…. I would hate having to stuggle to be bubbly all the time
6. david say her as beautiful, tally saw wat the city had told her was ugly and had brainwashed hder about for like all her life
7. no way shay was always tying to fix thibgs between them…..i think fo a while she hoped she had never met david, but when she was cured from a special, that was fixed
8. we have plastic surgery, we have a government, we have higschools elementary and middle schools, we have parties and ppl get drunk
our society doesn’t give ppl leasions, but we do brainwash ppl into wat we think is petty and everything else is ugly
9. I don’t think she decided her own fate at all except when she choose to stay with zane when his tooth was goiung off
10. I could survives in the wild, but if I was in a ca or in a house when the gasoline buig thing reached me I would explode with it right?
but otherwise I would LOVE being able to try to suvive in the wild!!!!!
hey yall im new cause i didnt no he had a blog untill brand-la and molly-wa told me…THANKS TO THEM 🙂
I like david better who dissagees?
hi is any one here
like sonja-la andrea-la please any one
oo and sonja-la
felipe is here say this three times feilpe-wa feilep-wa felipe-wa
I don’t have an opinion on the David vs. Zane front, I love them both and can’t decide, no matter how hard I think!!
It will probably say I posted this in the middle of the night…. I wish it could be the same time everywhere in the world!!
1. You know, I;m a bit like Peris. I move away but eveytime I do, I leave my friends behind. I don’t really like it but I get wrapped up in other things. But I have a friend whose still my best friend, even though I moved away from him three years ago.
2. I always wanted her to get her operation. I kind of immerse myself into her life so I naturally feel that way. But in the end, I was kind of worried that she would forget about David. It was totally sad-making.
3. I really don’t depend on looks to trust someone. I trust them because of their loyalty and personality. I don’t give away free trust.
4. She learned how to survive. I think that is very important in all of the books. She’s got a clearer mind in the wild.
5. I think I wouldn’t give up my independence most of the time, but sometimes I feel like I would. I like fitting in, and in times when I feel bad about myself, I find myself wishing that I could be pretty, happy, rich and healthy.
6. He saw who she really was inside. I think that’s really important. He knows what lies beneath the skin.
7. Shay had a big influence on Tally. If Shay didn’t meet her, Tally would just be another prett bubblehead.
8. In some ways, yes, I think that the pretties are better than us. There was really no fighting amongst them and they sort of made it into a soceity where no one was really in poverty or going hungry. It seemed like all the world problems had been fixed. Besides, they were pretty and they could do all sorts of bubbly things!
9. She had a little choice on who she really wanted to be. When they did the operation on her, they forced her. But somehow, she managed to choose to be who she really was.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
I did have one friend in second grade who moved away and never talked to me again and I was pretty bummed at the time, but since then I’ve actually been that person a couple of times. I didn’t really mean to abandon my friends or anything, but we weren’t all that close and I’m really bad at keeping in touch with people, so I just kind of forgot to call or email them until it was too late and I was almost positive they wouldn’t remember me.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
No, I never hoped Tally would get the operations, because I’m really bad about reading spoilers and I knew about the lesions from the beginning. In fact, I think they were what convinced me to read the book.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Not really, no. Pretty people are a bit more fun to look at, but I don’t think I’ve ever thought differently of them because of that. If anything, I’m kind of intimidated by them.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I think it showed her that as wonderful as life in new pretty town seems, it’s not real. In the wild things aren’t planned out and there are dangers, but there’s also a sense of accomplishment that you just don’t get from going to one of the pretties’ nightly parties.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
On one hand, if I gave up my independent thinking, I wouldn’t really know what I was missing. Then again, if I had no personality, what would be the point in having perfect health? I mean, it’s not really living if you’re just some brainless clone. So I guess I would rather keep my mind and sacrifice all of the perks to being brainless.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He not only saw her as beautiful because of his lack of city programming, but he was also optimistic and saw the best in her. While Tally knew the real reason she had gone to the Smoke and felt horrible about it, David thought she was just being a really great to friend to Shay. And even though Tally knew she was acting out of guilt when they rescued the smokies, David thought she was incredibly self-sacrificing. Basically, Tally saw her flaws and David saw her potential.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, I don’t think she would have. I’m sure she regrets telling Tally about the Smoke and probably harbors some resentment for her, but ultimately Tally is her friend and Shay really cares about her.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The pretties are more healthy physically and they don’t really have problems with weight obsession or racism, but we have some things they don’t. While the pretties do have exciting activities like bungee jackets and hoverboarding, their activities are, for the most part, completely safe. They don’t really get to experience the fear that death is imminent, which can force people to value their life more. They can live to be over a hundred and have plenty of time to do everything, which kind of takes some of the fun out of life.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
There were a lot of decisions that were made for her by other people, but Tally ultimately had control over her life. She did a great a job of making the best out of what was handed to her.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I walk to school, so without gasoline I would probably still be able to get to school. However, my parents both commute and wouldn’t be able to get to work, so we wouldn’t have any money and eventually we’d be scrimping just to afford food. I hate the fact that we’re so dependent on oil, but I think I’d hate being homeless even more.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
I guess, yeah. We did not have any other contact out of school.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) I never hoped for her to have the operation, because that was conforming to the norm and she is her own individual.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? I do not stare at peoples looks or believe that their appearance will help them; I stare at their lips and analyze their perspective and depending on the personality I trust them more.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? The realities of human nature in a more habitual state of psyche, since her world was cut off from the “freewill” of our society.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? No, perfect does not fit into my sphere.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? David saw something in Tally that was spiritual, almost like a bond that could not be broken and that what attracted him to her.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? Shay would not be her and all of he cause-and-effect that Shay-la had on Tally created a Butterfly Effect; so no Shay would have gone back in time, if you could. We need the conflict (girl-friend rivalry).
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) The norm(pretty society) as a whole is more controlled and the pretty operation keeps the people from having ideas that might conflict with others’ values, contrary to our society; we have conflicts all the time do to the fact that we want to feel superior to another person, culture, etc. (Pride and war and keeping the minority down as the majority as a rule.) The pretty society is incredibly healthier than our society, because they have the technology: better understanding of the mind, a system that keeps the species stable. They surpass us in a way that we have to create distrust and not individuality.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? Cause-effect. Tally had an objective outlook on the world and she knew what she was capable of; this also helped her. The conflicts that the people created gave her more insightful to the reality of her own individuality; thus, making Tally a chooser of their own fate, but also following destiny. Tally saw her self doing wondrous things.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? Very much that fact that I am living in American says a lot of how I am dependent in oil. If I had a water I could survive a couple of days, since I have my own garden in my backyard and going outside is not so bad to do. Walking for miles to get somewhere does not hurt, but developing the skills our ancestors had to survive would be hard to innovate from, since our society does not value the multiple-specialty proficiency.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? Well sorta Mariah completly dropped me when she met Taylor!
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I the beggining I’m like who wouldn’t want to be happy pretty etc. etc.?!? It changed a little bit when I saw how stuck-up they were! It completly changed when I met Special Circumstances.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?NO WAY NO HOW NEVER!
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? It’s like she got mind tough. She was ready now, to make her own descesions.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?Nope! I kind of like to think.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? David looked inside not at looks. Just like everybody should.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? Of course! It was so fate!
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)Everything is diffrent.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? On a scale from 1-10 it is 3.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?Easily. I hate oil and stuff.
1. No haven’t ever had anyone move away from me. i’ve moved but still had the friendships.
2. No coz Peris acted like a jerk to her and treated her like a child. so i wanted her to get away from him. and she did. i like Shay better than Peris as Tally’s best friend.
3. Hahaha…NO! i try to look at the person personality. i mean i like good looking people but if they have a crappy personality or they’re like creepy i’m not gonna trust them or talk to them more.
4.She faced the wild alone so it was like she could handle anything coz most city kids wouldn’t have been able to handle the conditions of the wild. it prepared her mentally coz she say how beautiful nature was but how wicked it could be too (just like the pretty operation)
5. NO!!!!! my opinions and ideas are wat makes me…well ME!! if i lost that i would be nothing. and that would be sad-making.
6. David say the way she thinks…not the way she looks. he took her personality and ideas and changed it into beauty. Tally thought she was ugly (even though she wasn’t) but David changed the way she thought about herself. he changed her view of the world without an operation just by being honest.
7. Kinda confused with the wording on this question but i’ll answer by how i comprehend it. if Shay could go back in time and never meet Tally would she? no i don’t think she would. i mean they had their ups and downs but they were still friends they just saw things differently. i’m like that with most of my friends but it doesn’t mean we’re not friends.
8. Other than the operation…not much is different. i mean we get the same feelings when we see someone beautiful and we all want to look like that. some people get brainwashed into thinking that’s the only way to look. ok so we don’t have a Special Circumstances telling us that we have to have the operation but in a way the media could be like SC coz they show us all these beautiful people and how they live and make it look so glamorous when in actuallity they’re just like us only they’ve had surgeries to make them look that way (at least some have) and they act shallow and vain (at least most of them do) i don’t know if it’s healthier but at least there was no war or anything but i would hate it if i lost my ability to make my own decision and opinions.
9. Well…Tally made her own choice to stay in the Smoke (even though that blew up in her face) She decided to become pretty so she could test the cure. she decided to split the cure with Zane (we all know that wasn’t smart) she decided to escape from the city as a Pretty. she decided to stay with Zane and risk getting caught. but she didn’t decide to become a Special. basically she made alot of her own choices it was just that her choices were based off of wat other people wanted her to do. so it kinda depends on the situation. but the mind rain was her doing but it would never have happened if Dr. Cable hadn’t made her go to the Smoke (so thank u Dr.C)
10. Oil is used a lot but i could deal if it all went away. that would mean no more war over oil, more money for other things like food, and no more pollution. and there would be no more strong smelling gas smells coming from cars that smell soooo much that u can taste it in ur mouth. ewww! oh, and no more oil spills so then animals would be safe! YAY!
1. I’ve always been the one to move away. I’ve never totally abandoned my friendship with the person, but if you meet up with someone six years later you notice that you don’t really get along so well anymore.
2. Hmmm…I honestly can’t remember what I was thinking the first time I read Uglies. But then again, forgetting is just the brain’s way of blocking things we don’t wanna admit to thinking. Yeah. I probably wanted Tally to turn pretty cuz I figured that it would be best….I don’t know….I guess I changed my mind when I learned that the story wasn’t really headed that way…
3. Nah. People are people. I’ll listen if they have something to say, I wont listen if what you’re talking about is stupid. End of story.
4. I think her trip through the wild perpared her to learn to think as an individual which is something that you’re gonna need if you’re living in smaller groups of people.
5. You can’t be happy without the ability to think.
6. David could see clearly without anyone shoving opinions down his throat. Tally couldn’t.
7. Depends on her mood. Maybe, maybe not. If I were Shay, then I would definetly go back in time and never of met Tally.
8. Oh. Nothing. You know, other than we are sheep naturally.
9. Other people. Most definetly other people. Sure, she made some of her own decisions, but only after other people chose which path she was on.
10. I’d deal.
MARRA-LA FELIPE-WA IS THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO HE CAN NOT B THERE REPEAT CANOTT!!!! GET HIM OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH, ARI-LA, I love david way better then zane. just 4 the record.
hey i just got the book bogus to bubbly this morning and im already on page 99
Scott if you make another insiders guide book can you please answer the question… Why did you take zane out of the books. Even though my really name is Shay i like her and tally but i cried when Zane died. I NEED TO KNOW WHY YOU TOOK HIM OUT OF THE BOOKS. Or just answer it right here please.
SONJA-LA ARE YOU ON
Hey guys, I’m a sama now! lolz. My question is, Why didn’t Tally, in specials, stay with Zane-la and watch him die instead of leaving? That part I don’t get. Zane-la’s picture is so cute on pretties. His golden eyes are very intelligence-making, you know. The Zane-la dying part was very sad-making, tear-making even. Shay-sama is totally, weird-making in specials. I liked the partly when Taly cut her arm. Icy-making too. I meant her hand.
I am Skylar-sensei, one of the top ten face rankers in new pretty world. I’m a surge monkey and a manga tech head all in one. I have big, purple-pink eys and blue skin. I have two eye screens and a hover cam the size of a penny (rusty curency) I gotta go, skin change surgery is scheduled for a half hour from now, bye.
I made up my own last name of rank. Empa is higher than sama now. It means, Emperor or Emperess
Empa, that`s weird
omg thank you sonja-la!!!!!
david was sooooooooooooo pateint
zane i liked but not as much
david was REAL
wow lots of people just posted reaaaaaaaaaly long things
any one here
Would you ever wanyt to make a movie about Uglies?!?! I first read it in 7th grade, and after we read it everyone wanted it to be a movie!!!! (also everyone started to read Pretties-at lunch I would all these kids reading the sequals to Uglies) You should make it into a movie and all sequals too—I think that would be awesome!!!!!!! plz
Also where did you get the names Tally-wa and Shay-wa. I have “Bogus to Bubbly” but i didnyt find tha answer yet…- (wheres the answer)
i liked zane more… the answer izzy is its in the names part. it tells about the suffixes and everyones names… paris, zane, frizz, everyones.
anyway… when they took zane of life support i almost started to cry… *poor zane**tear*
but i did like that david and tally were together. from the first book they were destined to be together…
*but i still miss my zane-la*
and… at least david did’nt die
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
yea, but i was partly responsible… it’s a two way street. They may not call you or talk to you… but if you call them,,, youll probably see each other again…
<3miss you Maddie Pritchett <3
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first i didn’t want tally to get the operation, so when Shay presented tally with the decision i was thinking “GO FOR IT” as you see, im not a big follower of the crowd…
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I hate people like this. They think everything will be handed to a silver platter. Thats the reason why i really don’t like any of the popular people at my school. (And all of them are major jerks… even if they are MEGA-HELEN cute… maybe i have done this once or twice…
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Because she got a taste of the wild. If she wasnt already challenged she would have probably died at the smoke…
ps. thanks for not killing her scott…!!!…???…!!!…
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No. I’m really not that caught up in beaty. Granted,,, i wouldn’t walk out of the house dressed in some 3 year old clothes. sooo i would definately want to keep my brain. its my best asset. *all a’s!!!*
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Tally saw herself as some un-selfrespecting ugly. That was because of the stereotype\idea that the city gave everyone. you were ugly, no matter what anyone said… Then when david came along, he say her on the inside and that was the only thing he saw. Then when he saw tally, he knew that she was beautiful, no matter what ANYONE would ever say.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I don’t think she would have. Both of their lives changed that day, and it was completely for better. They were best friends by the time they got to extras, no matter what rough patches they crossed. : )
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
In our society, there are also sterotypes. Sterotypical beauty, smarts, actions, even languages. You were put in specific “cliques” based on these characteristics. Soo it is somewhat like the pretty “bubblehead” society. With the prettytime society, everyone is the same, but if they made ecveryone beautiful from birth, that would make for a much better society. Then the whole society would be new pretty town!! How Bubbly!!!
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
The only decision that I saw that tally made was to go to the special circumstances without Shay. Everything was either decided by others, or influenced by others. To go to the smoke– Dr. Cable influenced her To be pretty– Maddy + Shay influenced her To take the cure– Zane influenced her To be special– Shay + all of special circumstances made her To go to the thousand faces party– influenced by Aya and Shay
*Poor Tally*
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
If there were no oil WE WOULD GO CRAZY. we would probably DESTROY the earth, start wars and dig into EVERYTHING in order to find fuel. Forget walking… we need hoverboards NOW!!!!
Maybe your hoverboarding manual will come in hand scott!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Somewhat. I had a best friend throughout grammar school named Lauren. We did everything together. Her mother struggled with money so she moved away a lot. At first we tried a little to stay in touch. but that friendship didn’t seem too important to her after she left.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
No. I never wanted Tally to have the operation. And honestly, I’m surprised so many people say they did. I thought it would be the oppisite way around. I’ve always believed in loving who you are and I wanted at the end of this series for the people in the book to realize that beauty can’t be labled to look one way. Maybe it sounds dumb but when I just started reading Pretties and Tally first turned pretty I had this feeling that in the end, she would want do the same thing Az and Maddy did where they reversed the operation because she realized she didn’t need to be cut up and ripped apart to be beautiful.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes, mostly when i was younger. When i was younger, pretty faces seemed so much more trusting. Like I wanted to tell them anything.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She learned how to respect nature and to accept the harsh truth of living in the wild. Things didn’t just come out of a wall to make you happy.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Never in a million years.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
To Tally, Tally was ugly. To David, Tally was beautiful inside and out. It was plain and simple. David wasn’t blinded by some image of beauty that city people were programmed to belive in.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Honestly, I want to say no because that would be too sad to think but another part of me thinks yes because it always seemed like their friendship was an impossible friendship. Shay seemed to hate Tally on more occasions then they got along.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Family doesn’t seem as important in this society. Me and my sister are connected at the hip. I could never not see my family for as long as the uglies do in uglyville. Your parents shouldn’t have to “visit” you when you’re 14 years old.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally wanted to turn pretty and decided to reverse the process. But she was forced special but decided to reverse it again. I think that she has more control then peope give her credit for.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
That’s how i get to school everyday. That’s how I get everywhere. It runs the things in my home. It runs our lives. But I think I would at least try to figure out a way to survive. I would try my most not to panic and use the wisdom of the crowd to figure something out.
Oh my gosh Scott-la! I finnaly got Bogus to Bubbly! It is so awsome! So I just guessed on Jaeda-la and it turned out right! Me and my best friend Anea-la are making a movie all about Uglies! It’s going to be sweet!
Tally’s SO SNOBBY in pretties!!!!!!!!!!! i hated it. she was snobby 2 everyone exept ZANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! even David!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tally was annoying in Pretties! And I hated Extras.
i wonder if anybody answered yes to number five…
I dont think anyone would anwser yes….that would totally bogus……
I know i NEVER EVER EVER would…
DAVID DAVID DAVID DAVID DAVID DAVID DAVID IF DAVID DIED i would freak OUT!!!! i like zane, but David’s WAYYYYYYY better!
what was #5 ? I M gonna go read it
BRB=D
I JUST Read #5 AND I WOULD DEFINITLY SAY NOOOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
who would say yes? actually my friend Kelly-wa would probably say yes only because she isn’t very good @ thinking fast. LOL
G2G=D Ashley-wa!
I made A shirt and it says: Hoverboard crashing… just another one of my amazing skills!
sounds really cool Jaeda-la! i am not talented enough to do anything like that!
G2G=) Ashley-wa
me and Anea-la are making a movie of Uglies. It will be so Bubbly making.
cool! me and my friend marra-la (naver goes on this site unless i beg her) are 2!
that sounds really cool! none of my friends have actually finished the Uglies book!=( myfriend Keri-la only got half way through!
TEAM DAVID!!!
I was searching youtube and it had real previews for a real Uglies movie coming out in 2011.
i know, i’ve seen it too! it is also on imb.com,( you know where they post all the info about movies coming out!!!) there isn’t any progress tho=(
if they make an Uglies movie i will be angry. VERY angry.
nobody is making u c it
i know. but that would just be terrible for other people to see it. and then talk about it….bleh. trust me, there will be protesting.
Hey! Omg! The uglies series is soooo my fav (besides the twilight series!!). i loved them!! i really want to read bogus to bubbly too so then i would understand everything that really happened. k, so, bye!! 🙂
i have Bogus 2 Bubbly, it is great!!
hello everyone sorry I havnt been here in a while my hi go to nana-wa and sonja-la ive missed you guys and our arguments on the uglis move hahaha omg did you guys see the twilight move i am so gonna see it during thanksgiving break poeple are telling me how great it is and im just diying to watch it well tata for now and hope to talk tou you guys soon.
dindn’t see it. 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 . i want a uglies movie!!!! :angry: thx 4 the “hi” happy-la!Peeps is awsomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! i love Lace! (she’s kinda mean tho) it was a happy ending 2. im gonna read “the last days” too!!!
btw happy-la, 2 things: nana is now nana~sensie and u should coment on “scott facts” more.
hey, what is goin’ on?? =D
nothing much, just your typical argument
about what???
hmmm… uglies movie… i think… ??? lol…
i m going 2 c twilight on friday w/ my BFFL Keri-la!!
sorry Andrea-la=(
what are the other books by Scott-la?
they R all on scottwesterfeld.com!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No, because I only make friends with people who stay my friends forever.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Of course I did! But, when I found out how happy she was was with David, I knew she never needed the operation.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Actually, no. I live near people who aren’t “pretty” as Scott-la says.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She learned she can’t depend on her city-skills out in the wild. She also learned to work for things instead of them given to her.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No, because we are all beautiful in some way. The healthy part, yes, but besides that, being an independant thinker rocks!
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Tally grew up in the city, thinking she was ugly. David saw her for her inner beauty and her outer beauty, because she was only an ugly in her city because she didn’t have the operation.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Hm, thats hard. If you’ve read all the books, then no, she wouldn’t. If youve read only the Uglies, theres a pretty good chance Shay would have at the end where they get captured.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Well, they have 0 wars(usually) and they are much greener than us.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Dr. Cable decided a lot of her fate, but Tally shined through showed she could be independent.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I could survive pretty easily because I use alternative fuels like water and sunlight.
There should be an Uglies movie! Everyone who’s read the Uglies should come together sometime in a certain Area and write the script, unlike those suckish movie producers who completely change books. into an “Interesting” movie.
yeah, the movie will probably be waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy different from the book!=D
yeah, theres allways a bad side 2 somet hing. like the operation! lol
OMG!LOL!
When Anea and I make it we alread have part of the script, we are using all most word for word. But you have to change SOME things for a movie.
sounds cool, i will watch it!
1~ Yes, my best friend moved to another school. Even though she still lived up here in Alaska she never talked to me and that broke our friendship for a while. But then she came back to my school and we are working on building it back up again.
2~ Well I did want Tally to get the operation at first. Because Peris is over there and that reminded me anout how my best friend ever is going to be moving to another house still up here in Alaska but is going to be going to another school. I could go to that school because I live in that school limits but didn’t want to go there. So I was so close to doing the same thing as my friend just to stay with her like Tally. I really changed my mind after she was at the Smoke and met everyone there and she talked to Mady and Az and when she fell in love with David. That is when I changed my mind.
3~ I have before and it bugs me. I don’t like to do that. I have a lot of friends that are as we say pretty on the outside and friends that are not. I do notice though that sometimes I try to be friends with the “popular” people at my school just so that I could be one of them. But I always would like to change that.
4~ It prepared her by seeing how dangerous it really is in the world and that you have to be careful becuse there is not always someone there to protect you in the wild.She also learns how to clear her brain so that she could think clearer and so she would get out of the thought of becoming a pretty because she had better things to do then to think about the future when she had to think of the chioces for then.
5~ NO I wouldn’t. I really am no that pretty. But everyone knows me at school. I am the kind of person that will not put up with nonsense. At my school they treat girls diffrently then they do to boys in gym class. The boys think that they are better then we are. So they always will you know cut us in basketball. I can’t put up with that. So I go out to the middle of the court unti lthey let us have a turn. Or my P.E. teacher will not let girls be team caotains which is just dumb. So I am not afraid to stand up for thatand tell him that he is not being fare. I like being able to tell people my thoughts and to make a diffrence in this world as much as possible. Which can mean by telling people my thoughts.
6~ He grew up without people trying to tell you that you are ugly because you don’t look like everyone else or because you don’t have a symetrical face. On the other hand Tally was raised thinking like this. That is why he sees her diffrently.
7~ I don’t know. I mean if you have only read Uglies then you would probably say yes. But I have read the whole series(3 times) and I would propbably say no. Shay is still Tally’s best friend and if it wasn’t for them then they all would still be bubbleheads stuck in New Pretty Town drinking wine and going to a bash everynight with whatever clique they would join if that had happened.
8~ The pretty society is diffrent then ours because they seperate people mostly by age group. I mean we have all the schools. But we still get to see these peole. In their society you can’t even see them with the age groups. I think that is the major one. They also have holes in the wall that make whatever you want right there and then. That is definatly something that we have saved for the future. I really don’t think that there id anything healthier then ours exept for the technology that they have. But we would have that even if that was how the societl ran or not.
9~ They gave her nothing. No right to choose for herself until Shay gives her a choice. But only because it was her fault that she had turned Tally into a Special and that part of Zane dying was her fault (I still cry when I read this part even on the second and third time). I would hate to be her. Well she actually gets choices but they are both horrible choices. Yeah stay ugly or betray your friend. Those are so pleasant choices to choose from.
10~ It would effect me horribly. I live in Alaska so we really would not be able to wlk to the store to get food. We won’t be able to make heat without it. Unless we felt like blowing up a car and using that as heat. But that would be a stupid choice. That could have injuries int he making of it. if we lived somewhere else like North Carolina or somewhere at least warmer where we could walk out of the house without freezing our butts off as it is. Then we might be able to survive.
Becky from Palmer, Alaska
Becky-la, i know this is kind of random, but is Sarah Palin a good governer????=D
I bought the book Secrets! I thought it was brilliant! And what a surprise when I saw everything names has the end and mine also! I have props full of emotion, they made nothing, it is rather has us thank you for very these pounds which have been brilliant! Thank you for all that you taught us on beauty and on everything risks! Now I definitely understood that beauty was only un so for nous aidé would change because on silver! Thanks a lot! For everything! 😀
ok ok ok……i just finished reading pretties and it was excellent….but what i never got was the wa or la or whatever at the end of ppls names….i have yet to read the other books (specials,extras,secrets etc.) so maybe I’ll figure it out. For now since reading the first to books Davids mother Maddy is really ticking me off.
same. maddy should forgive. r u guys from france or somthing? here it’s called “bogus to bubbly” and it has the -la -wa (and whene u read extras -chan -sensie -sama)
these are the best books ever!!!!!!!!! im almost done with specials and i love it
i m on Specials 2!!!i think it is waaayyyy better than Pretties!
How do u pronounce Aya’s name:A-ya or Eye-a
Ive read all the books they are all awesome i have also read the guide “Bogus to Bubbly” it is sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is awsome but not as good as the book Specials
I got an uglie book preview on youtube my user name is uglie for life you should chek it out and tell me what you think its called uglies and i have another one for scott’s book PEEPS
i’ll check it out uglieforlife, my name is… davidandtally…check mine out2!!!!=D
MR. SCOTT WESTERFIELD,
ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A MOVIE ON UGLIES???!!
YES OR NO, PLEASE ANSWER!
thanks 🙂
AN.EXTRA. did u read the Q&A on Bookpeople=Smart Questions??? if u did, u would know that they were weiting the scrip 4 Uglies!!!!=D
oops!!!!i spelled WRITING wrong!!!
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG…so bored.
Any1 here?
i m here….sort of=D, what’s up?
1. Not exactly, but someone has abandoned my friendship after I moved. :/
I tried to keep contact, but they just weren’t interested. After a while I stopped caring.
2. Definitely. I’m not sure if it’s normal or not, but whenever I watch a movie or read a book, I almost kind of wish the thing hanging over their head will actually happen, just to see how they deal with it. @__@
I did change my mind, because I wanted her to be with David, but I changed it back again when she wanted to test the nanos.
3. Um. No. Most “pretty” people that I have met just end up being really stupid because they’re used to being handed things without trying. It angers me to no end. I make friends because of their personality.
4. I think the trip started her transition in a big way. If she had just been dropped off, she would have been much more reluctant to change her ways and actually listen to the Smokies.
5. No. Even if you didn’t know what was happening, it almost seems as if you couldn’t be TRULY happy until you really figured out who you are. If everyone’s special, then no one is at all.
6. He looked past her face, and doing that made her beautiful in his eyes. Her personality shined to him, and though he never thought of her as ugly, this made her look beautiful. Tally grew up being constantly told that she was ugly, and the only reason to live was to be pretty. She didn’t realize the true importance of being different.
7. No. Shay really does care for Tally, and even after all that happened, the world ended up in a better place.
8. People had no freedom in Prettytime to decide their own fate. They were made pretty and bubbleheaded, being forced to be completely passive about what was happening all around them. However, the Pretty society didn’t have to worry about being rich or poor; they would always have food and medical attention. They were pretty much equals outside of the cliques.
9. Tally knew what a lot of her decisions would mean. She choose to become pretty, and she choose to stay with Zane and risk getting captured. Though her body changed because of these decisions, it was the brain surgery that really effected her. She was, however, able to fix herself and be Tally again, though circumstances may have changed how she started out.
10. I think I would probably die. When you get right down to it, everything we use on a daily basis is possible because of oil. There would be no way to package and transport food, electric factories would shut down, and depending on the time of year you would have nothing to cool you down or heat you up. Everything you knew would be gone, and when it happens just like that, you can’t transition fast enough to survive.
Scott-la,
Thanks so much for mentioning us in Bogus to Bubbly! I got to brag to my friends for a while about that and show them evidence 🙂 jk, I was nice about it, but still it was cool! Loved how you included Hiro’s first chapter and the hoverboard manual. They better come out with one of those soon and that thing about the eye surge in Holland was scary cool, just like everything else in the guide (cool, not scary). Thanks!
yyyyyeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssss yyyyyyyyyaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy they ARE making an UGLIES movie!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats so weird….. last night I had a dream that they were gonna make an Uglies movie…… and now i see that they actually ARE….. but thats SO awesome!!!!!
1. Too be honest, no. I never had a friend like that but, when I read Uglies, I felt Tally’s pain. No body wants to be abandon, especially by their best friend.
2. At first yeah mainly because I wanted to see what the problem would be after Tally got the operation. I changed my mind after I learned about the lesions(which I kinda predicted). Giving up the ability to think for fame, beauty, and fortune. It’s not worth it. Though, i was kinda upset that she went along with operation but, she did do it for Maddy, David, and the rest of the Smoke.
3. Never.
4. Well, I guessed it kinda prepared physically(since she was cutting down trees and doing hard labor) but, to be honest, it prepared more in the mental department. She was stuck in the city since she was a littlie(field trips to the Ruins not included). Now after 16 years, she finally sees that there is more to the world than hoverboards and operations. The world is a natural human being itself. Humans are not nice all the time and that describes the world. There are no holes in the walls that give you anything you want, you actually have to survive and find and make things on your own.
You are your giver and your reciever. You give yourself what need and you take it. That’s what tally started to learn during her time traveling to the smoke.
5. I love being happy, and being rich, beautiful, and healthy would be nice but, nothing is better than the ability to think-BY YOURSELF. I want to make my own decisions and learn from them. For Pretties it’s never deciding and elarning by yourself. Someone does it for you. I want to be an individual and think for myself and get in trouble from my own actions not, be one of the same.
6. He saw her inner beauty not her outer beauty and what she was capable of. David saw Tally Youngblood not Tally Youngblood of the lower class in the high technoloigcal city.
7. It’s ahrd to get into Shay’s mind most of time but, I believe no. Yeah Tally has done things to make SHay hate her but, we all know that Shay will always be Tally’s friend regardless.
They end up on different sides but, they still find way back to each other.
8. We have the ability to think for ourselves and be indidvuals. Though, the pretty Society is alot more healthier and smarter than ours. They have massive supplies of food and medical equipment and their government system was way more thought out and exceuted.
9. At the very beginning, Tally decided her own fate. her choice of becoming pretty for the experiment started her story. Though Shay forced her to become Special, all tally’s choices led up to that.
Before I leave, I read the Uglies guide and I knew you loved the manga NANA, Scott-sama! I lvoe the manga too, I’m a die ahrd fan. My favorite character is Ren.
o realy nan~la is now nana~sensieh? i missed alot since ive been gone but ok I will commenton scott facts more thnx for the update………:)…..!!!!!!!!!
im new but te uglie series is the best series ive ever read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im new but the uglie series is the best series ive ever read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No…I have true friends that would never abandon our friendship no matter what.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Actualy at first I did hope she would. Of course after finding out about the lessons I decided it would be better if she didnt.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Oh no, I have trust issues, it wouldnt matter to me what someone look’s like their is alwayse a hint of doubt in me.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
It weaned her off of the city. It made her more independent.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Oh no sir. Their would be no point if I wernt able to think enogh to apreciate it.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw her as beautiful while she saw herself as the ugliest being on Earth.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
At times I think she wanted to, but honistly I don’t think she would have changed a thing.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The lessons, def. Sure their society is healthier and safer with no wars and such, but you take away the lessons and their world is no difrent than ours except pretty.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think she decided about 99.9% of it. Even though she got tricked into most of it by Dr.Cable she still willingly chose to go to the smoke, turn them in, and become pretty. I think the only thing she didnt chose was becoming special.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Ummmm, actually I don’t drive. I have no use for it. I would not have any trouble surviving with out oil and gas. If it would save the world to not have any cars and such things that ran on oil and gas I would walk away from it would hesitation.
1. Um…well actully I have done that a bunch of time. My family moves around a lot so I often just abandon my friends from that city.I never get close enough to someone to stay friends after I move.
2.Well yah sure i did but after she meet David I didnt want her to get the operation.I get way she got the operation in the end though.I would do the samething cause its the right thing to do.
3.Um…no, people who are really pretty or good looking are normally real snobs.You have to earn trust you dont just get it cause of some stupid reason.
4.It didnt really prepare her at all. I mean all the trip did was show her the real world. Which is a pretty cruel place. It also showed her how much she took for granted.And she had to learn to take care of her self.But thats it the trip she took with david later in the book showed her more.
5.No,cause if you take away someones ablity to think for themselfs you take away part of them.I wouldn’t mind being beautiful but not the way they do it.You become a different person your not you anymore your someone else. And I like the way I think and the way I am.
6. tally was brought up to think she was ugly she was told so her whole life.david grew up knowing beauty wasnt skin deep.
7.I think at times she would but not really cause she knows if she never meet tally the mind rain would have never happen.And besides shay and tally are BFF and shay loves tally no matter what they went throw a lot together.
8.the pretty society and are society are both terrible.Today we kill people cause we dont think they have the right leader or cause their gov. is different than ares.And I wouldnt be suprised if we almost destory the world.When the pretties tried to change the world they took it to far. They took are right to think on are know with out telling us.They made the world save but at what extent for us to be stupid bubble-heads no.
9.tally always had a choice except when she became special shay forced her to do that. But she chose to betray the smoke, she chose to be pretty, she chose to be cure, she chose to be with zane,she chose to stay special, and to runaway with david.she was in control almost the whole time.
10.I dont depend on it at all i wouldnt care if it disappear tomorrow.It would be best if it did cause then we would stop poluting are planet.
hope you like my answer I answered them truthfully.As you can see I have strong opinons but I always stand by what i say….peace out!!! :p
Hmm why not.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No, but I have had friends who abandoned me after I came out pansexual.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
No, I didn’t. I already decided on the idea being totally superficial and leading to unhappiness. Being perfect looking can only lead to problems.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Never ever trusting someone more. But I do sometimes pay more attention to what a pretty girl or guy is saying so that maybe they’ll want to be my friend. It usually results in a very lifeless conversation though.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
It toughened her up.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Could I be like David’s parents and still have my mind, but be happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy and rich? That would rock. If not though, I’d keep my independent brain.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David thought she was beautiful.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Nah. I think she survives off of Tally, in a way. She helps the adventure keep going, which is what Shay wants. Adventure.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
We don’t have such a gorgeous life style. We don’t have parties with jackets to jump off the roof, and the pleasure of living lazily. We have jobs, school, etc. We can’t just drink our hearts out then bloody mary the hangover the next day. Well maybe some people can, but not the majority of society.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
She chose her own fate the day she spoke to Shay.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
It’ll be a little hectic at first, but with science these days I think a solution will be thought up very quickly.
OMG!!! i hope he writes a 5th book soooo bad!! i have bogus to bubbly and im gettin the whole series for Christmas (i peeked in da amazon box, hehehehehe) i L-U-V this series soooo much!! he NEEDS to write a fifth book!!!!!!! I LUV ALL THE CHARACTER AND ALL THE BOOKS!! ^-^ but i think the first book was da best and tha most happy-making!
ATTENTION!!! IMPORTANT!!
the code for the -wa and -la thing is if the name has an “L” in it, u add a wa if it dosen’t u add a la.
examples:
samantha-la
david-la
shay-la
tally-wa
alex-wa
lizzy-wa
1. No, never and I hope not to
2. I never hoped for Tally to get the operation. I just hoped for her to keep her dream to stay ugly. I was so mad after reading the Pretties! I just couldn’t believe the Special Circumstances came and destroyed the Smoke! Tally should have given the pendant to a bird or something, or leave it in the white weeds field!
It’s really hard to answer the questions so I’m just going to keep going later!
oh, Scott-la, Scott-la, Scott-la. Your questions are very bubbly and happy-making.
1. Sort of. I had a friend who just decided one day that she wanted to be totally bubbly and abandoned me to hand out with the populars. I haven’t spoken to her since. It’s totally bogus.
2. I didn’t want her to get the operation. I had some feeling that something had to make the Pretties so happy all the time. Besides, it was annoying that before defying the government she was always putting herself down.
3. No. Never. Nada. Zilch. I’ve never chosen anyone over looks. But…having a boyfriend who’s very *Cough* Attractive *cough* would be like extra credit.
4. Tally had to learn to survive on her own. XD. Unhappy-makinglly, that’s all I’ve got.
5. No. It horrifies me to think that when Tally became pretty the ugly Tally just sort of evaporated. It’s kind of like thinking about life after death. Like, if there is reincarnation…does the current you just disappear?
6. David saw Tally as pretty in the old sense. When he looked at her, he didn’t see the squinting eyes and the eyes too close together. He saw pure and utter beauty.
7. No. I think that even though Shay hates Tally for taking away David, she treasures her as an amazing friend. Most likely, she knows that without Tally, there would have been no Diego…or downfall of the Pretties.
8. There are healthier things about the pretty society such as no smoking or anorexia.
9. Tally pretty much chose her own fate until she met Shay, which is when everything was turned upside down. when she decided to become a pretty to test the pills, she chose that…and than she was forced to become a special.
10. If oil disappeared in a day? the world would be in downfall.
i hav a couple of questions about the plot of the uglies trilogy,
1) what item do u think would represent the plot of pretties?
2) what item would best represent the conflict inn Pretties?
I cant wait to read specails and Extras!!!!!!! u really should do another series like this, except maybe it would something lik Tally’s daughter or son or something like that! just a thought! but i luv the Uglies books! ur like a GENIUS!!! ily!
I have a question…
I’m reading Extras now, I’d like to know why exactly are they always changing their language to Japanese if everyone else can understand them? I mean, at first I thought it was just to keep their conversaions private, but now that I see that most people have it… it makes me wonder about why they do it. And just a little question for Scott… if he actually reads this… how did you come up with the idea of the aliens???
Byee<33
does anyone if they’re making an uglies movie… and if so, when and where can i find a trailer because i just spent about a nice hour searching for sites with the trailer on it… but they’re only teasers.so please help:)
byee
They are making an Uglies movie (If you search ‘Uglies Movie’ on this site something should come up) but there isn’t a trailer up yet and on IMBD it doesn’t say much.
i know, isn’t that completelt bubbly!!!!!
thank a lot you guys… i appreciate it a bunch!
but one more question…:P
where do i search ‘Uglies Move’?
Hey Scott. Well I was wondering, while you were doing your Uglies series, have you ever considered that maybe the world Tally lived in is way better than this world. I mean not turning pretty and all that stuff when you’re sixteen, but I mean getting everything you want. So if you get everything that you want in that world, wouldn’t it be peaceful? Not like the world we live in today, where there’s always violence and chaos everywhere. I think it would be nice to live in a world like Tally’s, where we could live in peace, and not have to worry about the world because we know that the world is fine. did you ever think that you wanted a world like that, that’s why you created the Uglies series. Well I’m not saying that you did, but it’s an observation that I noticed while doing a lot of research on war breakouts.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? Yes in kindergarton every1 knew that we were bffs so they all asked me if i knew where she went
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) at first i did then when i found out about the leisons i didnt want her 2
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?well not 4 looks but cuz it was the closest person that lived by me after i moved
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? that sometimes u just have 2 do some things even if its cutting down trees
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? no u can just work harder 4 staying healthy and u b pretty from natural beauty
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
he saw her as pretty and she thought of her self as wat she was told in her town
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? maybe sometimes and at times not
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
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9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? she decied that she wanted the operation s she went
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? i rely on oil and gas a lot i wouldnt b able 2 go 2 dance or skool
well now im done with this Anne-la out! c ya later
Dear gappei-chan,
while i was reading your comment, i realized that i was thinking the exact same thing a couple of days ago… irony:P
haha
but i COMPLETELY agree with you… and i really do wonder if Scott EVER checks these things, it’d be cool if he does check this stuff, so he see what his bestestestest fans think of his books. if i was him id TOTALLY check this stuff like EVERY hour, but i understand hes a lil busy now… u noe, writting his new series. anyhowzzzzz…
Toodles<33
~Beccu-wa Luvs Frizz:)
(New name lolz) I would like it so much if you would write another midnighters book scott. The trilogy was so amazing. Even I, the fantasy freak of my friends group, couldn’t think of a “secret hour” or “midnighters” and “darklings,halflings, and slithers” so cool. Puhleaze. think about it?
Dear Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:),
Yeah! I see what you mean! It’s so awesome! That’s a first for me, to know that someone is thinking the same thing as me. How awesome! But yeah, Scott is a busy man, as fans of his stories, we should also respect his personal life as well. It’d be really nice if he replied to my comment. *sighs* If only that’d happen. heh.
By the way if anyone would like to talk to me abot the books or anything else chat me up at myspace
flacka94@yahoo.com
sonya-empa haha love the new name u should talk to me about the books and we should make our own story’s on myspace
Dear gappei-chan,
that is sooo totally awesome:P
but its nt the first time for me:)
i agree what you’re saying about scott, and i also COMPLETELY wish hed check this stuff… that’d be totally awesome… i don’t understand why people call me a nerd because i read a lot, just because uglies is KINDAA big a book, it doesn’t mean im a nerd…
anyhowzzzz….
byee<33
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Ashley-wa
Sorry my computer has been down but yes I think that Sarah Palin is a great govenor
Dear Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Wow! That’s really great that you have people who understands your thoughts, too bad, everyone thinks I’m weird whenever I tell them my thoughts. Aww, well a lot of friends we all read thick books. Actually, almost everyone in the school reads like thick books. My school is composed of people who loves a good book. Everyone really respects me, and so they just ask me what the book is about because they know that I select really good books to read. hehehe…still, if only Scott Westerfeld would only check these things out once in a while, or at least let us know that he replies to certain people, then we’d know that he’s reading, then we’d always be hoping. That’d be best!
I just realized, I want to answer these questions too.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No, we’re really great friends. After she moved away, we keep in contact by emailing each other. And when her internet is down, for a while we would mail each other the old fashioned way.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I have always wanted Tally to recieve the operation. When the book introduced Shay, she ruined the perfection of the world Tally lived in. She could have been a pretty. I never changed my mind about it at all. The only thing was that, I wanted Tally to see the beauty of the Rusties, or us. I just wanted Tally to see that, but I really want her to have the operation, even though they mentioned all the facts about how the operation can mess up your brain, I don’t care at all, as long as the world they live in is in peace.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Nope. That has never happened to me. It takes a long time for me to be able to trust someone. But I don’t listen to them when they’re more attractive, I’m just going to be in awe of how they’re so flawless and beautiful. If I find their personality something I would hate, I would definitely get annoyed by that, I would forget to listen to them.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
While Tally was trying to survive on as little food as possible, and when she dipped herself in river water she knew wasn’t clean. She got used to it by the time she reached the Smoke. She would even dare to sleep without a sleeping bag, which is worser than coming to the Smoke and having a room to sleep in. Tally’s brave acts gave her the courage to do really gutsy, Rusty-like activities when she reached the Smoke.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Yes, for the sake of the world, and partially for being able to do things that you wanted to do. Because even if you were able to think independently and went to live in the Smoke, you were limited to some things.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David see Tally as a girl who has a strong background of danger. Someone who knows what she wants to do. All Tally’s life, she has no plan as to what she wants to do in the future. She is raised in an environment where perfection is beauty, where perfection is also the best.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, she wouldn’t, because she met someone she could finally trust after months of being lonely. She has someone to share secrets with. I think all teens want that, someone to share secrets with, someone to share goals with, even though they resembled the total opposite of each other, they were attracted to each other because of their courage, like how David was attracted to Tally because of her courage, more courageous than that of Shay.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The pretty society and our own are both more different than alike. The pretty society is very peaceful and have no conflicts what-so-ever no matter how bad their independent opinions were affected. Everyone in the pretty society thinks alike, so then no one wants to start problems, because everyone is the same. In our society, there are so many different opinions, that make our society better than the pretty society, but these different opinions sometimes may not be forgiven, and can cause major wars to burst out. One thing is that, the pretty society and ours still use the same types of technology, like skateboards and cars, parachutes, bunjees. except they’re just upgraded.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally decided her fate the whole entire time. Everyone just told her what to do, and she had the choice to do it or not. She made the choice herself. No one just grabbed her and dragged her along. She decided to go into Prettyville, decided to become friends with Shay, decided to accept the task to go find the Smokes. Only part-way there, did she realized what she really should have done. She can’t blame no one else but herself.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
My lifestyle depends on oil and gasoline everyday. I always get a ride to and from school. But I am healthy enough to last long minutes just running non-stop, so then I believe that even when their is no gasoline or oil one day, I can live with out it. Our ancestors survived it, we just have to, like Darwin says, “Survival of the Fittest” If we can adapt to changes easily, and are healthy, then we can obviously survive without gasoline or oil.
Dear gappei-chan.
theres only one person who actually UNDERSTANDS my thoughts… well a couple… but only one that can REALLY finish my sentences. she’s my twin sister (i know what you’re thinking… twin… 2 sick! but it’s not THAT great because people say OMG! its the twins!) anywayz… my school is full of idiots, but i don’t care because compared to them, I have an i.q. of a bajillion!!!!!!!!!!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
P.S. scott, if you read this… please answer my questions:)
THNXX A BUNCH!!!
Dear Buccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Wow! That’s so awesome! You have a twin? Aww…lucky you! You will never feel lonely then! It’s rare to see twins from where I live. But everyone here gets along really well! Haha!! Yeah I guess you’re right, if people don’t read they don’t have such a high IQ!
Doesn’t anyone else feel the leats bit sorry for Shay-la? More importantly was anyone else mad about Zane-la dying and then Tally turning around and going with David-la right away?
Plus with the whole movie deal thing, i mean seriously aren’t people just going to ruin it!!! I mean ya it would be the best movie in the history of all movies but they might leave things out or change something. Which in the ende only we would care about. Remember everyone the world needs to be well edited.
1. Yes truthfully many times because they moved a little too far away.
2. I never wanted Tally to get the operation because of the whole Shay thing. I mean really it was her fault that Az died. She betrayed them all to become pretty and then changed her mind and killed Az. Then she can be pretty? Ya right, KEEP HER UGLY!!!!
3. Ew no. It is pointless to go off looks. That’s why i live off “never judge a book by its cover” and that’s alwso why i do not believe in love at first sight.
4. She learned how dangerous life really is and how easy it is to be blind to true beauty
5. No because then once that happens you would be like everybody else, boring and stupid.
6. David as taught to see inner beauty while Tally was taught to see no beauty until cut open and changed by surgeons.
7. No she wouldn’t have because they depend on eachother. They help eachother see in the dark with eachothers mistakes.
8. We all live in very different worlds, we can usually see inner beauty whil they cannot. But they are safer because of the whole no dissagreement thingy.
9. She always had a choice in her life. She could have decided to ditch Shay or tell people about her tracker. Tally always had a choice in lif but instead of facing the problem she just simply ran from it.
10. Well we are all dependant on things in our lives. For Scott-la’s trilogy it was all about having other people make your decisions and about relying on the higher power. For us it is money and oil that will destroy us. Just like in Uglies it was the government’s power and not making your own decisions.
u all really need icy clarity becuz none of u see the danger u r causing and the agony u should feel.
Dear gappei-chan,
You’re right… I’m NEVER lonely:)
A twin is the best friend you can have (I know what you’re thinking… what a cheesy person… well I get it from my mom:P) and what exactly do you mean when you said ‘It’s rare to see twins where I live’? Because I like in Montreal… and at my school, there’s like 6 or 7 pairs of twins, but I only know 3 other ones at my school:P You wanna know something retarded about St-Leonard… all the guys (not men) are sexist and they all think they’re SOOOOO much better than girls… well let me tell you guys something… YOU AREN’T!!!!! Get that through your head!!!!
Byee<33
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
hey um Beccu-wa who is Frizz-la?
Ice-la, Frizz is a character in Extras.
what does the -wa and the -la mean after the names? dont make fun of me lol
It’s just like a friendly thing that they used. If you don’t have any Ls in your name you use La, and if you do then you use Wa. I just choose not to use it cuz I have two names in mine…
Dear Ice-la,
like Tally&Zane said, he’s a character in Extras… to be more specific… a boy who has a crush on Aya<3
teehee
ciaoo!!!!!
`Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Dear Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Wow! Actually I don’t think that it’s cheesy at all! I totally agree with it! It is like the best friend! I have an aunt the same age as me, and people tell us we look alike, so we’re like really close to each other, like twins, cause we think alike, but we have totally different point of views. Wow! That’s like a lot of twins!!! And I really mean it! Here in Fresno, it’s like there’s hardly any twins at all! Hm…well boys at my school are not like that at all! They’re really nice, and they don’t underestimate us girls at all! They take us on! I guess because at my school us girls are really expressive about ourselves and our opinions. We show our power. And boys would respect us. Wow! We live in like such a different world from each other! How amazing!
o ok. wow it has been way to long since i’ve read extras. i totally forgot about Frizz-la. thanx
i am out of books to read because i cant find anything good. got any ideas?
Ooh, try The Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz or The DeVouring by Simon Holt.
wut r they about?
The Alex Rider series is about a British teen spy. It’s cooler than it sounds, lots of emotional turmoil and detail entwined throughout it. And The DeVouring is about spirits called Vours taking over children’s bodies on Sorry Night. They’re both really awesome.
Dear Tally&Zane
sounds cool!!!
ya i was so bored i even read the twilight series.
so have you read all of the Scott Westerfeld books?
~Ice-la~
HaHa, wow.
Yep, I’ve read em all. Have you?
1. Yes she moved a little over a year ago and now she completely ignores me and all of her old friends.
2. No honestly I didn’t like the sound of the operation to begin with. Being differeny is good.
3. Yes, there was this cute guy at this camp and he ended up ditching me for my friend.
4. She learned how to fend for herself and what it was like to not have all of her normal technology.
5. No I love having control over my brain and though I wouldn’t mind being rich I like my mind just the way it is.
6. She saw her flaws as making her “ugly” to David her flaws made her perfect.
7. Maybe. I think she might have after the first of all the drama when she was just a cutter and not a special but after they became specials no I don’t think she would.
8. They let teens have raves and drink and their technology is so muh more far advanced than ours. I mean pills that instantly cure hangovers…wow. And the other question they don’t get sick, basically they can’t get sick unless they are like Tally-wa and Zane-la and refuse to eat and take the wrong un-pretty pill.
9.She made the decision to run away, She made the decision to try to stay in the smoke, she decided to stay a special for Cable, she decided to help Aya but most of her decisions were made based on other peoples decisions. And on the other hand Shay-la and Dr. C did make a few decisions for her.
10.My mom has to drive about 20 min just to get me to school and her to work and my stepdad 30 min in the opposite direction. And our main source of heat is a gas heater. It would be very difficult on us no way to get around, hardly any heat, no generators for storms….yeah much much different.
Dear gappei-chan,
Wow! That’s like WAY 2 SICK! having an aunt the same age as you and you LOOK ALIKE TOO! It’s like you were separated at birth:P
hahaha
There must have been something in the water in 96 cuz were a whole lot of twins at my high school.
Wow! Guys that APPRECIATE girls… almost NEVER heard of thet before!
I wish I could live in Fresno… speaking of Fresno… where exactly… uhh… IS it?
heehee
I’m good in geography… but it’s my first year LEARNING geography becuz our elementary schools SUCK!
But yeah…
Toodles!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
P.S. Merry Christmas Eve gappei-chan and everyone else
Ciaooo!
I know where Fresno is! If it’s the same Fresno….hm, is there more than one Fresno?
ya i hav except for the so yesterday thing
I didnt think it looked that good
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yay, god bless everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope all of you Uglies, Pretties, Special, and Extras
fans have a good holiday and a happy New YEAR!!!
Oh no, So Yesterday’s awesome! Happy Christmas Eve everyone.
Thanks peeps!
hehe
have fun this holiday!!!
ciaooooz!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
i am only answering the second part but still
8. mainly the anti-war and how eco friendly they are i think even the pretty operation is not tht bad no more racism even to the extent that they change your brain is not that shocking
Man, I love the Uglies series Scott! ‘s great!!! Merry Christmas to All and A Happy New Year!
Well First of all i want to know if anyone..knows about the ugiles trilogy..are they going to make a movie or not..are the eragon people going to be in there…if anyone has any sort of information email me:
Isabel_espino05t9@hotmail.com
lydia_espino25@yahoo.com
http://www.youtube.com/lydiaespino12 (youtube channel..duh)
..i know your probaly thinking why dont i just look at the blog for the movie..and check for information..but i went over there blog several of times and im not sure i get it yet…i think im stupid..oh well..but yea..plz tell me something..i need to know i love this series so much..scott westerfeld is amazing..i hope my library has for books from him..but all ive seen is the uglies trilogy..well Erm MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! =)
Dear Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Well I guess it’s different in different cities. Fresno’s in Cali. So most guys treat girls with respect. It would be come as a surprise when guys treat girls really meanly, cause we’re not in the old age anymore. We don’t flirt meanly with the ones that we like, we actually just openly flirt, and we know we do it, it’s just that mostly everyone here has a respect for everyone. Well from my point of view it’s like that, maybe not in others, but if you were to do a quick survey in Fresno, most people would respect others. Hmm…that’s sad, but it’s good thing that you’re standing up for what you really think. Oh, by the way, Merry Christmas! Hope you have a wonder Christmas with your families and friends!
Ooh, I knew it! I’ve been to Fresno. HeHe, to go to the Chaffee Zoo when I was younger…lol. Hm. Where I live, it really depends. Some guys are just plain a holes and others are really sweet. It’s Christmas so I gotta go, happy holidays peeps.
Dear gappei-chan,
Wow. I’d SERIOUSLY love to live in California. A friend of my mom’s lives there. She wants us to come visit because she says that there’s a lot of cute surfer guys there. What I’d do to live in Cali. First reason… NO SNOW!!! woohoo! Here in Montreal, we get SOOOOO much snow. It’s really rotten. But I think it won’t be a Christmas in Montreal without snow. Second reason… HOT GUYS!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!(even more) and that’s about it. I can’t wait to have the opertunity to go to California. I’ve been dying to go ever since my mom’s friend told us that there were cute guys… hmmmmmm… well im gonna go in a daze now. Talk 2 u soon.
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
P.S. I love having friends in different parts of the world… do you have MSN???
Ciaooo
And Merry Christmas to you too.
Dear gappei-chan,
Wow. I’d SERIOUSLY love to live in California. A friend of my mom’s lives there. She wants us to come visit because she says that there’s a lot of cute surfer guys there. What I’d do to live in Cali. First reason… NO SNOW!!! woohoo! Here in Montreal, we get SOOOOO much snow. It’s really rotten. But I think it won’t be a Christmas in Montreal without snow. Second reason… HOT GUYS!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!(even more) and that’s about it. I can’t wait to have the opertunity to go to California. I’ve been dying to go ever since my mom’s friend told us that there were cute guys… hmmmmmm… well im gonna go in a daze now. Talk 2 u soon.
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
P.S. I love having friends in different parts of the world… do you have MSN???
Ciaooo
And Merry Christmas to you too.
BTW… to Tally&Zane, Montreal can have some really nice guys… but most are fagettes:P
HaHaHa, it does snow in California but in the mountains. And YES, there are tons of cute guys. When I went to New York this summer I had to go to the Sacramento Airport and jeezum, I thought I was going to get whiplash looking at all of them! Rofl, jkjk. But yeah. Surfer guys aren’t the only cute ones though, there’s Skaters and Musicians too, but the Scene guys are like almost always the hottest. But I really hate stereotyping peoples, soooo…
haha
well im talking about snowing over the whole city:P and i know that there ARE tons of cute guys… but not here in Mtl:( and yes, i have MAJOR cruhes on singers and i can’t say that scaters are hot, but SOME could be MAJORLY hot. Tally&Zane, you remind me of one of my friends, she LOVES soooo amny guys it’s not even funny, but shes chill, so its fine:P are you calling me stereotypical, because if you are, I’d TOTALLY agree with, I don’t think I chose the right words to that sentense over there:P anyhowzzzz….
Ciaooooz!!!!!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Oh no! I was calling myself stereotypical talking about guys like that! Ha, yeah…Guys make the world go round. Jkjk. I only like one guy…but I mean, others are totally fun to look at…Haha…
haha
COMPLETELY agree:P
but i think i was being stereotypical too… or s it just me?… bop:)
well i like this one guy, and nother guy mayb, i dnt noe about the second guy because ive known him since i was five, and the 1st guy i mentioned is really sweet, but hes changed since last year… and not for the better… i had a bit of a crush on him last year too, and i danced with him at grad… and i mean like he’s holding my waist slowdancing… gosh it was like heaven on earth:P but this year, it’s just awkward between us. do u have MSN… yeah, kindaa sudden, but i like friends from different parts of the world… as i said earlier today, and i’d like to talk to people who acually have an INTEREST in reading… BESIDES my sister. Like a person that enjoys scotts work.
Anwayz…
I gotta leave for a Christmas party at my grandma’s house soon… so ciaoz 4 nowz! (i know… INCERDIBLY cheesy:P)
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
OMG i luv uglies, pritties, specials, and extrays. I was so happy i finally got bogus to bubbly for christmas. haha I’ve been wanting it since it came out.
Aw, that doesn’t sound good that he’s changed…Sometimes people are that way I guess…I don’t know…:) Um, no I don’t have MSN. Sorry! But yeah, more people should like reading! I mean it’s like they’re crazy…I’ve read more books in a year than some of my friends have read in their lives. Quite sad, they don’t know what they’re missing out on.
Dear Tally&Zane,
Yeah, it really is sad when a person that has benn there for you through thick and thin because he’s been through it too, just… changes into someone he’s REALLY not. Well it sucks that you don’t have MSN, oh well… just tell me whenever you do:P More people really SHOULD start reading more. Whenever I have a big book like Uglies (not that big, I know… but to some people, it’s like I’ll finish that within a year! I PROMISE!) and they see me with it and say… ‘OMG! That’s a HUGE book!!!!!! Which is seriously annoying because whenever hear it, it’s like oh cmon!, I’ve read soooooo much bigger!!!! but yeah. And that other guy i think i like… well, I’m not sure what to do because my mom doesn’t want me dating, and his mom doesn’t want him dating… and our moms are best friends, and were best friends… I think I’ll keep it to friends, not boyfriend. Anywayz, gotta go read in bed now!!!!
Ciaoo!!!!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
P.S. Yes, I KNOW it’s 12:15 in the morning… so wtvv…
byee!!!!<33
Hmmmm….Yeah, okay I’ll let you know if I ever get one. HaHa, yeah. I get that a lot…from teachers too. And I read each of the books in The Uglies series in one day, and like the next day people are like What? That book too hard for you or something? And I’m all Heck no! It was awesome, I finished. And then I get into the whole YES, I finished that book. YES, I’ve read books bigger than that in one day. YES, I do actually enjoy reading, immensely so. YES, immensely means a lot…blahblahblah. People are used to it though by now I guess….hahaha. Hm, I have to say that a lot of times friends last long than boyfriends. A LOT of times. I guess you could wait though till you’re older, but stay friends. It’ll be good to have somebody there for you! When do your parents think “dating” is acceptable??? Mine want me to wait till I’m 16, but that’s not gonna be a problem anyway…lol. And my brother says that he’ll just have to “Deal with it himself” when that happens. Which worries me, so I have a feeling it’d be best if he didn’t find out….Rofl.
haha
really? from TEACHERS?! random:P well some people think that saying that you can’t finish the book because they know that they can’t so they wanna make themselves feel more useful:P haha. i love using big words wen ppl can’t understand, it’s really fun. teehee:)yeah, i dunno, my mom said wen ure old enough… so that can b WENEVER!!!:P anywayz… im tired so im gonna go 2 bed now
byee
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
wait Tally&Zane hav u read bogus to bubbly?
like seriously, this series should be turned into movies.
the book is so amazing i can see it.
i didn’t feel like answering those questions.
i just wanted to definitely say how they should be movies.
🙂
Dear EmmeeRawrr,
Uglies IS becoming a movie… but I checked… they haven’t started yet, so they have no trailer. I think they’re just doing some audtitions now (don’t know where, but I’d go if I could, although I cant act, so I’d just go watch the people:P) and I checked on this website when it’s coming out and it said 2011. So I wouldn’t get too excited YET:P
Here’s the site for the movie: http://www.themovieinsider.com/m3666/uglies/
the regular site is themovieinsider.com
so you can check for other movies
babyee<33
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Ice-la, yeah I read it. I don’t actually own it yet, seeing as I blew all my money on other things, hehe…. But I read it cover to cover in Borders.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
ya (sadly) but she moved back and became good friends again. and i have to say i’ve been that person 2. i had this like best best best friend forever. but then i moved to a totally different country and its really hard to contact her and she’s always busy like me. so but we still talk sometimes when we have time (with e-mail and stuff) and i visited her 2 years ago. she was like really different(and i know i was too) but i know she’s still a really good friend.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
mmmmmmmmmmm…………… im not sure.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
……ya (sometimes).(this guy)at first it was because of how cute he was. i had a crush on him and i still do. but anyways. my teacher put us in new seats and he wound up sitting next to me. i was like going crazy inside lol. well we started talking and he was really nice and all that. i guess we were kinda friends. i wasn’t sure. i never had the nerves to like ask him. we helped each other with stuff and he liked making jokes to make me laugh. (he’s like super funny) (and cute 🙂 ) (im sry if u thinks its stupid writing this and its boring) everytime he talks, i would just like hear his voice and couldn’t hear anything else. lol. and i kinda trusted him after i got to know him better. so ya. but sometimes i usually won’t do that.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
i don’t think i would. i mean i’d rather be able to think than be all like popular, pretty, and stupid. some girls at my school r exactly like that and i hate them. so i wouldn’t want be like them.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
he saw her for who she is, which is really sweet bcause a lot of guys don’t do that anymore these days. they just care about what the girls look like, r they popular and stuff like that. and he thinks she’s really brave to go all the way to the Smoke alone and she’s like the only that really gets like what his parents r talking about. and like he saw through what she looked like and loved her no matter what. even after she told him she had betrayed them, she was the reason that his dad got killed, and she screamed to him saying get ur ugly face out of here. he never gave up on her just because she looked different.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
mmmmmm……….i don’t think she would. since a lot of things wouldn’t have happened if they hadn’t met each other or become friends.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
…………….well i guess they have some high tech things that we don’t have. and 1 thing that their society is healthier than ours is like they didn’t like really drived so they didn’t waste a lot of gas or fuel. and another is all of them never would really get mad at another pretty so there wouldn’t be lots of fights like there is these days.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
tally didn’t really get to decide much of her own fate. peris became a pretty and left her alone. she sneaked out to see peris and ended up being shay’s friend. and shay and dr.cable kinda decided a lot of tally’s fate.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
i really would like to walk to school or bike there. except i live a bit 1 far from it. so everyday my mom would have to pick me up and it waste gasoline or fuel. well i think it would be pretty hard for lots of ppl to survive if 1 day gasoline, oil, fuel just disappeared. we all depended on those things to get us to places and if they disappear, then our life will be pretty hard.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
I’ve had many friends move away, but none of them have abandoned me.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
All through the book Uglies I wanted her to get the operation. I disliked David and Shay (Shay especially; her attitude and mood swings irked me) and I knew that somehow Tally would lead the Specials there.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Although everyone stereotypes, people have to earn my trust. I don’t care if they’re as gorgeous as a super-model or as ugly as an old bristle broom; I won’t just trust anyone who doesn’t earn it from me. In some ways, though, we all tend to be more trusting of those who LOOK like they’re better off to trust.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Mainly, it was just getting used to not being around the luxuries she had in Uglyville. She couldn’t just get something warm to wear or something comfortable to sleep on from a wall anymore. No one was there to give her everything she wanted; she had to work for it.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I asked myself this reading. I believe that I’d like being able to think independently for myself, but as a Pretty, I wouldn’t be like Tally, questioning things. I’d be like the others by going with the flow, happy and unaware. So, both appeal to me, and choosing one is hard.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David didn’t care about her imperfections, like she did. I didn’t like David much, so it’s hard for me to say. I’m a Zane nut.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I’d like to think so. But, Shay seemed to have constant dramatic mood swings, so who knows.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
There are millions of differences. The main ones are that no
one’s going to go and break the law, murder another person, die rapidly of unnatural causes…and all of the differences are much healthier than our current society.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
She really had a mind of her own at first. She didn’t let Shay push her into going to the Smoke, she was GOING to be pretty. But, Dr. Cable got in the way, and Tally went. In Pretties, I think that Zane didn’t decide for her as much as encourage her to do what he knew she’d like better. Specials? I don’t thinks she knew anymore.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I don’t think I could answer unless it really happened. 🙂
Dear Everyone,
I wanna know where I could buy Uglies merch WITHOUT ordering from here. Because it’d be WAYYY 2 expensive cause of the shipping and handling blah, blah, blah… so that’s all I wanted to know.
Thanxx…
~Beccu-wa bluvs Frizz:)
Hm…I don’t know. I’ve been wondering the same thing.
haha
telepathetic!!!!
(I know its telepathy, but i say telepathetic because it’s more that pathetic, it’s TELEpathetic!) woohoo, I’m not strange at all:)
anywayz… anyone else… can you help me because I’m SOOOO totally stumped:(
byee<333
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Dear Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Yeah there’s hardly any snow here in Fresno. It only snowed once, when I was 6, which was like 9 or 10 years ago, but it wasn’t heavy snow. It lasted only over night and then in the morning it was all gone, just icicles left. Wow! I guess there really are hot surfers! I haven’t been to the coast, because Fresno is in the Central Valley, the middle city of the state. My family hardly travels anywhere, except to the mountains and that’s it. hehe…yeah i’m sure you’ll never get out of that daze…maybe you will if you’re lucky…hahaha!
Gappei-chan, you should so go to the coast! It’s amazing!
i have been 2 the east coast b4, but the closest i have been 2 the west coast i Chicago. i want 2 go 2 California 1day& c the Pacific ocean.(ocean water does not taste good on the east side, i m not sure about the west, but i m guessing it is the same)=D
*shakes head really fast* Nonono, it’s nastyyyyyyyy. But that’s just cuz it’s salt water! Water tastes different by the beach too. It’s funny tasting.
o wow my comment was long. sry didn’t mean for that to happen again. haha.
Dear gappei-chan,
Wow. We’ll you’re still lucky to live in Fresno. Here in Mtl, we had A LOT of snow. Then a couple of days ago we had A LOT of rain. And now guess what…
ITS AN OUTDOOR SKATING ARENA!
I went with my dad to go pick up some groceries and I can’t tell you how many times I PRACTICALLY FELL!
Although it was funny, it got annoying.
Anywayzzzz…..
Ciaoooo:)
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
These are my answers to the questions:
1. Well, I did have a friend that abandoned my friendship, not necessarily after she moved…actually I don’t know if she moved or not…
2. At first I did hope that Tally would get the operation because she wanted to turn so much, I changed my mind when I learned about the lesions (just like Tally).
3. No. Never. I have never payed more attention just because of their looks. I listen to people because they deserve it.
4. Tally’s trip prepared her for what she learned in the Smoke because she had to experience the wild and how to live without a pampered, perfect life. She was prepared to change her mind on becoming pretty by then because she went through everything that prepared her, so if she changed her mind, she’d be ready to live in the wild.
5. Okay first things first a lot of people tell me that I am drop down gorgeous, I am also very happy, I have a very strong immune system and barley ever get sick, I am already rich and I think very independantly.
6. David saw Tally differently then she saw herself because he saw so many uglies around him, he saw Tally as a beautiful ugly, also he thought she had a beautiful responsibility.
7. I don’t think Shay would go back in time and never meet Tally. She wouldn’t medle with time machines.
8. One of them is the pretty operation, the specials operation, the lesions, how uglies are brainwashed into thinking their ugly when their just average people, all the surgery and how they are all controlled and that there is not that much crime, except for sometimes the Smokies.
9. I don’t think that she decided anything in her life except that she wanted to turn pretty, and that she changed her mind about giving the Smoke away.
10. It would be a bit of a shock if the oil disapperead one day but I could definatly survive and it would be much healthier for the environment.
Dear Tally&Zane,
I just wanted to ask you something. Remember when you told me you didn’t have an e-mail, well then how did you add a comment. Did you use a parents e-mail. But I’d COMPLETELY understand it if you didn’t want to give me you hotmail. Anyways…
Byee<33
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
No, I used my friend’s email! I use hers for everything on the computer, like here and deviantart and youtube. Don’t worry though, I have permission. My parents just don’t want me having an email, I guess they’re just paranoid…
This is for Scott-la
dear Scott-la i have a request can you on your blog put a picture of almost all the chracters in the uglies series I want to see how you think they should look
Marra-La
P.S.
also put a picture of a interface ring & a interface cuff because there is no pictures of them in bogus to bubbly (I just got it for Christmas and its so asome!!!!!!)
THESE MESAGES ARE VERY INPORTAT AND IF ANY ONE ELS SAYS THET SCOTT-LA SHOULD DO THAT SAY SO
MARRA-LA
Marra-la, if you want to request something to Scott it’d be better to Email him. I think there’s a contact thing somewhere…
Marra-la: i would love if Scott-la showed us what he thoughts on what the characters should look like!!! i second ur request!!=D
Marra-la I got it to and itotally agree with you. But i thought it did have one in it. Tally&Zane I tryed using the whole contacting thing and it didn’t work :-(…So wait will the movie come out in 2011?
I hope that there’s a movie. Where is the contact thing?
It’s on the home page. That sucks, I never tried using it. Oh well…
thanks tally&zane for the clear up 🙂
Is scott writing a book after extras?!
No problem! Erm, I’d have to say no he isn’t.
awwww, y isn’t he?
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERY1!!!!
Well the Uglies series was supposed to be a trilogy in the first place then he added Extras so I think that’s going to be it. Happy New Year!
that’s sooo sad.
I LUV tally she was like my fav. character
I’ve really enjoyed reading the uglies series and it has definitely added a new dimension to my contemplations on society’s woes. I was very ugly growing up (at least I thought I was and everyone else did too). People treated me horribly. If someone committed an offense of did something undesirable, everyone would look my way. I did have a cosmetic change of sorts and moved to another country. I was definitely treated differently. With my new (acceptable) looks, I was respected and liked. I actually had friends. It was great to no longer be avoided. I was also able to gain success in a career. I was always a nice and intelligent person. It is just that people couldn’t see past my face. Maybe if we all became ‘pretty’, without the brain alteration, we would have equality and be able to be successful because of our own gifts, abilities and hard work and not be discriminated against due to our look.
When I look around the town I currently live in and drive through the undesirable part of town, I often think, ‘why are these people so miserable? Why can’t they better themselves?’ There are many single mom’s in that area who keep spitting out more kids. They are so desperate for love that they allow themselves to be used and abused, often feeling worthless, resulting in the perpetuation of the problem through offspring to follow in their footsteps. If they were pretty, and made to feel valued, would they make different choices, value themselves, and get out of the gutter?
Then there is the question of crime and it would be wonderful if criminals could have their brains altered and become pretty, bubbly nice people. Instead of the electric chair, alter their brains so that they would no longer be menaces to society and would instead benefit society. They would probably be happier as in my opinion people who are criminally minded must be mentally ill. Shouldn’t they be cured?
Dear Buccu-wa luvz Frizz:)
Wow! That’s so cool! I haven’t been ice skating for the longest! I so wanna go ice skating! You know what’s really weird though, it’s really sunny here in Fresno. I don’t know why. It’s supposed to be in the middle of winter, but the trees are not naked, the grass are really green, and the sky is a pretty sky blue. Weird, huh?
Aww…i hope that you didn’t get hurt bad on your way to the grocery store. I wish it would snow in Fresno like it does there, but I don’t think it’s coming anytime soon.
To Tally&Zane, actually now that I think about it, I’ve been to the coast a couple months back. I totally forgot about it. But the sad thing is that, I didn’t see any surfers there. But the coast is awesome!!!
Dear Tally&Zane,
It’s alright. My mom was VERY paranoid when I first got it:P Just keep begging, or ask your dad.
haha:P
BTW… what’s deviantart. I don’t wanna sound like an idiot or anytthing, but what is it???
Dear gappei-chan,
When the snow comes, you’ll want it to go away so fast you’ll miss a beat. Hense, I WANNA LIVE IN CALIFORNIA!!!!!!
I didn’t get hurt, I was holding onto my dads car, so it was alright. Because he parked in na very icy spot (stupid him).
OH! and I forgot to mention this to gappei-chan, do you have an MSN because like I told Tally&Zane, I like having friends from around the world. So yeah. Thanks if you do have it, but it’s COMPLETELY ok if you don’t wanna give it to me:P
Toodles!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
hi
Ruth-la, it’s completely sickening how society is so shallow these days. It’s nearly unbelievable and insanely stupid. That’s just crazy how people can’t look further than skin deep. I’m glad you’re happy in your new country though.
Gappei-chan, that’s awesome! Ha, yeah…I haven’t been to the beach for a long time. Not since last new years when we went to Santa Cruz.
Buccu-wa, I’ll do that, maybe they’ll crack? lol. And DeviantArt is where artists and writers can upload their work and share it with others. It’s cool to get feedback and stuff and there’s lots of people from different countries. I have an account on there, it’s pretty cool. But I suggest putting the mature content filter on like I did, because….Some people’s ideas of art are a bit different from others, and lets just say it’s not something the parentals would probably like to see you looking at…rofl, but true.
Hi jessie-wa!
Why is our generation having to clean up after our parents mistakes? I really don’t find that fair. Plus the only true people to see real beauty is the ones who have read this book. So what happens when no one else but us cares? Will we hit our own bubblehead generation? As for the rusties well maybe we will become the idiotic people they described, I mean for all we know we already are them. What if there is a disease affecting our oil and our way of life. I have to say one thing good about Dr. Cabe. She may have been rude and did just about everything to destroy Tally’s life but she was right when she said that we’re a disease, but she was wrong when she said that specials are the cure because the real cure lies within us. We can all rewire ourseves just as Zane and David had told Tally to do. We can change the way we think to have it help the enviremen instead of harm it. Tally was right on the dot when she said that freedom has a wat of destrying things. The only thing is how much of this precious place will we destroy and how much time will we have until it back-fires and destroys us. Like the V8 can we will never really be perfect. Maybe if we edit enough then we can at least be safe. The world does need to be well edited but truthfully how many people would rather just destroy our world than only destroy the lies packed into it. Maybe that can is what is keeping us all in one piece.
Dear Tally&Zane,
Just remember to keep me posted when you DO get an e-mail. And I’m not all that into arts and stuff like that, more reading than anything, so I probably won’t think twice about getting an account on the site:P
Toodles
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
okay. first i need to figure this out. will there be auditions for the movie if you decided to come out with one? cause i’ve followed tally and her friends through their journeys, and i’ve gotten so involved and imagined everything so perfectly that when i stopped reading (only when i needed to change my reading position or had to go to bed) i looked up and wondered where i was. then i realized;im not in the book. lol okay so i just need to know if there will be auditions and when if there will be some. okay ill answer those questions now.
1. uhm well not really. none of my friends have ever moved away. we’ve just stopped being friends and hanging out with eachother.
2.oh my lord yes i very badly wanted her to get that operation. even when she fell in love with david i wanted her to go back home. but yea i did change my mind. but dr.cable and the lesions are the only reason. oh well.
3. of course. popularity in my school is major. some people may not realize it but its there. well anyway im sure everyone does that some times…so its not a suprise that i do too.
4.It taught her and prepared her for the Smoke with the roughness of it and taught her to enjoy the beauty of the wild but also the danger and how dangerous it can be.
5.never. end of story. its stupid.
6.He saw the inside of her instead of just looking at her. its like the saying ” you can’t judge a book by its cover” except with people and what their looks say.
7.I don’t believe that shay would ever give up their friendship. they may get into fights and hate eachother more than we can count but they’ll always stick together in the end. (they’re pretty much an unstoppable force in specials)
8. Yes there are many ways. They can handle more pain than us with their pretty muscles. (but isnt that the operation too….? w/e) but they also know when they are pushing into nature too far.
9. I think she rarely ever decided her fate. but in the first book all of those things she did were mostly her decision. She didnt have to give in to Dr.Cable; but she did. She didn’t have to fall in love with the smoke;but she did. and she didnt have to fall in love with david;but she did. even near the ending that was her choice. but it was the right decision.
10.well in the winter i just might get frostbite. and i may not be able to get to my friends house. so…i could probably live without it. but we may not know for a while now…
Dear beck-la,
There IS going to be a movie. I checked and it’s coming out in 2011. So I’mm assuming they’re starting to do auditions. I’m just not sure WHERE. Maybe in L.A., maybe not… I seriously don’t know but I’ll make sure to tell you if ever I find out. I’ll try my hardest.
Toodles!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
1. No
2. NO because I think its lame that people can’t be themselves
3. No I’m not like that
4. That not everything is as it seems
5. NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6. He saw her as beutiful not ugly. Inner beuty is more beutiful than outer beuty
7. I don’t think so.
8. More eco-friendly.
9. about 60% she chose about 40% others
10. Lights, basically everything. We’d all die.
note- i cant spell =P
Thanks tally and zane for the words 🙂
I am happy, but gettin crumbly lol
my husband says i am a special.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!
Toodles!!!!!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
You’re welcome, no prob. Ha, my sister said the same thing when I told her about this series. She’s 28, and is like Oh gosh, fetch me a hearing aid! Where’s my cane?! Darned kids! Get off my lawn! LoL, she’s a spaz.
Happy new year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. (try not to get TOO drunk) ahahaaaa:P
Toodles!!!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Hi tally&zane!
Happy new year!!!!
Buccu-wa luvz Frizz:),
:[ It sort of makes me sad that Uglies is going to be a movie.
I mean, I like not being addicted to a series that’s as big as Twilight or Harry potter. Than I don’t have Uglies merchandise up my butt all the time. I mean i love it, but I like to stick out…like I don’t want to walk out of my house and see ten people with Uglies purses running around.
Although, I’m totally going to get tickets to see it.
i am so with u on all of that Liah-wa
Ok, so this is kinda random but…. did you get your idea from a Twilight Zone episode?
I read Bogus to Bubbly so I know about the whole teeth thing, but today I was watching the Twilight Zone and there was an episode that was like, just like the Uglies series!!!
It was called Number 12 Looks Just Like You.
It was kinda freaky.
Then I did some research and found out that that was based on some dudes book. I think the book was called Beautiful People? Or something like that…
Dear Liah-wa,
well I’m sort of sad because of the whole movie thing, but only because I won’t be an Extra at school anymore. And because Hollywood makes everything TOO predictable and they’ll just ruin it! I REALLY want to get some Extras mech, but I can’t find it ANYWHERE!!!!! It’s really bugging me now. But I’ll live:P
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Why did Zane have to die…
Cuz, if he didn’t the series wouldn’t be nearly as good. I was crazy about Zane, still am, but think…if Zane was still alive(poor guy) then we wouldn’t feel all that emotion from his death. It was genius of Scott, even though it made me sad.
I agree with you… I just still havent gotten over Zane’s death cuz I just finished the book about an hour ago. But at the end of specials David and Tally werent a couple right?
I still dont want tally to end up with david. David’s fine but Zane is way way way better. haha. 🙂
haha:P
Dear Buccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
oh i see what you mean! but still i want snow! well when you come to california, it’ll be sunny and awaiting your arrival! hehe
oh that’s good then! your dad must be crazy. is it really cold there? it’s getting cold now! just barely! some days are really sunny and some days it rains out of the blue. crazy california. oh yeah i do have msn! it’s trong-bot93@hotmail.com! add me!
Dear Tally&Zane
Wow! you went to santa cruz! lucky you! i havent been there for the longest time! the last time i went there, was the first time i went there. it was on a class field trip in 5th grade! that was long ago!
Yep, it’s fun. I found an awesome sand dollar too. But I broke it on accident…:(. Lol.
Dear gappei-chan,
Well I’ll go and add you now. When you get my invitation, say yes so we can talk 4ever!!!!! woohoo!!!!
It IS very cold here.
Anywayz…
toodles!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
1. yes
2.no i always thought having to get the operation was stupid. but i guess at first i was hoping for her to get it because she wanted it so badly. but when peris first popped up again and was all weird i didn’t really want the hero to get that way
3.no not really (well at least not that i’m aware of)
4.tally got used to the wild. she learned how to survive on little food(if you could call spagbol that…) and she got used to cold water and things like that. i guess basically she got tougher.
5.nope. no way. not like you had a choice in tally-wa’s city but if there was i wouldn’t get it. sure being pretty, rich, blah blah blah is all nice but being who you really are is so much more important. plus, who would wanna look like everyone else? how boring!
6.tally-wa saw herself as if she were ugly, squinty eyed and worth less. davis saw who she really was and thought she was beautiful not for her face but for her real her.
7. no. there’s a simple reason. well two actually. one, if she would have never met tally she wouldn’t have become a special and had all of the awesoem adventure. and two, in extras shay says soemtimes they hate each other bbut they are always best friends.
8.besides the lesions, i think the pretty society is WAY healthier than ours. i mean come on! our governments solve eveything with wars and missles and bombs. plus we have global warming, pollution, etc.
9.tally-wa decided that she was going to go out and betray her friends just to become pretty. then she turned herself in to test the cure (which ended up in a mess anyways). after being turned pretty and special tally decides to rewire her brain. so all other people really decided was what her face looked like (ok. well i guess her brain a bit too…a big bit)
10.we use oil in EVERYTHING!!!! cars, planes, trains, energy… it would be hard to survive. i would probably half die or somehting. let’s just hope that’ll never happen, ok!?!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Sort of. She knew she was moving away, so she told my crush I liked him and blackmailed him into not telling me. When I found out she lied to her mom and told her that I told her I was trying to ruin her life by telling everyone about her “accident” then tried to get me sue! I don’t even think that’s possible! Well, it didn’t work anyway because I saves the text she sent me confessing everything and sent it to her mom. Normally I’m not a tattle tale, but that was a Special Circumstance. 😀
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Yes I did and no I didn’t change my mind. If everyone was happy and out of trouble being mindless and stupid why change them if it’s only going to hurt people and allow them into trouble?
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yeah. And it did me good. The girl hooked me up with an awsome 8th grader! (I’m in 7th.) Looks usually comes with popualrity and though I’m already both, trusting my friends does me good.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I think it toughened her. The trip through Smoke was kinda like training for what was coming up ahead.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
HELL YA! (I know you probably think I’m shallow, but really, think about it.)
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David, living in the wild without pretties had learned his whole life that beauty could be internal and external, so he saw Tally for WHO she was not WHAT she was. Tally on the other hand was raised pressured by Pretties so all she saw in herself was her imperfections on the outside, comparing herself to the pretties.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, because if she hadn’t met Tally, she couldn’t have saved the world as easily.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The pretty society made people stay in their place. And us (the destroyers of nature) being in our place, didn’t disturb anything else including nature and the people around us. Everyone was agreeable and nice so nothing went wrong. Sure the jelousy of the uglies was a downer, but when they turned pretty they got over it. The one flaw with the pretty society was that Special Circumstances LET the uglies got into trouble and discover things to see if they were “special” enough for their squad. They should have saved the uglies before they reached Tally’s stage and discovered everything about the pretties operation and rebeled.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally didn’t decide her fate almost at all. What she said in Specials was true “Sometimes I think I’m nothing but what other people have done to me. A mixture of brainwashings, surgerys and cures.” Dr. Cable pushed her into going into the wild, David took her to his parents to learn the truth about the opertation. And the only thig she decided was to stay with Zane in the Pretties and to save the world at the end. But she mostly did that because of Zane’s death.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
How would I get to my friend’s house or school?! I’d DIE!
Sorry about all the spelling errors. I typed it fast and didn’t check my work.
I know everyone’s probably tired of the answers to the questions, but I had to post mine. So here thay are.
1. Well, it was more of a half-and-half; one of us moved away and both of us failed to keep in touch. Like when I switched schools and lost my friends Annalisa and Janelle. And when me and my bff Emily went to different high schools this year, we kind of lost contact. But we’re trying desperately to find time to hang with each other.
2. Of course I hoped Tally woud get the operation, it was her one true hope in the world. I started to become wary of the operation when Shay showed up and told of the Smoke, but I truly changed my mind once Tally meet Dr. Cable.
3. I haven’t found myself paying more attention to pretty people. Actually, I find myself paying special attention to famous people, much like the Extras society.
4. Tally’s trip through the wild made her realize that there was more to life than the perfectly planned out illusion of happiness that was thrust upon every littlie.
5. Giving up my ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich may sound bad to us independently thinking readers of the Uglies series. However, I think I would be perfectly happy being a pretty without independent thinking abilities. Just think of all the details Scott put into Pretty society, and how much fun everybody was alway having. Nobody ever got bored of it.
6. Tally was raised since birth to think of herself as ugly, and look only at imperfections. David, on the other hand, was raised around normal people, and had no problem overlooking Tally’s minor imperfections. Just as Frizz saw in Aya, David saw beauty in the imperfections that made Tally unique.
7. I think Shay would immediately say yes. Every time they were together, something epic always happened that popped Shay’s bubble. Tally got all the credit for Shay’s hard work. However, after a while, if Shay had memories of her days with Tally, I think she would eventually regret it. Without Tally, the mind rain would probably have never came. And when they weren’t fighting, Tally and Shay were the best of friends.
8. One of the major ways I see difference between the two societies are the division of social classes in the pretty world. We may have some divisions in our society, but the pretty society pushed that to the max, completely separating the litlies, uglies, new pretties, middle pretties, and crumblies. I don’t see too many ways in which the pretty society is heathier than ours except in the recycling of various things. Like the hole in the wall that recycled used cloths, and hadn’t the slightest clue what to do with the Smoke sweater.
9. Tally decided most of her fate. Except for a few details, Tally’s decisions could have completely changed the storyline. For instace, Tally had no choice, or hardly any choice, in meeting Shay and being forced to chase her into the Smoke. And she didn’t have too much choice with the locket. Even when she threw it into the fire, Dr. Cable still came.
10. My lifestyle is dependent of oil and gasoline for transportation and heat. It would take some time to get used to life without gas and oil, but I think I could do it. However, I think this question is unfair because the Rusties’ oil comusted, not just dissapeared…
Most likely no one will read this, but here I go:
1. No, not really. Maybe in a couple years though because a friend of mine moved to Taiiwan and is coming back in 3 years, but as far as I know we still are friends.
2. What operation? The pretty operation? I did want her to have it at first back in Uglyville, because it sounded so amazing, but soon after she left for the Smoke I changed my mind.
3. No, I have so difference between pretty people and normal people.
4. She learned that the wild is not fool-proof, like the city. There was nothing to save her when she made a mistake except for the city equipment she brought with her.
5. No way! I like being independent!
6. He was in love with her, so he thought she was beautiful.
7. No, I think Shay is very happy she met Tally.
8. The pretty society is obviously more advanced than us, but the only way that it is healthier than us is that it is not destroying the world.
9. She decided most of her own fate, although Dr. Cable made a huge dent in her path.
10. Our lives are very independent, but I could live if it was taken away. I think at first it would be much healthier, because people would have to walk or ride bikes to get places instead of cars.
Sorry for the two comments. Hehe. I think it would be nearly impossible to make the movie because of all the fiction. The ugly faces, the city, the hovering thing, etc. I would like a movie though.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Um, no. I have had friends move away, but we try to keep in contact.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Basically the whole time I wanted her to get the operation, I was all like: “WALK OVER TO THAT CITY AND GET YOUR OPERATION NOW!” And then I did a little cheer at the end of the book.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
It prepared her to eat dehydrated food, be dirty, and work harder, and some other stuff. I can’t really think of anything! Dx
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Um, maybe.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw her as pretty! Even though she was still an ugly! (How sweet! ^^)
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
NEVER!!!! D:<
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
They have things to fix everything! 0o0
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
She decided to breakout, but Dr. Cable helped her do it and make that decision. =)
(Sorry, I really didn’t feel like doing number 10)
Whops! skipped #3! sorry.
I’m not gonna do it though, it’s too complicated. xD
This is my first time doing something like this. I hope the answers aren’t completely brain-missing…
1. My best friend EVER got kind of mad when I started switching groups when we entered our second year in high school. I don’t understand because we still talked to each other. But then she got a boyfriend and moved away and I haven’t talked to her in little over 6 months. It’s very sad-making ];.
2. OF COURSE I HOPED SHE WOULD GET THE OPERATION…Until I found out it made them brain-missing, which kind of made me change my mind. But I still liked the fact she got what she always wanted in life… which was happy-making. I’m glad Tally got better though.
3. Well that’s a toughy. No one here is that pretty, so nope.
4. I think the trip made her more independent and realize what it takes to live out in the wild (not that I ever could). Also not to take the basics for granted. Like toilet paper. Leaves? No thank you!
5. Goodness… In all honesty yes. I would gladly give up independent thinking. Seems like when the pretties were bubbleheads they seemed extremely happy and content. Wouldn’t mind not wanting to worry about everything every second of every day.
6. Tally was influenced by the propaganda of her city which made everyone think they’re ugly until they get the operation (sounds familiar no?). David lived in the wild not knowing really anything else. He could see things for what they really are and not what people told him they were.
7. Best friends fight. So no, I don’t think she would.
8. Everyone’s content in the pretty society, no wars, no oppression, and no economic troubles. I think a world where people just got along with everyone else would be extremely awesome but in reality I don’t think it’s very healthy. Why would you want to play a sports team with the exact same abilities as you? You wouldn’t grow, you wouldn’t even try. Competition between cities, states, and countries are what keeps people trying to be best they can be.
9. I don’t really think Tally decided her own fate. I think the things that happened to her decided her fate. She was always being controlled even if she thought she wasn’t. Even as a Special she was being manipulated by her friends. Even if she was faced with choices she always tried to pick the ones that people wanted her to pick. I think anyways…
10. I drive to school. After riding the school bus with the bus drivers being so strict this made bus ride the least fun thing all day. If I didn’t have my car I’d probably walk everywhere. But what fun is that? “Hey (insert name here) want to walk to the mall while bumping our boom box?!” Can I say no thank you. I’d be able to survive (I’ve got a lemon tree in my back yard :D) but it wouldn’t be as much fun. It’d probably me hungry-making not having food though.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No, Luckily I Haven’t. : )
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Yeah! I so wanted her to just cross that bridge and become pretty. But once she got to the Smoke I no longer wanted her to I wanted her to stay there instead!
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No I’ve never really trusted them but I have found that I’m more nervous of them, or that I try and impress them somehow.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
In the city, everything was made so safely, you couldn’t get hurt in anyway. But once she left, she realised that the world is a really dangerous place and taht is she wanted to survive, she would have to try hard for it.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Never. I’ve always liked the thought of people toally different from everyone else. I’d much rather be ugly and whatever and be able to think what I want and make my own choices, than look like everyone else and not being able to think for myself.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Tally was brought up in a city that made her believe she was ugly until you crossed the bridge into prettytown. Whereas, David was born in the wild, with normal people, he had his own choice to think whether she was pretty or not.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, I don’t think so. Although they had had loads of arguments and disagreements, they had taught eachother quite alot, and they always came back for eachother. : )
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I think lots of people would love the idea of looking beautiful and having fun all the time. But if you think about it, is it really fun? Everyone looking the same, thinking the same, doing the same. It would seem completely boring!
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
She never got the choice. All the time she was forced into being something that maybe she didn’t really want to become. Even her friends forced her.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Yeah, I’d probably be able to survive.. but it’s wouldn’t be as fun!
Woah, people actually using this thread for what it was intended for! It’s a sign of the apocolypse!
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1) I have had friends temporarly leave me but we always get back together. When some of my friends move we always call each other.
2)At first I thought that Tally shouldn’t get the operation. Then I started to think it would be cool to be a pretty. I mean you have tons of friends, and you dont have anything to worry about.
3)No, never. Actually it makes me trust them less.
4)Tallys, trip through the wild made her realize that there is more to life than sitting around and being beautiful. She wanted to feel more alive.
5)I would hate if my thoughts were controled. It would be like dieing. I would rather think the way I want to. And I believe that everyone is pretty in their own way.
6)David thought Tally was beautiful because of how she acted and thought. Tally believed that everyone who didnt have the operation was ugly.
7)I think she wouldnt have done it because she wanted to become Special. Without Tally bringing her back to the city she would still be in the Smoke.
8)First of all there is no such thing as education. You can party and have nothing to worry about. You are in cliques and there isnt much conflict. Everyone is equal.
9)Tally decided to betray Shay. She decided to go back to civilization whether she remembered it or not. But when it comes to being a special she didnt have any choice at all.
10)First there would be no way to get around. no cars. Many of the factories would have to stop working because they on oil.
1: Yes afriend in first grade
2: Yes and i never chhanged my mind i think she should of had the opperation but they should have messed up and left her half half
3: Yes certain guys
4: She learned that life could be hard
5: No
6: he saw her inside not outside
7:No
8: Their society is totaly based on reputation (witch i think would be totaly bubbly) and they have a much safer enviorment
9: I think that she barley had any impact on her own life
10: I think that we are totaly dependent on oil witch is totaly bougus-making because we use it 4 pretty much every thing but i think i could surrvive without it.
so who all has read all five books
yes five bcuz bogus to bubbly just came out
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I looooooooove Uglies can you pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease write a new Uglies book! It would be so bubbly if you did! I cried when I finihed Extras because there were no more books. It was soooooo bogus!
I’ve no clue what’s up with it Buccu-wa! It’s confusing!
I have a question and maybe one of you guys can answer it!!!!! What is the difference between adding -la and -wa at the end of the name? I mean i don’t get it, the difference that is…..
Jess-la
Hey i loved the uglies books.
1. I have had a friend like Peris, in Year 2. She moved to Perth, on the other sided of Australia and I had to keep the relationship going.
2. Yes, at first I thought she should have gotten the operation, but i slowly changed my mind after she got to the smoke. Like you said, Peris had already abandoned her and she really didn’t have anything to stay for. I think I just started thinking, what does it matter if she never goes back? I really wanted her to stay an ugly (or a normal girl, whichever) because she had friends who loved her and she started to feel beautiful.
3. Definitely. I judge books by their covers, unless I know the person well. That’s the problem with popular people today, I think. We raise them above ourselves just because of their looks, when they may not be very nice people. Which leads me to the fact that in the world today, good looking people are only good looking people because we make them that way. Get it?
4. Well, for starters, because Tally’s trip was through the wild. That was a dead giveaway. She also got a litte taste of what was to come, not always being clean and actually having to think on her feet, and be a real human. She grew up.
5. I think, if it came down to it, most people would. In the second/third book, the text hints towards the theory that you can overcome the lesions by willpower and knowledge of what they were, that you can be pretty and all that comes with it, and be yourself too, but since this is a hypothetical situation, and assuming you didn’t have technologically advanced surroundings or magic pills, I don’t think I would do it. I would rather have a semi-healthy lifestyle with friends that could recognise my face the first time round. Plus, I think on some level, everyone can convince themselves they’re pretty at some moment or another anyway. That’s just human nature.
6. David saw Tally differently because he had never been programmed to think normal was repulsive, having never been in a city. Tally could have been a pretty girl, for all we know, but being around these models all day, she would have exaggerated to herself about her looks and just how bad they were. David, was just a normal human who saw her for what she really was: normal, and not exactly revolting.
7. I think at the end of the first book, if she wasn’t turned pretty in the end she would definitely have rued the day she met her. But I think at the end of the trilogy, before Extras, she would have rethought it over. They had been through so much together and they were still good friends after they had been through so much, and if they hadn’t been turned into Cutters, Shay would never have been able to finally reside in Diego, the free city. That nver would have happened if Tally hadn’t met her. It’s funny how small things can turn into huge things down the track, isn’t it?
8. Well, apart from the operation and all the health improvement that go with it, the pretty movement would be alot healthier for self-esteem. Well, after the operation, that is. It’s really a very unhealthy way for people to look at themselves and be trained to hate what they see in the mirror. That is an unhealthy aspect of it, of course. Really, if it weren’t for the operation, think of how many teen suicides there would have been! But then again, the anticipation of being ‘pretty’ could have made them stop, knowing that they would feel ‘better’ afterwards.
9. If you’re talking about the first book only, Tally didn’t decide her fate at all, because if the Specials hadn’t ever told her to go trap Shay and the Smoke, she couldn’t have ever decided to stay there anyway. But she did decide to stay there in the end, and to ultimately save the smoke, but we all know how that ended out.
When she was a pretty and then Special, she was blinded by lesions for a while but always seemed to overcome them with her fortitude and willpower. She didn’t really decide; more, the trth dawned on her. How could you come to any other decision if you found out you had alien tissue in your brain? Seriously.
10. Ah, the last question. I’d better make it a good one, then. To answer the first half of the question first, I survive on it. We live out of town, far enough to be not able to walk or ride without being a Special. Meaning I need a car for most places, and someone to drive me, being only in my early teens. Being pretty ignorant of mechanics and such, I’m not really sure what else needs oil/petrol, but I do know that the food we eat needs a tractor to plough and sow the crops, so i suppose pretty dependent on it. To answer the second question, I think I could survive, thought that isn’t really saying much. I like to be clean, so that would be a bummer, but I have a respect for natre, so I’m sure we could work something out. Hey, I may even be able to get into the habit of doing manual labour!
That’s all from me. By the way, I think this discussion forum is a great idea. Kind of like comprehension English.
Love your work, Westerfeld.
Hi to Jess, I think that there may be no difference, maybe it’s just that on different names, wa sounds better than la, or maybe if a name has an L in it, they say wa after it so as njot to make it a tongue twister?
That’s just my perspective, though.
Lex-wa
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT THE FIFTH BOOK PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE unless you were just being funny?
Hey Lex-wa-
The 5th book is bogus to bubbly. It’s got a hoverboard manual, maps of the towns the history of tally’s world, and a bunch more stuff like where all the slang came from and stuff. It’s pretty much just a bunch of info about the pretties world, how they came to be and the clicks and stuff.
And thanks for explaining the whole la vs wa at the end of the name…..I read bogus to bubbly like right after I posted the question and it turned out to be the whole if there’s a ‘l’ in the name then you use wa if not then you use la……
Jess-la
Yeah, if you have an L in your name you put Wa and if you don’t it’s just La.
So will their ever be a book from Shay’s point of view? I think she is just as important as Tally, and I’d love to see how she felt durning certain parts of the story.
OMG!!! i just finished the twilight series and it was AMASING!!!!! It was just as good as the uglies triology
OMG! I alwayse wondered about the La and Wa thing! I was waaaayyyy off. lol I changed mine though from Wa to La! Haha Yes I agree with Anita-La, Shay-La is just as important as Tally-Wa. You should do what Stephany Meyers did with Twilight and turned it into Midnight Sun. The same story and everything happening the same way but in Shay-La’s P.O.V.
this has like nothing to do with the questions, but did you ever think about making another book to the uglies series? like maybe telling the readers about the new world of the extras? that would be totally awesome. but idk,, you can do whatever you like.
woah! are yall like friends that just like blog about the uglies series? thats totally radd! soo is anyone on?
i dont have enough time answer all these questions but i would surely like to know if u have ever consider making a movie based on the books? it would b so awesome to watch it! plz consider it!
if anyone wants to chat about the books, i have a myspace. add me. just look for me. my name is vivi zapata. laters! 🙂
Dear vivi-la,
they ARE making a movie about uglies. I researched it and it’s coming out in 2011. CAN’T WAIT!!!!!!!!
Byee
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
OMG!! but dats too long from now 🙁
but where did u find dis at???
i cant really write back much cuz im at skoo lol
but write back as soon as u can.
to tell me more about dis 🙂
i also hav my fone if u wana txt bout it or sumfn.
im reading specials rite now n i feel sad because almost everybody on here has finished ALL of the books. and i didnt even no der wus a 5TH book!!! 🙁 im almost dun wif specials tho! yay! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
HEY EVERYONE!
I saw some posts about the names ending in wa and la, and well what i think (im sure its not true:P) is that when someones name ends like TallY or BeckY or AlI, the hard E sound, it should have a wa, and then for names like Shay, Zane, Bob and stuff like that it should end in la. At least thats what i got out of it. But also maybe its just what ever sounds good. But i donno, tell me what you all think 🙂
STAY BUBBLY 😉
Becky-wa<3 xoxo
im on da fourth book!! woot woot! lol but im bummed dat deyre not da same characters! 🙁
i was wondering this out of the nowhere……..
HOW IN THE WORLD DO WE GET A HOLD OF THEM T-SHIRTS?????
i really want one soooo bad! gr >:(
hahah I think I’ve read almost all of scotts books 🙂 there aren’t very many other authors who I enjoyed reading nearly as much as the uglies saga 😛
still, the last days is my personal favorite… hehe what I like the guitar!!
but I was looking at the one quiestion a wayyyyy up there ^
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about how much we rely on oil, and what we would ever do if it disapered. That would not be bubbly at all, very bogus. But i can’t help but think that over-population might end life as we know it way sooner then our selfish lifestyle… hmm fawsome idea for a short story… 🙂
anyways, need to finish studying for exams, I think I’m going to fail math 😛 Sife everyone 😛
1. Yeah, we just lost touch and when she came to visit it was awkward, so we never really called each other back so we just drifted.
2. I was hoping she would still get it. I mean yeahthe lesions are bad and all, but I see where the town had their ideas about keeping the people under control. Plus i wanted her away from David.
3. Actually. No, just the opposite. I don’t trust people who are pretty and popular because well, they all seem to gossip, but i do pay attention to them more. Guilty for that….especially hot guys :]
4. How to fend for herself i guess.
5. Ha….if i could rewire myself later..yeah. Shallow huh?
6. He saw past all the flaws and just looked at her true beauty, her personality…but i still hate him. I sometimes think he was happy that Zane died.
7. Hope she would’ve. I didn’t like her. I only liked Tally, Zane, and Fausto.
8. They recycle everything even clothes and they aren’t hard on nature. They are healthier than us in both body and mind actually. The council keeps them stupid and clueless so they won’t destroy the earth like we did/will. They have healthy immune systems too lol.
9. Tally had little decisions over her fate. Like she said in Specials. She is just what other people have made her. But Zane and (hate to say it but) David helped her rewire herself….more Zane. That way she could think clearly about what she really wanted.
10. Ha, the whole world world go crazy! People went nuts when it reach like 4 dollars a gallon. It hurt my family just to drive to work and back. Plus my sister and I always having volleyball games. Traveling to them was no fun. They world will go in a panic. no one will know what to do, and well we’d have to find alternatives like magnets in the Uglies trilogy.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Nope.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I hoped she didn’t so she could save the smokies. But it turns out Tally-wa can do anything when she has an operation 🙂
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No. I think brains are way more important then looks!!
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Well I think… That it kept her bubbly/icy. It madde her think clear and not be paranoid. And i think it made her stronger. WAY STRONGER.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No. I know that I would be able to have happiness, health, looks and wealth all by thinking indepently and positivley instead :D.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Because he remebered the old Tally, and he grew up in the smoke so already he saw her differntley to Tally who grew up close to New pretty town.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No. I think she opened new doors in her life with Tally-wa and with out her, she may of escaped to the smoke and died!!
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Well i think on earth we have freedom, and we can think differently. But pretties can get drunk and jump of buildings and still be safe and survive unlike us!! 😛
9. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I think it might be better in our lifes without oil. Because they’re would be wayyyyy less pollution in the air because they’res no more factories and transportation. so Therefore everyone would have to walk :).
Dear Scott Westerfeld,
Just incase you read this comment i would love to say a few things:
1. Th uglies series are now my favourite books in the WHOLE WORLD!!
2. Well done. You’re a great author! 🙂
3. Thankyou for writing such good books!! ☺
4. You are my favourite author and I would love to here from you!!!
♥ from your biggest fan.. Raven-wa! xo ♥
Dear vivi-la,
I know it’s a long time, but just keep being optimistic… at least about the movie. I don’t have a cell so i can’t txt, but i DO have msn. give me yours and i’ll add you.
Byee<33
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
OH MY GOD! An UGLIES MOVIE!!!!! That is totally bubbly-making!!!
I SOOOOOOOOOO CAN’T WAIT!!!!!
it is kinda bogus that it doesn’t come out until 2011 though!!!
Oh, anybody know about the whole time thingie? where’s the time zone that it’s using…..I’m totally confused! It’s like 9:00 where I live and it says it’s like 4.
dear beccu-wa,
i dont hav msn lol i hav myspace tho. just look me up on vivi zapata. i should b da only one wif dat name. i havnt bin on much cuz ive bin busy but as soon as i can ill add you!!
dear jess-la
i know exactly wut u mean.
my times are off too. somehow it will show dat i got on here a day after i really did. rite now its friday january 23 1:56 pm. but itll change it for sum odd reason.
speakin about movies!! i live in a small town in iowa called lenox n i heard der was gna b a movie shooting here in my town!! im so excited cuz im into acting n everything n so ima c if i can try out for it or sumfn. not really sure wut da movies called but ill let u no wen i find out!
c! it did it again!! its not da 24th yet!! im confused as well…..!
neways i wont b on here till monday tho prolly. im at skoo rite now n its da only time i have free time. tty on monday!!!!!!!
dont miss me too much 😉
love,
Vivi-la!
Dear Vivi-la,
I don’t have a mypsace, so this kinda sucks. Anyways, we could just talk on this:P
Byee
~Beccu-wa luvs Friz:)
1. Yes. Well, sort of. One of my friends moved, but not very far, like only half an hour, but we didnt go to the same school anymore. She called like, maybe 2 times, and then never again 🙁
2. Well, I always wanted Tally’ to get the operation, even to become a Special, not because I thought that was the right way, but because I wanted to see how it felt to be each type of person. I was very happy when both these things happened 😀
3. Not really. In fact, the opposite. Although i suppose its no better than paying attention to someone when they’re pretty, I actually almost ignore pretty people. Not because I’m ugly, or jealous, but because I have noticed that Pretty people, are often a bit spoiled, and unkind. Not always, but a lot of the time.
4. Tally’s trip over-all prepared her for what was to come. Not only the uncleanliness and dependance on nature, but the solitude and loneliness.
5. I’d like to say no, but its hard to say, since Im not faced with the choice. Without the stress of the desistion its easy to say no. Especially if I was brain-washed my entire life. But I hope i would say no. Thinking independently is what makes you different from everyone else, and individuality is very important to me.
6. She was brainwashed into thinking she was ugly, while he grew up seeing nothing but “ugly” so he saw Tally as she naturally was, which to him, was pretty. Her personality probably also influenced his view on her. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”.
7. I don’t think so. Even though Tally hurt Shay, Shay also hurt Tally, so i dont think she fully feels betrayed, but also a bit of guilt, which is why she often is angry around Tally. I think she value’s their friendship though.
8. There are Three Main differences. 1: Clean Technology (good) 2: Crime Free (with the exception of Ugly Tricks and the Smoke) (good) and 3: Brain-washing and manipulation (bad)
9. She changed her fate by in each stage fighting to be herself, but it was also controled by other people, who in one way or another forced her to become something she was not.
10. It. Would. Be. Hell. EVERYTHING we do is somehow related to our use of oil. I dont think the Rusty Crash, or something similar will happen though, I think we are already starting to become less dependant on oil. It will just be a gradual process.
I found it out….Australian time zone….where the author is…..makes perfect sense when you look at a map with time-zones on it….
You know I never answered any of the discussion questions……
Oh well, here they are….
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No, I was the one who moved away….I was in like 4th or 5th grade when I moved…..and we moved far away…..well, not FAR away, but too far for me to keep in touch
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I don’t think I ever had an opinion as to if I ever wanted tally to get the operation….but I did decide that I didn’t want her to get it once David told her she was beautiful with out it.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes. He he there was this cute guy in one of my classes……lol…..what can I say?
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Tally’s trip prepared her for what she learned in smoke ’cause she grew up a lot. She learned that beauty can be dangerous. She learned that not everything is as it seems either….
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No. I enjoy being not bubbly-headed. Besides, I am beautiful.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David didn’t see Tally different. He saw more of her than she saw of herself. What he saw was what is inside her. He found her beautiful, not because of looks, but because of how she acted, what she did, not what was on the outside.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I don’t think she would have. Knowing that the ‘pretty operation’ made you bubbly-headed, she would have rather been hurt than turn. Shay was too much of an independent person to have been tied down with the bubbly-ness. However, I think that if Shay hadn’t met tally, they would have spread the cure anyway. It would have happened differently, but tally kept breaking the whole bubble headed-ness
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Um….well the whole money thing is one. We need money, they just ask for stuff out of a wall.
Being as self-sufficient as these towns are and their carbon foot print.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I don’t think Tally made many choices.
She chose to stay at smoke, destroying the pendant-witch caused The smoke to be captured.
She chose to allow her self to be captured so she could be a guinea pig for Az and Maddy’s trial.
She chose to not be re-wired after she escaped.
She chose to save the wilderness.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
My car. I would be required to find an alternate mode of transportation. It would suck too. I love my car! I would be okay surviving. I have always loved the camping trips my family goes on for vacation. I think I could be one of the people who survived.
I just realized 2 things. One I sound old. I re-read my answers to the question….wow…..and the second is I never mentioned that Jess isn’t my real name. Occasionally I write a story and then end up using the name for the main character for me….it irritates my neighbor…..it’s usual only when I’m writing in new places that I use the nick-name…..he he….
Erin’s the real name, by the way……and I’m not really that old….or at least I hope I’m not……
dear Buccu-wa,
u shud definately consider gettin one. deyre really cool!
im from iowa n it kinda sux cuz i live in a really small town but either way i guess i cant really do nething about it 🙁
mayb sumday we can meet up in lyk 2011 or sumfn n watch da uglies movie together! lol datd b sweet!
ttyl
🙂
Dear Vivi-la
i RLLY want one, but my mom won’t let me. She won’t even let me have facebook. but mom’s WILL be moms. except mine is RLLY overprotective. i live in Montreal. In a fairly big city. What I would do to live in a small town. I’ve always wanted to. It’s just nice knowing a lot of people, maybe ALL the people in your town. No? Anyways, I’d LOVE going to watch Uglies with you. It’s just because my mom might not want. Like I said, she’s pretty overprotective, so she’ll probably want to meet you, or you parent, or whatever. But yeah. Anyways, I’m hungry so I’m gonna go eat some breakfast now, or maybe some cookies I made last night. Yeah, that sounds better.
ttyl!!!!!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
P.S., right now, it’s 9:14 in Montreal, how about you?
dear buccu-wa.
its 8:30 p.m. ova here. my mom is very strict too. mayb not as much as urs tho. we are mexican n idk if u no mexican moms but dey can b pretty crazy lol i hope u left me some cookies cuz im gettn hungry lol
btw small towns arent da best. u mite lyk noing a lot of ppl but wen a lof of ppl no u n no exactly wut u do almost all da time…it aint so great. nobody can go longer than 2 days gettn in trouble wifout da whole town noing bout it. dat part kinda sux. i wish i lived in a big city. ive lived here 10 yrs. i came here from mexico wen i was 6 (n yes i am legal lol) da reason i said dat is bc dis girl at my skoo startd a rumor dat me n my family r illegal. i bitched her out haha i tol her yea im illegal, but yet i managed to get my permit n my license last year. neways dats wut i hate bout small towns. everyone nos EVERYTHING about you here. well i gotta go cuz u got me hungry n so ima go eat sumfn lol bye dont miss me too much
always,
vivi
p.s. will u let me no as soon as u get a fone?
my numba is [Phone number removed. Please, everyone, don’t post your phone number in a public place.]
haha did i say breakfast???
my bad i meant dinner.
omg i cant believe i did dat. i think im too hungry to even write lol
THANX A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello,
I,m a big fan of the uglies series and so far my favorite book of of them all (in halfway through the Extras) is the Specials. But thats not my point, (or my question) i was wondering if you you were thinking of making the uglies into a movie sometime? Because i think everyone would loooove that! and plus it would be interesting to watch all the hover boarding a bungee-jumping! But its just an idea, it would probably be take a lot of effort to create an Uglies movie, but even if you have any sort of reply to this comment, it would be nice to receive an email!
Thanks!
from a HUUUUUGE fan,
-Marina Crosbie
It’s already in the process. Look it up on imdb.
der is gonna b a movie. but do dey even hav a sneak peek on it????
if ne1 nos let me no plz.
dear buccu-wa,
write me plz. lol
always,
vivi
🙂
Dear Vivi-la,
Well I’m writing!
Haha!
They don’t have a sneak peek because I think tehy’re still in the process of finding actors. I’m sure there’ll be a trailer as soon as it comes out. I check on Youtube every day. So I’ll make sure I tell you guys when it comes out.
Byee<33
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
dear buccu-wa,
haha sweeet!! im really pumped for it. hey all da excitement kinda made me forget to ask u…HOW OLD ARE YOU??
im 16 goin to b 17 on april 17, as ppl say itll b my GOLDEN BIRTHDAY lmao
dear everybody else,
anybody who has a myspace let me no!!
hello everyone just a quick say that in the next movie of twilight they maybe switching the characters on them. i know its sucks but oooo welll anybody that know me here plz talk to me hehe
Wow, I haven’t posted on here in ages!!
I read Uglies about a year ago, and still think about it, and how much something is like something Zane, Tally, David, Shay, Aya, Frizz ect. would do!
As I’ve said before, but I don’t think anyone reads ALL the past comments as there is about 60000 of them, I don’t think there should be a movie, I know that the movie would do really well in the box office, but I have mine own pictures of the characters in my mind. Like, I haven’t read Twilight and I’m going to, but now all I’m going to see is Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in my mind, which is okay, just a bit annoying!
But I wouldn’t mind a movie if Scott was very involved and liked how it turned out, then it would be true to the books! 😀
By the way, I’m 14
How old is everyone else?
I’ve asked this before as well, but not to the people commenting now, Do you like Zane or David better?
I’ve spent hours pondering this question, and can’t decide.
I love them both so much!! 😀
dear joey-la,
i know exactly wut u mean. but then again a movie would b awesum if there wasnt ne actors or actresses lyk angelina jolie or brad pitt or nething lyk dat. itd work out so much better if dey had NEW actors and actresses.
im 16.
i definatley lyk david better considering the fact dat we know more bout him than zane. we dont know if zane is different than what he really shows to b. plus u wud think david is a lot hotter stronger and since he works on a lot of things wif his hands.
im on extras rite now. not dat far but ill get der lol
write back 🙂
always,
vivi-la
Dear Vivi-la,
hehe, when I was reading Extras, I was so scared about it ending, that I only let myself read one chapter a day!
That’s pretty sad eh?
I agree, they need to have new actors and actresses, not really well known one’s
Where is everyone from?
I’m from Melbourne, Australia
– Joey-la
Dear Vivi-la,
I’m 12, but I’m gonna be 13 in 31 days!
WOOHOO!
Compared to you, I’m like a alittlie!
Haha, or just an Ugly.
Well Byee<33
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Dear Joey-la,
I’m from Montreal, Quebec… in Canada:P
haha, just in case people aren’t good in geography like me:P
~Becuu-wa luvs Frizz:)
hey beccu-wa
i know where Montreal is becuase my sister lives there! 😀
I hear it’s really cold there, but here in Melbourne, Australia today it was 43C, which is about 110F.
The whole day I wished I could live in Tally’s world, where it seems never to get really hot!
Also, how old are you Beccu-wa?
Joey-la
dear joey-la,
im from the USA lol i wish i lived in australia or canada!! that seems so awesum. i figured everyone here was from around here but guess not 🙁
n yea i understand wut u mean bout da extras. im kinda doin da same lmao! how old r u? im 16. in tallys world i prolly wudve bin pretty already!! which it kind scares me cuz i wudnt want to b pretty knowing it made u dumb!
neways i was telln buccu-wa dat we should hang out and watch da uglies movie 2getha n itd b koo if u came along too but da thing is we all live in different countries! ugh! but mayb wen we are older we can do it lol do u hav myspace?????
always,
vivi-la
dear buccu-wa,
OH WOW! u seem a lot older! lol but in tallys world id b a pretty by now. n lyk i told joey-la id b pretty scared to turn pretty knowin it made u dumb!
btw……i didnt no montreal was in canada…..i feel lyk a “pretty” now….lol
so wen exactly is ur bday???
always,
vivi
p.s. hav u eva thot bout moving to da US???
dear beccu-wa,
SORRY I KEEP SPELLING YOUR NAME WRONG!!! 🙁
Dear Vivi-la,
It’s alright.How old did you think I was? Well I’d probably move to the smoke. Don’t really wanna turn pretty, but I guess it just depends on the situation, like what you learned in school about the Rusties and about how turning pretty is obligatory. My birthday is the 26th of February. How about you?
Hi peoples! Haven’t commented on this thread in a while, but I’ll be really rude and come in on your convo…(don’t hurt me! lmao) I’m 14 and live in Cali. And Team Zane all the way. 🙂
dear beccu-wa,
i wont forget it no more! haha i figured u were lyk 16 or sumfn idk lol. Id definately move to da smoke wif u! my birthdays on april 17. its da same day deyre gna start filming a movie here in my town! its called da craziest. lyk a newer version of da old one (which ive never seen) but its about a disease in the water or sumfn lyk dat so its a horror movie. im so xcited to find out if deyre gna b needing extras! haha id so b one!
ttyl. always,
vivi-la
dear Tally&Zane,
FINALLY! SOMEONE FROM THE U.S.!! lol i felt so out of place wif all dese ppl 4rm other countries n stuff. its so weird dat almost everyone on here is younger than me! but i love tlkn to ppl from everywhere so its all GOOD! so do u hav a myspace????? if so let me no.
ttyl. always,
vivi-la 🙂
p.s. its koo if u get in our convo lol we welcome u!
Ha, yeah…I think it’s awesome that there’s people from all over the place on her. It’s pretty cool. And the ages of everybody here vary a lot. Like there’s been like 10 yr olds, and then the next day someone comments and they’re in their 20s. It just shows how awesome Scott’s books are that anybody can enjoy them. And thanks! I feel welcomed! Lol.
Heh….I’m one of those almost-20 year old’s…..I’m 19 right now but my birthday’s in March…I feel super old…..well not that old but yea…..
Tally&Zane:
I live in California too! Sacramento….
Joey-la:
I’m DEFIANTLY team David!!! But then again that could be because I have a HUGE crush on my best friend *His name is David too*
Dear Vivi-la,
Haha:P
Well good luck being an Extra!
Hope you are one:P… like moi!
haha
byee<33
P.S. I forgot to mention… if you CAN’T speak any french at all, then DON’T come to Monytreal, and moi mean me:P
byee<33
hope i just gave you a whole french coarse.
woops, typo, i meant Montreal
haha
byee
That’s cool Jess-la! My whereabouts are undisclosed. I’m in a witness protection agency. I saw a bunny rabbit murder one of his fellow companions, it was quite traumatizing. Lol.
lol. very funny
OH MY GOD! I just read the extras!!!! The end was TOTALLY BUBBLY-MAKING!!!! I was ecstatic when I finished!!!!
I am kinda freaked by the whole Extra’s (clique) thingie…..The body mods they got are WAY to much for me….I could never do that……
Dear Jess-la,
When I read Extras, which I finished like 2 or 3 months ago, I was like traumatized. I was like WTF?! It’s so retarded!
Like what ARE those thingys… or people… even though they were out for a good cause… i mean, saving the world is a GREAT cause, but they were still pretty creepy-makeing, don’t you find.
The only thing that I’d REALLY want to do is to be a part of the sly girls and go mag-lev surfing. That would be too sick!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
This whole series is amazing. It is a HUGE part of my life. I cry when I think of the old Tally. I liked the original Tally best. when she became a pretty, it was like,, who is this? And then she became special, and I was like,, this is cool, but its not Tally. And I only ever liked Shay in the first book. In all the rest, I still thought of her as a huge bubblehead, as If she was gone forever. And;; I think Tally and Zane should have had more of a special moment before Zane died. She just hurt him and ran off, and then a little bit later he died. It was totally sad-making. I liked David and Tally in Uglies, but when Tally changed, I knew they would never be able to be together again. Shay was my biggest disappointment, although I know it was meant that way. I always thought she would be ugly forever, and when she wasn’t, i suspected her to be miserable. But she liked herself. And I didn’t like it. But don’t get me wrong, the series is amazing. Although a few things frustrated me, I still love it. Is that so strange?
also; ever since i read these books, i wished that I could live forever and stay 16, so I could just stumble upon Prettytime and live there long enough for the mind-rain and everything.
in my opinion, there should NEVER be a movie. look at twilight. I loved the story, loved the books, and got excited when the movie came out. And when I saw the movie, it was a major disappointment. It didn’t live up to my expectations. My imagination was way better than the movie director’s;; and now the Twilight craze drives me insane. Scott, keep the books in the reader’s imagination. Thats where it belongs. Not on the big screen.
i started extras……….but havnt had da chance to read it much 🙁 so ne1 on here have myspace?????? let me no.
always,
vivi 🙂
hi my name is Ariel Boley and I have all the books in the uglies series and that is including the forth book witch was totally awesome. But I was wondering if you are going to make anymore books for the series I mean you cant really expect that to be the end of tally Youngblood. I would also like to say that only really good books can make me cry and when Zane died I felt a big chunk of my heart break off. I swear I couldn’t stop crying for days. I know that it might seem pathetic but it was the best book I had ever read. and I totally felt sorry for tally because she was so close to be reunited with him and they could have been specials together. Anyway I was hoping you would let me know you can e-mail me at horselover654@verizon.net I don’t mind. I know you must get allot of fan mail but please right me back I would very much appreciate it. thank you for the series that I will always keep reading over and over again.
your biggest fan
Ariel Boley
Dear Scott… if you ever DO read these comments,
I would just like to request that you make a 3rd book for the Peeps series. I’d LOVE that. I know this is the UGLIES discusion questions, I didn’t know where else to add this comment. So yeah, comment me back. Byee!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
And P.S. a fifth book to the Uglies would be great too. and when is your new book Leviathan… I think that’s how you spell it coming out? Oh, and your new addition to the Uglies books, Mind-Rain, what is that about, and do you have a date to when it’s coming out? Oh, and 1 more thing… can I buy any wearable Extras OTHER than the internet, but in Montreal, QC. Well, that’s about it. Byee.
It’s not an addition to the Uglies series. Mind Rain is a collection of essays by other authors about topics on the Uglies Series. 🙂
And it sounds like it’s going to be totally cool! I’m kind of Uglies-deprived right now, because my sister’s friend borrowed my copy of it almost a year ago and i have yet to get it back. grr. But i have the other three… do we know yet when Mind Rain is coming out?
ps: i haven’t been here in FOREVER! like, more than 6 months! 🙂
Wow.. i have to post another comment just to change my name. (what was i thinking…?)
okay, I don’t have much time, so I haven’t read ALL of the post’s since my last post, but I have a few things to say
Jess-la,
hehe, good luck with your friend David!
I’m 14, but people say I seem a lot older (both in real life and on the internet)
I have this 18 year old friends and she always forgets I’m 14! hehe
People who live in America, does anyone live in New York?
I went to America a few years ago, and my favorite place was NYC!!!
ooohhh, and Chicago, but that’s becuase I have family there!
I have actually said nothing about Uglies, which is kind of stupid, but UGLIES IS AMAZING!!
Also, you should read Justine’s books, I’m reading them now, and they are really good too! 😀
Not as good as Uglies, but almost! Which is a MASSIVE call from me!!
Am I the only Australian here?
To clarify (not that I think anyone here thinks this), but we DO NOT ride on kangaroo’s or say crikey and g-day all the time. And we DON’T talk like Steve Iwirn.
Sorry, I had to say that becuase my History teacher have us a lecture about it yesterday
– Joey
I really did not care for Uglies. Bye 🙂
-NOOOOOO NAHHHH
I loved Ugies. I loved Pretties. I loved Specials. I hated Extras. Want to know why I didn’t like extras but i liked all the others?? BECAUSE I DIDNT!!!!!!!!!!!! GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!
well this is a long list…ah well… being comment 1,360 never stopped me! enthusiasm…so helpful ><
Haha, well then that means I’m 1,361!!!!!! WOOHOO!
enthusiasm for us both!!!! Haha!!!
yyeeessss
it’s my dream to be comment 1,362! woooooo
can people who didn’t like Uglies not come on here just to bad mouth it? thanks! 😀
yuck… homework
I wish we could read Uglies for English and then write millions of things on it!!
aahh, dreaming of a better time….
Haha! I’m number 1,363!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!! My dream come true! Woohoo! Well I better go and I completely agree with Joey-la right now because if you seriously don’t like Uglies, then why would you just badmouth about it? Whatever. And Joey-la, which part of Australia are you from? Because my friends just moved back. She came to Montreal (Canada if you aren’t sure where it it:P) last year and she left before winter break. Whatever, she lives in Perth. But yeah. I better go now. Byee!!!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Hi Buccu-wa
I’m from Melbourne, which is right down the bottom of Australia, although we are above Tasmania! Tazzie is an island just below Melbourne!
Also, is it true that in america you only get one massive long holiday? That would suck…
we get 2 weeks between each term and 8 weeks at christmas (which is our summer)
I’m not at school, becuase I’m sick, I really hope I feel better soon so I can go and do home ec. (cooking! :D)
I’m in my dad’s office, which is just over the road from my school.
I better go, still have more homework!
– Joey-la
OMG! our skoo library got BOGUS TO BUBBLY!! (cuz i requested it lol) n it shows how things look lyk. lyk da hoverboards n crash bracelets and everything else!! its so amazing! i picutured hoverboards being more circlely but in da book dey look jus like surfing boards its krazy!!
well better go read my books!! hehe
always,
vivi-la
p.s. we got PEEPS too!! ahh! :p
OMG, I feel so late… I just realized how long ago some of these posts were =[ I’m so sad… I wish I was in on this a LONG time ago. ugh. And Bogus to Bubbly help make a lot of sense with the things I’m super slow about… hahahaha.
Joey-la
We do have schools that have the same schedule as you, there year round schools, but for the most part, we get about 100 days of vacation during the summer….I’ve never been to a year-round school, but I know a few people who have….They said that they liked it…..
Buccu-wa
Yes they were so FREAKY! I know they were good and all-saving the world, not blowing it up….it was still creepy! I couldn’t do the whole surg for it….it was too creepy crawlie for me………
Yeah, I’ve been to a few year round schools. But where I live, they only have year round for elementary. And most of them are turning back to traditional, I hear. I’m in Highschool, so I’m traditional right now of course, and I like it a lot better. I’m not really sure why, it’s just that we get the longer break, and don’t have to try and remember things from when we left off a month ago so it’s not as crazy.
I would hate going to a year round school. and would you switch grades the same time as a regular school
Yeah, you do. The only difference is, you get like two weeks in the summer off and you come back and you’re in the next grade. It’s weird.
i went to a year round school in elementary then the parents voted for the “summmer off” thing. i would rather have the whole summer off. super fun
Dear Jess-la,
It’s just weird to have all that surge. I just got Bogus to Bubbly and started it. It’s really good, and funny. Haha. Well, kinda funny. Anyways, now my sister is reading Specials. She just finished Uglies and Pretties. She spoiled almost the whole Twilight series for me, so I’m spoiling the Uglies series for her. It is REALLY fun. Now I know why she did it to me:P I always ask her what part she’s at, like, every 5 minutes, and then spoil the next part for her. Haha. Just thinking about it makes me giggle! Well I better go. Byee!!!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
YAY! I just finished bogus to Bubbly in 2 days! That was an awesome book. Now I got started on So Yesterday. After that I’m gonna read the Midnighters trilogy. I already have all the books!!!! Does anyone know when Leviathan is coming out?
Well I better go eat some breakfast now.
Byee!!!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
i would never ever ever do the operation thing cuz:
1. I hate surgury
2. I can’t stand the thought of being turned into an idiot who thinks bloody marys are how you get rid of a hangover (beginning of Pretties.)
3. Me not pretty, but i’d rather be me than some barbie doll.
yah, thats bout it. just felt liike answering number 2.
I totally want a hoverboard though.
Kay-la i totally hate surge especially when you have to get stitches oww. haha that was me like 7 years ago. but id rather be ugly and smart than pretty and stupid.
is anyone trying to make a hoverboard? well u should it would be extremely icy
Who are the models on the covers? And if you read these comments ( which i really hope you do) could you consider like writing another book in the series because i just can’t stop reading them over and i cried for days when Zane died :'( but i loved the ending… i keep turning invisible pages hoping that there’s more of tally’s tale
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR WRITING THESE BOOKS!!!
-Beautifully Ugly
is uglies really being produced for 2011?!!
oh and who do you guys think should be cast for it?
you know what I relised last night?
well, obviously you don’t, or that would be creepy, BUT
I was thinking, if Uglies is made into a movie, then it will become an annoying fad!! Kinda like Twilight, nothing agaisnt Twilight, but you get what I mean!!
Thoughts?
dear joey-la,
i get exactly wut umean. but wudnt u think dat if uglies was made into a movie n it scott was helping wif it da movie wud b great. im so excited for it. i think he can be really good at helping out wif da scenes and setting. plus i no hed b really picky about who da cast will b considering he seems to hav a really great perspective about a lot of things. im not worried bout it one bit 🙂
always,
vivi-la
Dear Beautiful Ugly,
I researched it like a million times and YES! Uglies is becoming a movie in 2011. SO EXCITED! But I completely agree with Joey-la because I’m afraid that if everyone has high expectations for the movie, then only the people who actually READ the books would realize that it is COMPLETELY bogus! Anyways, I’m excited but kindaa pissed off at the same time:P
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
I want uglies to be turned into a movie. i think it would be really neat and i trust scott to make the right descisions for it. and twilight the movie was not bad and i read the book. i just think they left out some stuff. and if u love uglies enough (like muah) it wont become an annoying fad.
thats what i think
beautiful ugly im curious about who u think should be the cast. im not gona make suggestions cuz i dont want anybody to get mad at me.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes many of times
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Actually no
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I hate to admit it but yea right now actually and because I’ve known him for a while
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I think it showed her how much the city is not at all like the real wilderness
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
no never
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw the true independant Tally she sees the brainwashed Tally the city made
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No I sure hope not Tally totally altered Shay’s fate I think
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
They have no world hunger or homeless or violence or wars or economic problems I would give anything to have a world like that
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think her own and I quote from Dr.C herself “self preservation” end quote kinda marked her path for her
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Possibly
WOOHOO! I just finished So Yesterday this morning. So excited, Now I’m reading the Midnighters trilogy. Although I only got to chater 5 of the first book. It’s retty awesome anyways. Well, I gotta do some homewoek that’s due tomorrow, so toodles!
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
P.S. Does anyone know when Leviathan is coming out???
Well byee<33
Sorry about all the typos:P, typing fast has its downs:P
wow. i havent come on 2 comment in a long time. weo ya im kinda excited 4 da movie 2 come out and i think that itll turn out to be okay. i luv Taylor Lautner. HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY TAYLOR LAUTNER!!!(im on HI time so sorry if ur not.)
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
None have abandoned the friendship, but when I moved away from my old home after 3rd grade, most all of everyone who I was friends with completely forgot who I was.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Not really. I kinda thought she was gonna be the rebel, turns out it was Shay… and even before her, the Smoke.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Not really, no. I pretty much ignore everyone equally.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I honestly have no idea.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Heck no. Absolutely not!
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw her as more serious about being a truly normal person… I don’t know where I’m going with this. I have no idea.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Maybe, but more I think Shay would force Tally to go with her to the Smoke so that the”good” doctor could never use any of them in the first place.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Again, I don’t have the thought process to comprehend that kind of question.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
It was entirely all herself. Though other people have an influence, no one can “make” anyone do anything.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Not hard. The only thing I need oil and gasoline for is visiting home. If that gas eating virus appeared one day, my only problem would be walking 333 miles on vacations. I don’t own a car.
hey,
i agree with what your all saying. I’m really torn, like, I thought as soon as I read it that it would make an amazing movie, but at the same time I like the feeling that (in my friendship group) it’s kinda my thing….. I know that sounds like a really bad thing to say. Oh crap, I made myself sound mean and stupid. I did that on Justine;s (Scott’s wife) blog a few days ago too! But I really do trust Scott to make the movie AMAZING!! 😀
As for the cast??…. I don’t know! What does everyone think??
Also, people who like Uglies should read Magic or Madness (by Justine) it’s really good. Not as good as Uglies, but still really great!! It’s up there!! 😀
hmmm….. you know now that you think of it you’re right! I was excited for them to make a movie out of Uglies but it probably will end up like the twilight thing. I gets too popular. I have to go!
for a movie? Well me and my friend and making what we call a miniscule motion picture. We are playing the parts ourselves, but for an actulan motion pic? Hard to say! I’ll get back to you on that!
The only real problem, when you think of any book being turned into movies is that everyone expects way way too much. In reality, we all would love the movie to turn out exactly like the book, but it can’t possibly….that’s why people hate the movies but love the books…..I’ve gotten over that problem with the harry potter movies, but most people still expect perfection and don’t get that we can’t make it perfect…..what you have to do is look at it like a separate entity…a completely different idea turned to movie….know the basic plot, but don’t expect EVERYTHING that was in the book to be in the movie…..it’s completely unrealistic….I loved Twilight (both books and movies) because I knew it wouldn’t be perfect, I knew they wouldn’t be identical, but I knew the basic plot-line and everything….I like the way they did it….if I compare it to the book, hands down, the book was better…..
No, I didn’t start this out to be a rant, that’s just how it happened……sorry!
That’s just my 2 cents on the movie thing…..I’m personally looking forward to the movie coming out…..
Ha ha in my last comment I meant to put IT gets to popular. Oh wells……..
That’s true. I just went and saw Inkheart a while ago My sister said that the book is much better I’ve never read it though…. Maybe I should and you have a good point Jess-la
1. yes, in third grade we tried to keep up, but didn’t!!! : (
2. I sort of didn’t really care about the operation I just thought it was going to happen and she would just live her life pretty. When she met Shay I kind of felt like Shay in some strange sort of way. When she explained the concept of being ripped of yourself and being turned into someone completely new, i thought I’d still want the same me and not want to change. Even if I was considered ugly I know I’m a beauty just like David told Tally. Finally, Just the thought being altered by some knife is really disturbing!!! I thought this even before Tally found out about the lesions!!!
P.S. I like Tally the way she is even though her new eye surge rocked in Pretties!! : D
TO BE CONTNUED…
I think that it will be great. Happy valentines day everyone…. I luv taylor lautner.
Another problem with book to movie is they drop a lot of stuff! Or add thing nothing like what was in the book. It annoys me.
I have a question for you guys….I’m doing an assignment in one of my classes. We need to tie it to the theme of love and intimacy (because the class [i]is[/i]) called love and intimacy. I’m trying to get a quote or two from each of the 3 books about Tally and David’s relationship. I need help finding one from the specials….
I’ve got the ones from the other books-
Uglies-David telling Tally that she is beautiful, that how she thinks makes her beautiful.
Pretties the part where Shay(I believe) tells Tally that David took on a million years of evolution.
In the Specials I’m thinking about the whole “You just look like tally to me” When tally asks David about what he sees when he sees her.
I’m not sure if I’m gonna use the extras…..
I’d like your input. Thanks!
Jess-la
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
1.I had a friend in 4th grade who changed schools, but I still see her. Barely. It’s not really her fault though, because we have no way of getting into touch now except for Email and sometimes when she comes to visit.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
2. Well, yes, but then when she went to the Smoke, I started to change my mind…all these people, who wanted to stay the way they looked, and they were all working so hard to stay hidden…I figured there must be a reason, and then I found out about the lesions and I thought “No….Way.”
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No, not really. Usually, people who are not very pretty seem easier to talk to and to pay attention to, whereas when I am talking to a very pretty person, I feel that I am simply not pretty enough to be talking to them, and no one wants to feel that.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
It prepared her in the way that it showed her how fake the city is and how much they keep from her and the other City Uglies, Pretties, etc.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
At first, I am thinking “NO WAY!!” But then I actually consider it and it gets me thinking, “Well, if I was happy, then what’s wrong with it?” Hmm…
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw her differently because he was used to being around so-called “ugly” faces, and he was raised just like we are now. He wasn’t raised around really pretty faces, and I’d bet a that in our time Tally would be considered really pretty.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I honestly don’t think she would, because I don’t think she’s that kind of person. However, she would probably take it into consideration a lot. I mean, who wouldn’t, right?
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The Pretty society is probably a happier place than ours, because nobody fights over looks beause they all know that eventually they will end up looking more or less the same. Same nose, same eyes, same lips, same body…
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think Tally decided her own fate 9/10 of the times, because really the only time where she didn’t decide her own fate was when she accidentally met Shay in the beginning of Uglies.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I would survive pretty well, but I bet adults would go really crazy without that stuff, and lots of fights would break out between people and it would be bad. Honestly, if everyone edidn’t rely on those things too much, then I would be glad if it did disappear one day!
i will answer the qestions later but now i want to get into your convosation so PLEASE include me!!! : D <3 i would like to see the uglies series put int a movie but i hope they dont make changes because that would just ruin the special-making stuff about the book!!!! jess-la i really cant help you on your report. : (
i really want another book in the series but i havnt read extras yet so i dont know if it basically ends there!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
–Yeah, I used to live about ten houses down the street from her, then she moved to New Hampshire, to live with her dad…we barely ever talk any more… 🙁
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
-I changed my mind as soon as she met Shay. As soon as I knew about the Smoke, and David, I was hoping that she would NOT get the operation….I guess she owes it all to Dr. Cable!!
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
–no, not really…I still have time though…
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
–I think that she learned that…(Wow, I never really thought of this, so it is hard!!) well, not so much in the wild…but in the smoke, that it’s not what someone looks like, it’s their personality…Which goes against what she was brought up to believe!
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
–I a way I hope not, but that could be because I was not brought up to think that I had to get an operation to be happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich. Anyways, I hope not.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
–Tally saw herself as Ugly, no one wanted to know her, she was unimportant….I think that that changes after she meets David, and sets of the locket (I hope that you read all the books if you are reading this!!)
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
–NO!!! never!! Like she said in Extras “Best Friends For EVER”\
(I hope not!!)
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
–I think that it was wrong of them to deceive the people, and not let them know what the operation really did to them, but I think that there are some things in today’s life that people deceive us too…enough said…
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
–Tally always said that everyone decided for her…and to a certain point that is true…For example Dr. Cable gave her the option to help her, or stay ugly forever (Tally thought that she HAD to get the operation to be pretty, and known (being known is a big part of these books now…) so she DECIDED to help her, so to some extent Cable gave her OPTIONS but did NOT tell her she HAD to do anything…
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
–haha, right now I am doing a research paper on Hybrid Cars…I think that the way that the Rusties (haha, I love that that is how he referd to us: The Rusties!! 🙂 died out, could very well be the way that we do die out, at the moment, it seems very realistic…the way that we are SO dependent on oil…it’s kind of sad…
SCOTT WESTERFELD: Please write another book to the Series!! PLEASE!!! I love your books, and hope that they turn into movies, and a longer series!! there is SO MUCH potential left in Extras!!
One of your MANY fans,
Kalea
(I bet you are in the top hundred with Face Ranks!! HAHA 🙂
im sry for alll yall twilight fans but …..dont get me wrong i luv twilight
but ScoTT’S ugly series is bettter!!!!
i just like absolutly luv all the science behind this………….im doing a report of biotechnology and plastic surgeries for schoool INCLUDING NONOS!!!
I completely agree with you Ari-wa, Scott’s Uglies is most definitely better than Twilight. Honestly, I believe this to be fact, Scott is a much, much better writer than Stephenie. By far.
To Jess-la-
May be in Specials when at the very end of the chapter called David when they are talking about the cure thing.
Sorry I can’t help you Jess-la, I don’t have Specials handy right now 🙁
Jess-la,
I think that the part you suggested would be really good.
In fact I have that quote stuck on my wall (written on paper)
What are some of people’s favorite quotes/line/ scenes from the books?
I think mine is Tally’s manifesto, but I also LOVE heaps of other parts too!!!
I can’t decide but I did really like the end of Specials it was really good! but I can’t really think of my favorite parts there are to many.
joey-la~
i liked tally’s manifesto 2. i was just lyk wow after i read that.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
–yes. joseph. he was my best friend forever, then when he moved he swore we’d always be friends. then he never talked to me again 🙁
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
–i kinda wanted to see what it would be like with tally getting the operation, but then again i was like “dont do it!!! dont give in!!”
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
–YES. James. he’s amazingly beautiful. i cant stop staring. lol i caught myself drooling only once, but it was horribly embarrassing.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
–She learned how to survive without all the comforts of new-pretty town. she learned how to live.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
–yes. yes i would. that’s what every 15 year old girl wants. id be happy and gorgeous. who cares if i cant think? neither can my friends!
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
— He always saw tally for who she was, rather than what the city forced her to be.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
— never. they’re best friends. even though they fight a LOT. maybe sometimes shay wishes she’d never met tally, but she knows she loves her.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
–if we were a pretty society, there would be no more war. I honestly dont think it’s such a terrible idea.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
— the city decided how tally looked, but tally always had her ugly thoughts. ^^
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
— if we had no more oil, we wouldnt know how to handle it. everything we own depends on oil. we really are like the rusties, and we’ll probably end up the same way. we are so dependent on oil, that we would freak out and have a panic attack. we’d kill ourselves because we would have no clue how to survive. silly us 😛
My favorite part would probably be…..um…….gahhhh…..that’s hard…..um…..let me think a minute…….
Uglies-when David explains to Tally why she’s beautiful
Preties-oooh that would be them breaking through the floating Ice rink! That was freaking awesome!! I would love us to get one of those!
Specials-Ummmmm……I guess it would be the last chapter where David meets Tally in the empty building and Tally tells him about the message his mom left…..XD
Mr.Scott westfeld I hope you check this page often because I want to run something by you. the fifth book in the uglies. Imagine something going horribly wrong in eurupe.not city killer kind of bad but tally and gang have to come bad. aya too maybe. a mystery please this is all I have to live for now.
all good parts… Ha Ha so hows everybody doin’?
I wish i was a special…
and i’m really excited for the movie to come out, even though that im afraid it may diminish the greatness of the books.
when and where would auditions for the movie be?
i really want to be in it.
omg i love these books!!And if theres really going to be a movie based on the series than i cant wait to see it!!!!Im just hoping it wont ruin the mental image i got of each character just like what happened when the twilight movie came out.The characters didnt look like anything i had in mind and i bet like lots of ppl felt like that but anyways… I LOVE THIS SERIES!!!! cant wait to finish reading the extras
I have no idea….. I’m kind of quite not excited for it yet cause it’s so far away.
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For #7, I don’t know what would’ve happened if Shay and Tally never met! Tally would be pretty and with Peris and never even heard of David. I think that Tally would figure Shay out eventually, especially if Zane introduced them to each other. WAIT!!!! WOULD SHE KNOW ZANE?!?!?!? OoOo…that’s a really good question to think about. I just hate that it had to end that way though. That made me cry all night.
Amanda-la, you rock my sox!!!! OMG if they made a movie i would like sooooooooooooo die!! I’d be hyperventalating!!! I LOVE this series. I have a team zane shirt. I’ve also read so yesterday and the first midnighters. Have you read Extra’s?
Stay bubbly!!!!
Did anyone notice they only said “I love you” Twice in the whole series? With Zane and Tally, and Tally and David, and possibly Aya and Frizz only twice. Once when zane jumpped out of the hot air balloon and when tally pinged davids mom she told Maddy david loves her. (her meaning Maddy [harsh])
Hannah-la~ ya i think i remember that. i thought that part with david, tally and maddy was kinda sad i was lyk omg wow.
so i’m going to say something random that might make zane lovers hate me, so if you are one, don’t read. But i think if zane didn’t die *tears* then tally-wa wouldn’t have done what she did. She would’ve just kept worrying about him and not been so icy. He softened her up and gave her a purpose. Completely random and may sound bogus, but that’s life. It makes the series seem so real, and relateable :] scott-la’s a genius!
lala-wa 🙁 in a way I think you’re kind of right. I mean i know we all wish that Zane didn’t die but the part that his life AND death played in the series and for Tally was so major.
I think Shay would have still met Tally if she could have helped it. They are the definition of Frenemies and the perfect complements to each other. Although Shay sometimes was sick of playing 2nd Banana to Tally she’s definitely got a lot of moxie. So I think the confrontations with Tally led Shay to the strong girl she ends up being.
way stephy-la. I know it’s totally bogus that he dies, but that’s life for tally-wa i guess. And i like frenemies. Perfect way to describe thier relationship. They’re so different yet so much alike. I think of tally-wa wasn’t brought up to feel so insecure, she would’ve been such a strong determined force. And with shay-la wanting so desperate to please her, she ends up that way in the end because it’s never enough for tally-wa. She wants what makes her happy and being her is exactly that. Even if they worked on her brain abazzillion times. She’s WAY TOO ICY. Even after zane-la died, she kept going.
lala-wa good point. i think that tally was really strong i dont really know if i could have gone through all of that.
David got his name cuz scott’s middle name is david. David got his scar cuz scott was fencing without a mask and got hit in the eyebrow. It says that in his book bogus to bubbly just in case u were wondering!
it was sad she couldn’t cry when he died.
but she was a special, so they don’t cry, then once she got out of Dr. Cables ‘clutches’ she started crying like crazy, probably mostly about Zane. Also when she is in Dr Cables prison, she says that everything is talking about the Diego war, and they always show his picture (becuase he is from their city) that made me want to cry again!
I wish I could choose a side on the David or Zane argument – IT’S TOO HARD, I LOVE THEM BOTH!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes I have, the sad this is I didn’t really have any other friends at the time and it made it worse when she never called or sent a letter. It only reminded me of how lonely I really was.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first I did hope that Tally would get what she wished for. But after reading of the side affects I don’t think I could wish such a thing upon any one. Even if it was their own choice. I changed my mind when David took Tally to meet his parents and they explained it in full. That was the turning point for me.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No, I find it easier to accept people for their personality not their looks. I would never trust or pay more attention to someone because they are good looking. It is the matter of whether they deserve it.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I believe Tally learnt that the world doesn’t always play fair during her trip through the wild, and I don’t think she could have handeled the information she was given if she hadn’t realised it. It for prepared her mentaly something in her orignial state she might not have been able to handle.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I would much rather think independantly than be being happy, beautifull, perpetually health or rich. As an independant thinker you are able to think of ways to create such things rather than have them generated for you by some city offical.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw Tally as she was on the inside. Tally took herself at first glance but David could see around all that and into her personality and almost her soul. He could see her for the person she truly was not the person she wanted to be.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, I do not believe Shay would have gone back. For many reasons I think Shay would have chosen not to mess with the past not only because it can create potenial hazzards for example – the utter destruction of the world. Because by changing everything she’d lose so much. She wouldn’t have her best friend or her loyal cutters. She would be a pretty – mindless and clueless if things went wrong. But she would still stand to gain alot if things went right – She could save hundreds of people earlier, perhaps even stopping the Dieago war. But it would be her friends verses the lives of hundreds and I think she would choose her friends.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I see many similarities between the pretty society and our own today. Not only do we idolise the beautifull and attractive, but we are slwly creating surgeroys that make this possible for the “not-so-attractive-in-societies-eyes” people. We idolise incredibly thin, unhealthy yet attractive women we are creating a culture thats begining to think that its alright to be unhealthily think just so you can look “good”. But we seem to constanly bring everything back to looking “good”. The prettiest people get to be movie stars or models. The most famous can afford to stay young in appearance for years past their age. We are slowly creating a society like the pretty society. Maybe we are not at that stage yet but one day things will become alike Tally’s and Shay’s world. Where only the “Pretty” people are important and everyone else is a nobody.
Yet the differences are hard to ignore: We are not being brainwashed into thinking a certain way. Although we are being told how to think and how to act we have a choice to define this. We have not got the advanced materials such as they have that make their lives possible. And we tend to not seperate people into sterotypical groups like Uglies – Where those of the same age ect. Live in the one area.
The Pretties do have a few things right. We are creating a world that is destined to be destroyed if we continue to pollute and destroy, and if we continue to create weapons for useage on one another it will come down to a situation alike the one described in the fall of the rusties. They are at least stamping out these violent thoughts – But at what cost.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally was completely in control of her fate outside the city, and the way in which she delt with it was amazing for a person of her age. If i were to go through something even as slightly traumatic as Tally did I do not think I could have handled it half as well. But within the city Tally was controled by a society and a government who believed they had the right way when in fact all they were doing was taking something so important away from the people who lived there. Tally showed me that one is in control of ones destiny and we make of it what we will. Because to have ones fate decided for us, is not a preferable way to be.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
The truth is as much as I like to believe that I am not dependant on oil and gasoline I am. Without it I would find life difficult. It would mean ridding my bike to the other side of town. Which is a few hours bike ride just to see a friend. A two hour bike ride to school, or even a four hour walk to school. I have come to realise in recent times that we are a society dependant on things that will not last forever. We cannot expect to have infinate resources when the truth is there is very little of the resources we have left. We cannot continue to think this way. But to say that I could live without it would be incorrect. I just think we need a better more clean, more practical solution to the problems we face today. I am a strong believer in the power of renewable energy and I do believe that we are the cause of climate change and global warming. As these devestating events continue to ravage parts of the world I become increasingly convinced that Global Warming is real and that maybe we should start trying to do something about it.
Oh and I’m Totally Team Zane….
where did you get the contacts for the extras book cover. i loved your idea of the flash tattos they were awsome
Scott doesn’t come on here (for about the millionth time)
OK so this was like from half way up the page…but anyways…I think that Eragon (Which I just started last night) a lot of books are made into movies and don’t suck, one is just better than the other, so then the one that wasn’t as good becomes the more “sucky” one…I think that the Uglies series would be a hard movie to make, so Westerfeld would have to get really good people…I don’t think that it would “suck” and even if the book was better (For example, Twilight Book was better than the movie, so then everyone was saying that the Twilight movie Sucked…I don not think that they gave the book justice…but ANYWAYS…) I would still want to see the movies, and what the characters looked like, and the serge monkeys, and everything like that, it would take an creative producer, but I think that if you get the right one the movie would be good…anyways I personally would like to see a movie come out…just get the right people to play the parts, (like make David cute, and blah blah blah) and don’t make the movie to to diffrent from the books, but not to close…well thats what I have to say about it…lol…well I hope that Westerfeld decides to write more books, and I hope that they are good! (but of corse they would be, he’s Westerfeld!!!) OH and by the way…is he done with the Uglies Series?? It seems like he could do more with that…I hope so!!
<3.
Kalea-La
Sorry I had my name all wrong…haha
He doesn’t have any more books for the Uglies planned, but then again, the Extras wasn’t planned either, he just came up with the idea and wrote it down….
This isn’t one of the questions but…………..
I really, really, reallyyyyyyyyy,
wanted Tally to pick David over Zane
(wait a minute that happens in Pretties, OOPS!)
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Ya, I acually did but I was to young to remember much, I was about 4.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first I wanted Tally to get the operation, but when she got to the smoke I kind of changed my mind.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I don’t ever remember doing that but I might have, you never know. About seven years ago I started remembering things better, but I’m being honest, I don’t remember ever doing this.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
In Tally’s trip through the wild she prepared herself for the smoke by not being given anything when she asks for it, and using the resourses around her to try and survive.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I probobly wouldn’t because I like my mind and how I think, and I know I’m not the prettiest girl out there but I acually like the way I look to.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Thats how it’s like with most people, for example I see the person I like as a funny, sensitive, caring, talented, and amazing person, but he may not see himself that way.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Well I don’t really think she would have gone back and not meet Tally because they really did become best friends.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Well the main diffrences woul probobly be that the pretty society has hoverboards and we have cars, and that their buildings are way diffrent than ours.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I would say about 50,50, but thats just my opinion.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I would probobly survive because I love to walk, and I hate the smell of gasoline.
This is all my opinion and I don’t blame you if you think diffrently, but all of this is my honest opinion.
I LOVE to read, if I don;t have a book I will get insanly bored, and I hate being bored. I’ve read lots of books but my favorite authors are Stephanie Meyers, William Nicholson, Scott Westerfeld, and a lot of others.
kaylee-wa~ i agree with u. thats y if i dont have a book 2 keep from going crazy ill reread a book that i thought was really good. I agree with you on the authors part Stephanie and Scott are great but ive never read a book by william nicholson…at least none that i can remember.
I have never read a book by William Nicholoson. My favorites are Scott (of course) Gordon Korman and Lynn Austin. I did like Stephanie Meyers mut then it all got suffocating after teh movie came out…
Some of William Nicholson’s books are The Noble Warriors which include Seeker, Jango, and Noman. He has some other books but I’ve only read Seeker.
Interesting…. I’m reading and 800 page book right now. It has been kind of hard to get through lately though.
yup i havent read a book by him. ya i have a hard time finishing books when they get boring.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No. Just no.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Never!!! I hated the idea of her getting the operation! Forgetting, for a moment, the lesions – I hate to conform to society just because someone thinks you should. I don’t wear the most fashionable clothes, or get the latest trend unless I want to. And giving up your face is like giving up your identity.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No. I don’t even notice looks. Someone says ‘ooh, he’s sooo fit’ and I’m like ‘wha?!!’.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Before, everything and everyone she knew had done what they were supposed to. Being out there showed her that not everything was tameable and natural beauty is much more astounding than synthetic stuff. Or at least, that’s what I think.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No. There is a fundamental problem in this question. Without my ability to think, I COULD not be happy. If I couldn’t think, I couldn’t write, and writing is as important to me as breathing. As for beautiful, it’s not what’s on the outside, but what’s on the inside that counts.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He was in love. He saw what she was really like, not what she looked like, and thought she was beautiful. Tally had been told she was ugly all her life and so thoroughly believed it.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No. Sure, she hated her, but all their experiences together had bonded them together more deeply than any fickle friendship ever could.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Healthier? Uh… I guess we are destroying the planet, and waging war on countries just to STOP war, but I just can’t go with the whole brain-washing thing. They saved the world at too high a price. I know, I’m selfish.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Dunno. How much does anyone fashion their own fate? Is it us, destiny or just plain luck?
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
If it all disappeared I figure the whole world would probably just go nuts, but once it settled down we’d probably be ok. After all, there are some cars that don’t use petrol or diesel – they use hydrogen. Go hydrogen – way of the future!
hey. is anyone on?
They really aren’t all that boring, well, go to his web site and look, you might like what you see.
i love the series! lol.
1) Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
no, i havent had a friend abandon me. (yet)
2) At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
i wanted Tally to get the operation at first, but after she got to the smoke, i sort of dropped that. as soon as i started Pretties, actually, and i realized Tally was a pretty, i sort of freaked out, asking over and over: “what about David!? where’s David?! Tally cant be Tally without David!” but then i got into ZAne… but thats a different story. 🙂
3) Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
occasionally i will, like if its a cute guy. 😉 but if its a girl who just thinks she’s God’s-gift-to-Earth, i just ignore her.
4) In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Tally’s trip told her she’s not in the wild anymore, and its time to learn how to actually work for things she wants. she cant rely on a hole in the wall to give her clothes, no iron or steel to help her move by hoverboard, and she actually has to work! (god forbid she has to WORK!)
5) Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
two words answer this question: HELL.NO. i love my independent thinking. i love being able to read, write, speak my mind, and just be myself! im not very pretty, but at least im smart enough to think for myself! when i look at these girls at my school that are actually pretty, but have no brain, there are times im glad im nt like them, because i’ll be GOING places in life, which hey wont.
6) How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw Tally as beautiful. even with her imperfections, he saw her as beautiful when the people in her city did not. This struck Tally as a lie, because she was brought up thinking she was hideous.
7) If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No. sure, shay and tally have had their fights and moments where they hated each other, but that’s what brought them closer together. if they had never met, Shay and Tally wouldn’t be who they are today. (plus there would be no series! :p)
8) Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Pretties oppose war. they stop he growth of cities into the wild. they use electric grids instead of gasoline. there are SO many ways the Pretty society is healthier than ours, but it has just as many flaws. they grow up believing they are hideous. they arent allowed in the wild. they are brainwashed. and much more. so i guess its pretty even.
9) To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
its probably a 50-50. It was fate that brought Tally and Shay together, but it was Tally who snuck over to Pretty-town the night they met. It was Dr. Cable who forced Tally to go to the smoke, but it was Tally who got everyone captured. it was Zane who offered to take the leison pills, but it was Tally who gave him one. It was the surgery that caused Tally to go crazy, but it was she who refused to take he antidote.
10) The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
well, we wouldnt be able to DRIVE anywhere…. so the streets would be full of people… but someone would eventually create hover-things. i mean, they already have small air-hoverboards! soon they’ll be maing actual hover boards, cars, and who knows! maybe they’ll make hover cams, like Aya-chan’s society!
I’m in Queensland (in Australia) and I think I have found a real life New Pretty Town, but for our times, rather than Tally’s. The place is called Surfers Paradise and it is mostly apartment buildings, cafes and bars/pubs. It’s kind of crazy, I’ve only been there once, but you can see the skyline from where I am! 😀
Sorry to anyone who lives there!!
Has anyone else found a real life version of something from Uglies?
I LOVE your books! My favorite book out of all your books is Specials! “I don’t want to hurt you but I will if I have to.”
I think I’m your biggest fan! <3 Erin-la
I want you to make a movie! i would see it like 20 time and still love it! ttyl
Ya, if scott made a movie it would be totally awsome.
A movie is coming out in 2011.
Joey-la:
No I haven’t. In fact nothing even close. Well then you must take in consideration that I don’t get around. And I would LOVE to live in Australia!!! I don’t know why but I just love that place even though I have never been there… lol but I just like hearing and reading about it. Maybe it’s because a lot ot my relatives have lived there.
WHOOPS sorry for the spelling mistakes…
Oh I didn’t know a movie was coming out. Well I’m happy!
My #1 author of all times will ALWAYS be scott. then stephanie meyer. she rox.
You guys should read a book called city of bones (and then City of Ashes, and then City of Glass when it comes out on the 24th of this month!) by Cassandra Clare. I just read them, one of my friends has the book but she lost it and I found a copy at the library….I decided to go get it and the next day I HAD to go out and get City of ashes……There really good books about shadow hunters and demons and vampires and werewolves and such…..it’s amazing and has a couple AWESOME (and highly irritating) twists…….oooh and you may want to try the wit’ch series by a guy by the name of James Clemens. I read the books like 3 years ago and decided to re-read them……
never heard of them. They sound interesting
You know what stnks! My sister that’s like five years older then me is VERY PROTECTIVE of me and we went to go visit her. Well we went to a book store and I and I was looking for Midnighters and so I was just about to buy it when my sister read the back and she wouldn’t let me get it!!!!! I was so sad
have you thought about making uglies into a movie ?
plz let me know i would love to see it !
Why did you choose a lake to separate New Pretty Town and Uglyville? Why not barbed wire or a wall?
(I also take advantage of this to correct my blog address, I’v made a mistake on the “A visit to Diego” comment!! Now this is the right one!!)
no one will ever get it will they!!!!
SCOTT
DOES
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well, he possibly reads them, but doesn’t respond!
i am worried as I think that Uglies is slowly becoming a ‘fad’ in my school – therefore in Melbourne – I really don’t want Uglies to end up like Twilight – not that I’ve even read Twilight (Twilight fans – please don’t kill me!! :D)
1. No actually I haven’t, I’ve had pretty loyal freinds. One is still my bf.
2. I didn’t want to get the special operation and I still don’t really like it.
3. Well i guess so but, not really.
4.
5. Defianitly, even for all the money in the world I don’t want someone else chosing how I am or think. That is something I will always want to be in control of.
6. David saw tally as a beautiful, smart, and brave person. Tally saw herself as a girl that was in need of the pretty operation.
7. I think that if neither of them would have gotten an operation then they wouldn’t have been freinds. So Shay would have not chosen to be freinds wih Tally.
8. First they obviously have a higher level of technolagy. But thier healthier because there are no over weight people that have heart issues, Untill their midle pretty they don’t even get sick ( Unless it’s hang over which dosen’t really count), they don’t have any homeless people.
9.I think that she had the biggest part in her fate. It was like a
75% to 25% thing
10. Our transpertation is practically all dependent on gas. There are very few cars and other transportation vehicals that do not use gas or oil. It would be very hard lifestyle for our civilization to not hav gas or oil.
scott!!!!!
I cant believe that you killed off Zane I Loved him. Can you rewrite the story where he dies and send me a copy .PLEASE. PLEASE PLEASE. I LOVE ZANE. PLEASE
JOEY-LA
twilight is awsome you should give it a go. but if u are a guy i would say just watch the movie. crap film qualty though. im glad they fired the directer. But more importantly
I LOVE ZANE
I LOVE ZANE
I LOVE ZANE
Ya Twilight is great book but it kind of get’s too popular. And no the movie doesn’t even compare to the book…
One time I met a guy from Melbounrne, his name was Henry… I know that was random but I’ve always wanted to move to Australia.
Ashleigh-wa – I tried reading Twlight but didn’t like it and I had so many other things to read that I thought I should read something I wasn’t enjoying – but I think I’ll try it again some time – when I’ve read the million other things I have been meaning to!!
I LOVE ZANE TOO!!
BUT I LOVE DAVID JUST AS MUCH!!
IT’S TOO HARD!!
What do people think should happen between Tally and David AFTER Extra’s finishes????
Is thre going to be a movie?
I hope so. 😀
Joey-la:
I don’t hate David. I just DON’T WANT HIM TO BE WITH TALLY! But I think that with Zane out of picture… Maybe they sholud get back together.
scott westerfeld I suggest, for your website, you should show tally youngbloods crest and where she came from. just to open her up a little more.
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I LOVE YOUR STORIES!!!! I AM ON THE PRETTIES AND I AM OBSESSED!!!!!!!i think i spelled obsessed wrong, but whatev. TRULEY I CAN’T STOP READING!!!!!! YOU MADE ME GO INTO A READING FRENZY AGAIN!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! ALSO I THINK YOU SHOULD MAYBE WRITE MORE TO THE SERIES, BUT THEN AGAIN I HAVEN’T GOTTEN TO THE EXTRAS SO I DON’T KNOW HOW IT ENDS. YOUR ARE MY HERO!!!!!!!!
You know no one has commented here in a while except for some one who thinks that they’re talking to Scott. What’s new…
Hey Scott-la!! i am a HUGE fan!! i cant get enough of the uglies books!! you should really make another one after extras! these are my favorite books in the world! I also saw you were making a movie of uglies!! i am SOO PUMPED! its so happy-making and bubbly!!!! 😀
I LOVE your Uglies series!!! its so icy-making! i am a total Special!! I always wanted to be in the Specials movie THE SMOKE LIVES!!!!! 😀 😀 😀
i just heard that there was going to be a movie in 2011. and uh there are lots of movie clips on youtube but my favorite is Uglies Teaser Trailer by signingupagain its amazing! i cant stop watching it
i am sorry to all of those Zane lovers no offense but i am sad about him dying but i am glad that David got to be with Tally because they were together before Zane came in….. oh and i almost cried when Zane did die and i would have attacked the doctors if i were tally cuz they just cant do that to poor Zane!…. but at least Tally has David cuz then she would have been alone! I LOVE DAVID!!!
I think that she’s not alone but I stiil like Zane better. If would have never died then I would want them to be together instead
good point….. ya but i felt really sad when she yelled at david before she turned into a special……. so idk but at least she has someone with her that she truley loves. not that she didnt love zane its just so shes not alone or with someone new or something…. i think david is better for her
I like Zane better but i think David is probably better for her in the long run. I think she needed Zane to get everything started and to get on the path she was on but David was more of a constant person.
exactly!i agree 99% because i still like david but the other stuff i would agree 100%
everyone comes and goes sometime in life… i think Zane was one of those people and i agree that he was just to get her on the right path and David was constant.
Exactly! Sometimes you get attached to the people that you meet on the way but they don’t always get to stay. David was one of those special people who got to stay.
PEOPLE! It’s only a book. A SUPER SUPER FAWSOME book, for sure, but still. Fallen is right. People come and go. I know that very well. But I wish I did not. Regan, you like Gordon Korman? I like him. He’s funny! Hilarious, actually. So IS there an Uglies movie or not!? People keep saying opposite things! I am confused! I wish Scott would answer this. Just to clear away confusion.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
None of my friends have moved away, thank God.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Yes I did but when she and David clicked I didn’t want her too. Stupid Dr.Cable.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Nope, I don’t know any good looking people who aren’t my friends…
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
It prepared her for the hard work and thinking it takes to live in the wild where everything isn’t protected.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I would but I would think my way out of being a bubble-head, I’m smarter than that, I wouldn’t be that shallow… I think…
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
While Tally could only see her flaws, David saw her for who she truly is. Aww how sweet!
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No I don’t think she would have, I think she would have stopped Tally from throwing her tracker in the fire.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The Pretty society is much healthier than ours, they don’t harm the enviorment and they have a lot more fun! I totally want a hoverboard and I want a magnetic grid under my town so we can stop using oil. Stupid Rusty’s
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally only chose four things for herself through out the entire book. Everyone else minuplated her, changed her, cured her, or erased her memories. It seems like everything bad happens to Tally…
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I hope it all disappears! Then we have to find a different solution to get around and make it healthier for the enviorment. We are very dependent on oil and I hate being dependent on something that will run out one day and hurts our enviorment. Oil be gone! Lol
Hannah-la
scott-la? in ur book uglies the last word was pretty in ur book pretties the last word was special in ur book specials the last word was extra in ur book extras the last word was cake… does this mean u will write a book called cakes? that would be cool 😀
I read all the Uglies books except Extras and they were icy! The end of Specials was sad, but it was also sorta happy-making! I read Twilight and and thought I’d never love another fictional character till I read about Zane!!! The series also can be related to our world. Like plastic surgery reminds me of the pretty operation and the hoverboards and stuff are a bit like the bullet trains in China! But Specials are amazing and in some ways I would like our future to turn out like this…unless something in Extras would change mmy mind about that. and is Extras last word really cake? and there is a Uglies movie coming out in 2011! but its sooo far away, but it will probably be one of those amazing movies that are worth the wait!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Sure, it happens in life you grow up and apart. It’s ok though.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I didn’t want her to. The whole operation scared me. Then I kinda warmed up to the whole idea.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Did this year with my co-worker. I have been in my field of work for 5 years. I started doubting myself and thinking what my co-worker did was better all because of her looks. She got an awesome office and got paid $7000 more than me. And she just started in the field! The bosses were gaga over her and so was I. Even my boyfriend was wowed by her. She quit and I was left to pick up the pieces.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I guess she had time to clear her mind.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
YES! I never thought I would say that, but reading these book I realize I can be that shallow and I’m ok with it.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He thought she was beautiful. She hated her looks. ( I can relate)
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, keep the past in the past!
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Brain damage would benefit a lot of people. Might cut down on wars or could have the opposite effect.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
She made her choices based on who needed her help. She accepted her fate in each book with dignity.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Almost everything I use has been produced or is made from some kind of Petroleum product. Kinda sad.
1. I am, in fact like Peris. I moved about two years ago, this summer, and my friends and I have so many differences, as they like to go on about a subject I’m not comfortable with (despite me saying so) and so it’s just overall hard to talk to them. I’ve started to ignore their calls.
2. Uhm….. I actually did. I’ve read all books and, in a way, I still wish Tally would’ve gotten the operation, as it would have made the series totally different.
3. Actually, no I have not. I was raised believing ‘Not to judge a book by it’s cover’ and things along that line.
4. I think it not only gave her the physical, but emotional strength she would need to live in the Smoke. It was very lucky for her to exipirance that.
5. Ah. See, this is where it get’s a little personal. Uhm…. now, i’m very independent, and I like it. However, i’ve never been any of those things, through out my whole life. I think I would.
6. Tally saw herself as others labled her. An ugly. However, David saw through eyes of a Rusty, and thought she was beautiful.
7. I honestly don’t think she would. Even though Tally is her worst enemy, she’s also her best friend.
8. The pretty society is a lot more technologically and medically advanced. Anyone could see that by just reading the first book. So of course, there are many differences. I think, because of those two reasons, it probably is healthier.
9. Not really sure how to answer this one. No to metion i’m running on four hours of sleep.
10. This is a really long question. In fact, most of your questions were long. Do I get to ask questions? Hm…..
1. Will there be any more Uglies books?
Simple enough, eh? I can’t find it anywhere. Also, I’m a Japanese Enthusiast, so I loved Extras. Might want to try -kun on the end of some of the guys names, though. Also, I loved the idea of Moggle-chan. One of my favorite characters, minus when he got taken over by the Extras. -nodnod-
1) ok, first of all i want to say that although im a HUGE fan of all of your series, i didnt like specials and midnighters 3 all that much! why? BECAUSE!!! it made me cry and throw my books at my wall! i think there seriously might be a couple of dents in it!!! :'(
2) ok. second…. i believe that there will be a movie!! on facebook (YES! I AM A 14 YEAR OLD WITH A FACEBOOK PEOPLE!! NOT A MYSPACE!! sorry for yelling, people just tell me ALL the time that im sorta wierd for not having a myspace and instead a facebook.) there are groups COUNTING DOWN the days to its release-which is quite a long time because its not coming out till 2011.
3) third. will there be casting?! i want to be in the movie SOOOOOOOO bad!! even if im just an extra! (no pun intended, i can assure you. :))
4) scott. WRITE MORE BOOKS GOSH DANG IT!!! i am all out of books of yours to read!!! ive read every one of your series and so yesterday and i need more!! write a book titled cakes as a 5th to uglies for all i care just WRITE SOMETHING!! PLEASE!!
thanks for reading.. giving me your time… you shal never get it back! bwahaha! jk, jk. love you all in a hypothetical way!
maddy-la <3 😀
More is right! But… HE DOES NOT COMMENT HERE! And, scince I am a future author, there are limits.
maddy-la, ya i no the moviez coming out in lyk 2011 or something and i agree it would be so kul 2 be in one of those movies.
omgeezeys! i cant wait till it becomes a movie! lol waitin for 2011!
Does anyone know what “Mind-Rain” is about. The book, not the whole whatever:P
~Beccu-wa luvs Frizz:)
Sonja-la
I LOVE Gordon Korman, he is hilarious. Ha ha anyways. It feels like I haven’t been on here in forever. It has been crazy with the state testing happening at my school. The state is psycho… Ha ha
awsome!
Haha we finished!!!!! Finally we have been testing for six days now. We finally finished. I was so sick of listening to the redundant and long rules for half an hour before acutally taking the test. Haha
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes. My friend Mason moved to Georgia and-like Peris-barley speaks to me.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I hoped that Tally would get the operation and then Peris would fall in love with her. I was hoping that the books would have to do with love between the two friends. I didn’t change my mind I think until Tally got to the camp. When Tally thought about following Shay I was like, “NOOOOOO. Leave her and run!†But once Tally kept thinking about betraying The Smoke I was yelling, “You idiot. Why would you do that! David and Shay are here!â€
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yeah. I can’t think of a certain time, but I am sure I treated a cute boy with more respect than an ugly one.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Tally’s first trip taught her a lot, but it mostly gave her a glimpse of her future life. Once at The Smoke, Tally would learn about the past ways on the Rusties, and that was how The Smoke lives.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
You know, it is easy for us all to say, “NO,†but really think about it. You can be richer than your wildest dream, never get tired out on a mile run, always have a smile splattered on your face (not having to fake that too) & never having to look in the mirror and yell at the beast starring back at you. It would be easy to say no, but to tell you the truth-my independent mind is what makes me-me (kinks and all) It is hard to say no, but I have thought it over for a while and not just blurted the easy answer out. No I’m not perfect, but I think that’s how us Rusties are meant to be.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Tally grew up in a society based on the outside image, and not the inside soul. So while Tally thinks like a city girl and judges her and others by their looks, David digs deep into other’s soul and pulls out the true you just like a wilderness man. One of my favorite parts in the whole series is when Tally and David are talking at the end Specials in the Rusty building. David asks if Tally is normal again, and she asks him if it looks like she is or not. David responds by telling her that she just looks like Tally to him. I think I teared up more then, than when Zane died.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Yes. Shay and Tally never really got along after the first half of Uglies. They just couldn’t stay on the same side for long. Even though the whole world benefitted from Shay and Tally’s pain, it was a horrible life. All Shay had planned for her life was to move to The Smoke and live happily ever ugly. But somewhere along the line that changed, and I am not naming names here-Tally-but that dream was ruined. So to make a long answer short-yes, Shay would go back in time.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
They live a very eco-friendly life and that is much healthier for the world. Even though it doesn’t seem like it I believe that the pretty society could be kinda dangerous. Considering the fact that the government leaves dangerous stuff laying around New Pretty Town, and if Uglies or lesion free people get a hold of them they could cause a lot of problems; David, Tally, Shay, etc.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally pretty much decided to become friends with Shay and that was about it. After she set out to the wild Tally’s life was in the hands of others-mostly Special Circumstances. I mean there were little parts that Tally decided; like throwing the locket into the fire, yelling at David to get lost in Pretties, and splitting the pills with Zane. But most of Tally’s life she was a puppet following the commands of others.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Everyone uses oil and gas daily. If it were to disappear I would not be able to drive to gymnastics or any sports. I would have to walk to my friends’ house and to school. Forget visiting my grandparents in Florida. I would never get to go tubing or mountain biking. Our world depends on gasoline, and that is one of the biggest problems we are facing as a world today. We need an alternate fuel source to save or Earth and our society’s well being. Why do you think the second great depression is coming? How did it all start-oil prices was just the start?!
Cool. FINALLY. I have an answer to the question that was buzzing in my head: there IS going to be an Uglies movie. Yay!
I love Uglies and i am devistated now that i have read all the books.:( You should write another about life in space!
1. yes
2. i always wanted her to do it until she met David
3. yes
4. she had to survive to get there and there they do all kinds of crazy things
5. i guess so
6. he thought she was pretty and he looked into her heart
7. no not really Tally always helped her
8. they are helthier, and much more calm
9. she chose her path when she stopped thinking like a pretty and many more times
10. it would be hard to get around (unless we had hoverboards) but i can totally survive
P.S: I Love Zane and i dont think he deserved to die, but watevs. he is on my screen saver so i see him everyday
u really need to write another book, cuz i hvae read them all a billion times, and i really want to know what will happen next!!!
SCOTT DOESN’T READ THESE!!!!!!!!!!
Ditto.
You know I wonder how many times we’ve said that… We should count!
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1. Yes I have unfortunetly in every grade I have been in actually and that’s only 5 (yes I am only in 5th grade, and I’m 11).
2. I didn’t want her to have the operation until Maddy told her it was for Shay. I mean risking yourself for a friend has to mean something!
3. No and I don’t really plan on it. We should all get the same attention.
4. It helped her realize how dangerous the wild truly is.
5. No! I could never see myself doing that. I am not one of those snobby girls who only thinks of there looks I am merely a girl who thinks about books. (EVERY SECOND!)
6. I think because he knew she was already pretty when she was ugly that he knew there would be a real change in Tally.
7.I really don’t think so because there Best Friends! Who would ever betray a friend like that (except Peris).
8. I really don’t know what “ours” is because I don’t pay attention to that kind of stuff.
9. I think she chose probally like 33.3% of her own life and the rest was chosen out by everyone else.
10. I would deffinetly surrvive because I don’t drive! I like walking and riding a bike. We depend on oil and gas way to much! We need to take a break from driving cars and see how beautiful nature is.
well… I can’t read that…
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wanna speak in english
Ya seriosly lol
I loved the Uglies series, I finished it in like two months {had trouble getting a hold of some of the books}, and loed reading it . I even got the inspiration to write write my own series and If anyone knows Scott’s e-mail i would like to thank him personally.
send me an email with his at samsgirl21@live.com
okay, here we go!…
1.) yes, this year…her name is confidential, but she HAD to move away from her mom and she moved in with her dad…she never called or wrote me on the computer (and she could have been TOO busy or just forgetfull or didn’t have a computer) but it would have been nice…but then she came back to school YESTERDAY! so yay! I was sooo happy! she’ll be finishing here ALL of school and maybe even college here! so crossed fingers for YES SHE STAYS FOR COLLEGE!
and I cant answer the rest cause I dont really know! Cause I JUST started the UGLIES series, (cause my ENGLISH teacher made her honors class read it, and she is SOOOOOO excited about PRETTIES and SPECIALS and is hoping for a smile by the end of EXTRAS! and I’m hoping there will be more of TALLY soon! So she talked to me about it, and I thought it was DIFFERENT-but in a good no GREAT way-and picked it up…read the first three chapters!, COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN! I read all the way to the chapter called OPERATION! and I’m about to finish it tonight! -the whole thing maybe other then that I’ll finish it by SUNDAY- and I was just sooo excited and surprised someone thought of some thing like this-i say that u only find a REALLY good book/book series every once in a while (well to me anyway) and this one actually took me by surprise-so I’m keeping the UGLIES series in mine when I go to sleep (I had a dream last night about UGLIES) and hope there is more to comE!) and I haven’t gotten that far…so once I finish the UGLIES book and is ready for PRETTIES, then I’ll answer questions 2-10! but SCOTT WESTERFELD, YOU RULE! GREAT JOB MY MAN! And keep up the FANTASTICLY WONDERFUL WORK!!!!!
~Justin Barnes (and maybe some from my ENGLISH teacher)
P.S. my BFF read UGLIES as an assignment (as told above sort of) and was assigned 100 pages! She loved it sooo much finished it in one night! Finished PRETTIES in one night..finished SPECIALS in one night! and is ready for EXTRAS!
I love ur work, and keep it up!
Okay I GIVE UP!!!!!!! SCOTT DOESN’T CHECK THIS SITE!!!!
Ok so I said it one more time lol
Yup. 😀 That would take A looong time to count! SERIOUSLY!? Two WHOLE MONTHS!? It took me 2 days to finish the Uglies, 4 hours to finish Pretties, and about 2 hours to finish Specials, (I am not kidding! I’m a super fast reader.) And Extras took me a day! So all in all, not even a week. But then… I didn’t count the time to get a hold of the books….
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? no
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) yes , when I found out about the lesions and David it was a no
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? yes
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? the hard work
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? yes
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? he saw her as pretty
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? no
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) the technology
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? she decided to stay with Zane to go to new smoke
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? car is all I would have to walk to school and every were else
Yep But I’m sure we could do it lol we’ll just have to remember what comment we left on lol
Idk. Pretty people are MEAN in the world I live in! Sheesh! There’s especially this one girl. I would not like the pretty society. I would like the face one though…
Huh? I don’t get that lol
okay well since im a uglies freak i just gotta say that all the books scott has written this series has to be my favorite im reading the guide to uglies world write now which is how i came across this website now anyhoo as for the questions
1. yes actually it was kristin-la told me she would never forget me moved to florida and never called me back after i called to see how she was doin i tlked to her mom who said she wsa always “AT THE BEACH”
2. oh no no no i wanted tally to not get the operation as for scott in the guide to uglies u said that her last name may have given her awat u no about the story and stuff but i dnt think so u picked the right last name for her that keeps u wonderin
3.no
4. any many different ways but to get the exact answer we should put that answer up to scott-la to answer
5.no i no the consequences
6.in many different ways but again lets ask scott-la to answer that one.
7. perhaps because they end up on different sides like tally withh the crims and shay with the cutters who end up on dr.cables side hunting down the other ones. but if shay could think clearly for once and see all tally did she wouldnt
8.well yes and no we see ever day ppl gettin killled shot murderes rapes we see discrimination but in pretties that all changes ur a bubbledeaded for societies own good.
9. well rlly kinda both until she got captured a lot of the time and changed with the special formation which in extras she has half gotten over but still has the specials strength
10.well we realy on cars and heat and air conditioning electricity which is a little to much
on my own behalf i would say that in extras it rlly showed how much dedication tally put in to her world and how she wants to always look after it and isnt afraid to do anything anymore
scott made this wonderful book that u cant keep urself wondering if this is going to happen in the future and if i may say so i wish i turn into a vampire like in twilight to see this all happen for real
o and another thing i read that sonja guys reply and is there rlly gonna be a uglies movie me and my mom just had this discussion like 3 days ago that would be so cool and interesting
make naother book scott wetserfeld plz but maybe dnt name it cakes like the way u eneded all the books pretties specials ugles and then cake
Why do people keep confusing my name so they think I’m a boy? I’m a girl! My name is pronounced “Sonya” or “Sonia”. The J part is just for originality. I’M A GIRL! Boys are gross. (No offence, all boys.)
Oh lol boys are wierd too lol we just talked about this in english lol
? But… you ARE a boy….
ok so in bougus to bubbly did they put everyones name in it?
Oh I’m hurt lol If you would have read previous comments I ahve put on here a long time ago then would have known I’m a girl. Which I am a girl. Just to get that clear lol
sorry for the mistakes in that one. I was joking too. I’m not really hurt lol
🙂 Okay. I guess they have all the importent names in Bogus to Bubbly.
Have you eer had a REALLY crappy day. That’s me today. I don’t know why but everyone has been snappy and mean. I’m kind of getting pissed off.!!!
Ant-la here!! Very bubbly making that you made this website!! LOVE the book series AND bogus to bubbly. The book series…you cant put into words how great it is! you just CANT! i look forward to reading all the rest of your excellent books also. (One question- Is Extras like part of the book series?)
~Ant-la! 😉
Wats “the book serise” ?!?!?!?!?!?!
Uglies series, of course! Yes, I’m pretty sure Extras is part of the series. I am rarely snappy. And when I do blow up, I’m alone.
how do you say my name as a nick name gabrielle-la, gabrielle-la, gabrielle-sensei, gabrielle-sama, gabrielle-sama or what ?????
you should read the mortal instruments series (city of bones) bye cassandra clare
Sonja-la: Thanks so much! Its ok, I dont find that snappy at all 🙂
Gabrielle you have to put urs as Gabrielle-wa
Emily-wa: She can put it as she wants. But Gabrielle, it is the proper pretty slang to have -wa at the end of YOUR name, since you have 2 L’s in your name.
By the way, Andy is a girl nickname.
I read this book about two years ago so do not expect too detailed answers for I cannot remember all that well.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes, yes I have. She moved away but I didn’t really think she would keep connected even though we had claimed to be best friends, but I am realistic and never believed in the last part…forever. I mean come on, really?
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I do not believe I did, though I cannot be 100% honest for I am not able to remember all to well. I think I did not for there would be no story to run with. I didn’t, however, even want her to be pretty(face wise I mean, not brain wise), now even for her to get the operation without the lessions so she could be pretty and have her own mind, for I knew it would change her way of thinking and viewing herself…lessions or no lessions.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Well, I will not pretend to not be judgemental because everyone is so. So yes, I pay more attention to someone who is better looking that the next average better. I will not, however, continue to do so if I think the better looking person is not exactly um worth my time, not to sound all snobby. But if they have an ugly personality, then why the heck would I want to listen to them babble, let alone hang out with them? Its a yes at first impressions but a maybe that depends on their personality.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Hmm…can’t remember but I am sure she was able to understand how the smokies lived a bit more than she would have if she had somehow not done that trip by herself. She realized how hard and dangerous everything could be, living out there like so, which is what made David be intrigued by her understanding of it all. She had a different perspective for she had been one of the few to make the trip alone as a first timer.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Though one vain side of me screams yes, my mind and logic give a profound no. Trade my opinions just to look pretty and have some imaginary happy bubble surround my empty head? I rather have some bad moments in my life, while being average looking, but being able to make my own assumptions and opinions, ideas and comments that are not screen generated.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
She was forever seen as an ugly in her eyes, and not just because of the label but she had quite a low self esteem, taking note of all of her imperfections and flaws. David, saw her quite fine, thinking all of these flaws were what made her ‘her,’ and it made him see her in a completely different light, a much better shade for her.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, I do not think so, though sometimes it really sounded like that is just what she wanted.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The health and the advanced technology overall. Other than that, we all categorize ourselves into plain jane pretty very pretty beautiful gorgeous and striking. It is a sad way in which our universe works, but even when everyone has mperfections still some are held high above the others so the othrs are stomped on, their slef esteems going lower and lower with time, just as the uglies felt around the pretties.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
In my opinion, which seems to vary a lot from everyone elses, I believe she had a half say in her ‘fate.’ The gave her options of what she could do, and to me that is not deciding for yourself what you wish to do but rather being forced to pick the best possiblity/option. She could have had a 100% say but she turned it down every time she picked one choice or the other. However, as soon as she threw the necklace in the fire…well that half say was turned into a temporary 100% decision maiing of her own life.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Well, take away cars and it would be hard to travel around but we could all manage. I mean, we have horses and we know how to build carriages and such things so go ahead and take it if you wish. I will deal with it, though I might not like it.
~Andy
why singapore as the base ? it’s so small ….. but thanks for mentioning it in your book anyway …. I kinda feel honoured to have my home country in the book …. ^^
Oh! I read The Mortal Instraments! (Well, the first two so far 😀 ) They are so fawsome!
Oh, and Ant-la, your welcome.
🙂
why hello,
first and foremost i would like to thank you for writing my new obsession. i received the entire Uglies series for my birthday (May 7th) and am halfway through Specials. i would be finished most likely if all those other pesky life situations wouldn’t cut into my reading time. any who, i feel a deep connection with this series that is so rare for me, and i find myself reading many sentences out loud because i want to hear the way they sound outside of my head. now, that is a big deal for me. that is a huge sign of me becoming a fanatic. i don’t mean to freak you out, because i have yet to develop stalking tendencies, but i was just wondering if you have plans of bringing this amazing story to the big screen? because i feel such a strong connection with Tally Youngbood, and i really feel that i could embody every change and challenge that she faces. i know that i am a nobody in the acting world (with the exception of my small town), but if it were possible to be given even the smallest chance to audition for you, it would be very happy-making. actually, if you even just read this post i would be down right bubbly.
yours patiently,
Tori Franks
they announced they wil have a movie but will come out in 2011!! the only thing i know is that theres a director and 20th century fox is in on it (like with tons of other movies!!!)!! and if you go to http://www.thesmokelives.com they will inform you on whats going on, along with trailers made by fanatics!! but beware, there are spoilers!!!!
Yeah, I’ve heard that. But there is barely anything on the topic! So bogus! Un-happy-making. I just know that they CAN’T get Tally and David and Shay messed up!
whoa this thing is long i mean the comments
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? Yes in Kindergarten.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) Yes I did. I didn’t want her to be lonely. I stopped wanting her to have the operation after she met Peris.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? Yes, Cute guys
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? She learned that sometimes you have to stand on your own and that there is no such thing as perfect.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? No okay maybe…
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? She could only see her flaws and he saw her strengths
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? Depends when in the series
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) They are a lot better to the enviroment. I know the brain lesions are wrong but in a way they were good.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? She decided it. She decided to look for Shay, she decided to take the pill and she decided to protect Zane
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? Incredibly, I see the Rusty disaster in the very near future.
sunnyislander: I think that it’s because it’s close to the equator if I remember correctly but I haven’t read it in a long time.
I finished Eragaon (probably the longest it’s ever taken me to read a book that size. Not that it’s boring it’s just that it’s the end of the year and I’ve been busy) And I didn’t the ending. It was a good book but I don’t know maybe I’m jsut on crack. It’s almost like the end of Uglies when tey kind of leave you with a cliff hanger but not quite.
Eragon’s a great book. I finished it in about a day. I went to the midnight release party for Brisingr.
omgee i hope we rnt the rusties, atlest become them
thats scary.
lol. but, honestly, we rnt exactly turning around and honestly people dont care about it thay r not thinking longterm becuase WE ARE THW RUSTIES AS OF NOW WE ARE HEADING IN THAT DRECTION.
im scared.
this is bogus. recycle atleats. or SoMeThInG!
AHHHH.
rusty disaster is heading towards us.
or atleats to some extent
gosh people stop having babies
goshh and just recycle or something
im sorry, im just mad.
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1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
nooo, he be a bogus freind.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
yes i wanted to see what it was like. i was curoius . i dint change my mind.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
umm okay thar looks. im going to sound bad but like idk.. both i guess depending. like u r compelled to pretty people lol.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
im stupid i dont feel ike thinking about this. so i will skpip yay.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
um, to some extent like i can see why i would on both points.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
he thought “uglies” coulb be pretty as well. he was raised in the oppasite enviroment.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
ooooo idk
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
no wars, no dissagrements, but no free thinkers. just prison. no minds but perfet. we on the other hand HAVE free thinkining…but HAVE war and disagreements…
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
uhhh
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
AHHHHHHHHHH i would go to tally and ask for hrelp.
i would go.. to… uh .. MADAGASCAR.. yaaaa or just the wildeness i cant make a fire tho.. ahhh
well , I can’t see how u can fit a hundred smart matter rockets on our ‘little red dot’ .
Well I have no idea what singapore is like so I’m clueless…
sensie Ivy: I don’t think that people stop ahving babies is something we can control. Well I mean yes we could try like back when the egyptains tried to control the poplulation of boys but some people you just couldn’t stop. Besides (And I know that you probably were just kidding but I’m a dork hehe) we already have a bunh of people having abortions so we probably have minimized the actual poplulation more than we think.
You know scratch my retardedness up there lol sorry
I’m not planning for a baby. Ever. I am going to travel an write. Always. Have any of you heard of that big black hole that could possibly be coming? Gave me an idea.
(OMG! The black holes are so DENSE! Space is scary. Well not really. But not even LIGHT can escape it! Light! But I can’t help wondering what it would be like to be in a black hole…. I will never know.)
Oh, up there I meant CAN’T escape it.
I think that balck holes are kind of cool.
Except when they swallow you.
Black holes?? they’re mysterious!!
Have you ever heard the song super massive black hole. It’s by Muse!
Well then I guess that I hope I never get swallowed by one lol
I’m a french girl so it can be some mistakes in my sentences…lol I’ve read the trilogy and I like it I like the way you write I absolutely wanted to say it to you!!!
I’m not going to say it…. Yes, I have heard of the song. I am SO not tuned in in the entertainment category. So I have almost no idea. I need names!
I love supermassive black hole !
WE LOVE YOUR NEW BOOK COVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE YOU SO MUCH SCOTT~LA !!!!!!!!!!!!
Entertainment? I COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT MUSIC! Movies… I guess I don’t watch them a lot. books? Well do I hve to answer that question? lol
1. Yes! My best friend moved and even though i gave her my number, she never gave me her new one or email, and never called me!
2. AT first I did, but when I realized how beautiful Tally really is, even with her flaws, she is just as pretty as every Pretty. She just needed the confidence to show it.
3. I find myself paying more attention to what beautiful people say! I have been changing that though. I just started talking to a new friend and tend to pay a lot of attention to their opinions. i wish i culd do that for everyone.
4. Bathing in the ice cold rivers, sleeping in dirty conditions, being limited supplies…
5. NEVER. Being able to think your own thoughts and rebel is so much better than looks. Everyone deserves the chance to speak their mind. Once again we ask ourselves: Beauty or Brains?
6. Tally saw herself as everyone else does, UGLY. David saw her true inner beauty and put that above all other. I wish more people today could be like he was. Plus, Tally was rasied around people who thought the same of themselves and of her, so it’s not exactly her fault. When you have to look up to flawless beautiful people every day it really can change your thoughts about anything from a bump on your nose to your eyes being too close.
7. NO. I think that no matter how mad Shay was at Tally, Tally really did help her. Tally changed Shay, and even though she took David, SHay really does love her at heart. Tally gave Shay another look at the operation that no one in the Smoke could.
8. The Pretty society is a lot healthier to the environment than we ever will be. The hovercars are way more eco friendly than cars, and they have no factories, causing pollution, and can recycle their clothes so they can re use them. Maybe the operation isn’t right, but Pretty town is.
9. When Shay came along, she almost forced Tally to go to the Smoke. But when Tally said no, the SC came after her, and decided her fate to follow her friend. Even though they did, when Tally got there, fell in love with it (and David), and threw the necklace in the fire, she decided that she would live in freedom forever. Even though she ended up destroying the Smoke, she did decide her fate to run away and rebel. Half Special Circumstances and Shay decided her fate, and half Tally did.
10. In a lot of ways people today depend on oil and gasonline. We wouldn’t be able to travel or create many supplies, because we would have no ships or factories (kind of). We could be a lot more enviromently friendly and use solar power though. I think eventually, it would be too much change for us, and we woudl find something going wrong. But we wouldn’t die because of oil and gasoline that quickly.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yeah it was totally Bogus
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Actually No I hoped she wouldn’t get the opperation because I loved the rebel she was and what she stood for
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Well yeah I’m sure everyone has done that at least once or twice
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
On her Journy to the smoke she learns to rely more on herself than technology
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No I enjoy being who I am and I wouldn’t change it for nothing
I may not b the most gorgeous or the most intellegent but I’m happy
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Tally was convinced she was just ugly and she wouldn’t amount to anything until she was pretty and David saw her for who she was not what she looked like he saw her inner beauty and I personally admire David for that
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No you can tell they respect each other their more like sisters because even though they don’t always see eye to eye they still love each other (like a sister)
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
pretty society is similar to our by the way people try to minipulate each other into doing what they want them to
The pretty society is healtheir than ours because they don’t have illness or war or pollution
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally kind of decides her destiny because first she got munipulated into finding the Smoke for the Special Circumstances and when she gets there she finds love with David and the rugged life he lives so she tries to destroy the necklace but the SC finds the smoke anyway but even though the Smoke almost died because of her she still fought against it
Oh by the way THE SMOKE LIVES
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Our life depends on oil for lots of things such as heat electricity Lights and tons of other things I don’t think we could survive without oil our economy depends on it and if that went away it would be chaos
This is not related to the blog haha (sorry) but it was the only thing I could find to leave comments in.. Maybe I am dumb. Anyway, at the end of Specials it says that there is an alternate ending on the internet… But there is only the annotated final chapter that DOES appear in the book ! I was so disappointed when it wasn’t there..
Yeah, that’s all.. Lol
MARRA!? Did you comment? And… oh! I remember her! Hi.
No idea what you’re talking about….
2. Yes. I was hoping she would get it so she could be pretty. I changed my mind when I figured out what it did to your mind and when she went to the Smoke and found Sahy and met David.
5.I guess it would depend. If I knew probably no. If I didn’t know then yes. I would love to have the fame pretty face and popularity. I wouldn’t care about the smartness of myself. I would have never of noticed like all of the other bubble-heads didn’t notice. If I figured it out after I would have been so depressed and stayed in my bedroom all day.
6. She saw her as a beautiful amazing person. Even though he lived in the wild and knew about the lesions he wouldn’t have told Tally and kept it as a secret like he did. He would do that to protect her. And he did. After he did tell her he knew she wouldn’t get the transformation, but she did. And after she did she still loved her. All because she was a beautiful person on the inside and outside.
7. I do not think she would have. She wouldn’t because deep inside she probably didn’t want all the operations. She would have loved to be friends with her. OR she could have met her and naver talked about David and stuff. OR she could have taken Tally on a secret adventure to the Smoke and she would have never known about anything else like the Specials and maybe not even the brain lesions.
9. I think everybody decides her fate, especially Shay. I think the only time she decides for her own is when she goes to the Smoke to get the Pretty Operation and when she runs and hides in the forest in the ast chapter in Specials and in Extras.
10.If it all dissappeared in one day it would be hard to live because there would be no driving no flying and all of the other stuff. We would have to ride bikes or walk. Lots of people would lose their jobs. It would be very devastating and I think we could not live without it.
It’s been really slow on here.
omg omg!!! i totally luvd dis series~~!!
i luvd extras
1. Yes, I have my freind and i said we would be best-friends until the end. of corse we are not now but only because she moved far far away we were friends for a little while after, but it wasn’t the same… ohwell who gives a crap! lol
2. NO! i’ve been told i am atractive and it sucks!!!! i almost never get in trouble… okay sometimes i do… but to my defence who dosn’t?
3. i would love to say no but i cant. i trusted this guy once because he was georgus and he ended up telling everyone my secrets… what a friend;)
4. That it sure as hell wasn’t easy lol
5. Hell no. I’m a free spirit i do what i want when i want lol so no beauty could stop me from being me.
6. She was raised to think pretty was ugly and ugly was pretty. so cut ‘er some slack.
7. no despite everything they’ve been through shay loves tally? i think.
8. age of opperation. thats it!!!!
9. she’s a people pleaser so none of her actions were her own. besides loving david…. but who dosn’t? i know i do.
10. i live on books and gossip so not alot. lol okay very much i love to straighten my hair.
-_- *gives evil stare to scott* make..more….books….on….tally! or i will hunt chu down and EAT CHU! ^_^
so….
1. lets see…um….yes, yes i have. except I moved away but actually made an affort to stay friends, he (bowin) just totally left me. it feels like a fresh slap in the face. still. anywho, yes i have.
2. at first, i NEVER wanted her to. i was totally on her side. i wanted her to stay with the smokies, but see wat happened with the pendant and everything. im reading specials, almost done, and im fine with her being a special. i guess cuz shes still the same person. like shay said, shes the same little ugly she always has been. even though, i dont mean it as rudely as her.
3. i guess. in kindergarten, i became friends with a girl named Catherine just becuz i thought she looked really pretty. but hey, i was freakin 5! we became best friends, but she dropped me in the 5th grade. thats wat you get, i guess. right?
4. um….i agree with callie-wa’s answer. i cant really think of one right now. i guess….it prepared tally-wa by
5. now THATS a really hard question to answer. b’cuz everyone wants ALL those things, in its OWN package, not seperate. but honestly, i would go with thinking independently. being a bubblehead is so revolting….
6. good guy like david-la always see the good in the women they love. and people like tally-wa never have their head out of the brush long enough to see the things david-la saw.
7. no. she just gets mad easily and pretty severely, but she still loves tally-wa.
8. well a healthy way is that they revolt wars!!! but i would hate being bubblehead-ed. even for a short amount of time. and plus i would want my own face.
9. she barely makes her own choices. shes only made 3 on her own. she even said so, so…
10. i thought we WERE the rusties….
i’m so bored. and i’m in the car going to salem, masachusetts to visit grandma who says that we’re wiches! what a freek i know if she wasn’t blood i’d never go to her house…. okay i so would!!!! her pool boy is hot! and i’m a sucker for a pretty face lol
my names cloud, you don’t know me, but I’m not new.
i read these books a lot, they give me ideas, they’ve changed the way i think, the way i take life…
I’m 17.. i live in australia in a light little town called mullumbimby.
anyway… the questions..
some of my answers might be a little controversial, a little harsh, a little fucked up but its what i believe in.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
i’ve moved around a fair bit, lost friends as close as siblings.
in space and time.. the internet just makes us feel more disconnected. so do drugs. people get into different things i guess.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
yeah, i automatically equated pretty face with happy ending.
shallow hey.
i changed my mind when we went through the wild. i know that nature changes me. i’ve experienced the shift it brings many times.. danger, cold, risk, and endless uninvaded space brings an icy clarity. meditation helps too.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
when the mundane starts to smother me i unconsciously look for shallow kicks.
sexy, pretty, attractive, fashionable, healthy people easily conduct my attention.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
out of the confines of the city, tally experiences a little thing i like to call a “reality check”.
life is wild, beautiful, limitless, and full of danger.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
if it would save the planet from us rusties..
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
he saw her through eyes not affected by the city’s cultural conditioning of its society and its idea of what beauty is and is not.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
no.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
whatever happened to tally doesnt really matter in the end.. what matters is that she took it, and in the end she had the courage to end the old system and bring about the mind rain.
what matters is that she stayed special, and that she’s out there protecting the planet from humanity.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
we are rusties. we are the people who in the books are referred to as “nearly destroying the planet”.
we ARE stupid. not because our brains are that different but because we’re afraid of change.. like those doped up pretties (example peris not jumping out of the balloon) we’d rather be mindless and happy. THE PLANET IS DYING BECAUSE OF US. and yet we still drive everywhere, we have WARS over OIL, WE HAVE WARS OVER WARS over wars over wars. we fight over religion, gods name, gods existence.
WE BUY FOOD THATS BEEN SHIPPED HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD, PROCESSED, SHIPPED SOMEWHERE ELSE, PACKAGED, SHIPPED BACK THEN DRIVEN AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR WEEKS BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO THE SUPERMARKET. thats just ridiculous, get a fucking veggie patch.
we don’t eat right, even though we know how.
we don’t stop driving cars, even though we know its killing the planet.
we now know how to build vertical farms (like in skyscrapers) which means organic, local produce that doesn’t have to be shipped round the world, that doesn’t require chemicals, and that allows all the trillions of acres of land across the earth to regenerate its self, to grow back forests and therefore start sucking the huge carbon footprint we as a so called “civilization” have created.
but do you see any around? i don’t.
you know we are so close behind tally’s world when it comes to technology. maglevs are already invented I’m pretty sure. so is solar and wind power and vegetarianism. we already KNOW that humanity is a dis-ease on the planet.
but are we treating our earth like good little doctors?
we know the treatment, we’ve got the meds, so lets get in and do the fucking surgery and stop lazing around on our rusty little asses.
i wish.
i wish that someone would hurry up and invent that bug that eats oil and petrol.
we cant fight over what we don’t have, it certainly helps deal with the issue of over population, hopefully the people like the architects, environmentalists, all those smart folks get up and ride a bike rather than go die in their cars, cos we need them.
either we can wait around for the big shock wave of explosion and starvation or we can start building the new civilization so that when this one collapses, we can make a smooth transition.
free your minds, (keep challenging the gods)
cloud…
wow cloud thats deep.
i know how you feel about moving. my mom and dad are in the supriem cort so we- no no. i am constantly being moved around!
it sucks so bad! and once in the ninth grade the worst thing EVER happened to me and that time there was no moving until this year. i’m im the tenth now.
but seriously thats deep…. i agree with your awnsers.
people judge me all the time because my last name and what my family dose or how much money we have so i think i can relate to tally and shay. constantly being told things that arn’t true to get what they want out of me.
people get hurt…. thats life
and life……
lets just say life isn’t fair. but its hard enuff to bring everyone in the world to shame atleast twice in there poor lives.
do you people believe in god?
or re-birth?
i’m not sure what i belive in…. because if you spend your whole life focused on one thing…. and you’re wrong then waht happens? so what do you all belive?
I believe in God. I guess that you just have REALLY strong faith. But no matter what you believe in you have to have faith…
I had the craziest dream last night lol. So I was at school and I was in line to get luch and this girl like pushed me and half of my food went flying but I kept on going in the line anyways. So I get to the guys who is handing out rolls and he’s like “I’m sorry about that girl. Do you want three rolls?” So I grabbed all three (Piggish I know what was I thinking in my dream?) and then I sat down. So a friend named Jamie says “That guy who was passing out the rolls was hot.” (he was way yonger than the lunch ladies like maybe a sophmore) And I was like “ya I know” and she started yelling at me not to steal her boyfriend. So I told her that he wasn’t even her boyfriend and she got so mad she she grabbed one of my rolls and I was like “Hey I wanted that!” And she was like “Well your not going to have it” and she started forcing it down my friends throat and it was like choking her and she was like screaming. then I woke up…….. I don’t know what it meant. Either fo these: My friend Jamie is going to kill Hannah with a roll over a guy; or I’m just crazy. I think that it’s number two lol
Change that three rolls to four I messed up. And they were the shape of a hand.??????
okay thats wierd!!!! lol. i had a wierd dream that i did it with jasper from twilight. and hes not that good looking….. soooooo lol i know its kinda gross and im a total freak but hey! lol
what’s your take on the current situation of the world?
will we blow ourselves up in time to save the planet from global warming?
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1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? A:Yes in kintergarten i had a best friend for thee whole year jusst before 1st grade she moved and i never heard from her again.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) A: yes i did i changed my mind right around the time she met Shay
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? A: Yes i have probably the most when i am first getting to now that person i oce wanted to be friends with a person in m class who was really pretty i began to trust her than she forgot about me and stole my best friend after that my bff hardly payed attention to me.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
A: she saw her self as just ugly and he thought sge was pretty.
Hello,
Scott Westerfeld, I have just recently started reading the Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras, I really am enjoying them.
I just wanted to know what book did you enjoy writing the most?
Also, I have become interested in Peeps, I know I will like that book too. I looked at So Yesterday and i will read that.
‘I just found about the book Evolution’s Darling and I am excited to read it!!
I am busy reading a lot and i am reading the vampire academy series, have you heard or read them?
i hate twilight!!!!
harry potter rocks!!
Heyy Everyone!
First I would like to say that I am IN LOVE with the Uglies series 🙂
I think it is WAY better than Twilight, and if you knew me at all, you would know how much of a compliment that is 😀 I’m a TOTAL Twilight freak!
Second is that I am Team Zane! I fell in love with his character!
Third is that I was wondering if there was going to be an Uglies move and if it’s open casting. If it is I would love to try-out for a part 🙂
Thanks!
Love Ya 😀
Sorry! I meant movie instead of move in 3rd! Aha 🙂 Oops 😀
There NEEDS to be a movie!!!! 🙂 i would love to be shay 🙂
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Honestly, not moved away technically, but I was dumped by one of my friends for the popular people after one of the popular people started to move in on her.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Actually, when it was what she wanted, I got invested in it like I got invested in Tally – what she wanted, I wanted too. However, I sort of dropped that idea when I found out there were the lesions that supplemented the pretty operation.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I desperately try not to – even with boys I might be attracted to. I made very good friends with a boy that I was attracted to for his personality – I wasn’t affected by his looks at all, so hopefully my tirade is working?
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Tally physically began to learn what she needed to survive – wilderness expertise, I guess. Psychologically, Tally learned so much in the Smoke that was unable to have been learned in the wild; she was still pretty-minded (though she hadn’t had the operation – I mean that she was brainwashed in the typically pretty way) when she got to the Smoke.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Honestly, the perpetually healthy part I could deal with, but the rest…no. No. Way. I value my mind more than anything else about me – and I wouldn’t mind being genuinely ugly in order to keep it.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Tally’s been completely brainwashed by the government that rules her and the other uglies. See, I even said it – uglies, though they’re really not ugly at all. They look exactly like us, yet they’re brainwashed to think otherwise; so Tally thinks she’s ugly, and wishes to be pretty instead.
David isn’t affected by all that, since he grew up in the Smoke. David sees Tally from beyond the surface – her looks don’t particularly matter to him – and sees the real Tally, and thinks she’s beautiful.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Oh, wow. Shay…Shay is one of a kind, a very strong person. Even though Tally’s done some horrible things to her without meaning to, Shay – I think – still values Tally’s friendship. Tally was there for her when she chickened out from the first trip to the Smoke, she didn’t care that Shay had stayed behind and left all of her friends who, to Shay, were more strong-willed and strong-minded that she was. And so Shay sticks through it with Tally, through thick and thin, and Shay had tons of chances to leave, but didn’t. I think Shay herself answers this question.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Scott Westerfeld, you have taken our society and exaggerated it, making it into the Prettytime. The only striking thing that’s different is that they don’t fight wars (well, until ‘Specials’) which is one way that the Prettytime was slightly smarter than we are today. However, if you look at the /way/ they got people not to fight wars – the pretty operation and the lesions – you start to be torn. It seems that violence is in human nature, and we’ll just have to deal with that.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Oh, God, this is quite a complicated question and I’ll do my best not to go into a rant about it.
Tally, however strong a character she is, decided only about half of what happened to her. If you remember correctly, at the beginning of ‘Uglies’ she desperately wished to be pretty – she was just as influenced by the Prettytime as any average ugly back then. It was Shay that shook Tally’s life, showing her a different way of thinking, and Tally followed that until Shay left for the Smoke. Then, Dr. Cable influenced her – using her wish for the pretty operation – to betray Shay and the Smoke. Her first real decision was to abandon the locket, and that rained Specials down on the Smoke. Her second decision was to give herself up for testing, but even then, that went wrong, because in ‘Pretties’ she was too scared – and partly influenced by Zane – to take both pills. Then, it was Zane who kept her bubbly, not entirely herself…
However, it was Tally’s decision that led to her being the new Special Circumstances with David, it was both Tally and Shay and the Cutters that brought about the mind-rain, so it was her decisions as well that impacted the change of society and the end of the Prettytime.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Rusties are stupid, ergo, we’re stupid. I completely agree with Prettytime and mind-rain versions of us – they’re not entirely false, that’s for sure. We depend on oil too much for our own good, and should stop. The few people who were smart enough to walk out of their cities – why weren’t there more? Why didn’t people understand that they had to leave to escape this menace; and the only way to do so would have to be walking? We’re lazy and stupid and would probably all resort to prettymindedness if we were left the chance, which is both sad-making and nervous-making, if you know what I mean.
Personally, I wouldn’t really be affected by the oil bug, because hopefully I’d know to resort to walking, but I really need it to get around, especially since my school’s in the downtown area of my city and I live in the suburbs. I don’t suggest that we completely give up on oil in favour of newer forms of energy, but I suggest we blend them all together, a harmonious mix of energies – and that we all get smarter, so that in case this really does happen to us, we realize that freaking WALKING is pretty much our only option; and we take it.
Mr. Westerfeld, your books are extraordinarily written, and I’d love for you to write more of this series – though I agree it came to a wonderful ending in ‘Extras’. I’ll be eagerly looking forward to anything else you write – and of course, be recommending ‘Uglies’, ‘Pretties’, ‘Specials’, and ‘Extras’ to anyone who will listen to me rant about their happy-making qualities.
OMG!!!!!!! This is the best series i have ever read in my life! I have read over 20 books this year and this series stands out from the rest… How i would love to be in Pretty vill right now or be on a mag-lev train surfing with they sly girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have one and only one question only…
My # 1 Question. Reading all of your books… do u think every one in this world is ugly?
I am so brain missing i forgot to answer the questions!!!! That is so bogus! Lol no sama this time
1. No,but i have had a best friend who i just lost. I did nothing to her she just stopped talking to me period… no texts calls emails nothing.
So in some way yes and in some way no…?
2. At first i thought yes i want her to get the operation,but then i thought how would the book be without tally-wa’s exciting ugly sprirt?
3. I want to say a 100% no,but yes i told this guy, who was so hot, the person who i liked and he went off telling him.. the next day the guy who i liked wouldn’t even look at me!!!!! Prettyness is hypnotising.
4. She learned to be safe and that the world is not like her perfect little city or her used to be perfect little city..
5. No, i would hate not being a goof all the time just to be pretty and all that crap. I love the way i look sure i may have flaws,but i have my sense of style and goofyness wich is enough for me. 🙂
6.???????????????????????
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Never! Peris was totally pretty-minded but his was by choice because all he wanted was momentary bubbly, not permanent.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Yes I hopes she would get it, but I changed my mind when I realized it would seperate her from David.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Well, according to “Biology” lol I do. But I usually am more of and itellect person.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She learned the wild is unforgiving.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I’m not sure. In some ways yes. But without my free thoughts I’m not really me.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He save her as brave. She saw herself as someone who always does the wrong think and is easy to push around.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No. They are best friends no matter what. AT certain times she may have thought that but in the end they always end up on the same side.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The pretty society is way healthier than our own. They have better spent the resources. A controlled population and indivials that are controlled and have no violence. They take better care of every thing than we ever did.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
If it weere up to her she would have become a non crim pretty. But Dr. Cable made her go into the wild. She decided not to set the tracker off and accidently did anyway. She wanted to stay in the wild but picked her own to go into the city for a cure. She wanted to escape and be cured, but they made her special. She mostly controlled her own fate with others interactions.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
We are to dependant on oil and gasoline. I wished (including the brain lesions and all) we were just like the pretty society (minus the collaspe and interference of David and Tally).
Wel………………… Everyone on here now is new….. Where is everyone???????????????????????
hey this is kinda off topic but i need to ask this.
Do you all think tally is better with zane of david
i think zane he is awsome
1. Hmmm. Yes and no. One of my friends is moving to Indy and we are kind of close. KIND of. So, no it hasn’t happened yet, but it will. I also had to move. I had a boyfriend and a best friend, and then my family moved and i had to tag along. I lost touch with everyone there except my best friend and one of my teachers.But I still visit.
2. I was kind of stuck. If she gets the operation, she betrays Shay, but if she sticks with shay she is ugly for life. I was amazed at how this book ended
3. No. I trust them less if they have looks and pay same attention to everyone.
4. She learned that life outside the city limits is tough but stunning. Life out there is hard, there won’t be any cake and ice cream for her if she throws a fit or gives up or gets hurt. But the things she sees along the way are beautiful and different.
5. ummmmm. I don’t think so because it doesn’t matter what happens in this life.Trust me. You’ll see.
6. Tally was brainwashed into thinking she was ugly. David knows that she is normal, but sees through her looks and sees that she is pretty on the inside.
7. No. But when Tally finds out she may never be pretty, she probably wished she had never met Shay.
8. It’s corrupt, but most people think it is very healthy.
9. 50-50. 10. I’d survive. There’d be water and electricity
1. yes. except i moved. but my friend decided she would never speak to me again, two weeks before i actually left. so here it is 7 years later, one city away, and have still never talked to the girl since fifth grade.
2. i was all for the operation until the lesions came about. but i still secretly wished she could be pretty with out being brain-missing.
3. Now that depends. i dont usually sit around a watch videos of people gab on and on, unless theyre famous for something. if it were a regular person probably not unless the were important to me.
4. it toughed her and got her ready for life in the wilderness with no technology.
5. Absolutly not. we can only dream that what we have is good enough to obtain such things for us in life.
6. David was raised in the wilderness so he has never known what the city tells its victims. Tally was raised to believe everyone with out the pretty operation is hideous, but David sees the beauty in people and Tally that Tally is unable to see.
7.No. theyre like best frienemies, they love to hate each other, or thats how it seems in Extras.
whether shay would admit it or not it was Tally who saved her. Tally was the reason she cured herself from the lesions and formed the cutters.
8. we categorize our selves by our looks or social class just like they do. they only difference is we hav control over our actions, and the city has control over their actions.
the operation was meant to be good and protect our planet and get ourselves to stop putting ourselves in stupid wars taht dont even matter, and for that reason i might wish we had some sort of similiar operation today or in the future, just without the cost of our thoughts.
9. there are only two instances i can think of where she had any say her future. 1. even tho she only had a say in part of this one the first is when she decided to go to the smoke after shay. 2. when she ran away in specials to watch over the planet after the mind-rain took place.
10. i think i could survive well enough. I hate cars and dont ever want to own one so that saves me. People should dump the cars and start walking. god knows we would all be healthier from it. and if people dont want to do that then bring out the solar powered cars, we know theyre out there. People are just trying to squeeze every last penny out of the oil before finally converting to the sun
1. No (at least i sure hope not)
2. Yes i felt bad for Tally and i kind of dint want to belive what david said about the pretty operation cuz i felt bad for Tally.
3. No, Never, Not Gonna Happen!!!
4. This is a tough one but one thing i loved that she learned was, nature doesn’t need an operation to be pretty, it just was.
5. Well… i would like to be happy all the time but giving up my ability to think… they dint tell you that in ugly school did they Tally?
6. He saw her for who she is. And i think the way that Callie-wa (#1614) said it was amazing.
7. Well sometimes yes, and other times no, you see before David and Tally kissed in Uglies she would never have and then Tally had to throw the locket in the fire and then Shay would not have second thoughts on going back in time. But when she became pretty she forgave Tally and when Tally became pretty too they were best friends again and dint remember what happened and when Shay remembered she hated Tally and Made her get the special operation to make it so Tally only liked other specials and Shay only did that to get Tally back cuz she loved her friend and dint want anyone in her way to get her back. But Shay learned that no matter how many times she changed Tally, Tally could not love her back the way she did. (and yes, i did read Mind-Rain).
8. In Tally’s world the pretty operation stoped wars but im cant think of anythink else that it did other that hate ulgies and only hang out with your own kind.
9.All Tally wanted was to be pretty and thats what she thought she would be soon when gazing out her window, and when that day came she had to leave to go to the smoke and that changed her a lot… and finding out the truth of the operation just changed her more, so much actually that she decided not to become pretty and that she loves David. But she became pretty and then she dint like David anymore and decided that she loved Zane. And when she became special she couldn’t even look at Zane.
10. Um i think a lot of people would die! And it would be very hard to get around.
Anyone?……………….
1. no
2. yes I am weird like this. when I read I think it’s more exciting when bad things happen because it makes me wonder how they will get out of the mess. Maybe thats why i love the story so much!
3. Yes because if I was talking to a really good looking guy versus is an ugly one, I would pay attention to the good looking one. Just being honest.
4. It showed her that it is hard work to survive in the wild. Not only that but how beautiful it was.
5. No! Knowledge is power. I can be happy and have a brain, like right now, I’m thinking freely and am happy.
6. David saw her differently because he grew up in the wild and was not brian washed. He likes natural beauty and personality better. And Tally was brain washed into thinking she was ugly by society. She was just average not ugly.
7. This is a tough question. But even with everything Tally caused that happened to Shay, they are friends and friends forgive each other. Also Shay is smart enough to know that Tally tried to make it right. She never meant it, in the first book she messed up but by throwing the pendant in the flames she meant to destroy it and live in the smoke. Shay wouldn’t go back in time so she wouldn’t be friends with Tally.
8. Well their is plastic surgery, but as far as I know they are not planting lesions in peoples minds. Other similarities are that the news doesn’t show everything and the government hides things. Like nothing big, I’m thinking FBI stuff.
9. Most of the time Dr. Cable controlled her fate. The admirable thing about Tally is that she always tried to do the right thing, although she was manipulated and used by Dr. Cable. But she never gave up, and eventually she defeated her. So to answer the question, she decided her fate in the end but was controled by Dr. Cable most of the time.
10. Well we use oil and gass a lot. We use it for cars, gass stoves, and heating. If it disapeared in one day it would be bad. It’s a good thing we are working on alternative fuels and stuff.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No i live in a small town nobody leaves and nobody comes
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Yes because you didn’t explain about the lesions and Peris was waiting at the mansions for her but when she met shay and she told her about the smoke i changed my mind
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No i don’t really judge thier honesty or attention span based on looks
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
UMM bathe in cold water
RUn from danger (the wildfire)
Eating that Spagloni (sorry forgot what it was called) so much that she got tirexd if it and soled it for something better
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Yes because when im independent and think independantly i’ll do things that make me happy healthy and rich YAY!
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
david saw tally beautiful and Tally was so accustomed to the whole world labeling her as uglie so she was taken aback when he said that
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No Shay never regrets meeting Talyl even though they had their fights
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
It’s jsut too different for me to list all the things
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Dr.Cable pretty much decided for Tally to be the hero at the end because if she wasn’t so obssesed with the smoke Tally would’ve never ended the Brain lesions Tally did decided that she wanted to stay in the smoke but instead of telling David about the locket she burned it and maing the specials come so it was actually Karma
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
We use it for the car and well i think i could live without for a couple of days because during the hurricane it was out for 5 days No car no electricity nada
Hey Lizzy-wa i was just wondering does it ever really say what the difference between Wa and La is cause most ppl where La but the was a couple Wa’s so is Wa just higher up then a La???
Peace <
Hey Paiten-la there is a difference between Wa and La. La is for people who don’t have L’s in their name. Wa is for people with L(s) in there name!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No, I have never had a friend like Peris before who abandoned friendship after they moved away, it happened though, but they didn’t move, they were still here…
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At the begging to be honest with you I didn’t want her to get the operation done, I think she was fine the way she was, but as the book went on I was glad she got it done.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes, yes I have and I learnt the hard way.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Um, I don’t know, probably the whole sleeping and eating in the wild.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Hmm, this is hard, I don’t want to sound like some shallow loser, but I probably would. In today’s society it might even be easier. But I am happy with the way I am and I have a little more self esteem then Tally did anyway.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
From birth Tally knew she was ‘ugly’ so she didn’t see anything different, she thought it was just normal. But with David it was different, he was brought up in the wild so he wasn’t told any different, he just thought everything was normal. Pretty was pretty, ugly and ugly, nothing more or less. So when Tally came along to him she was beautiful. “It’s what you do, the way you think, that makes you beautiful†–David to Tally
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
The part where Special Circumstances attacks the Smoke and Tally and Shay are in the chicken house arguing; is the part where I think Shay would have gone back in time and never met Tally. Because if it werent for Tally, Shay would still have/maybe been with David and she wouldn’t have gotten caught and turned Pretty and she could live in the Smoke with her friends and without any care as Shay intended it to be. But all in all, as the books progress I don’t think Shay would turn back time, because there best friends and went through HEAPS together.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I think that the Pretty Society is KINDA better then ours. (Duh, brain lesions! if it werent for them, then Prety Time would be totally BUBBLY to live in), everyone is living better and as a ‘community’ should live. People are getting more and more crazier as time goes on I think. As least in ‘Pretty Time’ there were on wars on which religion is right, wars on how much land you got, and people polluting the earth until one day Antarctic will freeze over and drown everyone.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally was manipulated into things throughout Uglies series. I think Tally did make some decisions for herself. And yeah, she did pretty much choose her own fate. It was her decisions to go through and betray the Smoke, I mean she didn’t have to; she could have stayed with the beautiful David, she didn’t have to take the lesions, she didn’t have to become Special etc etc
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I believe that EVERYONE is dependent on oil. We don’t know anything different from oil, so how would we know any better?? And if the oil and gasoline disappears all together one day, I would be upset, but get over it once you learn how to live without it for awhile.
PS- Mr Westerfled, ALL your books are wonderful.
You have a writing talent that I want.
=D
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Oh, I pray to god she wouldn’t! I love Tally and Shay being friends.
I love the books! They are so amazing! and i would like to know if and when they are holding auditions for the movie..i seriously want any part as long as i just get to see the making..but i would really love that info! thanks!
blessings,
Amanda-Kaye
Will you ever write more on Tally? Just like I hate not reading about Bella and Edward anymore, I hate not reading about Tally.
I loved the books more than I thought I would!
Love the Books!
Christina
hey guys!
I finished pretties today and LOVED IT!
i really hope there will be a movie for uglies, pretties, and specials:)
i don’t know who should play tally if they do make movies out of the book, there are to many actresses out there to play her,
I have a good idea for , probably , David, Hayden Christensen from STAR WARS should play David because he can be a serious actor, even though he is not ugly, ha ha.
For someone to play shay… hmmm thats pretty tough because that person has to be determined, lots of people say Amber tambylin should play shay. Peris — no idea!
zane: i hate to say it but Rob Pattinson could be a good actor fo hiim, i kinda imagine Zane to look kind of like Rob P.
Um…Dr. Cable–Some, old , wicked lady with gray hair i imagine…
but that is some of my ideas, i could go on forever with all the characters
if they made movies for uglies/ pretties/ specials , Scott Westerfeld, who do u think should play your characters? — email me please
oops srry i mean , lots of people say Amber tambylin should play Tally not shay, so idk who should play shay
Oh, btw, Scott, I’m giving you credit. I used these questions for a reading assignment I didn’t do. Luckily my teacher didn’t notice. They actually gave me an A. So here, you earned an ‘A’ for these questions. Congratulations.
Sorry I didn’t give you credit sooner. I forgot and didn’t have a chance to do it right away. 😳
1. Who hasn’t?
2. Yes, I changed my mind when she met David.
3. Yes, and I am ashamed of it.
4. Surviving without city things, and having to make it on her own without anyone there to guide her.
5. That, I cannot answer, it’s kinda tough.
6. He saw her as beautiful.
7. That depends on the day. 😀
8. Definitely not, Pretty Society is far better off than ours.
9.I’m not following you, here, Scott-la.
10. We would not be able to do it, today’s world is so dependent on oil for everything, that we wouldn’t last very long if we lost it.
i absolutly adore this series! 100 times better then twilight! i am a writer (althoigh i am 12) and am currently writing a soon to be famous novel. This series totally motivates and inspires me! i hav to say i hated tally at the end and nearly cried when zane died. i hav to say that i like david more then zane at times and vis versa at other times. is there going to be another novel?
I was wondering what special Cutters wore and what there hair was like!!!!??
I love this book and i agree uits hundred times way better that twil;ight. Have u guys notice the books never tell how david got that scarr as uglies said it would( I also think david archuleta should play david lol). I really want to now what those rings look like!I really hated the part were zane died in specials i did cry cuz it was a very sad ending for him. Who could be happy with the last words from your gf/bf ‘I just can’t’ right after she/he kissed u
I really hated tally for that.
–THE NEW SMOKE LIVES!
i just want to answer the 2nd one for now–
2.in the pretties book—before she became part cured and even still then a little i thought it would have been better if she had just stayed ugly but was still in the pretty culture because she wouldn’t been able to get away with as many things. but she sort of had to become pretty because other wise they would have never tested the cure. But since she was cured after she melted into the new pretty culture she still doesn’t seem t be as sane as she was when she was an ugly…but if what i said in the beginning would have happened or that she never turned pretty the plot would have pretty much been ended as it is now.
1. This girl called Angel, I was best friends with her and then she moved away. I felt really bad because she didn’t try to call me.
2. Yes, probably when she got to the Smoke.
3. More than once.
4. I think it helped her learn how the wild works. (aka: It’s a dog eat dog world)
5. NO WAY! I’d have to give up reading! Freaky!
6. He saw beyond the imperfections and worked out that someone can be beautiful without help.
7. No. For one thing Shay knows that you can’t change your mistakes. And Shay really likes Tally.
8. In some ways our world is better than Tally’s. For one thing human rights are protected. For another I don’t believe super humans will ever become legal.
9. Probably not a lot. Tally has been manipulated so many times. It’s hard to say who Tally Youngblood really is. A ugly with a big brain? A pretty with brain damage? Or a Special on a mission?
10. Cars, manufacturing. That’s the main thing I rely on with oil and gasoline. So I think it wouldn’t make much difference if it was all gone for only one day. Depends which day, actually.
1. Yes, but it was a 2-way break. Our lives got to busy and we just lost touch. I have recently tried to call her to reconnect, but her sister says she wants nothing to do with me 🙁
2. I hoped she would, she seemed to want that more than anything else, but I changed my mind when she met Shay. I then rooted for her to run xD
3. Of course.
4. I think it focused her, and opened her mind to the cruel-pretty beauty of nature.
5. Yes! I could think my way out of it like Tally, I have 100% faith in myself.
6. Never having grown up in a city, David had a Rusty viewpoint on beauty. When he told her she was pretty, he was telling her his honest opinion.
7. No. She would have met Tally anyway, and Shay is a survivor, and knows you learn and cannot change your mistakes. She adores Tally, when they’re not trying to kill each other xD
8. Pretty society is very healthy. They recycle, perfected solar/wind/geo-thermal energies, little – no emissions, population is contained, and medicine and surgery are almost 100%. However, we have rights, and no super-human enforcers….
9. Tally decided about, oh, 10% I think. She was mostly manipulated, and I feel we never saw the real Tally. Who is she? An ugly with a tricky mind? Pretty with damage? Deadly? Kind?
10. I think I could survive. I would have no problem getting out of the city, but I’m no soldier, and would probably have trouble surviving after the fall.
i have a question??
in the novel Extras what happens to Tally and David???????
1. i moved to canada and never spoke to my friend again i was 3 years old
2. only at the very beginning, i wanted her to be with peris, but i changed my mind after shay told her she would be going to the smoke and i kinda guessed she would have to betray her
3. yes so ashamed to say so
4. it made her think, what could possibly make the smokies want to do this cause she thought that being pretty was a dream come true
5. never if i ever had to choose beetween being beautiful and thinking freely i wouldnt even give it a second thought
6. david grew up with average people all around him unlike city kids who were always told they werent good enough. david grew up looking for inner beauty and he saw tally as being a very beautiful person where as tally saw herself really ugly cause everyone else was so beautiful
7. no shay is smart enough to know that without tally the world would still be ugly pretty specail. cause tally started the mindrain so no
8 there is no violence in the prettytime so i think its healthier
9. tally was threatned to go to the smoke so she didn’t decide that. she fellin love with david she decided that. she accidentaly betrayed the smoke and was forced to fix it , she didn’t dcide that. she decided to give the pill to zane she decided that (SHE KILLED ZANE!!!!!!! *tear* i still love zane even though i love david more) she decided to find the new smoke but was forced to become special. and she chose to not loose her special mind.
i think the majority of her decisions were made for her
10. my city will shut down if the major highway is closed so if oil disapears WERE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!
DAVID IS BETTER THAN ZANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey!!
The Uglies series is my favorite of all time! (my other favorites all falling under the ‘written by Scott Westerfeld’ category XD) i really hope they make a movie out of it!
so yeah on to the questions!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
i’ve moved every year of my life except the past three… so… yeah.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I mean the chance to be beautiful personally i can’t understand not wanting, and the fact that she risked so much (betraying friends and such) proved to me she really wanted it (even at the point where she was ready to live with David forever, i think deep down it was still something she wanted.. how could you not?) and i think in the end it worked out best for her (getting to be pretty but getting cured… and ok the Zanes brain being torn apart was a bit crappy… not ideal but still.)
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Of course. everybody has, and it’d be a lie if you said otherwise. like you say in the books : its evolution.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
i think it mostly showed her that there was something else out there other than herself; and had she just been thrust into the smokie culture without going through the trials of getting there the hard way, i don’t think she would have made it.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
again, it’s evolution. i don’t really have a problem with giving up independence for beauty and happiness. i find most of my problems nowadays stem from too much thought.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
he never had much experience with pretties, and had grown up among uglies. when you live your whole life seeing something (like being ugly; or normal, as David called it) it doesn’t bother you so much. i suppose David was able to look past that and see her good qualities too (because everybody has something good about them looks wise, i don’t believe anyone can be completely ugly!) i think he saw her the way pretties saw other pretties: normal.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
my personal belief is to never regret anything, but judging from shays character my guess is she would have no problem going back in time. cause think; she gets david and the smoke lives! all happily ever after for her.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
i believe that the pretty society is much healthier/better than ours (and what i wouldn’t give for a couple packets of calorie purgers!!)
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
i think in the beginning it was decided for her, but towards the end she made her own decisions.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
um… oh dear… this requires thinking… i doubt i could survive for long…
ANYWAYS!!
love the books Scott! thanks so much for writing them XD
-meg-la <3
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Those are good questions but there one that’s been haunting me
WHERE DID YOU GET THE INSPIRATION TO WRITE THOSE BOOKS THERE SO RANDOM BUT SO GOOD!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
why did u kill Zane?
yeah!
I agree with Katie,
Zane was my FAVORITE,
and I would have much rather seen Tally with Zane instead of David.
plus, I’ve never cried while reading a book,
but I did during specials.
major props…kinda.
I still like Zane better(:
Entire series was absolutely spectacular, and amazing. I loved Tally and Zane. Cannot wait for Leviathan. Scott, your a genius, =)
1. Yes once a girl named Tiffany was my ultimate and best friend for the entire elementary years. She was actually my ONLY friend during then, we were un-spreadable and everyone knew that. Then one un-faithful day she just moved and ever since then we have had no contact…very sad-making.
2. I was happy that Tally-wa got the operation because it was very dramatic (what I was hoping for, lol). And, if she didn’t then she wouldn’t have had met Zane, which in fact Zane was one of my favorite characters in the series!
3. Actually, no. One time I thought about it then said they’re not worth it.
4. That it pretty much sucks if you don’t know it well enough lol!
5. Ok I would usually say well duh yah! But reality has struck me I would never do that.
6. David-wa knows how people SHOULD look and not how some people WANT the other people to look. He looks deeper in the person to find who they truly are and since Tally-wa is from and different area she thinks all people should be pretty and everyone who is normal is ugly (including herself).
7. Nope. Even though they are complete opposites they level out each other and are in fact pretty funny-making when together!
8. Ok one, tally’s society is crazy and VERY unhealthy. And two, I think that our society is sort of that way. How? Well everyone wants to be pretty (ok maybe not EVERY one) but the ones who do try to renovate themselves by getting surgeries and calling themselves ugly is similar….in a way…
9. She wanted to be pretty and asked to be pretty, that’s how it is. She got it then didn’t want it. But when she got the operation she did it to help..so..
10. we would all be dead…..
I LOVE THIS SERIES!!!! Scott-la has done a great job giving these characters real personalities. Tally-wa shay-la and aya-la are really complex characters and tally-wa is my favortie character with shay-la as a close second. i like aya-la to but she is to obsessed with face ranks and being famous. i like tally-wa the best as a Specal. i think that tally-wa’s cities Specal Circomstanes had good intensions but they went a little overboard. i really liked tally-wa as a Cutter i think she looked really cool i would LOVE to be a Cutter it would be awsome!! i think that we could get were they are in the book if we put our minds to it.
hane u guys notice that the uglies sieries and his new sieries are taking plac in the futuer knida!
-THE NEW SMOKE LIVIES
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? yeah
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) i hoped she did not get the operation from the bening
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? yeah
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? sleeping in the cold, making a campfire, protecting herself.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? NO.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? He didn’t care he loves her so he see her as pretty.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? she wood want to but she likes the fate that she controled tally so no
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) no
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? She had a little and i do mean little control over her life. But no she did not have any control over her life
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?not vary well
I wish Tally had NEVER turned pretty! I know that’s harsh but I liked it when she was independant, never had her brain tampered with, and never meeting Zane! I know thats even harsher but i dont like Zane! I LOVE dacid and im SO happy that they still do end up 2gether!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
no not really. we were close but it wasnt like tally’s and peris’s relationship. we were like 4 or 5 and i moved away
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) yes at first during the first parts of the book i hoped she would, but then i realized that the smoke was an awesome place and that the operation was totally bogus. Tally didnt need the operation, but she thot she did because of her viewpoint
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? no
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? abosolutely no doubt. cuase if i was changed, i wouldnt be able to tell the diffrence now would i?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
he thought she was beautiful, because in his world there was no ugly or pretty. tally lived a world were there was an ugly and a pretty and saw heself as ugly because that is how she was to percieve herself to want the operation.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? after being pretty, no. before being pretty and having a choice yes. Shay would have gone to the smoke herself and not told anyone. She was pleasantly happy in the smoke her and david
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) actually, if you think about it, there is no difference except for the living conditions and the operations. Our world sees people as ugly or pretty. We may not put legions into our brains, but people do get operations to make themselves prettier. Pretty society is in no way healthier than ours, just more demented on the fact of being pretty and no conflict
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? Tally pratically was already a pretty in the sense of the situation. Pretties don’t really have a free wil. Tally acted like she didnt.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? I dont think this world could. I couldnt becuase it powers alomost everything that i use everyday
Hey
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? Yes, I have even though we still went to the same school they didn’t feel like it was necessary to still hang with me because we lived in different areas.
2. At first did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? ( Or did you? ) I really hoped Tally would get the operation because I wanted to see what kind of chemistry she and Peris had. But when Tally met Shay and she started talking about the Smoke I started to think that Smoke would be good for Tally.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but because of their looks? No, I don’t think I have. It’s stupid it’s the personality that maters not the fact that they’re pretty or ugly. Every person has a personality that makes them who they are. And for that reason I have always thought of people as equals because of their personalities, not their looks.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? The Part where she had to live on her own and learn to survive prepared her for what lay ahead in her life. And that was the hard work, and integration which brought her there and made Tally want to stay there.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually happy, and rich? No, why get drunk every night with hangover the next when you could live happy and ugly with people who respect you for who you are and not because of your looks.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? David saw Tally for the person she is and not for the way she looks, he thought she was beautiful because of how she acted and what she believed in. While Tally saw herself as an Ugly for life if she didn’t get back to the city in time. She wasn’t looking inside the person she was looking for the Future.
7. If Shay could’ve gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? No, I don’t, because Tally helped Shay a lot through the times of being ugly and Pretty. They both didn’t have any friends in Uglyville, so they stuck together through the 3 months till their birthday. And even though Shay totally hated Tally near the end of Uglies, they became best friends again after they had both turned, even though it was only because they were both brainwashed.
8. Other than the operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? ( Are there any ways the pretty society is healthier than ours? ) The main differences I found while ready this book were that, ( 1 ), The curfew, yes community’s don’t have set curfew’s for everyone but among a family there is a set curfew and in this book there is a curfew but it’s like 5 am or around that time. ( 2 ), Drinking age, I’m from Canada, so our drinking age is 18, but they drinking age in New Pretty Town is right after the surgery which drinking at that young of an age does harm to your body even drinking at the age of 18 doesn’t do your body any good. ( 3 ), Hovering, Hover Boards, Hover Cars, Hover Skates, Where is that cool technology, It would be way more efficient than the gas that pollutes our earth creating global warming and killing animals, that’s what made the rusties go crazy.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide for her? Most of Tally’s fate was decided by other people. She wanted to turn pretty instead she was forced by Special Circumstances to go to the Smoke. She decided that she never wanted to leave the Smoke so she burned the locket, but the locket being destroyed set off the tracker, so that want was blown too. And she wanted to turn pretty to save Shay, but it was almost as if she was being forced pretty, by the Smokies, to turn Pretty in order to test the medication.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? My lifestyle is dependent on oil and gas because of cars and trains and anything else that uses those resources. But if it were all to just disappear one day we could still live, as long as we know which direction were going and we have some sort of transportation to take us there ( feet, bike, roller blades, etc ) its not likely that we will start world war 3.
Why did Scott Westerfeld decide not to keep going with tally in extra? Why did he stop in specials and then start with a new character who is clearly not tally? is that where tally ends? in specials?
man why did you kill Zane off, i dont think that was a good idea, and then starting totally different with extras.
i think you should write another book, bring tally back, and somehow bring zane back, saying that he didnt really die that the doctors saved him.
and also its the first time in a long time i decided to read a book and killing off him kind of just ruined it for me.
i think it would be good to bring him back or something in another book that would really stir up drama
i think that ana chick is right. BRING BACK ZANE!! i just finished extras and want more tally youngblood.
uglies is my fave book. i’ve read the entire series. i have the entire series. i’ve also read and have bogus to bubbly. i’d love there to be another book in the series.
what exactly is bogus to bubbly??? i’ve read the uglies series LOVED them all but i havent read bogus to bubbly. i liked david more than zane anyways and i really liked extras even though aya was the main character not tally. right now im reading the midnighters series i love it have any of you guys read them?
TTYL PPLS 
O i forgot to say, NO UGLIES MOVIE!!! I think if they make a movie it will totally ruin the books.
😀 STAY BUBBLY 😀
Sorry bout my last 2 comments I just had to say that and I wasn’t in a very good mood right there.
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i loved zane 2!but you have to admit it really keeps you thinking….scott did an awesome job and not just with the uglies series.im in the middle of so yesterday and i absolutely loved peeps and the last days!=) =) =) =) =)
i agree abbiey-wa,(i loved zane, but i love david even more, i get what you’re saying it does keep you thinking)im in the middle midnighters its so good, what’s the series your reading about i think im gonna read that series next. is it good???
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i love the uglies series!!!!!=]
OM MY GOSH I’M ALEX AND I’M BORED LOL =)
i ♥ the uglies series too and the midnighters series. i wasn’t bored about an hour ago(i saw g.i. joe, it rocked)
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So Scott doesn’t check this page at all anymore?? I emailed him, but he didn’t reply. So where can I ask him questions if I ever have any???
hey!!omg i havent been on in ageses!!!hows every1?wats the new diss?
changed my name 2 my old one..hey r the ppl who i use 2 talk w/ still here?sonja-la,& the others?
I don’t think they get on anymore. There aren’t a lot of people on this website anymore. 🙁 But on a happier note HI!
Oh i forgot
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lol thanx jessie-wa!& hello 2 u 2:)
Sooo wats up nana~san??? also i ♥ your name it’s awsome!!
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lol thanx!! i like urs 2!so anythin awesome 2 talk about?
im going 2 an online skool..kinda sucky but its ok i guess
ummmm….. why are you going to an online school???
oh and are you reading any good books im reading the midnighters series. so good!!!
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mom wants me 2..ohhh i read the midnighters!!!! sooooo good!!! im rereading maxium ride right now!! i just love the series!! im still tryin 2 look for the last book”Max” havent found it yet.
so r they not makeing a uglies movie?
I don’t know i think they might, but I don’t really want them too. I think it might ruin the book. Which of Scott’s books have you read?? I’ve only read the Uglies series and I’m reading Midnighters.
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When I make hearts I just copy and paste so I don’t know how so I’m just gonna see if this works… <3
It didn’t work. 🙁 If they make the movie right it could be good though, what do you think??
i just saw a movie trailer that i thought was going to be the uglies movie, i was so excited until i found out that it was called Surrogates:(
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
– Yes, but it was somehwat my fault. She moved to Montana between Junior High (middle school to most) and Highschool and about my sophomore year of HS we just fell out of touch. Stopped writing letters, emails and calling each other.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
-I had hoped that she would get something as drastic as she could, pushing the limits. I changed my mind when I saw how comfortable she seemed out in the wild. It didn’t seem the pretty life suited her- even before she had decided that factor for herself.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
-Nope. Not trusting. But I’ve found I’ve wanted to associate myself with them sometimes.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
-How to survive with basically limited supplies. To NOT rely on looks for what she needed and/or help. To trust her instincts and listen to her gut and what felt right to her.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
-No. I’d rather be my own person and earn the money and earn the right to be beautiful.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
-He saw her as a unique invidividual who was pretty in her own way. Not some mis-shapen ugly person destined to look like everyone else.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
-No. I think she would still meet Tally because Tally helped her break through the mind-block because she was mad at Tally. Shay never wanted to be pretty so while not meeting Tally would have prevented that operation, I still think Shay would rather be friends with Tally and learn to re-wire herself because Shay is independent and doesnt want anything or anyone to control her.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
-We can all think for ourselves. We are not controlled to say or do something. The pretty society is healthier than ours simply because of the operation (in my opinion) because they do not get ill.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
-I’d say Tally decided her own fate, even though other people changed her course. Tally always wanted to feel special, and people kept getting in the way of her plans but she always thought/got herself out of the situatione eventually.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
-I wouldn’t be able to get home. I’d be at a loss if oil and gas ran out.
1. All me friendies live were I live. Although I do go to a different high school, we’re still pretty close.
2. I did want Tally to get the operation, but I knew she wouldn’t; I actually Shay was going to stop it, like seconds before Tally went under… I didn’t want her to get the operation when her and David kissed, but then they foung “the cure” and I wanted her too. But then I finish Specails and wished she hadn’t. Then I read Extra’s, and realized I am glad Tally became a Pretty.
3. I do it all the time. It’s a curse I have. I hate the people too. I know they are wrong and that I disagree, but I look into their eyes and sell my soul for a cheap about.
4. Tally learned that she must relay on herself, and not all pretty things are to be snuggled up to.
5. I think not having a mind also takes away your free agency, so would have to stay the way I am. Not sadly either! I have really nice hair, and bubbly clothes. I am also of average attractiveness, wealthiness, and I have acute health and happiness. Also, living in a euphia gets boring after a while if you lived in a world of rough edges.
6. David thought Tally was beautiful, even when she was Ugly, Pretty, and Specail. Tally thought differently, looked differently, and heard diffrerntly. She fought all the the surgies she was put through. Tally was rewired again and again, and every time she put her mind back together. Tally thought she was ugly, stupid, and crazy. She thought like every girl does, and David saw what every boy sees, what’s really there.
7. Shay knows being pretty is a bad thing, and Tally ended that, so I think she would still meet her. Maybe se would changes a few things, but definantly, Shay would go back to Tally.
8. It’s safer, more controlled, and (in a sad way) happier. There’s no over population, no wars, no “ugliness.” It’s also a greener world! Yay for them.
9. Tally did not decide to go to the Smoke, but she did decide to become pretty. Then she became a Specail; Tally didn’t want that at all, and when they tried to change her back, she didn’t want that either. But then she decided to save the world with David. When Tally does decide (once in a blue moon), she deciedes good things.
10. There are oils in everything I use! Lotion, soup, perfume, etc. I also need to drive to school Monday though Friday, then to church on Sunday… I would not want to get caught by the oil bug, and I wouldn’t want others to either.
You want there to be an Uglies movie?!?
Rose-la, I read some of the answers you put and on 9 Tally didnt decide to become special, she had no choice. Remember the last line of Pretties, ‘Face it Tally-wa, you’re special.’ Rememer???? She was forced to become special.
Sorry if that comment seemed kinda rude or like i was a know it all
Jessie-wa, she does say that Tally didn’t want it. it’s just awkwardly phrased.
Okey dokey, it is awkwardly phrased, but means the same thing.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No, but I’ve moved away from friends and haven’t talked to my friends 4 ever.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first I wanted her to get the operation, but then I figured out what the operation does to u and decided I like Tally the way she is.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I wanna say no, but yes. One time I really liked this guy and I only liked him cus I thought he was hot. Which he was, but not like Zane. But know I relize that I don’t like his personallity.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Yes because she learned to fend for herself and trust her instincts.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
NO WAY! I like who I am, what I look like, and I’m already gorgeous and smart and that’s way better than being a bubble head!
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Tally was “programed” to think that everyone was ugly until they turned 16 and got the operation. But David grew up in the wild where no one could tell him how to think, so he saw Tally how no one else could. He saw her.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I don’t think Shay would want to forget Tally and what they’ve been through together. They’ve gone from runaways, to pretties, to cutters. They might fight sometimes, but they’re best friends.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Our society isn’t so controlled and we have wars. In their society it’s controlled, safe, and healthy (meaning health issues; belimia, ect.)
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally barely decided what she did. She decided somethings;like to become pretty, but to save everyone she had to. In Uglies she decided to run away, but if she wanted to be pretty she didn’t have a choice. So she probley decided what to do a quarter of her life.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Well I drive a lot of places and there are millions of cars in the world maybe more. And all of those use gas. If it all disappeared people would be worried, but we’d survive maybe not easily, but we’d survive.
Sorry Rose-la, I read the answer wrong u said that she didn’t want to be special. i thought you said she wanted to be special. sorry 😳
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Metaphorically, yes. I have had friends who would snub me and move on to a more ‘safe’ person who would casually flick through Hello! magazine and guffaw at the latest fashion ‘don’ts’ or similar while I sat under a tree listening to metal as I read a Scott Westerfeld novel.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I don’t believe in plastic surgery, but I did see pros of the operation. I was on the fence, but the idea of lesions sent a shiver down my spine.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I try not to concentrate on their looks, but rather if they were sincere. I do think that someone good-looking would seem more trustworthy as they are more likely to give a sense of security, then someone that looked, well, gawky.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Tally learnt to be more independent, and of course learnt to put up with what she had… (SpagBol SpagBol SpagBol SpagBol…)
This may have helped her get through the idea of the lesions.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Definitely not. To become happy you must be happy with yourself, to become healthy you can live on sushi and to become rich you can pen a classic or paint a masterpiece.
None of these are possible, not properly possible…Especially if your bubblehead friends hate sushi.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David had a better sense of the world for what it was from living in the wild since he was born, while Tally grew up with her mind molded into the ridiculously deluded and self-hating nature of an Ugly.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No. Though they did have fights when she might have contemplated the idea, their friendship still was maintained from what they had been through.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The Pretty society is a lie. It is simply a protection, a blanket from the truth that the human mind is so complex with malice, jealousy and angst that these emotions must be removed.
Though the Pretty society is more aesthetically healthy, it is simply a mere distraction from real life.
I certainly would not like the idea of the opposite of the Pretty society (Which we seem to be edging towards); a world run by foremen forcing exhausted employees to work like machines, and they then will just go back to dreamland as soon as they hit the sofa and watch the latest freakshow reality programme and feel relieved they’re not that desperate, when really they are, they’re desperate for an escape, an escape from the labour their species has created.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally desperately wanted to become a Pretty at the beginning of the book, and was willing to turn in her friend to do so. This revealed the ultimately vain and ‘fair-weather’ nature of the brainwashed Uglies.
Tally seemed more selfless at the end of Uglies, and she decided to have the operation at the cost of her mind (Well, for a while) to make herself a test subject.
When ambushed by the Specials, she was then forced to become one of them. That wasn’t her decision, but she was indeed content (partially) to the life of crashing parties and tracking down runaways.
In Diego, she did not want to be ‘de-Specialized’.
When looking at this, you can see that Tally decided some of her fate, and some of her predicaments…
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I’d survive pretty well, providing I had a notebook and pen to continue in my pursuit of creating a bestseller.
Though I am indeed dependent on video games as an escapade, if the fuel used to power the computer and console was cut off, I would recognize that nobody else would have that privilege. Call me selfish…
i love the ugly series it its sooo good
Tally is my favorite person well i love Zane to but he died i cried so so sad first when i got extras i almost didnt read it cause i thought Tally wasnt in it but then i scanned the book every page then found her name and read it and loved it i hope they make a movie
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes, I have, once, maybe twice. They totally didn’t abandon the friendship, but they let it fizzle out. I hated it, it’s so sad, knowing that once upon a time you were such good friends and could tell each other anything and talk about everything that crossed your little minds, and now you don’t even acknowledge each other. I feel so ignored, thinking about what used to be.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I don’t think I ever did, I mean, at the very, very beginning I did because I wanted her and Peris to be together again but when Tally met Shay ¾ and then all of the mystery that followed the rumored David and “The Smoke†¾ I wanted her to follow her, I wanted to meet David himself. I didn’t think she should miss out on that.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes, I’ve caught myself doing that. And it’s not entirely that they are good-looking per say, but that they have a trusting expression, they look like good, well-raised people.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Well, she learned how to ration her food I guess, and how to maneuver the hover board, wash in the river and basically it just toughened her up.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No, would you really want that? I mean, happiness, beauty, wealth and health are all craved, and I still want it but for that? No. How interesting could the world really be if we thought the same things, anyway?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw Tally differently because he wasn’t raised being influenced by a brain-washed culture, he grew up with the ability to see true beauty and to appreciate flaws as character and adventure. Where Tally, on the other hand, was born believing that you couldn’t be born beautiful, and that beauty was only skin-deep.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I think she … This is a hard one, on the one hand I don’t think she would want to have met Tally because of all the little incidents, she lost Zane, she lost a very large portion of things going through all of that, and she ended up Pretty and Special, she ended up what she was running away from in the beginning.
But on the other hand … Shay seems like a person who likes adventure, and she really enjoyed Tally as a friend, I don’t think she would just leave it so that they’d never meet.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Yeah, I mean, they have all of that advanced technology and they can just go to the doctor and be fixed up. They’ve eliminated over-population and have things down to control. I do think they are healthier, but at the same time, it depends what you mean by healthy. *Shrugs*
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think people decided Tally’s fate more than she did herself, Dr. Cable, after everything, was basically running the show. And Shay influenced Tally’s fate, then David, then Maggie and Az … The list goes on and on. Somehow I think Tally just ended up with the consequences. But she did choose for herself as well, though to as great an extent as those who chose for her, I don’t think so.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Wow, I don’t know. I’d say it’s pretty dependent. There is travel, food, … a huge percentage of things produced today that we essentially “need†require oil of some sort. I don’t know how well I could survive…. I think I could survive pretty well, if I had a book, some fruit and my own two feet and my own two hands — but then again, I’m not sure how much oil really has a direct affect on me. Ask me some other time. =)
1. I would have to say that I’m probably the friend who is always loosing contact can’t say its from moving away but still.
2. At first I wanted Tally to get the operation because she wanted is soo bad but in my opinion why would you want to be like everyone else? Like seriously come on!!! Being a reble is so much more fun just like the Sly Girls in Extras.
3. I’m not really sure if I have or not. If I have then I’m sorry to all my friends that I didn’t pay enough attention to because they are the ones who deserve it. And I would say sorry to the person I did pay to much attention to because then I was deciving them into thinking I was their friend.
4. I would have to say that she just basically learned about how to survive on her own which I think is something everyone should have to know. (Why don’t they teach stuff like that at school? I would totally take that class!!) She learned how to control her hoverboard, how to ration food, and I guess just how to live freely without the city walls to protect her.
5. That is a hard question because if it is what is expected of you doesn’t that make you want to do it. To become pretty, rich and healthy is probably every teenage girls dream. Also if you didn’t know about the leisons then why wouldn’t you want to become beautiful? But I do have to say if I was like Shay and had learned about the smoke I might not go through with it. And lastly peer presure sucks when it comes to doing the right thing.
6. David saw Tally for who she truly was not who she looked like. There is a big difference in beauty on the outside and beauty on the inside. I guess since David wasn’t born in the cities he wasn’t brain-washed into thinking that your apperance is the only thing that matters.
7. I’m truly not that sure. On one hand Tally and Shay still stayed friends even after all the stuff that would have ruined any normal friendship and on the other hand if Shay had never met Tally she wouldn’t of had to go through so much heart break.
8. There are a lot of similarities between the pretty society and ours but in our society there still are the sain people that believe there is more to people than just their appearances. In the pretty society the number of sain people are lower I belive.
9. Tally’s fate was in other peoples hands more than it was in her own. I think in the end she was almost a different person. Dr. Cable, Maggie, Az, David, Zane, Peris, and Shay were all to blam for Tally’s fate. It seemed as though it was a big game of monkey in the middle and tally was the monkey trying to steal her fate back.
10. Oil has a huge affect on my life and everyone elses. I depend on oil so much from mowing the lawn to traveling to the mall. I wish our society could be less wastful with our resources. I think that if I had to survive on my own two feet I could but maybe I should read Survival for Dummies before I try. lol! 🙂
Sorry i forgot to do the who Tally-wa Shay-la thing
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? Yes and it sucks. 🙁
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) Yea, lol, I changed my mind when shay came into the picture. I guess I’m more easily persuaded than tally.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? yea, but I try not to do that.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? It showed her that there is a world she didn’t think existed anymore beyond the boundaries of their modern day rules and regulations. ^_^
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? uhm if I were like tally and could reverse it on my own.. then yes.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? David only knew “ugly” so to him ugly could be beautiful in many varying ways.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? I think she may have depending on when she got the chance to do so. there were many ups and downs in that friendship.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) Well, yes. They have as pretties a time to party hard so to say, but there is also a time to stop that. We on the other hand are not given time limits so some people party much too long and forget to grow all the way up.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? Other people chose her fate everytime they changed her appearance; Just about everything else, ( except when she had to rat out the smoke and when she became pretty), was all on her own.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? I try not to depend on that stuff since I read your books for the first time. If everything happened like that some day I hope and believe that I will survive it. LOL seeming as I do not have a car. Or need to be around them. I sincerely wish to turn our world into Tally’s world minus the restriction of the wild and the scary take your will from you. Making the operation optional when you turn 20… lol I especially want the hoverboards!!
is anyone on right now, im so bored
Hi…:) I’m Amber and I just wanted to say that, I just finished ur book “Uglies” and I absolutly LOVED IT. Oh, Please Please Please make it a movie!!! I’d die 2 see it.
1.Well…no. But I have been a Peris. When I left the school my best friend and I went to, I totally abandoned our friendship. But, I caught up with her not too long ago and we’re happiliy buddies again.
2.Yes, Being ugly sounded so miserable at the beginning of the book, but I started 2 change my mind when she entered the Smoke. After she met all her new friends and her new love David, I wished she would have stayed ugly. When she was willing to take the cure for the leisons, I was saying in my head “NO! DON’T DO IT TALLY!” But I guess all good things must come to an end.
3.No, not really. I believe that it dosen’t matter what you look like, it’s what’s inside that counts.
4.Um…well, I think her trippin’ in the wild prepared her for the Smoke when Special Circumstances invaded them. If she hadn’t met the rangers, or found out what helicopters were she’d probably would have turned pretty(unwillingly), and the book would have been totally devestating.
5.Hmmm..that’s a tuffy…Nope. I’m happy enough the way I am. Although, I’d love to be rich!
6.I think he saw her differently because she actually had a brain! Instead of going there and becomming a total gypsie, she was serious about the whole thing. I remember reading that David disliked that about Shay, and that was a quality Tally had.
7.Yes! I really do because if she wouldn’t have met Tally, nothing would have happened. Tally would be a pretty living with Peris, and Shay would be an ugly still living with David. Like they wanted.
8.Well, the pretty society can do basicly whatever they want because they are all rich and..well perfect. But in the real world, nobody’s perfect, or rich. We fight because of stupid reasons, and some of us can never “grow up” Yes, I do think the pretty society is healthier than ours. Nobody is fat nor skinny and your programmed to be perfect.
9.She decided her own faith on her own. Nobody encouraged her, acually they tried to stop her. Oh, god I hope the cure works!
10.My family depends on oil and gasoline for all of our trasportation needs, and we need gas for our lawn mowers and stuff. If it all disappeared in one day, my gosh I wouldn’t know what would happen!
Hey Amber, just sayin not to be mean or anything, but this is bout # 7. If Tally hadn’t of met Shay they would’ve both been pretty cuz Shay wasn’t gonna run away anymore, even though all her friends had (she chickened out and didnt wanna do it anymore). And when Shay met Tally, all that changed she felt like she could tell Tally anything, including the Smoke, and they could be best friends in the wild, ugly for life. So if they hadnt met none of them would be happy, well they’d think they’re happy, but actually just bubble heads and the cure would never be tested. And Tally wouldn’t of met Zane, cuz she wouldn’t have been in his clique, cuz she wouldn’t of been a tricky ugly.
Wow that was long.
Sorry if you think that was mean, but I just had to say what I thought. I guess that’s kinda the purpose of the page, but all the other answers seem good. I read all 4 books in that series 2 times each, so thats just what I think.
I love this series the question that got me the most was did I want her to become a pretty I did until she met David he is my favorite character and the lesions We have reading groups at my school and our teacher recommended uglies for my group and we fell in love with it and everyone started to read it Im on specials and when I started pretties I read it in a day I love pretties specials is making me mad because Tally is trying to hurt David and I just read bogus to bubbly but Zane thinks that tally is being stupid and I want tally to go help David and be with David!
Anna-la: when u finish the series you won’t be as mad at zane or tally and you’ll be in love with the books and scott-la!
Lily-wa: it wasn’t being mean it was ur opinion and i agree with ur opion
bye!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
-umm, yeah but it was when neither of us had internet or any way of contacting each other, so I forgive him anyways
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
-first time I read it I didn’t really have an opinion either way, but once she got to the Smoke (even before finding out about the lesions) I didn’t want her to have the operation
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
-unfortunately yes, but I’ve changed my ways and I’ve started looking past people’s looks
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
-she began to realize the true beauty of nature and that survival outside the city is more demanding, more rational
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
-given the choice, I wouldn’t give up independant thought, but if I was forced, I probably wouldn’t regrett it once it had been done since I would no longer be able to think for myself 😛
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
-He saw her as a person instead of as an ugly face
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
-I’ve only read the first two books so far (borrowing third tomorrow) so I’d say that from the betrayal in the smoke to her operation, yes, as a pretty, no, at least until she found out about the cure, then yes, then after the operation to be a special, no…
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
-the pretty society is run by a small numbr of people while the majority just exist while our society is run by many people with the vast majority complaining about how the society is run…pretty society is healthier in that they have better biological technology
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
-(again, I’ve only read two books) I think she decided most of her fate with her decisions, though I’d also say she didn’t have control over what her choices caused (as in everything she did backfired)
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
-I love riding my bike and walking, (and I hate driving) so I would prefer an oil-free society, but I wouldn’t like the mass chaos the rest of the world would be going through without oil and gasoline
-and yes, an Uglies movie would be awesome…but it doesn’t sound like anyone knows what’s going on with that so…
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes, I actually am the one that does the moving and I move around alot. My friends just stop talking despite how many letters or emails I send!
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I was screaming at the book totally gob smacked at how these people were willing to change their faces just because the world wanted to. I believe that the body should stayed a sealed thing unless you have to open it up, like if you have a tumor! Not if you are just going to change your looks!
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No, I am very suprised at my answer but most of my friends including me don’t fit into totally amazing looks. Maybe that has what has stopped me from judging a book by their cover, otherwise I don’t know.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Umm…. I believe she learnt to trust herself and the clues Shay left behind. As well as getting use to being out in the weather without any form of technology to protect her.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No, I think that if you are that desprite to go under the knife and give up who you are then you need to take another look in the mirror. If we were all to be ‘beautiful’ then we would just end up being all the same. Like a boring pack of clones who do what ever they are told without question. Humans were made to be different and question one another but if we take that away we are just a lump of flesh waiting to see the day we die.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David saw Tally as how we would see eachother in todays lifestyle. We accept each others differences and then focus on the personality. David really is a man in the wrong time.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Yes and no, Tally did do some bad things but to change the past would just mean she would miss out on all the influences that Tally gave her and Tally would have never stuffed up. The other bonus was that David’s mum was able to find a possible cure, and that could save many. If she turns back the clock she can wave good bye to that. And she probably would’ve ended up Pretty anyways.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The Pretties have an extra barrier against illnesses which means the system can focus on other things (unlike our system). Their society is more relaxed they don’t have to work if they don’t want to, they can do what ever they want. While everyone in the ‘now’ time has to work and you step over the line by a cm and the world comes crashing down on you. No world is perfect and each world is different, so neither of them is better then the other.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
10% of Tally fate was decided by her, she just went with the flow and tried to patch up what went wrong.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
In all truths the oil is disappearing, I ride a bike every where which means I don’t have to rely on the car which has oil and if we lost power we’d be growing our own food and living a bit like the Smoke. Some people would go mad, I would probably just hold on tight and find away to work around my dependencys which is obviously alot harder then it sounds. People have done it for generations so why can’t we?
I know you probably wont read this.. but here goes nothing, (i love answering questions:))
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Unfortunately, It’s really awful.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I really wanted her to get the operation, it seemed like it was what the charecter really wanted. I changed my mind when she went to the rusties and met david♥
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No, I don’t really care how the person looks.
It’s not my reason for doing anything, If they’re pretty – hell, its a good thing but its not the whole.
You should trust somebody because they deserve it.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
It taught her a lot more than ugly-ville really ever would
She learned to survive.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Too be honest, Yes.
I really would, I’d be happy not knowing.
But then again, I’d never have my brain to myself! But I wouldn’t know, so I wouldn’t care. But if I knew that I wouldn’t be able to think independently anymore, I would never do it.
If that makes sence?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He knew the real Tally
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Probably not. She seemed to like her life, but that was probably just the leisions. (sp), But she may have – she loved David at the time.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I don’t think there’s really any more different, Pretty people generally dominate. And judge the uglies. Really it’s quite alike. But Pretty Society excluded uglies, which I really dislike about them. I think the pretty society may be healthier though, they never get sick.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think Tally didn’t have much say, except when she was in the smoke.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I could survive simply. I can walk to school. And work was close enough when I had a part-time job. Where I live ( London ) Is basically walking accsesable everywhere, I mean its not easy, but you can use excersize. I agree with Anita, ” People have done it for generations so why can’t we? ” (Credit To Anita For That Quote)
Ok , I don’t think anybody’s going to read this but I still want to do it …just for fun 🙂
And I’m from Germany so maybe there are some mistakes somewhere , sry ;D
1. Yes . It was my best friend . I live in Germany and she lives in Canada now . She changed her name from Zina to Stephanie and it really made me sad . Now we found each other on Facebook and stuff but it’s not the same . We have another life now I guess . And other friends . Sometimes it hurts a little bit but you get over it . Sometimes I think I left a part of myself (sounds dramatic ^^) with her . D’you know what I mean ? Like she’s the only one who knows that part of my character . But never mind .
2. Yeah , at first , I REALLY wanted her to get this damn operation !!! =D
I was so nervous when they came to get her . But when she was waiting for the operation , slowly I had a baaad feeling about this 😉 .
And I was a bit relieved when Dr.Cable told her that she won’t have the operation unless …blabla ^^ Really , it’s hard to imagine this situation .
3. No . Really not . But I admit that pretty persons are …when you’re around them you just feel better .
4. She saw the “real” nature for the first time in her life . And she learned how to take care of herself . In the city , she gets everything she wants in a blink of an eye and first , she didn’t even realize it .
And by the way , it’s one of my favorite parts in the book . The part where you want to cuddle with your cat/dog and eat/drink something on a sofa .
5. Sometimes , when I had a bad day (the kind of day when you realize that the whole world is just really , really awful , horrifying , dumb , sad and cruel ) , I would say ” Oh YES ” and even betray my friends to be unknowing , happy and beautiful . But in the last few years I changed my mind . It sounds childish but right now , i’m totally into this “fuck the system” and for Germany ” Warum ich Schluss mache ? Weil du CDU wählst du Arsch ” – Stuff =D I know that nobody gets what I meant but never mind .
So for now , the answer would be NO , NEVER !!!
7. No she wouldn’t . She loves her . They’re best friends and she would be totally different without her .
9. Tally always decided her own fate . I know that many people won’t agree with this , but I really think so . She always had a choice . Even if sometimes she chose wrong . I think Tally is a nice , intelligent and courageous girl . She would not agree with me , right ? =D
10. We would not survive . And that’s a problem .
have u guys realized that their civilization was told everyone was ugly for hundreds of years, so if the specials told people that everyone was gorgeous everyone would think they were gorgeous and they wouldnt have to do the surgery, but specials like to control people so the surgery could be like when they turned 16 to put the lesions in their heads.
sorry if that didnt make sense i hope it does cuz it made sense when i thought it just i didnt know how to type it. so sry again bye!
Jessie-wa: it was a little hard to follow but i got it and it makees sense
ust thinking, why do we have best friends? we cant really rate them if some are better than others then some of your friends might get mad that they are no that friend(the best friend)
well zack, some friends your just closer to and like more than your other friends or youve known them longer or something. and youre only best friends with someone that youre really close to cuz u can tell your best friend anything. as for the questions…
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? I’ve been the one to move.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) At 1st i did but when she went to the smoke and learned about the lesions and fell in love with david thatz when i changed my mind. i wanted her to stay ugly in the smoke with david 4ever.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? i wanna say no but yes sometimez when someones hot/pretty/cute/ect. u just wanna pay attention to them and trust them and be friends with them but theyre usually full of themselves or mean(no offense to nice people that r hot or pretty)
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? she learned to take care of herself and do things by herself without the city to ‘catch her fall’.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? no wayy! not a chance i love the way i look and its more fun to think independently and be yourself. i wish i could have the wealth, perfect health, and all the stuff besides the surgery with the completely changing the way i look and the lesions.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? david saw tally the real person. he wasnt ‘brainwashed’ to think everyone was ugly until you were a pretty he grew up to think it doesnt matter whatz on the outside its their personality and the true person.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? no theyve been through everything possible together. theyve both learned a lot and theyre best friends. they might fight and shay might think she hates her at times but theyll always be together. if they went through all that together how could they ever split?!
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) health wise its better pretties have a perfect immune system to fight off infection they might not fight or use gasoline but no one over 16 can think for themselves or make their own (real) decisions.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? i think she barely decided any of what she did. whatever she did she was doing 4 someone else not because she wanted to she always had a choice but at the same time it was like she didnt.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? our civilazation would not survive easily but we’d make it (hopefully) cuz some day it all will go away. (someone could try to invent hover cars and hover boards and put metal in the ground under our cities)
I LOVE UR BOOKS….. IF U MAKE A MOVIE PLZ MAKE IT AS CLOSE TO THE BOOK AS U CAN….. thats how most books become bogus because of the movie dragging them down like the book and movie Eragon(BOGUS MOVIE BUT AWESOME BOOK)
tell me if ur making a move plz and thank u for ur time Scott-sama
Im from america just givin u RESPECT
Scott-la doesn’t check this page CJ-la. If u want him to see that post it on his latest post on his blog
1.Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
-yes, I had a friend move away out into the country when we were young, she promised she would always be my BFF no matter what and that she would always call me and be there for me…not even a month later she had forgotten about me and to this day 10 years later, we never talk…we haven’t talked in 5 years now..
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
-weirdly enough, right off from the start I didn’t want Tally-wa to get the operation. For some reason I always shook my head whenever she would tell Shay-la she couldn’t wait to be pretty. When I finaly got to the part about the lesions, I was relieved that my instincts we right about not getting the operation.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
-sadly, yes. I was so shallow. But about a year after reading this series, I came to realize that looks aren’t going to last forever. Even though we aren’t controlled by operations becoming a young pretty, aging into a middle pretty, then a wrinkly late-pretty/crumbly, our looks will change. Yet, the thing that will remain is our personality and our heart. When you truly fall in love with someone for who they are (example: Tally-wa and David =D [so bubbly-making] ) you know you have found the person to be with for the rest of your life. No matter how ugly, pretty or just plain looking they are. Looks can and will change, just with a sheer operation! By the way, I’m proud to say that I have been with my boyfriend over 2 years, and when we first started dating, he was what I classified as UGLY. He wasn’t even close to being slim and his face was a mess. Now he is the most HOTTEST thing I have ever seen, so skinny and with “perfect skinâ€. I couldn’t honestly tell you if I see him like this just because of how I love his personality or heart, or if he really does look like that, but I can tell you many girls are jealous of me for having him =).
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
-Being out in the wild cut Tally-wa off from being dependent on everything in her surroundings. She had to learn to take care of herself and learning the value of everything she had in her backpack. I think that cutting her off from the city, being thrown into the wild so quickly was the best thing for Tally-wa. She developed an independence and view of the vastness of the big world. She was pretty much 89% prepared for life at the Smoke.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
-I love my ability to think independently. I would not just simply give it up like that. Especially if there we brain controlling lesions going in my head and I knew about it! No way! My parents give me a pretty independent life letting me make a lot of my decisions for myself, and I think that is the best way for me to be raised.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
-He saw her as BEAUTIFUL. PRETTY. He loved her soul, heart, and personality. He is the prime example of what everybody should be like when looking for a partner.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
-I absolutely do NOT think Shay-la would want to go back in time and never meet Tally-wa. (advancing way forward in the series to the other 3 books) Shay-la LIVED for what her and Tally-wa did together. They both thrived on adventure and they each contributed to every journey they went on together. From nearly getting killed at the armory and creating the Mind Rain, I don’t think either of them would want to give up what they experienced together.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
-As what everyone else has said, less war. WAAAAY less war. We have wars to end wars, to end wars! At least with everyone thinking the same and being happy all the time, no one can have the thought to be different and force it upon everyone else creating destruction. However, in a way, I see our society beginning to act like the pretty-society. With all the different laws that are being thrusted upon civilization, we are in a way being forced to think the same as others. So its like having the operation, just no lesions and no prettiness. (really unhappy-making…I don’t want to be like everyone else! =(
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
-Tally-wa decides her fate 99.99%. Actually, its pretty much a 100% Tally-wa decision. She chose to tell Special Circumstances about Shay-la, so she pretty much chose to go to the Smoke, she decided she didn’t want to be a traitor, but that’s what she went to the Smoke for originally so in a way it was bound for her betrayal to happen. She decided for herself to give her own body up to test the cure. Once pretty, she made the decision to try the cure, she thought it would be best for her and Zane to try the cure together, in the end killing Zane for her subconscious wanting of David, she decided to run away from the city and she did decide to wait with Zane for S.C. which in a way, gave herself up willingly for the Special operation…I’m going to stop there, but she makes her decisions wholesomely. That’s what I believe Scott-la was trying to show us through this series. Everybody has the decision to be independent and when you choose that way of life, your fate lies solely in your own hands. Your actions all have consequences, and the part that sucks, is that you have to live with them. However, being independent means that you can be the change. Tally-wa proves that towards the end of the series with the Mind Rain.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
-I drive every day. Hardly is there ever a day I don’t drive. Yet, I believe I would survive if it all disappeared. I love bike-riding and walking. It wouldn’t kill me nor anyone else to get outside in the fresh air. Plus, our technology is greatly advancing. I honestly believe that if tomorrow all gasoline and oil ran things were gone, the government would finally release their electronically ran items that I believe they have had hidden from public for years, waiting until the last moment or when they must release them. I don’t think our civilization would suffer if it all disappeared. I think the government has been prepared FOR YEARS.
Hey I love the uglies series!!!
Is there another book coming out ?? 🙂
i love peeps its really good
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Of course. I think everyone has at least once. I had a friend,(lets call her Ann) and we were like very,super close. we did like everything together and then she moved and then came back and totally ignored me, like she didnt like me anymore, it hurt, so i kinda know how Tally felt.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first i hoped she would stay ugly because at least she would be intelligent and be able to make desicions for herself. In the pretty world, you are always lied to and you never know if someone is who they say they are. Then i realized that Tally had to become pretty because thats the only way she could possibly save everyone.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes, everyone wants to be with the popular pretty people, thats what the series is all about. Pretty people tend to get treated better, even though their brains could be totally bogus. 🙂
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
That she will have to live on her own and it wont be as easy as being a pretty but at least you will have some dignity left in knowing who you really are.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
NO WAY! not unless someone i cared about was in danger. Intelligence is everything. You cant get through life just by being pretty. One day or another people won’t care about your looks and then you would be screwed if your ownly good-looking.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw her as beautiful and independent. I think that he respected her for her and that he felt good about their relationship because he knew she liked him for who he was and not by the way he looked
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No way. She is who she is because of Tally and their adventures. She would of led a boring pretty life and no one wants that.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Pretty society is better in that there are no wars, people get hurt less and the earth is cleaner.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I dont really know. I dont feel like answering this one, lol
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I depend on oil and gasoline in ways like traveling and heating my house and cooking food. It would be possible to live without them. It would be hard at first but eventually i would get used to it and get used to living like that.
Love,
Katey-wa
*Stay Bubbly!* 😉
why doesn’t tally live with her oarents?
Did the book ever say what an inerface ring was because i still cant figure it out?????? PLEASE ANSWER 🙂 thanks
hello, i just finished reading the Uglies series, and liked it very much.
but one thing bugged me…ALOT… the fact that Mr.Westerfeld killed Zane, what was he thinking ?! Zane was my favorite character, if he HAD to kill him, why not give him a peaceful death? and not a death that was SO dramatic! i CRIED when he died, seriously.
I was SO into the books, and then he DIED so brutally! i wanted to rip the book into shreds and eat it.
Now i know what you meant by saying “and telling me which parts made you throw the book across the room,” i wanted to, but i was to into it.
Thanks again for writing the book, but i would MUCH rather it if he didnt die, i think you should have killed David, and not Zane.
Thanks for listening,and please reply, so i know you read my thoughts about the books,i want to know why he killed Zane.
thanks again,
Audrey
in other words,
Why did you kill Zane ?
thankss
D:
the only question i feel like answering is 9 cause most of u think tally had i choice but i believe she was mostly forced into everything and yeah she decided to be pretty cause she really had no other choice, the only thing she did herself was go with zane instead of david. She was forced to go to the smoke also.
Audrey i think it totally sucks that zane died and i was really mad too! especially cause tally never really got to say goodbye and he died because of her anyways. but i think it makes the story like deeper and more dramatic like it would be kinda lame if everything was perfect in the end
oh that would be SO tight if they made a movie also!!!!!
OMG! I hope he writes another book after extras….maybe Zane should survive or something and Tally has to go to Diego to save Shay from …who know what but then she can run into him and it can be a reuniting! and maybe he could be special or something not like tally-wa ofcourse more like shay-la. this is so energy-making! i know it sounds lame now but scott-la sure could turn it into something. love love love these books got all my friends to read them. i hope he doesn’t quite i hope he writes like ten! i hate it when my favorite book series falls to an end ( .. like twlight:( .. ) hope this is motivating
Hey its me again! anyways i left some things out. first when i say Zane-la should ” survive ” i know that he is already dead but the back story should be along the lines of doctors injecting him with ____idk___ but it brings him back to life and by the time he comes ater tally-wa shes gone. ( but then of course my idea comes into play and they reunite ) …….and aya-sensei should totally be with tally and tally should take her to dr.cable and have her changed into a special to be with TALLY-WA! haha maybe i sould be an author lol jk but ideas ideas ideas……..
This is so bubbly. totally icy-making. love this series! ah!
oh and why did scott-la have to make them emo to beign with i mean really was that necasary?? couldnt they like just have to clear their minds…….think……..and TOTAL ICYNESS! that would have been much cooler. i get the whole scars thing about mistakes and whatever but really. emo. ? WHY SCOTT-LA WHY?! lol im not the dramatic just sayin…
OMG i just finish reading the uglies this is such great book this guy is a genius he wrote this book with so much description i imagined evrything as i read loved this book really recommend it i can’t wait to read the next one
1. No, not really. That would be totally rude-making though!
2. At first I wanted her too. I didn’t really change my mind because i kind of knew deep down that she would become pretty anyway.
3.No, never have, never will!
4.It helped her to develop her independence and gain strength and endurance in order to survive in the smoke.
5.No, I would rather be normal-looking and independent than a bubble-head. When you really think about it they weren’t all that ugly, just normal.
6. Tally was taught to think of herself as ugly until she got the operation. But David, who had grown up in the wild, wasn’t programmed like that. He didn’t find himself ugly, and he actually liked the way Tally looked.
7. I don’t think so, they had an odd relationship. I think that without Tally, Shay wouldn’t have gone to the smoke. I think Tally’s look at life inspired Shay to want to get away from it.
8. I don’t know really.
9. Even though Tally was influenced by Shay and Dr. Cable, I think she always kind of knew what she was going to do.
10. I think that I am overall a pretty green person. Sure I could survive without gas!
ZANE IS BETTER THAN DAVID, not just because he’s pretty, but he seemed to care more about Tally and what she was going through. David is whiny and over-protective. Definitely not bubbly-making.
I hope there is a next book, I can’t believe that tally is with David though, Tally and Zane are so much more happy-making. But my favorite boy about of all of them is Frizz! He sounds so adorable, if they make a movie, I have no idea what actor could play him just right, I would just die if they messed it up!
wer is the alternative ending to specials iv looked everywere i cant find it help me
Hi all 🙂 I don’t even know why, but reading through some of the “in-between” comments on this page have made me want to add in my personal opinion on the whole ‘Tally/David’ versus ‘Tally/Zane’ debate. (Does anyone else get the feeling that if Uglies was even half as popular as Twilight, we’d have EPIC shipping wars going down? *g*)
I dislike Zane, mainly because I never really got any sense of personality from him. I mean, with David, we can tell he has all these convictions about Tally’s society and the Pretty operations and the lesions and all of these things, and we can see him interact with his parents and joke a little and, of course, the infamous “What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.â€
With Zane, I can never really come up with any defining characteristics to describe him. Okay, he’s Pretty. I recall that he dyed his hair with calligraphy ink, since color that dark was against Pretty Committee standards, which can make a case for him being a bit of a rebel and ‘think-for-himself’ kind of person— or it can also be used to point out that since he didn’t know about the lesions, he was just testing the system for fun, with no idea what it really meant. You can decide which explanation you prefer, there.
In the context of “Pretties,†I see Zane as basically being the one that Tally falls back on because she simply has no one else to fall on— Shay is bubbly, Peris is oblivious, and Zane was the one who watched her run off and pull of Croy’s mask and realize it wasn’t David. And the disappointment in that moment, when she remembered that David was supposed to give her the pills and that he hadn’t come, is what I think is key in explaining why she fell back on Zane: because she had just had at least a part of her heart broken, and her trust violated, and who else was she supposed to go to?
But when it comes to “Specials†is when I really start thinking of Zane as more of a plot device than anything else. Because a main part of the book is Tally thinking, “I’m Special, I’m invincible, nothing can hurt me.†And when he dies and something does hurt her, that’s where I think the first bits of rewiring herself come into play. So all in all, I really see Zane as a stock romantic character/plot device, whose death allows Tally to realize that she is human— not Ugly or Pretty or Special, just human. And it’s that realization that helps her find her way back to David, who knew that all along.
Whew, that was long-winded! 🙂 Sorry if I bored you. Anyone care to agree/dispute/argue? I’d love some opinions!
well, you certainly have some points there Brea-la! personally, i always liked david better…. i just do. I mean, sure zane is pretty bubbly, but david just seems more genuine. but may i point out some things in david that make him seem childish? first of all, he seems to whine a lot. i quote “Mooom! We are NOT leaving her!”. he also seems clingy, sort of, not exactly, but almost obsessed with tally. like he always thinks about her and is so curious about her! but after reading specials i realized that i truly DIDNT want zane to die, because he was simply… perfect: for tally, for the book. in my opinion, tally and david do better as friends… and i kind of dont want them to get back together becuase they have such a trustworthy relationship and being bf/gf would just make things complicated, which would suck. I also realized, zane was like tally’s true love… even after everything, after having her mind changed AGAIN from turning into a special, zane is still her love. even if she doesnt have the will to kiss him yet (at the beginning), you can tell, she does WANT to. you see… writing this makes me realize how complex and complicated this series is, which is probably why i ♥ it! 😀
i think it might have been better is David died though… cuz like Zane would be alive and with tally, and then when david died, it would be really interesting: like how tally would react to his death. would she cry her eyes out? would she miss him? would she feel quilt? would she laugh? WHAT WOULD SHE DOOO!!!! and then how would it be 4 zane? if tally gets all sad and stuff, wouldn’t it be awkward? it would just shake things up a bit more… and then how would it change the ending? would she get cured? would she continue to be that person pushing back when they pushed too far in the wild? I think Scott should also write another version of specials where it is in zane’s perspective… then one in david’s perspective… and then one in SHAY’s perspective!!! XD
im officially obsessed 😀
I LOVE THE UGLIES SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ROCK, MR.WESTERFELD!!!!!!!!
ahem. sorry.
hmm… for all the little questions i will say this:
1. Yes. (hehe very straight forward, no?)
2.I did. Then i thought about it… it doesnt sit well with me and i would rather be like the bear and live in the wild RAWR *puts on bear suit* oh yay.
ok im done with these questions!! :S
I have to say i adore these books… and i wish some things turned out differently, i mean SHEESH whyd he have to die!!? i was so sad when that happened… phew…
erm i dunno i guess everything i wanted to say as been said
so chew on this instead
DID YOU KNOW!?
that americans eat about 18 ACRES OF PIZZA EVERY DAY!??!?!
im canadian, sure its about the same though!
hmm……
ALSO!!!
bahh you know “pretty people” arent necessarily stupid!
nawhh
sheesh, dont know where you heard THAT ONE, my best friend is GORGEOUS!!! and she is very good at conversation, very, intelligent 😮
ITS A MIRACLE!!! haha really though!!
Oho, you can comment! that’s tasty. (don’t ask)
1. Not really, usually whenever my friends move away that makes me closer to them (cuz we can’t argue so much)
2. Yes actually, i did hope that tally would have the op, and i never ever changed my mind about it. (I’ll describe why in a nutshell, cuz i’ve been known to rant on and on about this) In the Uglies series Scott westerfeild never actually says that the operation hinders intelligence. It only makes it so pretties can’t go to war, can’t recreate the population of the rusties, and so that they won’t question the life set out for them. (which isn’t always a bad thing)
3. I have never ever ever done that, but i’ve found that people usually isolate people who are pretty in my school, almost as if they’re trying to not pay attention to prettier people.
4. Meh, I don’t like the smoke or the wild. *NEXT*
5. Personally, i wouldn’t really mind if i didn’t think independently or not. I mean, Often people say or act without thinking or they act rashly, and if that was controlled there wouldn’t be as many misunderstandings. (now if someone controlled what i couldn’t say and what i could say, i would smash their face in)
6. Meh, i don’t like the smoke or David. *NEXT*
7. I think so, yes, Because Tally;
A. Stole her boyfriend
B. stole the spotlight
C. Betrayed the Smoke
D. Made Shay a pretty, the special when she didn’t want it
E. let shay figure everything out for her, then took the credit.
I could go on all day. I don’t like tally.
8. Hmm. That’s a pretty ingenious question. Well, other than the fact that the rusties were not as high tech, thoroughly dependent on oil, had unhealthy living and eating environments, worked way too much, had a vastly different slang/language than us, had way different governing systems (that poses a question: How did the pretties find leaders?) and the pretties didn’t, there isn’t that much of a difference.
9. More often than not, Tally wasn’t in charge of her fate. She wanted to be pretty, (not her decision) so she went to the smoke (not her decision) and then learned the truth about the op. (Didn’t really have much of a choice) then betrayed the smoke (again, not her decision) then was made a pretty, (willingly) and so on. do you get my point?
10. Meh, dinner’s ready, I’m too lazy to answer this question
Who here likes the pretty time better than Aya’s time?
i think that Scott westerfeild should write a book before tally’s time about a natural pretty who doesn’t have to get the operation and poses some risks to the pretty government. (Natural pretty = no Op. = no brain lesions :O)
wow you guys write alot i cannot even read all of them !!!!!!
i wish specials could have kept on going (i thing its the best book of all of them )
LONG LIVE TALLY THE SPECIAL !!! 🙂
uum does any one answer questions ?????????
well here are my answers anyways
1.no we still stayed in touch
2.i thaught it would be kind of cool at first
3.some times but only based on first impression , like wether or not they smiled at me when they first met me or wether they frowned
4.i think it changed her personnatlity but only a little cause nothing could prepare her for what she learnt in the old smoke
5.weell thats a tough question because i have always beenan independant person but a little money here and there would never hurt eh !!!!
6.he saw her the way we rusties see people just based on what we know and sometimes that is not much( like when a baby first sees its mother and think wow plastic surgery right it would look up and sees its mom and think mom )so in other words he though she was one prettie ugly
7.no because no matter what happend they were like siblings to each other some times being the person who put the bandaid on and some times being the person who ripped it of (its a metafor incase any one was wondering!)and ripping of bandaids REALLY HURTS.
8.well they got the no war right but they did not solve their problems correctly by brain washing people and giveing everyone surgery
9.i think it is a two way ty really because she was given a choice every time (not easy one )
oops school !!
i think this is retarded how evryone just awensers the questions and not the
author because i could care less what hapend to some stranger miles away
and the way they think because they didnt write the book so unless they are super
awesome writers i dont care i mean its not evrybody else’s website so i belive
this is wrong and many other people would too
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes. I had a good friend in elementary school who was my first friend at that school which was knew to me in 3rd grade. She moved to Minnesota and I haven’t heard from her at all in years.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
By the end of Uglies, I was glad Tally hadn’t gotten the operation, even though at the beginning I wish she had. I think that it was because just for a little I’d wished she’d never had the whole complicated-making adventure in the wild. I guess I’m just weird and I don’t like conflicts.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I don’t think I ever have. Mostly I’ve not liked people for that reason because they thought I should. I try not to judge people based on looks, but let’s face it, it’s human nature.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
If Tally had, for some reason, ended up instantly in the Smoke without a trip at all, she would have been snapped into its harsh reality quite difficultly. Because she had to go through the wild on her own, it made her strong. It prepared her not only for life in the Smoke, but also for everything she does in the next books.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
In Tally’s time, yes, because it would be the choice between that and living in the Smoke and not really having a house at all, which is something I’m not really prepared for. And I never will be. But in present time, I wouldn’t. Whatever health and wealth I have, I want to have earned myself. Also, if I couldn’t think independently, I would pretty much have no life.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Tally was raised in a world where everyone’s looks were compared to an unnatural super-beauty, and being normal made you hideous. It was black and white, either ugly or pretty. But David was raised by standards sort of like our own, where there’s an in-the-middle normal pretty and flaws are okay. Tally just didn’t understand in the beginning that you didn’t have to be perfect to be pretty. David did.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
It definitely depends when Shay would be asked this question. I expect she would change her answer multiple times, depending on whether she was mad at Tally or not. In the beginning when Tally first got to the Smoke, she wouldn’t have. After the Specials destroyed the Smoke, she would have. When she was pretty, she wouldn’t have.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I think the main difference is that the cities don’t communicate with each other, and that they don’t have whole, united countries made up of many cities. Also, there doesn’t seem to be much culture left.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally barely decided her own fate. The few choices she did make she didn’t know would effect her fate, much less how they would effect it. But it wasn’t her decision to go to the Smoke, and it wasn’t her decision to leave. However, it was her decision to get the Pretty operation, and that did impact her fate.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I, like most other humans, depend on gasoline to take me to school, to take me home, and to take me pretty much everywhere. I also depend on it to keep my house warm. If it all went away, it would be very, very difficult to survive.
I just wanna say that I think that most of the bad things that happened to Tally was MADDY’S FAULT!
i think it is just sooo sad how shay totally wants to b friends with tally and all but like tally is sort of the one who moves away… the david thing wasnt her fault but then she gets together with zane and locks her out. its like tally is two busy thinking of her own relation ships to appreciate shay and how many chances shay has actually given her.
Im currently reading “uglies” Its truly wrong as in peris’s case to just basicly ditch tally just because he’s better looking than her.
If i lived in tally’s time i would become pretty but wouldnt ditch any of my best friends!~
this is cool!
1.Yes. when i moved to the U.S. all of my old friends thought i was stuck up so every time i tried to talk to them they would walk away
2.i did not want tally to change her face just because i knew in a place that perfect something had to be wrong. every one deserves to be themselves
3.of course. i dont think anyone can help it partly because of our human natures. usually i dont apply this to my friends, only guys, because after all my friends chose to be my friends even though i look the way i do. its like scott said: they forget what you look like over time because of the experiences u have shared together
4.tally saw what the city had been hiding from her, from everyone, and she knew the smoke was a place where the wild would be unhidden and everything harsh
5.at times i feel like the entire world should look the same just so we can all get along. no more name calling because of your big eyes or your short self. but its all in our heads so some people would need to give up theirselfs. i think in the long run i would rather keep my face and my common sense
6.david had never seen a pretty face so he was taught to value people by their personalities not their looks. tally had been living her whole life thinking she was wrong so she saw herself as a flawed being. david looked through her face and into her soul and saw the person that she was: someone that could think for themselves
7.no. in spite of everything, shay would regret not meeting tally because shay got to experience more because of tallys mistakes. besides, without tally, shay might have chickened out and everybody would have remained pretty and stupid
8.well in our society poverty and hunger, all of the things that hold our society back still exist. but in one thing they are the same. the people that cant have the operation hide because society wont accept them. today the people who are seen as less are kept out of the public eye. both societies wont admit to mistakes or weaknesses
9.tally decided her fate always. true other people made choices for her, but she adapted to the situations. she won the game of control with the cards she was dealt. everything she did was because some part of hertold her to be tally
10.we all depend heavily on oil. except maybe the people who are living their indian or primitive lives. they would have the vest chance of surviving. the rest of us would need to learn what has been forgotten over time do to laziness(including me duh.)
ive always loved the uglies book because it speaks of what most of us are afraid to even consider. all the “what ifs” give us something to ponder
thanks for giving us a place to be bubbly!
🙂 Xochitl
I’ve only read Uglies, but I thought it was great. I haven’t found a book that I couldn’t put down in a while, I’ve had this book for ages but never read it. I’m SO glad I did. I can’t wait to read the rest of his novels. I know the Uglies is a teen series but why do most of the comments sound so immature? Maybe I’m just too old for these books at 19, na screw that, read what you want right? Anyways, I’ll answer the questions.
1. First off, he didn’t do it on purpose so I don’t think that counts. But I did have my best friend move away when I was in kindergarten and we lost touch. But when I was in middle school my best friend moved and we stayed close, she moved back and now we live together with some other roommates.
2. I think even from the start I know there was something wrong with the operation, so I don’t think I ever wanted Tally to get it done. The more I read the more that became clear.
3. Maybe at first, everyone is attracted to a pretty face ( I mean who doesn’t love full lips and vulnerable eyes, right?), but I can usually tell is someone is full of it or just plain dumb after a few minutes of conversation.
4. The trip got her used to some of the “Rustie†things she had to do, but I think the most important thing that helped shape Tally was going to special circumstances, after that she was had greater understanding the what was at stake. The fact that she was a spy at first also played a big part in helping Tally to grow up and be able to accept what she learned from Maddy and Az.
5. No. Being able to think for our selves is one of man kind’s greatest gifts. No way in hell am I giving that up.
6. He saw her as an actual person, where as Tally just saw her self as something unfinished. Uglies spent their whole lives waiting for life to start, but when David told her she was beautiful it woke her up and she figured it out. There is more to life than just being pretty… there’s life. Most of it is no where near perfect.
7.I think this is hard to answer not having read the other two books, it almost seems like Shay and David could have lived happily ever after. But I don’t think that would have happened based on how David ended up feeling about Shay after he met Tally. I think if Shay had stayed Ugly it would have changed everything a lot. I don’t know how she really feels.
8.Other than all the technological differences, both societies have a lot in common. A lot of party-crazed famous for doing nothing people are idolized as having the ultimate lifestyle, Paris Hilton and The Real World come to mind. It’s a lot like New Pretty Town, all the Uglies (most of the world) are watching the beautiful Pretties (the famous rich elite) having a great time. On the flip side there was no war or starvation or poverty, some of the worst things going on today. I think the question is how much do we want to sacrifice to be happy? Now #4 is a harder question. Some of the worlds poorest might answer that with a loud YES.
9. I think she did a lot of her own thinking, she may have went to the smoke a spy but obviously realized what turning them in really meant. She decided to go on the rescue mission with David and she decided to turn Pretty to basically save the world. Tally deserves a lot of credit.
10. OK, I’m super lazy, so unless they find a car that runs on water (Hide?) I’d like to keep me some fossil fuels thanks. Long live the rusties!
Sorry if I got a little too serious, but I think these are really great questions. Thanks for reading.
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omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i saw someone say that boys dont read uglies! that makes me real sad face and alone, for i, am a boy. lolz they are missin out if they dont read it! but then again the back cover makes it look like a girls fantasy book bc lots of girls in movies think that at sixteen they magically become gorgeous. if you want an example want an example, watch sixteen candles. wow i got off track……. thats makes me sad faced….. anyway for all the peeps out there i will probably be visiting more often now
omg i feel like writing again! even though i wrote a few minutes ago woahz…………. addicting site scottla. scottla btw i want you to ignore all their move here requests cause thats dumb………………. because you should move to knoxville tn! that would be awesome and we could you know have some guy time XD wow thats weird….. i want ur autograph scottla!!!!!!!!!!! or maybe you wanna be called leviathan master. or the grandmaster of authors? or my favorite author. XD
maddy is not at fault for what happens to tally!!! its scottlas fault for making an evil special……. no offense intended scottla.. lol i love the protagonists and anoganists XD woah scottla whats that!!! *slaps scottla with a rotting chicken* sorry i dont what was into me. * slaps scottla with a period like this one >>>>.<<<<.< btw scottla i made my book report on uglies and had a whole powerpoint page dedicated to you!! and i got it from wikipedia but dont worry i gave them credit…… if anyone wants to contact me and my awesome boyish self and be like pen pals then contact me on facebook with a message telling me why you are asking for my request or else i would ignore. my name is austin teagarden so just look that up…. XD hey scottla u should add me on facebook that would be awesome we could be pen pals too…. or maybe keyboard pals… i could send you all the cool apps…….. like mobsters two!!! wow this paragraph isnt bout uglies is it…. tally is awesome…. she shouldnt ever dump david though she sucks for that…. and those ppl in the forest that are in uber primitive time is really weird because they almost killed her and they wouldve if they hadnt seen her face……………………. i wanna naturally pretty face!!!! then chicks might not look at me like ugh….. but i am not ugly either just to let that be known. i look much better than my facebook picture shows too….. and david!! david is amazing… he truly is that kind of prince perfect in that girlish aspect bc he is tough yet compassionate at the same time…. i achieved the personallity perfection but i need to get tough, bc i am a vegetarian ( i love animals…) and i have no muscles at all………….. hey scottla do you have any girl advice? or anyone? i dont have promblems getting girls…. i have promblems getting them off me…. cause i have so many girls that like me that i cant seem to not break hearts….. and the one girl i do like… which i cant mention on here bc she would get mad…. doesnt love me….. so i break up and say no to all the girls…. just hoping for that yes… woah thats off track! if i could have one gadget from that book i would want the hoverboard and all the safety features like bungie jackets and stuff but then i would need metal so i would want them without having to have metal lol
Amazing A is out!
5. I hate to say it but yes. Especially if that was the way i believed things should happen since i was a littlie (like in uglies). I hate getting sick and also pimples but the operation would cure that.
On the other hand, i’m a non-conformist and would be unimpressed if i looked and acted like everyone else around me. I’m kinda in two minds. And in the case of being happy all the time, how incredibly boring and monotonous would that be? I thought the pretties were more interesting when they woke up from the mind-rain.
6. I’m actually a pretty big fan of David (but i love zane too) and i like how he isn’t blinded by the teachings of the city. I reckon this is why he can see tally with different eyes from everyone else, because he was never introduced to the ‘pretty’ way of thinking.
8. Tally’s society is kinda dodge. Specially because of Dr Cable (who i don’t like, but actually really respect). I really like Aya’s society tho cause i like the idea that if you want fame or fortune you actually have to work for it. (Except for Nana Love, but i think she’s pretty cool)
10. I think we’ll find the answer to this soon enough when 2012 rolls around.
Or not, no one really knows do they?
Hey i would just like to add to joey-la that i am also an australian. 🙂 and no, while i have kangaroos in my backyard, i do not ride them to school, nor do i talk like steve irwin (r.i.p).
no one answered my question for girl advice 🙁 that makes me sad faced…. no one has said much actually lol i am writing this from school btw XD i love school…. not! just hanging on til friday lol
Amazing A is OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes actually it is Maddy’s fault she made the pills and she killed Zane! Did she honestly expect a bubble head to figure out that two exactly identical pills were different? Or even know what nanos were?
Oh yeah well I wrote my book report on Peeps. So take that.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No, I have not. But if I ever did have a friend that wonderful abandon me, I would be very upset that it happened
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I did not. I knew from the moment I read about how idiotic the New Pretties were acting that something about them was altered during the operation, and not just their looks
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No I haven’t. In fact, I pay attention to every word my best friend says, and he’s not even that cute
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Tally learned a bit more about survival without all of her high tech stuff, which was helpful because if she hadn’t she might not have made it out in the Smoke
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
It depends on if I lost all my independent thoughts or just the ones that made me smart enough to realize that we were under a dictatorship. Although I probably would choose to stay the way I am no matter what. I know my friends would want me to stay that way as well.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Because he grew up where all people were ugly, therefore none were. So he knew Tally actually was pretty in her own way, and on the inside
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I think it depends on how she was feeling about Tally at the time. During their arguments and other fights she would, but when they were getting along, she wouldn’t
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
they have multiple cities that make up a country, while we have cities that make up states that make up a country
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
She didn’t really know that the decisions she made would affect her fate, but in a way she had a lot of say in choosing her fate
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
We depend on oil and gasoline to drive our cars and heat our homes. It would be very hard to survive if it suddenly went away, and it would probably take a very long time for us to adapt
1. Neva
2. yes, but at the begining, when they got to the smoke, i had changed my mind, and then once shay-la was pretty i changed my mind, AGAIN
3. Nope, neva, zip, zippo, but people do that to me ALL THE TIME
4. she learned how to survive without all the pretty high tech stuff. she also learned that SpagBol was gross
5. pretties are kinda lame, i would want to be a special
6. he saw her as a beautiful girl instead of a squinty eyed ugly
7. that would be totally up to shay-la. tally-wa and shay-la were always put on different sides so that they were always fighting against each other. so sometimes i would think so, but they are “best friends foreva”
8. they have holes in walls that make stuff for you, in extras they have face ranks and merits, hoverboards, hovercams, special cerciumstances, “wa, la, chan, sama, and sensai” at the end of nicknames, tons of random cliques, the whole littlelie, ugly, new pretty, crumbly, old pretty rank
9. to throw the heart into the fire, like zane-la and david, to become pretty the second time, to go to the party in asia, to crash parties ALL THE TIME was what she decided, but like everything else was decided for her.
10. if it went away it would take sometime to adapt, but we could live without it
“I’m Tally Youngblood….Make me PRETTY.”~ Tally
“Face it Tally-wa, your SPECIAL.”~Shay
“Be careful with the world, or the next time we meet, it might get UGLY.”~Tally
(I have read Extras, but I haven’t memorized the last sentence, but i know the laske word is CAKE)
LUV LUV LUV THIS SERIES!!!
~Grace-la
ok here it is!!!!
“Come on, it’s almost midnight. Let’s go watch them cut the cake.”~Aya
( In Extras, Ai puts a bomb thingy in the cake at Nana Love’s thousand faces party, so the second they cut it, it will explode.)
LUV LUV LUV THIS SERIES!!!
Grace-la
Well i would answer the question but im too lazy and its to late:P lol
Im just here to say I LOVE the books scott westerfield Wrote!
Ive read most of them!
Ahhhhh!
Im adiccted to them!
First I have to say that I have read those books in french.. so..xD
1. Yes I did. When I was younger I was always moving from a city to an other. So I lost a lot of friends and when I found them back they where not interested in me anymore.
2. When I knew Shay was not going to get the opperation I was like:”Oh.. their is something behind the opperation. The book can’t just be about butyfull people.” So thats it.
3. Nah, I aint that kind of person, but, sometimes with my friends we like to do that kind of stuff, like ignoring each other to listen an other, while were bitching the other person but friendly.
4. Mostly how to survive and do her toilet in the nature. To not be scared and to have selfconfidance.
5. Guess what!? Never. But I would like to be a Special..xD
6. He found her butyfull.
7. No, because even if at some moments they hate each other, their friends and that is the most important.
8. The wall, the cars, the skates, a lot of things!
9. She almost always decieded for herself. She is the first human who had done this.
10. I use bike or walk to get somewhere. I don’t need a car.
I love Scott’s series, like Peeps, Uglies, and I’m on Midnighters now.
Tzilo-wa..=3
Mr. Westerfeld,
I’m writing a letter to you. i’m having MAJOR issues getting an address to actually send to, so culd you b so kind as to publish it on this site?
thnanks alot
Rachel Craig!!(future author of bestselling series) (:
Tally was pretty much forced to make most of her desicions. I mean I guess she could have made desicions herself, but she didnt really have time to think them through.
I love this series so much because its not like most books. It throws a new topic to debate in your head or go crazy over when you least expect it. THANK YOU MR. WESTERFELD FOR WRITING THESE BOOKS!!
I totally agree with Brea-la but on the other side , I think that most of the readers(girls 😛 ) imagined Zane’s or David’s character because there’s not so much information . If we ask everybody to post something about their behaviors and so on , we would probably get a lot of different views !
I prefer David , even if they are three David’s for me : The David in the First Book (the one I like) , the David in the second book (i hated him and preferred Zane ) and the David in the third and fourth book (he’s more like the first David ! =D )
So …yeah … I think Scott-la gave us pretty much space if you understand what I mean.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Well.. Yeah. But it was different. It was sort of like a we both decided there was no way we’d be able to see each other and said our last goodbies but there was no betrayal.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first I was pulling for her souly because I didnt know about the brain lesions.. though I was a little curious. Especially with all the foreshadowing with shay like how come my friends always wanted to see me until they became pretty? but still I wanted poor tally to get her operation that is until she went to the smoke and met my personal favorite character, David.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? Honestly no. I meen I guess I know what they meen. Like if you think some one is repuslive versus some one who you think is gorgeous I guess u tend to listen and enjoy conversations with the pretty person more but me not really no.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Not sure what you meen. What she learned. All the work or all the BAM what!! Pretty meens being a retard?? well I dont think being in the wild could prepare her for all the BAMS but I guess it helped her with all the labor.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? hell no.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Tally’s mind was warped from the outside world. She had been raised to believe she was ugly and would only be worth something when she was pretty. David was raised to see things how they really were. That uglies werent ugly merely normal. and he could see that uglies could be pretty. and he could see that tally was pretty and also could notice qualities that she had which were good and unique which she could not find in herself because she was so set on her being worthless.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
That’s a really tough question. Sometimes I wana say No. sometimes I wanna say yes. I really have a hard time answering that question. Truthfully things would have been a lot better for shay if she hadn’t met tally.. and sadly, that’s no lie.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I don’t think it’s healthier then ours at all. It’s basically a world where no one understands any thing around them and believes things are false. I’m pretty, so I must party constantly. I’m above and beyond. I am an ugly there fore I am worthless. The specials are basically the people controlling everything. Any thing beneath them is a puppet on strings. Therefore it’s very unhealthy.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally I think has always decided her own fate except for going to the smoke which was really decided for her. Tally chose to throw the neclace in to the fire. she chose to run away and not give up. She chose to go with david back to the city. and she chose to become pretty. She chose to tell David he was ugly and she chose to make all of her mistakes. I believe that really she chose everything. though I guess to the full fledge outlook dr cable did because if she hadn’t gone to the smoke none of it would have ever happened.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day
well that would suck
Im just about finished with Extras and I have one question. Why does Tally-wa have to look so crazy just because she’s special? And how do Fuasto and Shay become normal Specials again? I thought they had the shot to make them normal. That’s why David and Tally-wa continued on their own together, right? This is so very confusing…….
I think they should make a movie of the series
sorry for my English is not that good, I come from Svergie and I’m only 11 …..
I think they should make a movie of the series
sorry for my English is not that good, I come from Svergie and I’m only 11 …..
and i love love the books and i am reading specialas
Mr.SCOTTWESTERFELD, i just finished reading Extras and bogus to bubbly PLEASE!! Write more!! :))
P.S i hate BOOKS but i only read yours because they were so awesome. Fantasy, Sci-fi, adverture/ love
GREAT JOB!
I had started to think about an idea in my head BEFORE i read your book. I thought if you can reverse the magnetic powers(you know when you try to push to magnets together but they wont go) then you could create a hovercraft, based on the power of opposing forces. but then i read your book and was like darn, i cant believe that just happened. i wanted to go forth in my experiments and i wanted to let you know.
Julia age 12
i love the books so much i read specials in 2 days it was my favorite one delilah age 10
The Smoke Lives! If I had to choose over David or Zane i would pick Zane.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
-I think I’m Peris… It’s not that I want to, but I just kind of do…
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
-Yeah, I did want her to get it, because she really badly wanted it. I changed my mind when she learned about the lesions.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
-Sometimes I do. I tend to listen to the people with the most authority more often though. Sure, I give pretty people the honor of talking to me, and of course I’m embarrased of admitting that, but I’m really not THAT shallow.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
-She unknowingly got prepared for what the Smoke was like, in a way.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
-NEVER. How can you truly be happy and appreciate the things you have if you can’t do it with your own mind, with your own words?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
-Because he was raised in the Smoke around uglies his whole life, never seeing any pretties, he was capable of looking through the non-perfect exterior to find the beautiful person she was inside.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
-Sometimes I think she would, but about as many times I think she was happy (in a weird sort of way) that she met Tally. Like if Shay hadn’t met her, she would still be a totally non-bubbly pretty still going with the flow, never having learned about the cure. So, yeah, I think meeting Tally was the best for her and all the other pretties and uglies as well.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
-Wow, where to start. I’ve always opposed the burning of fossil fuels, so I was really happy with this book. The pretty society is completely independant, while we Rusties depend very heavily on natural resources. Also, in my opinion, we really don’t care all that much about our environment, while the pretty society loves the earth enough to be shocked at the suggestion of cutting branches off a tree. The pretty society also cares very heavily about beauty, probably more than we do now, and anyone with the imperfections that separates you from others is considered ugly, wich really is totally bad for the self-esteem of the “uglies”. The pretty society is much healthier than us, with their wonderful way of not polluting Earth or using the precious lives that already have lives and plan to live theirs to the fullest. Also, I’ll state the obvious: the pretties don’t get sick. Yeah, I know. Captain Obvious moment.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
-Well, everyone has a choice in how to live their lives, so Tally decided everything. The options just weren’t the ones she would have picked. But because of those decisions, Tally became a better person. Oh, sorry, off topic. Other people decided the options for her a lot. Tally rarely decided what her options were, while society and people in it poked at her brain and making her make some of the biggest decisions of her life.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
-Yeah, like I could live another day without oil and gas… Of course, I think it’s wrong, and we should find alternate sources of power, but I’m a lazy, lazy person, and I will just use the gas and oil until something better comes along… Does that make me a bad person?
SO I JUST REALIZED THAT UGLIES PERFECTLY SHOWS COMMUNISM where specials is like the government!!
Did any one else realize that??
I just put question 5. as my Facebook status, for group discussion. I called it a “lunchtime poll” as in the film Heathers.
I’m an adult reader of the Uglies series and your question is really more complicated than it seems. I mean, to be guaranteed health, happiness and wealth is compelling.
If I get interesting results, I will post them for you.
I really liked question 7.
7. I really do think that Shay would go back in time to never meet Tally because Tally has done many things to shay. 1) She betrayed Shay in The Smoke (And all of Smoke!) 2) She denied it 3) She didn’t tell Shay about the the cure!!!!!!
Remember… THE SMOKE LIVES!!!!
Kay-wa or Tiny
Mr.Westerfeld,
I got the book “Uglies” at a local library competition called “Name that Book!” My team had me and 4 other friends on it. We won first place! For our prize, we got to pick out a book to keep. (Plus a HUGE trophy!) Almost all of us picked out “Uglies”. My friend read it, and she LOVED it! So, I read it. I loved it! Unfortunately, when I found out our school library had the rest of the series, we had just started winter break. As soon as I got back to school, I went to the library and checked out the rest of the series! I just finished “Pretties” and I’m starting “Specials”! My older sister and cousin wanted to read them too! They love it too! Thank you so much for publishing these! I hope you write even more!
Sincerely,
Emmy-la
1. not really, i’m usauly the one leaving and with few exceptions, when i leave, i’m gone. nothing personal, it’s just how i am.
2. yes, i wanted tally to get both the prettys opperation, and the specials. i thought of it as sort of a physical manifestation of her growth and progressive for the story.
3. opposite, i tend to disstrust ‘beautiful’ people, due in part to my own low self image and when approched i usauly look for the catch. but, i also disstrust people with features that bring to mind ‘serial killers’ and/or ‘phycopaths’ which i realize isnt fair of me, and chances are some of them are very nice people, but on the offchance, id rather not go down a dark ally with them.
4. it reminded me of sort of a spirit quest, something she had to do to change her perspective on everything shes ever known, to prepare herself to face everything that could be.
5. i would like to say i value my mental capabilities and abilities to adapt and respond to situations, but i honestly cant say with 100% honesty that id chose brains over vanity, espicaly with the happieness garinte attached.
6. he never saw the uglie, or pretty lines, she was a person, not a stareotyp assigned by society.
7. at times, maybe, by the end of the series, no way. they were/are friends, who like any others have fights, but in the end, who did shay want beside her in the cutters?
8. in some ways, yes the pretties society is much healthier, renewable eco friendly energy, world peace, and every one is happy. in other ways, they mentaly crippled anyone who could possably question anything, and placed higher valu onpersonal apperence than anything else thus crippling there own growth as a race.
9. tally never had compleat controle, she just did the best with what she was given, like any other person.
10. im not sure if i qualify as the adverage joe, i spent my childhood on a farm without electricity and/or running water more often than not. my teens on a pacific island nation where i showered in rain catch water and lived in a thatch hut. then got shipped to military school where i learned survivle 101 includeing getting water on a desert island, building small animal traps and one rope bridges, oh, and rubbing 2 sticks togather to build a fire. things like electricity, internet and cars are nice to have around, but id be happy with a knife, some rope and a horse
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? Yes I know exactly how that feels when a friend will act like they don’t know you and how they’ll seem to forget all you two have been through in the past moving forward without you. But unlike Peris my friend didn’t ever find their way back to me.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) I have to admit that I did because at first I felt in Tally’s world it was just normal and she should be able to be normal. I changed my mind when she went in the smoke like tally did except I changed my mind a lot faster than she did. I think when David started to show interest in Tally is really when I knew she should never become pretty. Then when I found out about the lesions it just sealed the deal.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? I haven’t really had that experience no, because I think I’m more of a person who likes to talk a lot so if someone has nothing good to say or smart to say I won’t give them all of my undivided attention.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? It showed her how real nature and the wild really is and how you have to work hard to survive. That if you fall it will hurt and even scar you and that sometimes you have to pick yourself up instead of counting on bungee jackets or hover boards. When she reached the smoke her instincts were a bit sharper and she was ready to continue to learn more about independent living.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? No because you can’t really be happy if your being told how to act, who to be and how to think. That’s what makes you yourself, is the fact that we all think differently and have our own thoughts. Good looks don’t mean everything and doesn’t always make you happier nor does being richer.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? David saw Tally as a beautiful person who knows who she is and will do what she needs to do to be herself. He saw her as a brave and special person even when Tally saw herself as an ugly.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? I think there are times shay believes she would of liked to have never met her yes. When David falls for Tally Shay of course is upset and wishes Tally didn’t exist but as the series goes on I think Shay realizes how special Tally is and how much the world needs her including shay. After all Tally is Shay’s best friend and she needs her. Plus Shay in my mind anyways get’s Tally back and their both just as guilty as the other one.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) The pretty society is different from ours because there they don’t want people to be themselves or to be different. They don’t have wars or races (though they do split the uglies from the pretty’s) and there isn’t much conflict there. Their technology is a million times more sophisticated than ours. I think the no wars and the better technology is better and healthier than our society even the not having freedom has benefits but I wouldn’t say healthier.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? I think Tally had some power her own fate but not all of it was up to her in the end. Maddy I think had a hand in deciding Tally’s fate at the end along with Dr. Cable who probably had a little bit more power than maybe even Tally did. But in the end beside Maddy telling her to leave that moment Tally pretty much made her own fate.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? My lifestyle is very dependent on oil and gas in the terms of heat, getting around, lighting, and cooking. I’m not stupid and I know if it all disappeared one day my life would be a lot harder and surviving would be harder but I know I could do it if I have to ever.
scott PLEASE tell me, why are your books soo addicting? CAUSE AM LIKE OBSSESED with them!!!!!! i cant stop reading them no matter how much they make me fall deeper into the story and have me wishing sometimes that i was TALLY i mean maybe she complained about everything and all but i think that she had the perfect best life out there and would do anything to trade places with her. can you help me out here and tell give me advise on how to not get into the book like really into the book if you know what i mean. lately i’ve felt like everything around me was gone and blank ever since i started reading the book i feel like my world is perfect enough you know that kind of feeling, am not saying that i hate it but am just asking for some feedback. thanks
I first started reading this book because a peer of mine told me that it was a good book. I started reading it and it took a while but soon enough I was hooked! I finished all of these book really fast and it was an eye opener.
1.) Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
I have had one of those Peris’s. She moved in my forth grade and I didn’t really know what to do because she was honestly my best and only friend and when she moved I made an effort and then I moved on and that happened to me again so I just think that I am just not suppost to have friends.
2.) At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I always wanted Taly-wa to get the opperation but it took me a night to sleep on to realize what all really was happening and I was like oh-my-gosh Tally-wa don’t get this operation. I wanted her and David to fall more in love and ya.
3.) Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Being honest I haven’t. I am one of those people that like tell you my opinion no matter what because that is how I am. I just haven’t had a chance like Tally-wa.
4.) In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
When she was going through the wild I was changing as a reader. I think that it made it that much easier to excpt. It wasn’t like a cold turkey kind of thing. Laugh out loud.
5.)Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Being honest here I probley would because I like looking pretty and have all the items that the Pretties have. Now to not have a brain, I would still go along with it because it would be less pain then what Tally-wa does in the wild but I would rather be a Cutter. I think that having that extreme beauty would be better than anything.
6.) How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? David saw what really matters in a girl, not the stuff that we stress over and think is really important. He saw inner beauty while Tally-wa say outter beauty. David didn’t think that everybody is ugly, he was born seeing those type of faces and its really bubbly making when you really look at it all. He is just a sweet guy.
7.) If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I have read all the books and I still think that she still would. I believe that even though Shay-la went through alot it really made her who she was and that Shay-la was happy being pretty and bubbly. If she wouldn’t have meet Tally-wa then like she wouldn’t be a Cutter or be cured from being Special. I think she would still be friends!
8.) Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Hmm this is a really hard question. The pretty society is so much better than our own. The pretties don’t argue or stuff like that, their growing up. We on the other hand argue make bogus wars and all sorts of stupid point-less kind of things. I really almost wish we were in their world and not our mess up one.
9.) To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
To an extent she only lived her life from the age of 1-15. She was forced to be ugly or find her friend; she had no choice. She tryed drugs that make a pretty head have a brain; only because Shay-la wouldn’t which later gets mad at Tall-wa for not sharing the cure with Zane-la.She becomes a Cutter-special Special: because she wanted to stay with Zane-la and Shay-la changes her. Pretty much her life is in other hand and when she is forced to change again, she doesn’t want to because she is normal with the life she was living with.
10.) The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I don’t think that we human being could survive that long. I know that other people can be when you have been living one way, it’s hard to change.
I really wish that Scott would put one of these for all of his books. He has really opened my eyes and allowed me to see the world. Thank you so much for that.
Huge Fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love,love,LOVE the series!!I actually technically only read specials and extras this year but that’s because my school library doesn’t have them!!!!!So last year I was kinda stuck to Uglies and Pretties!!!
hey, just read the books. LOVE them. WHEN ARE THEY GUNNA BE A MOVIE?????????????????? I REALLY WENT THEM TO BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Yeah I guess I kinda have
2. Yes I wanted her to get the operation and end up with Peris at first. Crazy I know, right? But once her romance with David started and once she got introduced into the Smoke I wanted her to stay untouched.
3. Yes, I think everyone is guilty of it. And also stereotypes are attached to looks.
4. The wild was technology free and more self dependent like the Smoke is.
5. No. And I am not just saying that without thinking through it. If I gave my ability to think for myself then it would be just the same as killing myself. I would rather feel pain than nothing at all if it was pain that I brought on myself. I want to control my life!
6. He saw what was inside her, not by her looks but by her personality and he saw that she was beautiful, inside out.
7. Yes, I personally think she would have. I she didn’t meet Tally; she would have ran away and maybe never have been operated on. There is a chance that the Smoke would have never been found and David would have fallen for her instead of Tally. The world would be the same-the operations and all-but Shay always seemed to be on the selfish side and would have wanted to keep her perfect life at the risk of saving millions of others.
8. They have technology that is far greater than ours. But in the pretty society, you don’t spend enough time as a “family†and there are too many lines drawn on age. But then again, there is life saving technology and restrictions that would save many people in our society.
9. Tally decided everything for herself. Of course people gave Tally new opportunities, some she liked, some she didn’t but Tally always created her own fate. Tally was given the opportunity to befriend Shay, she was also given the opportunity to go with her or stay behind. She chose to get the operation, when she could have stayed back at the end of Uglies. She chose everything in her life, as we all do.
10. Almost everything-cars, airplanes, heat, lighting, cooking. I use so much to live. I don’t even know what I would do without it! It would take a while to get back on my feet, but with help on friends and family I am sure this civilization could do it…..maybe.
i have read all four of the books and let me tell you they are the best series ever.i think that the questions sound like questions you would use to interview someone. and that the format of them is something that my social studies teacher would use. but they are really good questions. the kind that make you think. oh and i read the series in about 1-2 weeks. again really bubbly books.i so love the word bubbly! thank you scott for writing the best series ever!
Well, I have to say that I read these books sometime in the last two years and I’ve loved them ever since.
I think some people have mentioned liking Shay more than Tally.
I have to say, I think I liked Tally more throughout the books. Shay sort of chose to get herself into all of the stuff that happened from the beginning, and probably could have avoided all of the bad stuff that happened to her. Tally, on the other hand, had all of everything forced on her. Not that I think that being a pretty would be all that great, but it was Shay’s fault in the first place that got Tally into everything she did, and from then on, Tally did almost everything she did bcause she had to, not people she wanted to. At a few points in the book, Shay blames Tally for everything that has happened to her, and hates her, but I think that Shay’s hate is completely unfair.
So anybody that sides with Shay, think about how if Shay hadn’t wanted to break out of society in the first place, and gotten Tally in the middle of it all, the whole book wouldn’t have happened. Of course, in the end, it was good… but, who knows??
(and please forgive me if that makes no sense, I didn’t take much time in thinking of what I just wrote.)
I love The uglies series. It made me so mad,but that’s why I loved it so much! I adore books that actually make me feel something. Anyway, I was reading everyone elses comments and they where saying how they wanted it to be a movie. In my Opinion, I don’t think that The Uglies series would be a good movie. A director couldn’t capture the feelings..if you get what I mean?
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? Nope. All of my friends have stayed in touch with me.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) I hoped that Tally would…but then I found out the truth and then I changed my mind.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? Not that I have noticed, I usually go more for personality than looks,but hey, I could be wrong. Maybe everyone secretly is all about looks.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? In a way, it prepared her for not only smoke,but for everything,if you know what I mean.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? Haha,no. I couldn’t stand being so empty headed. If I was in Tally’s position or even Shay’s I probley would have ran away too. Besides, being happy all the time is worthless,because how could you cherish your life if all of the moments in it where just this big boring blob of nothing. You can’t have you cake and eat it too 🙂
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David was raised to treat people based on their personality rather than looks which was completely different from the society that Tally grew up in. David saw what was more important, her inner beauty.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? Honestly,yeah. I mean,from Shay’s point of view, Tally ruined her life. But ,it wasn’t all of Tally’s fault. It wasn’t Tally’s idea to go cut herself,that was all Shay’s. All Tally did was tell Shay what changed her (the cure) and Shay did the rest.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) Our society is very oil and electricity dependent,where as the pretty society is more eco-friendly.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? In my opinion,Tally didn’t really decide her fate. 3/4 of it was people forcing her to become something that she didn’t want to be.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? I am not gonna lie, I am very dependent on oil/electricity, I listen to my ipod all the time and I use cars a lot. But,honestly,if it all disappeared, I could survive in the wild. Because if people hundreds of years ago lived like that,why can’t I?
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
I have, but perhaps that’s just the cycle. It seems a lot of my friends have found better (perhaps prettier) friends, and left me alone. But I always find someone new, like Tally found Shay.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I did hope. I thought Shay kept trying to lead her the wrong direction. I changed my mind whenever Tally did, but deep down I knew that everything would’ve been a lot easier if she just went on and got the operation. But then…there wouldn’t be a story, now would there?
3.Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I have to admit, I seem to trust somewhat attractive people more. I can’t explain it. Maybe it’s like how it always seems more attractive presidents are elected in the US over the less attractive one.
4.In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Tally learned that you could depend on yourself over technology, and that there was natural beauty. You didn’t need an operation to be beautiful.
5.Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No. Because I don’t want to look and feel like everyone else in the world. But…I think if I knew the other option, and if all my friends were already pretty, then I’d go ahead and be changed.
6.How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David say Tally as…well, Tally. He thought that beauty should be natural, and not artificial. He knew this from growing up in the wild. Tally had always been taught that you could only be beautiful after you had the operation.
7.If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No. Tally would’ve gone ahead and had the operation without even thinking of going to the Smoke. Shay would’ve gone and chased David and Tally would’ve gone and chased Peris. The only thing that changed this was Tally meeting Shay.
8.Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
It is not acceptable whenever you discriminate another being. The Uglies always called each other names and accepted that. In our society, it causes pain and ruins self-esteem.
Of course, the Pretty world is set centuries in the future.
In all honesty, there really isn’t that much of a difference. There are still curfews, pretty people, kids sneaking out, not feeling good about yourself… There’s still a level of reality there.
9.To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
From the beginning, the Specials had always had Tally beat. Tally might have decided to stay after she got used to the Smoke and how everyone worked, but David and Shay influenced that. Even in the very beginning of the novel, Peris had influenced her to stay away from New Pretty Town, and made her promise to no matter what, get changed. Tally never really did make an important decision on her own.
10.The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Overall, cars obviously. You need to get places and get transported. Electricity, of course, also. There would be nothing if there was no oil or gasoline. Not in America.
I probably wouldn’t cope very well. I’d be bored out of my mind, and have to eat cold food. Ha. Wouldn’t want that, right?
i was sooo sad when Zane died in SPecials!!! i actually started tearing up when i read it because i got attached to him as much as tally did. i also felt really bad for tally because Zane was such a nice friend, and they became bubbly together!! :'(
Scott is the best author in the world, and always puts a little twist on his books.
if you agree with me, put *{R.I.P ZANE-LA]* in your reply 🙂
peace and love,
Bella-wa
I mostly only wanted to answer number 5. Since I had a good answer to it.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
If I had my choice, YES I would give up my ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich. But just as Tally did, I would try to fight it and regain my independence so I could get it all. So I could cure myself on my own and be able to be able to have it all.
i lov your books scott! 🙂 and i would read the 5th uglies book even if it was called cakes! (i have bogus to bubbly) so never stop writing!
I was like so upset when Zane-La died in specials! I lieterally threw the book across the room and started crying! It was so werd at first I though she should be with Peris, then I decied tht David was perfect, but Zane was meant to be with her.
*(R.I.P ZANE-LA)*
ahhhh loooooooooove these books !!!!!!! just finished reading them for the 6TH TIME !!!!!!!!
for all the questions i say TALLY AND ZANE forever
TALLY AND ZANE FOREA!!!! HE IS NOT DEAD I TELL YOU!!! IT WAS JUST A TRICK THAT WAS JUST SOMEONE ELSE!!!!
They really should make a movie out of the books. But the movie would have to be EXACTLY LIKE THE BOOKS!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
-In theory, yes, i have had a friend, acually multiple friends, who have moved away and abandoned my friendship. It seems as if, though, that we have all had a friend, in one way or another, that has abandoned a friendship. After a while without them, i realised that this was just the way of life, and i would have to move on eventually, but letting go of something that you have held onto for so long is really harder than you expect.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
-At first, I really wanted Tally to get the operation, basically just so she could reunite with all her friends again. But as I read on in the series, I realised that maybe that wasnt the best choice on her part. Even though she eventually found a way out of her bubblehead ways, she still put herself through so much to get there.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
-Truthfully, yes. I think people tend to gravitate towards people who are more attractive that some people. It wasn’t my best choice, because i realised that just because he was good-looking, it didn’t mean that he was kind or fun to be around.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
– I think Tally learned that life isn’t all about technology. At some point you will have to give it up, and this showed Tally that she was strong enough to live in the wild and prepare for her future voyages.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
– I wouldn’t like to live like that forever, no, but i would want to try it out and see what it would be like to feel and think life everyone else.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
-David saw Tally for who she really was, while Tally saw herself as being ugly, because that was what she was taught. David thought that Tally was gorgeous without the operation.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
-I think that Shay would have not have given up her new friendship with Tally. She would have been able to live in the smoke, yes, but she would have had to give up her new friendships she makes, her new look, which she origionally didn’t want, and her spot at a Crim.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
-Well, the pretty society does not revolve around oil, which is a plus, because it keeps the world much healthier. The people are split up based on their age, which in some ways so is this world, but in our world, little kids are allowed to see teens while in the pretty world, you arent allowed across the river.
The pretty society doesnt have any cars, just hoverboards, and their communities are different. Their goverment is very different, considering that cities go to war with different cities.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
-From the start, the Sprcials controlled Tally. If she didnt find Shay, she stayed ugly, so she found Shay. The Specials decided I would say 75% of Tally’s fate, while the other 25% was decided by her and her friends. The crims molded her into someone who was admired by the rest of the pretty community, and Tally herself kept her fate in her own hands by rewiring her brain herself.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
– Of course, cars. That’s pretty much a no-brainer. Most people are dependent on cars. I have one myself, even though it doesnt get used much considering I live in the middle of a hugh city, which I’m not too fond of. I grew up an outdoor girl, camping every weekend and living outdoors as much as possible.
I think that while saying i could live without oil and gasoline would be a huge stretch, if we found the right type of resource to make up for it, it wouldn’t be impossible. Not that i would do it right this minute, but if in the future it was necessary, it wouldnt be impossible!
**This is an add-on to my #3 answer**
-I just recently found out (about 10 minutes ago to be exact) that one of my more attractive friends, who is 17, drinks underage very regularly. Am i going to look at him differently, yes. Am i going to still talk to him, probably. Am i going to hang out with him and drink with him, absolutely not. I’ve noticed that some people, not everyone, who have better looks than others, expect people to pay attention to them more. Now this is just from personal experience, so it isnt the same for everyone.
hello again. sorry for your friend. my sister has someone like that too. 🙁 try to help him and understand his issues. you may be surprised at what may happen. 🙂
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after moving away?
yes it was my best friend too. Just like Tally.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Yes I did hope she did but when she got to the Smoke and met David thats when I changed my mind of her not getting the operation.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yes sadly I have, it didnt work out so well
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She learned how to live the wild for the first time since she was born. So that really prepared her for what the smoke would be like because it was in the wild although they did have rooms to sleep in.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Before I read uglies and pretties I would have said yes. Now that I have read the books I would have to say no because i dont want to become a bubblehead and let myself think that my world that I live in is the ONLY world out there because I know that it is NOT true.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw that she didnt know what she was up to or what she was about to do. He also saw beauty inside and outside of her. All she saw was a little ugly that wanted to become a pretty and save her best friend from the Smoke, but that was before she fell inlove with David and The Smoke.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No. Once a best friend is always a bestfriend.You will always have something special with that person even if you HATE them.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Honestly I see nothing different because we all have cliques we all get hurt and starving yourself here is no different there because of the calorie purgers. Also their lifestyle is not much healthier no one gets excercise everyone uses the calorie purgers of get new “surge” which is the same as plastic surgery and to much of it can kill you.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
shedecided to destroy the locket she decied to become best frieds with shay and fall in love with david. but everything else was made up for her like going to the Smoke.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
By cars, stoves, need oil for machines. If it disappeared we wouldnt survive for a real long time. I mean the president would what to do because everyone is in panick mode evryone will just be freaking out.
1. I’ve never really experienced any of my friends ‘moving away’ i live in a small town and most people grow old and die here opposed to leaving, but i have been abandoned by friends that acted like their minds were polluted.
2. As shallow as it sounds i did want Tally to undergo the surgery, she felt awful about herself and i pitied her, i only changed the way i felt about it when Tally found someone who loved her for who she was.
3. Well, when there is a hot guy in the room i do tend to pay more attention to what they have to say, but if what they’re talking about is rude or if im against it then i wouldn’t waste my time.
4. Her trip prepared her for smoke because she had to depend on herself and never had to worry about the way she looked.
5.Although becoming a ‘pretty’ is extremely appealing, i think that i would rather be in control of my own mind.
6. Tally is always so focused on her apperance and doing what ever it takes to look a certain way that she never really gets to see the good aspects of who she is, and since David isn’t worried about some surgery, he can really see who people are just based on what they do, say, and how they act.
7. Since everything that Tally does ends up hurting Shay in some way, im sure her hatred would make her want to go back, but if she were to look at the bigger picture then hopefully she would understand that their friendship will define and change who Shay is as a person.
8. The pretty society is much healthier than ours because no one thinks for themselves so there aren’t any reasons to fight or question things. Everyones minds are on house arrest but they haven’t noticed it and our society is chaos our laws can’t prevent someone from doing something once they have made up their mind.
9. Tally decides her own fate because of a mind set that was drilled into her brain based on the world that she lived in. The only time she truly decides for herself is when she is in a completely different enviorment where she has to think about what she really wants.
10. I depend on oil/gasoline for many things but if it did vanish i could always go to the nearest farm and pick some produce.
9.
hey the movie NEEDS to come out SOOOOOOO soon because if they turn scott down i will hunt THEM down
sorry that was too harsh…….nvm
i g2g now +-davis-la-+ out!
hello mr. westerfeld
i just would like to no your email adress i have been trying to contact you for a very long time and i really need your home address so i can send you a letter that i have written to you for my author fair so please please please can i just have some contact information?
1. A few years ago, I had my best friend move away, and I haven’t talked to her since. I really miss her, but I don’t know how to contact her.
2. At first while I was reading Uglies, I was hoping Tally got the operation because she had to go through a lot to finally get it, by trying to stop The Smoke and convince Shay to come back to Uglytown and become a pretty. I changed my mind, though, when I found out about the leisons and how no pretty could really think for themselves. I liked it when Tally was hoverboarding and being crazy and wild, but when she was a pretty she wasn’t herself anymore.
3. I have never really thought of someone better than everyone else because of their looks. And sometimes, they themself may think they look better so they should get more attention. Those people are usually…not very nice.
4. Tally learned a lot about how it was out in the wild on her trip to The Smoke. She learned it probably wasn’t going to be very easy and how much she hated the wild, at that time.
5. No way! I never define people as pretty or non-pretty, so I wouldn’t really know what I would look like, but I know I’d rather not have a leision in my head.
6. Tally thought of herself as ugly, not fitting in, not beautiful. But David, living in the wild all his life, saw through that and knew Tally was beautiful on the inside, no matter how she looked on the outside.
7. No, I doubt Shay would do that because even though Tally and her got in some big fights, that’s what happens between best friends, sometimes they disagree. And, they always seemed to meet up with each other again and be okay, as if the argument they had earlier never happened.
8. The pretty society is kind of boring, if you ask me. They can’t do very fun stuff that we can in our own society, because no one wanted the pretties to figure out how to rebel by doing fun things, and not doing the same things: drinking, eating, and talking. I think the pretty society, in a way, is a bit ‘healthier’ than ours, because they can’t do anything bad (unless someone comes up with a cure *wink*). But, they aren’t HEALTHIER, because they have leisions, and – well, who would want those?
9. Tally didn’t really decide her own fate at all, except at a few parts. For example, when she was going to become pretty, Dr. Cable stopped her, and said her fate would depend on if she could capture Shay and the Smokies. Then, she was forced to become a Special (I, thought being a Special would be fun though =] ‘We don’t want to hurt you, but we will if we have to’)
10. I am pretty dependent on oil. To get most food we have to drive, unless we go to our town grociery store, which we never do. So I would survive maybe a week without it (I don’t know about my parents), and I’d probably be okay with walking to school. I could always ride my bike. However eventually I think I’d get really sick of walking everywhere and riding my bike everywhere. The good side? I’d really be in shape, haha!
1. No one surprisingly has ever don that. A friend moved to Colorado but we would always stay in contact.
2. I always wanted Tally to get the opperation. (Thanks to u Scott-la) it built more suspense and made the book exciting, giving Tally exciting new adventures.
3. Yes. There are a lot of cute boys at my school and to get their attention, they have to trust u and know u r kind.
4. Tally was much more in touch with the wild. She knew the dangers that were out there and what to expect in the Smoke. She had almost as much knowledge as Shay who had help on the journey.
5. Yes but like Tally I would try to change myself to not be a bubblehead and if that doesn’t work, go on with the other people and live a happy.. life.
6. I think he saw her natural beuty. Since he himself was an Ugly, to him she would not look ugly but instead, if the opperation were nevr there, she would be very beutiful. (Sorry if that was confusing.
7. NO. Shay was able to have a friend and exciting adventures hat she’d always wanted. I don’t think Shay would think twice I mean really Scott-la. (no offense)
8. A pretty society can not be healthier. In the books it even caused a war. I think that a society like our own would not provide such dilemmas allowing everyone to stay at peace. Not fight over surge or even being famouse like in Extras.
9. The only decision she had was to turn Pretty and that was only half and half. If she betrayed Shay by capturing her, she would be pretty. If she stayed in the Smoke, she could stay ugly. Apparently she turned pretty anyway by accident. Tally turned special without even wanting to so that is a whole other story.
10. If it all dissapeared i would not be able to go to school. I take a bus to a whole other town just to get their. I’m not sure about oil though. I also think the disappearence would cause fights and wars over it. The world could get out of hand and there would be a possibility of us all dying. Uh oh…
Jessie-la out!!!!!!
P.S- love the questions and yur books are AMAZING!!
I love, love, love Uglies!!!’
It was sad when Zane died, I liked him but I’m definitley on TEAM DAVID.
These books were amazing! I hope there is more to come!
Mr. Westerfeld, the world would be a darker place without you.
^_^
I love David and Zane! I’m only on extras but dude THIS IS LIKE THE BEST SERIES EVER!!!!!!! Im scott’s biggest fan!!!! All of my friends say that im obbsessed w/ scott westerfeld!! TEAM DAVID!!!
hey Smokies,Uglies,Pretties,Specials,Extras and Cutters out there
Im was having a tough time when i was reading these books
and you know what!!!
I felt like im tally and not in my own world.
I Am Team all Guys
Oh and Cuttehs
cuz they iz the bestz
Mr Scott you iz the best for taking me outta my world
hey scott i lov ur books i mean i might wanna marry thm maybe!! haha well im ur biggest fan!!! i hope u make another series abot Aya!! i now tht u will com up wit somthn!!
julia-wa!!!!
biggest fan ever!!!! <<<3333
omjellyfish!!! im ur biggest fan!!! (not julia-wa!) (ps shes my bffae!) but anyway we call each other shay and tally!!! im tally and shes shay but yea we luv ur books and im ur biggest fan not julia-wa!!!
ps: julia ur supposed to b julia-la (evn tho it doesnt sound right!)
Hi m
1. Yes I have
2. Well not really, maybe at the very beggining : I liked Shay’s whole pretty attitude though, so as soon as she decided she didn’t want to be pretty I thought well at least someone seems un brainwashed!
3. Ussually I trust according to what the people are actually saying , or people I’m closer w/ like friends/family “: not looks though
4. While in the wild tally started learning to survive which really helped during her time in the smoke , plus she learned to appreciate nature which in its own way is even prettier than new pretty town.
5. No i wouldn’t… no matter how much you have , without being able to think for yourself (like being brainwashed) you are never truly free and therefore can never be truly happy, only happy because that’s just all you know
6. David saw Tally as beautiful while she saw herself as ugly . This is because he has been livin in the smoke his whole life so he wasnt brainwashed into believing that everyone that didnt have the operation was ugly compared to the pretties. In this way David is almost like a Rusty.
7. No I don’t think if given that choice Shay would have choosen to never meet Tally , because even thought they always get into fights they are still BFFs forever , unlike tally and Peris.
8. The main differences : there everything hovers : cars , boards, cams, etc
. It’s much more seperated there ( like uglies pretties , etc). Also they have the whole world peace thing going on ( good thing we don’t too , seems whenever a society is aiming for world peace they always take away too much whether it be choice, or ability to think for yourself etc)
9. Honestly Tally hardly decided her fate herself at all Here’s why : tally was ugly because the city brainwashed her into believing she was. betrayed the smoke because DR Cable made her. Tally did decide to become pretty however , but only to make up for the trouble she’d caused and to help Shay. Tally didn’t end up with Zane because he died. Tally turned special because Shay forced her into it.
10.well for one cars use oil. however if the world was ending like this I wouldnt get into my car and try to drive away , for one that’s stupid if its making the gas explode and two, Im not old enough to drive: therefore I think I’d have a fairly good chance of surviving…
1. Yes i had a friend like that. She moved away not far but still she moved. We saw each other only slightly but never really talk anymore.
2. Yes i hoped she would get the operation. It changed after i saw tally’s friendship with Shay and i didn’t want them to be seperated so i thought sheshould get it to be closer to Shay and not conform.
3. Actually sometimes yes. it just seems that everyone will listen to them more becasue they’re popular and good looking and well if they’re not gonna listen to me they should at least listen to someone.
4. She learned to ride the roller coaster and freestle on her hoverboard. She also learned that you have to do things for yourself like cooking, making builidings and washing your own clothes.
5.yes i would. i’m not shallow but id like to be accepted and carefree.
6. David saw Tally as a beautiful person even though everyone else saw her as ugly. he has never really lived wioth pretties and so everyone looks normal to him. Tally looks more than normal she is beautiful.
7. yes i think she would. She would have been able to never been caputred and she would have had David to herself.
8. the prettysociety is better because it controls obesity and global warming. It rations out food and reuses old stuff like clothes and mask.
9. Tally decided her own fate by spying on teh rusties and going to the wild. She decided wheteher to turn pretty or special although she was greatly influenced.
10. I think everyones lifestyle requires oil and gas. we need it for heat and cars. if we didnt have any we would freeze and panic because we know no other way.
just like to say I LOVE THIS SERIES AND I CANT WAIT TO SEE IF THERES A MOVIE. I WANT TO SO BE IN IT
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after moving away?
Sadly I was one of those people! I really miss them to.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I didn’t want Tally to become a pretty because Shay was so against it. Also I didn’t like how Tally’s parents acted, they talked very worry-free since they were pretty.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I can’t really say. I think that people do it sometimes on a impulse.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She learned that everything has a harsh beauty and that things are different outside of her city’s “safe bubble”. It also prepared her for the difficulties of Smoke. Also, in many of the operations Tally “rewires” herself in the wild.
i love ure series. my favourite book so far has to b specials. i found it depressing though when Zane died. u should have seen me cry when i read it. it wasn’t even funny (well my mom thought it was lol :D) . u gave it an interesting twist to it by killing Zane off and curing Dr.Cable. i havent read extras yet but im starting today. i really really really hope u make the series a movie because it would be spectacular!!!
Please I’m begging you with a bunch of other people to I’m sure to make the Uglies series a MOVIE
who is with me if you want Scott-la to make the Uglies series a movie tell him a in this replying thing and maybe we can say it enough to were he will
I guess i will be the first or second cause i already said to say MAKE THE UGLIES SERIES A MOVIE
quick question +-davis-la+- is that your last name or your first mane or one that you just made up
oops i mean name instead of mane
yes, he’s moving away this year. He old me to my face that we basically have no chance of staying friends.
yes at first i did, because i thought that paris and tally had a “thing” than i realized that david was better for her
unfortunately, i’ve been guilty a few times. but i think that this modern day, it thats what mostly matters now to most people.. looks.
she had to take care of herself. not rely on machinery or anybody else to take care of herself
honestly no. i’m the person who doesn’t like to be the same. independent all the way, and if others had a problem with the way i looked.. oh well.
He sees her completely different than herself. beautiful, unique. not just on the outside but on the inside as well.
no, because she would be the person she was if she didn’t meet tally, she wouldn’t most likely be a crim. or at least have the good stories. and she wouldn’t have been a special.
tough question. the whole society is different. besides the fact that people do base others on looks. i think it would be easier living in the pretty society. not as hard as making it in the real world now. that doesn’t really answer the question
i think most of her fate relied on the special circumstances. is not for them, she would be a pretty, not meet davis or ever go to the smoke. she wouldn’t be a special. and most of all she wouldn’t have basically changed the world
easy question, i thought about this a lot. i wouldn’t get far without gasoline. and what happened to the rusty ruins is pretty legit. it’s bound to happen someday. good prediction scott westerfeld
I WANT,no NEED A UGLIES MOVIE!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?- Yes i kind of have in a different situation, the only thing i was suprised at that Peris was not involved in the triology as much but that isnt a major issue it is still briliant!<3
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)-I was abit lost at first not knowing if it were bad or good but i didnt want tally to get the op because i knew uglies was going to be good and it had to be intresting if it was adventerous and it wouldnt come across it if she was a dumb pretty head.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?-yes i totaly understand this preception, we all do it even if we dont realise we talk to people differntly and treat people differnetly through looks and beauty. this really is wrong but this is a huge issue in todays world.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?-i think tally was naturally a smokey/naturalist and she was strong hearted and knew what she had to achieve and to do , she knew what she wanted but underneeth she knew it was wrong in every way.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?- no i would not i may have considered it honestly but after reading its change my perspective not at all would i , i almost feel guilty about wanting to look good i think looking good is now a minor issue and people she see eachother for who they really are.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?-he saw her true beauty like a pre rustie(us)he loved her for who she was not for looks.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?- no because it was destiny and everything happens for a reason and it made an awesome book ahhaa. naa i dont think so because it wouldnt have been have exciting and changed the world for good. also she enjoyed her company even when she hated her at times.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)- yes the pretties in the book are almost dumb, and unaware to war/ arguments e.g over beauty but they can be cruel but they dont think as much to being ugly its just a stage in there life almost not an offence.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?-she choose it and so did people , she always could re cure herslelf, but she almsost chose it for love and friendship, shay said she was selfish but i think tally was the oppistte.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?- cars, aeroplanes, just daily uses , to face it no one would be able to survive in our era, it would take alot of time!
1. I havent had any friends like that but I have kinda been a friend like that cause i moved 🙁 but i tried!!!!!
2. At first I wanted her to get the operation. But then i learned about the mind thing and EWWW i didnt want her to get like brain washed!!!!!!
3. I treat them differently but not exactly in a good way bcause usually ppl who look good dont act good. But if they’re nice then i dont really care what they look like.
4. I think it really helped her because she had to get used to the wild and if she just showed up and the Smoke without going in the wild she would have been wimpy and stuff.
5. NOOOOO!!!!!!! I dont really care what i look like i like brains not looks!
6. He saw how pretty she really is. She was raised to think of herself as ugly not pretty. But david thought she was beautiful inside and outside.
7. I think she mite because if tally didnt show up at the Smoke she and david probably would have hooked up and she would be living nicely in the Smoke. But in the end being friends with tally ended up with the mind rain. I think if she would have chose not to be friends with tally if you asked her at the end of uglies, the whole part of pretties or the beginning and middle of specials. But at the end she saved the world so she prob would want to be friends with tally.
8. The pretty society is so much better then our own other then the brainwash thing the have it all figured out. There is no war there is no pollution there isnt even fighting!!!!! Why cant we be like that???
9. She chose some of it. But not most of it. She chose to get into all of this, at any time she could have surrendered but didnt. But other people made her do things. She didnt really have a choice to be special or like anything else. A lot of stuff she chose to do like she chose to be pretty to be able to do the experiment thing. She chose to do most of the things in Uglies, all of the things in the beginning of Pretties, not at the end she dindnt want to get caught and change into a special so, she didnt choose anything in specials except for the endish part.
10. Cars mostly. And some other stuff. It would take getting used to if gasoline and oil disappeared. We would prob switch to solar and wind power, which i want to happen!!! I would be fine without oil and gas but i think nobody could survive without electricity for long. GO SOLAR POWER!!!! And the whole magnetic hover board idea would be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE MAKE AN UGLIES MOVIE!!!!!!!! PPLLEEAASSEE!!!!!!!!!!
I looked online and it is going to come out sometime in 2011!!!! Can’t wait!
(the movie)
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? Yes, a friend moved away at the end of 5th grade. I tried to stay in touch, but… it didn’t really work out.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) Of course! Obviously, when we found out about the leisions I didn’t want her to get it. Actually, I stopped wanting the operation for her when she and David got together.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? Not really. I mainly go on personality.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? She learned that ot everything will be laid out for you, that you have to work for some things.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? It depends. Would I know, once I had the operation, that I had lost my individual mind? I think, if I was oblivious after the operation, I would change. It makes me feel horribly vain, but it’s true.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself? He thought she was beautiful, because he didn’t judge her on just her looks, but also her personality. Tally was raised to see the imperfections and constantly
compare herself to impossibly beautiful people.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? I don’t think so. If she was offered this chance as a pretty, she would have been bubble-headed and happy. As a special, she was also happy being the way she was, even if it was because she was programmed to feel that way. Of course, after Diego and the cure and everything, she would understand that she had to meet Tally for the mind rain to begin.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) I think the pretty society is happier, simply because they’re stupider. There are no wars, they don’t get sick, they don’t fight.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? I’d say it was mainly her deciding her own fate. Yes, Dr. Cable manipulated her, but mainly Tally maid her own choices.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day? There are things like cars and stuff, and we depend so heavily on them in today’s society, I don’t think I could survive without them.
1. Well, No but i do think that happens when a friend is older then another and moves on to high school. I mean what freshmen would want to be caught with an eigth grader or seventh grader
2. At first i did think that she should get the operation, just so that she could be with Peris, but then again i knew that she wouldnt be happy being a pretty i changed my mind when she met david and when the magazines were described. Our pretty now seems like it is the societys ugly which doesnt seem so bad anyway.
3.absolutley. we all do it. we may not know we are doing it but we in fact are. Scott was smart to real life and the now into his stories. It makes us as a human race tp look at ourselves in the mirror more often and to realize our own mistakes
4.she realized how dependent everyone was on the city and that she couldnt have everything she wanted in the smokies. She also realizd that because people were so stuck on to the city that the city specials had too much control . i feel that it was much like comnuism in the modern day
5. to be honest i would have to think about it for awhile. But in the end who you are is who your are. And if you are going to change your self in any way you simply are not you anymore.
6. Tally had been trained to think that she was ugly and was always comparing her self to everyone else (especially the pretties) first of all david had never really seen a pretty so he couldnt really compare her to one. as far as he was converned she was pretty. 2nd. his parents had trained him well and he always looked in the deep part of people instead of there looks. i think most people never would have the ability to do this…we as a civilization today still judge people. its what we know , its what we have learned. its everything . and i think that if people were to change we would have a completely different world. COMPLETELY!
7. It depends. the new shay wouldnt have gone back in time, but the old tally that had just figured out that tally betrayed everyone and stole david would have. She was so angry and desperate it seemed that she was going to attack tally or go crazy. But then again if she did go back in time she might have never gone to the smoke in the first place… because tally whether she knew it or not was the one that made shay brave enough to go to the smoke
8.
This has nothing to do with the questions but i need to ask somethings. or coment on ur books. First of all I love the uglies series!!!! Would u write another to the series??? How do you think the books out? I’m horrible at writting things, even the essays in Language arts
I wished Zane didn’t die!!! It was so so so sad! Although I did think she should be with david. Paris was just a loser i’m glade she lost him quick. Shay was my favorite charator! I know I spelled that wrong. She was wild and free not cought up with the prettiness of the world like tally was at the beganing.
Thank so much for wrighting the series! it was wonderful…
P.S is there a movie coming out? I would love to see it!
My friend who showed me the series never finsihed it yet. And I started reading a year after her which is amazing bc reading is not my fav. not has bad has language arts. can you maybe email me and help me figure out how to write! plz and thank you!
Again, as i said in my earlier comment, there is a movie coming out in the United States!! sometime during 2011!!!!!
I just recently finished reading the series . I really think that you should make a movie about Uglies , then Pretties , and so on . But you really should’ve made more books . It makes me feel like that we should live in a world like thiers . (Not the bubble head effect though .) It kinda teaches or shows what we’ve been doing . It would also be creepy , but I love the idea’s . I hope in the future we’ll be able to have hoverboards ! This series is great . And I thank you for writing this series . Gave me a new idea of the future !
I loved reading your books so much!!! But hearing you make a movie broke my hert… kind of.
Oh, but i do very much hope that in the future we get have hover borads!!! That be so tottally aswome!!!
What do sneak suits look like?
heyyy look i loved this book series, but it really upset me when zane died. i really wish things just would have gotten better, i loved this series and theni got really upset and didnt finish it on extras because it wasnt abou ttally and them. it was some new girl. and i didnt like that because it wasnt fair, i really think you should write another book on taly and them and show where it goes. i want to know what happens to tally and david and shayla and all of them in the wild and everywhere. im really going to miss this series now that ive finished it.(although unhappy of the ending) i hope that ill live to see this come true in our life. but i only want the good parts. i do not agree with the ending. i hope for equality and happiness.
-love always (rowann) (fiction lover)
1. Yes I have had a friend like that, in fact several. However, the loss of contact is just as much my fault as their’s. Even in this world of Facebook + email etc. it’s still easy to loss contact with someone.
2. Through all of the books I wanted Tally to stay ugly. I think with all her operations she was barely human, and each time she has an operation her mind changed and her view of the world was shifted. I wanted Tally to stay human and keep the points of view she had in Uglies.
3. I kinda feel jealous of people who are good looking, so I try to value what everyone has to say because I know what it’s like to be pre-judged because of my appearance.
4. Until Tally’s trip in the wild she had grown up in the city, where everything comes straight out of the wall. Her journey to The Smoke prepared her for life in the wild, and the events of the further books. I think it made her a much more independent person as she had to look after herself. She learnt the true value of things when she realised that she couldn’t just recycle everything and get something else out of the wall.
5. Never. I value my intelligence and ability to speak my own opinion more than anything.
6. The way David saw Tally was completely different to the way she saw herself. His opinion of her was influenced by her actions and the way she saw herself. Tally saw herself as an ugly, but David didn’t label her. That is why he loves her no matter how many operations she has.
7. No, because while she always hates Tally for something, she always goes back to her in the end. They’re quite similar people, and while Shay doesn’t always agree with everything Tally does, she still sees herself in her.
8. The pretty society tries to conserve the environment by halting development. Until the mind rain, the world was stuck in a rut and not developing. What is the point of leaving the environment intact if there is no one to appreciate it?
9. Tally always felt pressured by the outside world, trying to be what people wanted her to be. Until the end of Specials, after Zane’s death she didn’t think she COULD decide her own fate. At the end of Specials she began to see the world differently, knowing that she COULD make a difference.
10. As I’m too young to drive, I don’t rely on cars. I usually use trains. Trains can be designed to run without oil.
—-Heather-wa, 14, HUGE FAN <3
because the book extras used Japanese honorifics i used an honorific in my name cuz if I were in that book I’d be a manga-head X3
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Well I’ve had one friend that I was really close to, I mean if she wasn’t at school one day I’d be practically alone that day, this year she suddenly started to hang out with all the popular people just because they all spoke Spanish, since I couldn’t I was left out of it and had to make new friends, but that’s the closest I’ve got to a friend “moving” away, it kinda seems like hoe Shay kept getting one place and Tally another, but they always wanted to be friends, but it was never that easy, my friend is moving to mexico, but we decided to talk again (kinda late ehhehe…)
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
no, when I read uglies the first time I wanted Tally to rebel, when she was sent to betray Shay and the Smoke I was lk “nooooooooo Tally whyyyyyyyyyyyy????†but when she chose to go with them and be a smokie I was SO happy, but then that dumb locket went off and screwed it all up! (so tragic tear) I never wanted her to be a pretty because it symbolized her being something people made her into, which in the book happened until she became her own person, in the last book uv cors…
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
That’s going to be a bit confusing, I don’t do appearance things like that, um, but here if you want to read this, this is what I think people are really attracted to- well in actuality people like or hang out with people because of their “SMELL†we have a natural human instinct to be with people who smell good, interestingly. I don’t know about you but guys who smell good make me CRAZY!!! In fact my boyfriend smell so good, and I always tell him this too, I never let a day go by where im not saying “Devon-la, YOU SMELL SO GOOD!†XD X3 he also read this series and loved it. ^^ back on topic, I think the reason people hang with people that THEY think smell good is something that we think smells good might smell familiar and so we like things we know (I think Scott’s said that in Bogus to Bubbly, I just re-read it today XD) (sorry that one was so long!)
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
I think Tally being a city girl her travel to the Smoke probably affected her choice to stay with them (although this was ruined as I mentioned before with the locket….WHYYYYYYY?!) because the directions were from Shay written in a way only Tally would understand so going through all that, with directions from your best friend, to find a place of freedom from a system you’d been trapped in, seeing humanity sort of start again in it’s own way, changed her for that decision to stay, when she got there going through the wild made her want to stay and helped her with the work that they did, so ya that’s what I think
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Ooooooook, another hard one, hm, I could argue that either way <=L sometimes my life gets so horribly complicated that I just want the “bubblyheaded†get away to not care about all of it, other times I love how much I’ve grown as a person, I was always in a conflict that I more or less created, so becoming who I am today, dedicated to becoming a writer (YAY!) to my work, family, friends, and grades, (being in PI ((Project Ideal)) gifted services) I cant just leave reality when I want and just not care about all that I’ve learned, so in the long run, I think if there was a way to do what Tally did, become a Pretty and THINK your way out, I fell I’ve already done that in a way, before I was who I am at this moment, I was lk a Pretty, it’s kind of like everyone is, then one day you have to “cure†yourself and just wake up and use your brain again. (SORRY THIS ONE IS LONG TOO!)
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
I think he saw that Tally was pretty in her own way, like the Japanese words moe’ and kawaii (moe’ meaning cute, adorable, innocent and kawaii cute lovable ((BUT NOT INOCENT!)) they mean more or less the same thing but are different in ways, which is why there are too words for it, to explain what I mean in bogus to bubbly (my second ref. To it! Yay!) Scott wrote that not all people have the same standard of beauty, which is why the cities were independent in that way, but had the pretty committee to make a standard of that standard, what you could and couldn’t do, but in the mind rain that was widened, allowing people to express this beauty, so when David looked at Tally he saw the beauty others ddnt, because of that programming of a standard sameness. (can you tell I want to be a writer yet? Like a lot? Lol…srry these r so long….)
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
NO! Shay and Tally might have had some rough spots but that also adds to their history and friendship and if I do say so myself “opposites attract†and a good friendship cant be two people who r exactly alike (that’d be BORING!) it’s nice to “have clashing personalities… to pick up on tings you might have gone on living without†(I quoted the world ends with you from square enix ((check it out IF YOU WANT (((DON’T MARK AS SPAM PLEASE))) its for DS it’s a very good game NOTE its rated T because of certain content…)) so its good to have some head-bumping and not always be BFF’s and perfect friends, then you don’t know as much about each other and its not a true friendship
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
the main differences? Hmm, well for starters they made advances to make cleaner energy sources, but that’s only a diff. For us because we’re afraid of change, what that means is if someone invented a totally clean, safe, abundant use of new energy to replace oil and electric power then that person would probably be killed… that’s because a lot of people would be out of work with the old uses obsolete, but what im always saying on this matter is†why can’t you just give the old workers some training for the news jobs and let them continue work? And it would also make more jobs for the people out of work from other things…â€
and yes, pretty society is most likely cleaner and healthier, recyclable cloths, non-burning food, perfect heath all your life, its what rich people now can afford but then EVERYONE can afford, it’s the perfect place to live, if the mind-rain was present ^^’
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think she decided her fate mostly on her own, some things were thrown her way but she chose what she wanted and made it her future in the end it was a little messy but she basically got what she would have chosen if one thing maybe was changed somewhere (wow my shortest answer XD)
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
My life in singular is a little dependant on that, NOT! Its majorly dependant, even if I don’t notice, like in bogus to bubbly ( I LOVE getting stuff from these books!!! XD XD XD) its explained that during the oil-bug the rusties used oil for EVERYTHING, “…even their clothing was made from oil-based products, along with their perfume, lipstick, nail polish, you name it…†we also have stoves (do they use oil? Idk…) of course cars, food, shampoo, toys, PARTS for a car (sad isn’t it?) butter, mayonnaises (things we use a lot to EAT! that’s CONSUMTION! O_O) I’ll stop there, as you can see we are very dependent on things like this.
If I had to I believe I could live w/o them ^^ (except oil pastels! I love to draw its second to how much I love writing!)
I love all the books I’ve read so far and cant wait for the October release of the second book in the leviathan series! (and the rumored uglies movie XXXDDD) XD X3 ~Julie-Dono
I’m not going to answer all these questions because it will take too long but good job on the questions scott, they are ones that really make you think. If I did answer those questions thoe, my PRATICAL ANSWERwould be……………..
TALLY YOUNGEBLOOD RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t have anything to do right now so I guess answering the questions is better the\an watching my brother play video games.
1. No
2. Yes. In the beginning I thought she had to get the operation , and then the plot would take off. When she got to the wild though and started to see how differrent her life was becoming, I wanted her to stay there and live a happy life with David.
3. Never
4. Her trip hardened her for what she learned at the Smoke. When she got the blowing news, she was able to take the news better than she would haver if she ahdn’t gone on the perilouse journey. But of course if she never went on the journey she would have never gotten the hard news about the operation.
5. I honestly think it would depend on what state I was in. If I were a sick poor person on the street who nobody noticed I would give up that important ability. Then if I were an every day person who would like those things but could accomblish them other ways I wouldn’t. Technicall for that question, I just can’t give a strate answer.
6. David saw Tally as her true self. A beautiful. independent young woman who deserved more than what she thought she wanted.
7. I think Shay would be crzy if she did. Tally changed her life in an important way. If Shay never met Tally , they would have become pointless bubble heads.
8. The pretty society in ways are almost perfect, and in others, completely dealy. The operation took away so much from everyone’s lives. These things that were so important could have changed the world if they were completely let out. The pretty society also was so much healthier thatn ours. They didn’t depend on oil and horrible things that ruined the rusty world.
9. Tally’s fate was in more than enough peoples hands. She had to play into what they had set as traps. Tally only sarted deciding her own fate when the first book was wrapping up.
10. My life depedns on oil very much. Oil powers our cars and some other forms of transportation. Some people also use oil and gasoline to power sources they need for their house.
Those are my answers for all of those questions. I will now stop writing.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
— I have, actually. Her name was Sarah. But now she’s back in my life, and it’s pretty cool (: A lot like the actual series.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
— No, I didn’t. I think people should fight things like silly rules. Besides, what people look like on the outside shouldn’t matter, and the operation turned them into something ugly on the inside.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
— I have. Shallow, I know. But I’m a teenager, and we all do it or have done it at some point in our lives.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
–It taught her how to survive.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
— No, I wouldn’t. I’m happy with the way my life is now, and I don’t want to change anything about it.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
— David thought everything about her was beautiful. He saw no flaws, only flaws in her thinking she WAS flawed.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
— No. Well, maybe at the third book, maybe. But Shay and Tally were great friends, no matter what. I think Shay’d be a lot different had she not met Tally, and vise versa.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
— They had simple ways to make and dispose of things, and their machines didn’t cause harsh chemicals in the air. The pretty society was so shockingly different from ours – it’s like the old west and now.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
— Tally decided her own fate most of the time, until she was FORCED to otherwise. Tally did a good job with her decisions most of the time, in my opinion, even if it got her into trouble.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
— Well right now there is that BP oil spill going on. If we lost all our oil, it’d be devastating economically. But that’s the way technology and society works, right? Something has to be given up to make something new. Maybe as of now we are heading into the “pretty society”. Scary thought, huh?
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
I think I was the one who abandoned friendships, I moved from my home not being able to contact much people.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first I kind of wanted her to, it was weird. I thought when I first read it: “She should stay in the Smoke.” and then reading it a second time I was like: “She should just get the operation!”
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Not really, that just seems a little shallow.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She was able to sleep in the wild, learning not be afraid of what’s outside the city. And she also learned how tricky the city was.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
That’s pretty tough, but I would say no to that. It’s better to know what’s happening around you and being able to think rather then being pretty-minded.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He wasn’t brain-washed into think he was “ugly”, maybe if he grew up in the city he would be programmed that way too but who knows? Just how we see boys or girls now as pretty, is how David was. You don’t have to have a surgery to be beautiful.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, Shay loves Tally like a sister. Even if Shay says she wasn’t friends with Tally, they always would be.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
We don’t have holes in the walls, we don’t sleep all day and only party at night, obviously: We’re not ass high-tech. We have parties, people drink, but we don’t have nearly as many things(nor similar)to what the pretty society had.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
It always bugged me how she let people interrupt her, yelling at her. Like Shay, in the book Pretties: When Shay was yelling at her at the campfire, Shay hadn’t wanted to take the pills. So what would she care if she took them with Zane? Sure they were best friends but shay didn’t want to risk her life. Tally does decide what she does, but she’s easily convinced.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
If some chemical were eating oil, I’d be away from anything running on oil! I’d try to find a way to live without it which wouldn’t be that hard right? It’s idiotic that people tried driving away from the oil-eating chemical.
-Ava-la 😀
1. Yes I have. Only he didn’t move. He got a girlfriend:(
2. I really wanted her to be pretty. But I wanted her to find away not to get her brain jacked up.
3. Yes and no. I really do like them for their personality’s, but I still feel like it’s recognition that I, as a person, am not invisible.
4. I really don’t know.
5. I believe in inner beauty. Yes, I wear make-up, and yes, I do realize that I am not the most beautiful person in the world, but I do know that I am beautiful in my own way. I believe that God made me look this way for a reason, and gave me a great brain so that I could use it. Even though I would be tempted to go for the life that seems good, but I know that this life was meant for me, and that all I need is real happiness, and God, who brings happiness. And there are faults to the pretty life too.
6. David was brought up thinking that the natural body was beautiful, whereas Tally grew up thinking that she was ugly. David saw her beauty from the inside.
7. Hmmmmmmmm
8. Ours is better
5.
1. No, I don’t think so.
2. I don’t actually remember what my first thought was, but it was probably a no, because I was totally against plastic surgery, but now I kinda think Tally’s world of surging is interesting, but it’s not like I’m saying I want plastic surgery now or anything… sorta… hahahaahahah =D
3. He** no. DEFINITELY when they deserve it. But it’s probably because a couple of the “better-looking” people I know are the worst people I know. Trust me, they’re meeeeeaaaaaaannn!
4. It taught her that teachers don’t tell everything and that there was much more to the Wild than she thought, that it’s more dangerous, less to trust…
5. No. I don’t need beauty and popularity to give me happiness, independant thinking and my capability of giving truthful opinions brings half my happiness. People around me that think the same way, and are real to me (as in they are acting their real selves around me) bring the rest.
6. Since David grew up in the Wild, he’s only lived with people that have normal faces. And with that, when David met Tally, he thought of her as beautiful compared to what she thought of as beautiful, since she grew up in a city where people were only beautiful, at all, with the operation. But I think David thinks of people the correct way: by their heart, not their hair.
7. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Because sometimes Shay acted all BFF to Tally, and sometimes Shay hated Tally. That’s what I think.
8. Our world is politically, environmentally, and unhealthily different than in the Prettytime. For a first, we solve things with war, they solve it with an operation that stops exactly that. Second is that a LOT of our stuff is factory made and hurting other living things like animals and plants, and causing global warming. While we do that, they recycle almost EVERYTHING into their wall and can make something else, and it doesn’t hurt the environment. And last but not least, over half our population is spending their time practically filling their lungs with tar. It seems like every turn you make, there’s a cigarette in some form. And in Prettytime, people are living in their middle-hundreds and probably haven’t even heard of drugs like cokaine and meth.
9. I’ve never been able to decide or figure that out. So for now, I say half n’ half.
10. Like the Rusties in the book, we are HUGELY dependent on oil. My lifestyle includes a lot of car oil, which I don’t like (I’m SO waiting for hoverboards and hovercars). It’s my biggest way of transport. And I don’t think I would do very well in the Rusty Crash. Yikes for me…
ok just one question is the uglies series really going to be movie
Yes, fan-la.
1. actually i have and i have been that friend. as decietful as it sounds everyone does it sometime.
2. when i read it the first time a few years back i didnt want her to after i read about mind-changing an that bogusness. but ive ust finished rereading them this week and with the world today i think that their world, prettytime and all is what we need today. if the world was like that we wouldnt have issues we had today.
3. no i found looks are on of the most dangerous things you can have. beauty is danger thats why if everyone is beautiful no one is dangerous.
4. it made her independent from the city therefore letting her explore wild and everything cities dont teach you in general but everything the smoke was about.
5. i wouldd, but in a way prettyminded is also independent minded. you do things that you enjoy because theyre bubbly but without killing yourself. the lesions made you more cautious therefore less prone to life threating things which yes are adrenaline pumping(bubbly/icy) but also the freedom to do whatever you wnt without killing yourself.
6. he saw her as natural beauty a free thinker and free spirited.
7. i dont htink so, shay may hold a lot of grudges but shes not one to regret. it would have been nice if she was forced to though..
8. pretty society is 100x healthier than ours. we are oxygen sucking, nature killing, space taking mammals. pretty time is healthy and logical.
9. tally decided her whole fate for herself, all anyne else did was enhance her views which made her choose her own side clearly herself. and bodymods helped a bit too.
10. my life style in perticular isnt dependent on oil. i walk and bike ride everywhere. but for the earth and others its a major ordeal. this world is a mass consuming oil, gasoline, petroleum, metall, wood world. i would love to see everyone survive without their car or things people depend on too much now and days.
-logical yet optimistically pessimistic free thinker of our world todayy
oh and as a side note, my perspectives have changed with my recent rereading, i believe it was wrong to kill Zane. David was the one i wish that would have died. and i truly meant that with every living part of me
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if in specials, David was caught. There are so many things like that that I wonder about in books.
I. Not really…
II.no, at first, but then there came Shay…
III. A mind!!!
v. The advantages of having a mind. Who knows where a pretty would be if they were out there?(plus it taught her how disgusting curry noodles can be)
VI.It must seem perfectly normal to David, seeing as he has been living with uglies his whole life.
At first tally was ok and shay was too, then shat turns bad, then in the last book, it seems like shay is the nice one, and tally has a horrible attitude
It’s better in all three of them period.
She decides her own fate, especially when she even thou the pill doesn’t work she becomes bubbly by herself.
I think we all need to stop using oil at all. If you have legs, you should use them
Please make a sequel or something that makes aya meet the sly girls again!!!
1. No, I don’t think so.
2. Yes, I thought that she should get the operation. Though when Dr. Cable started to blackmail Tally, I felt like something was wrong. Not until the knowledge of the lesions when I absolutely 100% changed my mind.
3. Yes, I have. And it is very vain and conceded of me, but I have. I do catch myself, but not always.
4. Just the wild in general. How it was Tally vs. the wild. But also, how it was Tally and the wild, together. Helping her get to the Smoke, to freedom. She learned some basic’s out in the wild, and how completely un-fabulous it really is. But it is beautiful.
5. No. Never. I’m a strong individual and I plan to keep it that way. Being rich, and all that stuff… its just… i don’t know. humans created rich and fabulous, though its not natural. I’m gonna get into my cheesy metaphors, but it’s like Mango flavored lollipop vs. Mango. you know what i’m saying?
6. David didn’t care about looks. He cared what was on the inside… enouraging Tally to look onto his inside too. When the operation happened, she forgot David as who he is, loving and caring person… and saw him for his looks, because that’s how the society is programed to do.
7. She would think about it. Long and hard. But I think that she wouldn’t in the end. She’ll decide that Tally taught her a lot, and she will most likely teach her more.
8. Yes. The Pretty Society is healthier than us. They’re very concience about the enviornment. But they made humans dumb in order for Earth to shine. But it’s also easy to control a dumb group of people. They don’t question.
9. I don’t think Tally decide her fate all that much. It was usually someone pushing her to her limits. But when she decided to take off the neckalce, and save the smoke (a major fail on her part) I think that it was a big step for her.
10. Not well. Without oil, I would have no food, no water. There would be no transporation. I won’t be able to see my parents if I was stuck on the other side of town. There would be no new stuff made, and most of the companies would shut down. THAT is how we are dependant on oil. For us, oil=heroin. yeah.
I love this series soo much!! The only thing i dont like is that Zane died!! I think it should have been David. I really wish there was more to the series!!
I adore your books! i read the trilogy in two days. 🙂
As for your questions…..
1. Yes. I have had a couple friends dump our friendship after moving away. Three in second grade, another in fifth, and the latest one, this summer.
2. At first, i wanted Tally to get the operation. But then we got to know Shay, David, and all the New Smoke-y-ness.. and i didn’t want her to do it.
3. I have… 🙁 i know it’s shallow, stupid, and mean but……. i try not to as much as possible.
4. She learned how to survive and to be self-dependent. Her trip showed her how valuable an object is when you can’t just recycle it or get a new one from your wall.
5. I would be sorely tempted… but no. I wouldn’t do it. My ability to think rationally and independently is more important than looks and wealth. Besides, being able to think would make me happy.
6. He wasn’t raised thinking that they were ugly and needed an operation to be beautiful. Tally was. He saw her as a beautiful person while Tally believed she needed to be free of imperfections to be considered pretty.
A little redundant.. sorry.
Ok i’m done with these questions.
btw….Midnighters needs a fourth!! please!!!!!!!
and Peeps was amazing! 🙂
I liked Zane; I cried when he died but i was glad that Tally ended up with David. He taught her to live with the special-ness and still be Tally.
I love these books so much!! I really really hope that you make another book Scott you are an AMAZING writer!!! I’m soo bored now that i finished the sereis…. plese please please make another book. The Specials was deffinetly the best book out of the sereis!! The only thing i did not like is that you killed Zane!!!!
love,
bree-la
i am a big fan of the uglies i am just wondering if there is a movie coming if so are there going to be movie auditions? i really like your books.
Love,jennifer
I am a HUGE fan of the Uglies series and I really hope they make movies out of the books!!:) My friends and I even started a secret club all about your books! (Yes, I’m kinda a geek when it comes to books)
Peace out,
Gia-wa
i just found this blog, even though i finished the series a long time ago. first of all, i just have to say that i LOVE the series <3 and that i agree with all the other people who were sad that zane died!! i really liked zane and i really wanted him and tally to stay together 🙁 i was also wondering after the movie for uglies comes out, will the other books be made into movies either? i hope that the movies actually are like the books. because a lot of movies suck compared to the books.
hey y’all 🙂
even though im sad about zane dying, im glad that in the end, tally david were together again. somehow the main character always gets stuck between 2 guys (twilight, hunger games) lol. i still liked the series a lot<3
and the way that scott thought the plot out.. well if only the future WERE like that!
What is Scott Westerfields mailing address? Anybody know?
I’d apperciate it.
from Lynn
Never mind.
I found it.
from Lynn
Hey, does anyone know what Shay’s last name is? This is probably completely unrelated to anything anyone else has posted, but I noticed when writing a fan fiction that I couldn’t remember ever having read Shay’s name. So, if anyone remembers, please respond (=^.^=)
Also, at Julie-dono: ME TOO! I didn’t use a Japanese honorific because of Extras, I used it because I love anime and manga (I’m an otaku, in case me loving anime and manga didn’t make that obvious XD). I’m glad that someone else who’s read Westerfeld-sensei’s books also knows at least a little Japanese (=^.^=)
Same here!!! I think I’d be a manga head too 🙂
I <3 Tally Youngblood
i luv ur books but how did you cum up w/them?
luv ya ur a writing GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):)
I loved the whole series, i want more uglies books ! 😀 I was so sad when i finished Extras, and Specials was amazing ( RIP Zane-la ! ) I wish tally hadnt been as superficial, and then Zane might have still been alive. i thought tht after the smoke tally mighwas less superficial but when i read specials i sasw that even after she was cured she was still influenced by the Pretty Standards. My Computer is acting all messed so i cant write more 🙁
The New Smoke LIves On !
😉 Alex-Chan <3 Frizz Munizo
I love you scott-la(but not in a stalker way…)!! I am obsessed with the uglies series, and i am extremely happy that you made bogus to bubbly, i gives you a real look at what tally’s world was really like. It was completely icy!! Go scott-la!!! Keep talking pretty!!!
Answers to 8 and 10 only.
What no one seems to be understanding about question 10… That would literally be the end of our world. We are all completely dependent on oil. Without oil, there would be no transportation.. for anything.. anywhere. Our problem wouldn’t be “walking to the store” it would shut the stores down. No where would have food they couldn’t grow or gather themselves. No electricity, No tap water, No easily accessible food. The majority of the world would die out. But honestly. I could survive. I’ve been preparing for the downfall–the ultimate collapse of civilization itself–for a long time now.
And for question 8, other than the surgery ? There are many differences between their civilization and ours, and many similarities. Both are completely governed by forces outside of our control. Theirs is governed by Learned behavior, and the expectations they are brought up with, and those who try to control citizens with the surgery.
Ours is controlled by men with guns, and laws that are only in place because the majority of the people are to ignorant to know how to survive. We are also governed by the economy, our desire for freedom is governed by our fear of failure, of being swallowed by large corporations.
In both situations, the actions taken by those who govern us–or them–are taken for the “good” of the majority, with no thought to the minority of people who are intelligent enough to live without the rules.
I think what most people took from this series was… all about beauty, all about fitting in. For some reason, all I took away was a political aspect on our future. It seemed to be an almost post-apocalyptic read.
oh. by the way, once a movie comes out for a book.. it ruins the book. I think the harry potter books are the only ones still good to people.
so..
if you truly love the uglies series, you’d boycott the movie, as it is sure to ruin the books, and any meanings of them.
plus, how would you make the “pretties” that are in the book ?
how often do you find a model/actor that is perfectly symmetrical, not to mention enough of them that you could make a movie ?
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No….Because I have never been friends that move away. 😛
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Of course I wanted her to get an operation.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No, although there was a fat girl who tried to bully me (and failed) so yeah
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Somehow??
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Yes.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
when?
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
This one is controlled very carefully.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I saw this documentary on what IF the oil ran out. I think almost the whole world will die out. Just sayin’
Ok for number 7 I’d say it depends what book you’re discussing. In Uglies I’d say Shane definetly wanted to go back in time and never meet Tally. Same thinking in pretties, especialy the part where they are in the cave and Shane is just really annoyed that she’s even there. lol. But then in Specials Shane wouldn’t be able to survive with out Tally, they become besties again and are an almost un-defeatable pair. Shane forgets all about what happened in the past, partialy because of their new operations. The same feeling carries over into Extras for the time that they are in the story.
OMG I can’t believe I did that. I put Shane instead of Shay. Don’t judge me lol it’s been a long day!
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Depends on what point in time. Uglies: When the Smoke Dies. Pretties: When Tally-wa doesn’t share the cure with Shay-la (by the way scott, it was bubblier with Zane-la than it would’ve been with Shay-la). Specials: Never. Extras: Never.
1 No actually not.
2I actually did want her to get the operation at first. Once she went to the smoke though i totally changed my mind.
3 Not that i know of.
4 She know knew skills and what to expect.
5 Maybe but probably not. I would rather live after the mind rain.
6 David saw her normal and beautiful for what she is inside. Tally saw herself ugly from what saw on the outside.
7 I don’t think so. Although Shay hates Tally a lot, Tally is also one of her best friends.
8 They are more careful about nature. They don’t think violence is the answer.
9 She decided who and where she is but not what she is
1. Nope, I’m very glad I have amaing friends
2. No, I didn’t hope she would get the operation, someone needed to save them!!!!!! never changed my mind
3. Uh, yea!
4. She learned to hate SpagBol.
5. No, I want my own life no matter what!
6. He saw her inner self. (haven’t read the book in almost 5 months… ?)
7. NO, they were meant to be BFFs.
8. People here take otheres the way they are, well most at least.
9. cant answer, haven’t read the book in awhile.
10. We depend on oil and gasoline to get from place to place all the time, they just use hoverboards and stuff.
I LOVE UR BOOKS SCOTTT!!! WELL IVE ONLY READ THE WHOLE UGLIES SERIES AND SAME WITH MY BFF BUT KEEP WRITING YAYA!!!!
I first read the Uglies series when I found out I shared Tally’s name!! No lie! How great/bubbly/icy/kick is that? Now for the questions, Scott-la.
SO bogus/random/extra of you not to give me easy questions. Us pretties don’t do thinking!
1. Scott-la! What kind of sad-making question is that? Of course my friends did, we all did when we moved to New Pretty Town. After the mind-rain I moved right back though, and said sorry for all bogusness.
2. Of course I wanted Tally to be pretty. I mean, not the lesions, but rich and beautiful (she could join the hot-airs like me!) Then the lesions along and I rethought. But, honestly, it’s not so bad. I mean, you’re just happy all the time. Well, I was.
3. Well, this is bogus… when you’re pretty, you trust everyone. It’s part of the lesions, and a very happy-making part. All those perfect bodies and luminous eyes… how could you not trust everyone?
4. Tally’s trip helped her by ‘icying’ her up, as Shay-la would put it. She learnt that you have to think fast and work hard in the wild- this came in handy when she and Zane did their icy tower climbing! I tried it once, Valentino Mansion and all. I did it out of respect for Zane, I mean; I was his friend. We shared a picnic in Denzel Park, and we skated, and he made me bubbly. We weren’t together- I don’t feel jealous of Tally- but I did cry when he died. So sad-making. I almost wished I had the lesions, so I could forget about it. Hang on, am I doing a Frizz Miruno here!! Radical Honesty or what?
5. Scott-la, oh Scott-la. I did give up my free will to be pretty- but I’m cured now.
6. David saw Tally differently because he saw her free will shining through. Instead of seeing her as a bogus ugly, or a bubble headed pretty, or even an icy special, he just saw her as Tally. Looks didn’t matter to him. David is sad-makingly, bubbly, bogusly, happy-makingly brilliant. It’s so bogus I never met him. Maybe I should find a long-range hoverboard…
7. I happen to KNOW Shay-la, you bubblehead! She’s so icy- I adore her scary little face. She hit me once, you know. AFTER the special operation. Ow! All I can say is, if Shay never found Tally, Shay wouldn’t be special. And Shay would never undo anything in her past, she’s a gorgeous person.
8. Our society is better than you Rusties are because we don’t destroy the planet! Sorry, Scott-la, but we win! BUBBLY!
9. Look, Scott-la. I come from the city Tally did, and none of us decided our own lives. From the age of littlie we had it drummed into us we were ugly, ugly, ugly. And nobody was smart enough to see this was sad-making and bogusly truth-slanting. Then, the free-willed were specialized, against their will half the time, and the others were left to live happy little lives hehehe. NOT.
10. I have a carbon emissions allowance, a zero emission hoverboard and no hovercar. My mansion has the perfect ecohole-in-the-wall, and I am pretty much bubbly.
Bye, Scott-la, and don’t forget to keep writing your bubbly books!
p.s. My eyes are silver like Tally’s too. Do you think perhaps gold jewels? Or maybe colour-change eyeballs. My friend Ren-sensei has those. He says their happy-making. I visit him and the new Mrs. Aya Miruno whenever I’m in Japan.
10) My house is actually not dependant on gas, or oil. We have woodstoves, and we chop the wood ourselves from our back yard. The lack of a chainsaw would probably put a damper on that, but we split it with axes, and I’m sure if we had to we could manage a tree. We don’t have a car, because the insurance is too expensive, so we bike into town if we need to. Getting groceries would be harder if we didn’t have gas, because we’d have to carry it home on our bikes in backpacks, but it’s not like we haven’t done that before. Usually we get a ride from family friends for that.
So, we’d be pretty okay if it all disappeared. Not very okay if it all caught on fire, though, because a lot of people on our big ole back road have cars and gas heating, so if they all exploded, the woods would catch, and our house would priobably burn down.
1. Not a best friend thugh I have had a friend who moved away and we haven’t spoken since
2. At first i did becuse it was obviously something that everyone looked forward to almost like us getting our learners but I wanted tally to give it up to stay in the smoke
3. not that i can remeber but i have not lsitened to people because i think they look different or suspicious
4. tally’s rip throuhg the wild would have shown her that everything wasn’t quitwhat the city always said it was and that would have prepared her a bit for the smoke as wel as the manual labour required to get there
5. I would possibly consider it for being happy but diefinitely not for beauty thouhg I do believe in the little things making us happy like thinking for ouselves
6.David saw Taly as she was but ally saw herself the way her city had ‘programmed’ her to.
7. She ma have originally thught she should but Shay’s life turned out much better from having met tally not only would she appreciate eveything more but without her she may not have ever been a cutter and would most likely have never found Diego
8.In some ways the pretty society is healthier than our as it is more environmentallly stable there is less class system but other than that there’s not really many benfits and the way the advantages were achieved is not really politically correct or even totally humane.
9. Tally decide a lot of her fate although obviously at least some of it was coincidence but it was her who set things in motion and she ALWAYS had a choice
10.If something were to happen to our oil and gas or we used it all up we are all in trouble tat’s why we need to do soething about it and start really thinking about using re-usable energy- the tehnology exists
Will you continue the uglies series?? its one of my favorite series and i never want it to end 🙂
I was wondering if thered be a fifth book in the uglies series? If you dont plan on it u should though(: haha I just really want to find out what happens to Tally with David and shay and that orbit thingy(:
I was thinking that this should be a movie!!!!These books are the best I’ve read! Well, I’m only on pretties and they are already great!!!Will there be 5th book? You are truly a good writer! I need the other books , so I’m trying to go slow, but it is to imposible! Keep writing!!
1. Thankfully I haven’t had a friend like that in my life (yet).
2. I didn’t really want her to get an operation. Ever. I have this thing against warping your body (unless it is a life saving thing), so I didn’t care for the fact that everyone was so obsessive about the operation. Ya, I guess being Pretty is cool, having all of the opposite sex dazzled by your beauty, but think about this: When everyone’s Pretty no one’s pretty. No one is unique. No one’s individual in their beliefs.
3. No. I don’t go based off looks, if I did I would have been disappointed (no offence to the peoples reading this). Sure the hot guy/girl would be awesome to listen to …but the people with average/poor looks can be just as interesting and just as truthful. Plus, everyone’s beautiful; some just show it more than others.
4. It taught her how to fend for herself and that the wild was no joke. It’s dangerous and if you make a mistake it could kill you.
5. NO! I value my thoughts, feelings, and intellect too much to give it up for a short term thing. Who would trade a life time’s gain to a temporary pleasure? Beauty fades, but you grow as a person every time you get up in the morning and walk out the door to go to work/school/wherever.
6. People never see themselves clearly. Society, here and there, have warped us to think that only one way, varied, looks good. Here it’s being twig thin and skimpy clothes; there it’s the perfectly symmetric face and bubblebrains. David saw beyond her “ugliness†because he hadn’t been exposed to the warped views of their society.
7. No. Even though they get into a lot of fights that break them apart, they always go back to each other. Why would Shay go back to Tally if she regretted her?
8. The only other big difference is that they don’t have war and we seem to be addicted to it. In all honesty, though, our societies are really more similar than I care to think about. Both of us have convinced the younger generations that they aren’t beautiful the way they are. They both have models that show us what we want to achieve in how our bodies look, but the way to getting them is typically bad for our bodies. Both of our societies are destroying the self-image that each person held to be the beautiful standard and are replacing them with one that is going to hurt us by trying to be like.
9. Tally didn’t really get to decide much about her life. She got to choose that she was going to crash a few parties, that she was going to go see Peris, that she was going to go to the smoke, that she wasn’t going to send the signal saying where the smoke was, that she was going to become pretty, and that she was going to get herself un-bubbleheaded. Nothing else was her decision.
10. I’m not dependent on oil or gasoline, no one is. They make life easier, but we can live without them, the people before us did it didn’t they? It’s nice having cars to take us to places that are by no means close, but that doesn’t mean that we need them. As for how long do I think I’d last if it all disappeared in one day: as long as I need to. I can use my feet and legs just fine, thank you very much, and fires are great for keeping people warm, as are puppy piles (more the merrier!).
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
n o I havent, but I know its probly hard
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
of course I hoped she would! I know I would, until I learned about what it does to your brain.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
kind of, I know it isnt fair, but it’s a part of our society.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
it taught her that the wild is wild, and not everything is perfect, or pretty.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
actually, yes I think. it would make EVERYTHING easier.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
she was beautiful in his eyes, and im sure she would be in ours too.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
yes. it would have made life easier for shay
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
everything is laid out for you. in some ways, it reminds me of ‘the giver’.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I don’t really think she let people decide for her, except Dr. Cable. Tallys life would have been great if it wasn’t for her.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I could survive, I think. my family doesn’t much rely on cars as much as some. we also live in the country, so cars blowing up wouldn’t effect us as much as someone living in the city.
right now im only gonna answer the first 3 questions!
1. no i havent, but as a matter of fact, Im usually the one who is not very persistent. i used to go to scouts and there was a girl and we became good friends. i quit scouts and then she kept on calling me and inviting me over and i didnt really make much of an effort… yes i know, it wasnt very nice of me but thats the truth
2. there was not one time when i didnt want tally to have the operation!!! im always in for something different and adventurous. i was especially excited for tally to turn pretty because i thought she would be very dumb and a big bubble head!! i suppose i thought it was a bit of a shame for her to have all those operations to turn either dumb-making or self mutilation-making. i think i preferred her ugly when you look at it that way!
3. sometimes i agree with people if they are pretty when i am intimidated by them but it doesn’t change the way i feel towards them generally!
sorry i only have time to answer these three questions!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes and its heartbreaking….
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I actually never wanted her to get the operation. I think (even though she was depressed ) she had fun in smoke just being herself…
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
You know its not what they look like but its how kind there heart is that counts..I only listen to kind hearts.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
i think it made her a little bit stronger both psychically and mentally… it made her strong enough to last in the Smoke..
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
nope! haha i dont have any of that but im still alive..and i like being myself not a fake person..
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
i think its because she was surrounded by people who would call her ugly all her life and she had her mind wrapped around being pretty all her life that she automatically thought that she was ugly but david didnt because he saw the true beauty in people.. he saw her heart, and in his eye that made her beautiful..
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
im not to sure.. because tally tried to warn her but she didnt take the advice i made her mad at Tally but she saw tally as her very best friend so i dont know..
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Whoa haven’t been on here for like two years…! But I am still a HUGE fan of the series. I read the book at the beggining of grade five, and now I’m in grade seven.
I read over these question again… and just realized: what if you ARE the pretty person!? I mean, I’ve modeled a little when I was younger, and I’ve been told by people out of my family that I’m kind of pretty. But it’s kind of weird to think that when someone meets you, they might have a pre-built opinion before talking to me.
How’s that for reverse thinking? Ha.
Just for the record, I think it’s awesome you live in Australia in the winter!! I was there a while ago for a wedding, and it ROCKS!! I stayed in Sydney, too. I especially like the cucaburras!!! :D:D:D
Hey, Scott-la! I’m one of your many tomboy fans who loved the Uglys series. I am also an avid reader. I read all of your Ugly books in four days! That’s right! All of them. Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras, and Bogus to Bubbly. All of them are really happy-making. I can’t believe that I knew they existed for 3 years and ignored them completely! So totally brain-missing!
Can you please write another book in the series?
Now that I’ve read the whole series all of the normal books seem so… missing…everything. Adventure,defiance, you name it.
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I’m out.
-Emily-la
Being a fan of the series, I figured I’d hop on the bandwagon, too.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Multiple times. Being a military brat, I’ve faced this multiple times; I highly doubt most of my elementary-grade-school friends remember my name.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
A part of me was hoping she didn’t, but a little out of spite. The way I saw it, she was being a little selfish; agreeing to bust her best friend (and HER buddies in the Smoke) just to be pretty. To this day, I’m not sure if I really changed my mind or not. I will admit though: I was a little surprised when, even after learning about the lesions, Tally still decided to be pretty.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
For me, not really, but I’m sure it’s because of how I was raised, and the family I grew up with. My parents, teachers, and church-directors emphasized the fact that it didn’t matter what we looked like, we were all still humans, with similar feelings (I remember a few words my elementary school’s song: “We are look real diff-erent… yet we’re all the saaaaaame…”).
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
The Smoke–forgive me for seeming really shallow and blunt–is quite primitive, compared to Tally’s (and ours, as readers) normal life. If she could survive the rough trip to get there, the Smokie life would nearly be a piece of cake.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Again, I would honestly say no, but this time, it’s my personality that’s to blame. I am what I consider to be an ‘out of the box thinker’ (in all honesty, I’m not even sure if I’ve ever FOUND the stupid box); so much so that half of my teachers have given me looks in class, then admitted “I never thought of it THAT way, but it works…”. I’ve been told many times that I had the potential to change the world, because of the way I see things. Like hell I’m going to give THAT up.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David, being raised in a world where beauty means squat, was one of the few people that truly saw Tally for HERSELF. He saw her for her headstrong attitude, and her determination when she pursues what she wants (admit it; Tally’s one of those people who are like “I have a mission, and, damn it, I’m going to complete it!”)
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I thought this one over… and over… and over… and I really can’t come up with an answer. After seeing Shay become pretty, I’m pretty sure if you asked her, she’d say “no”; but one wonders whether it’s really Shay that’d answer, or the lesions in her brain deciding that she’d rather die pretty than remain ugly.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
One would say “of COURSE the pretty-society is healthier; look at their clean, pristine city, with everything they could want and need, and the operation giving them better bones, organs, and sharp eyesight…” you get the point.
On the negative side, the uglies have it a little better in the brains department. They still have their entire thought process, their unaltered personalities, their ability to decide for themselves…
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I actually would say that her fate was a blend of both worlds. In the end, society DID make her pretty, but on the other hand, it was truly /her/ decision; /her/ choice to try and end the lesions by becoming one of them. In ways of her fate, Special Circumstances won, but yet, so did Tally, and so did the Smokies. Her fate was greatly influenced by everyone around her, but in the end, it WAS Tally’s decision
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
All of those people that said “Oh, I’d be fine”… how many of them really thought this one completely through? Enough bashing. I at first said the same thing, but then I remembered… I have a car, which I admit, I use frequently. The stores get shipments, which arrive on trucks, boats, planes… even those of us in rural areas… most of us use electricity, right? Hrrrrm…
Yes, we ARE finding alternative fuel sources… but come on; not all of them are readily available yet. If the oil disappeared RIGHT NOW (not a hundred years later; I think the question implies a CURRENT time-frame), I [and others]’d be screwed.
Peace out.
Alkerone-la
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
yes. I never heard from them again
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I always knew she would
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
no
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
she learned…yh
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
no. way.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Hw loved her. He looked upon her with eyes of love and desire not ones filled with brain missing lesions
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
maybe when she got REALLLLLY mad
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
They have much better health and they lived way longer then us. Besides I would kill to surg manga eyes onto my self 😉
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
only in specials. she was controlled the entire seris allmost!
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
AUGH! Scary o.0
The only question I want to answer is 7 I’ve been reading the answer on 7 only a few realize if Shay haven’t met Tally then they will both be bubble heads and that Dr.Cable will still be in control and who would want that. Beside what the point of the rest of the seris if they never met. Things happen to Tally because of what Shay did.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No. Not really.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Yes, I really wanted her to get the operation but once I read about the brain lesions I totally changed my mind!
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
It didnt really prepare her because in the smoke you have to actually hunt or prepare your own food not just dump it in your purifier and wait.You also have to work all day and I dont think hoverboarding could have prepared her for that. The fact that she had dehydreated food sort of helped her make some money when she got to the smoke though..
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
It depends if I knew about the brain lesions if I didnt then I would probably have said yes. But if I knew how stupid you became after the operation…. I just would had stayed myself.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David was raised differently than Tally (who you could say had been “brainwashed” by the city) he didnt believe that you had to have the operation to be “pretty”. Its true that he had never seen Pretties before but I think that if he had to pick between Tally or a Pretty he would have picked Tally because he was raised to see the beauty inside people.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I hope she wouldnt have! Or else they would never have beaten Dr. Cable and the lesions and Tally would have become a brainlesse bubblehead. But I guess she would have had a good reason to, since meeting Tally caused the destruction of the Old Smoke and the loss of her crush (boyfriend?) David. But the final outcome would be better if Shay just let things be.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Well, first of all the Pretties do live in a peacefull world, with no sickness, wars, or cares! Since the technology in the pretty world is very advanced alot of things change. Like life expectancy, Tally mentiones she met her great grandfather. 120 years maybe? Older? Second of all pretties dont seem to have anything bothering them, just things like “what to wear” and “do they like my new surge?” Honestly, having no problems sounds fun! And they stopped polluting the planet! Pretty-World would be a great place to live in if there were no lesions!
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Id’ say half and half. Tally thinks she is making her own descisions but then finds out she was being manipulated by Dr. Cable all along.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
If it all disappeared I guess we would be stuck at home. We would have to start using electric vehicules. Especially to transport food and water. We would probably suffer alot… not fun 🙁 But the people who live in countries that dont have a lot of cars would probably last longer.
Stay Bubbly!! 😀
Chloe-Wa
1. Yes her name is B and she moved to away but we still keep in touch! There was also Emma but she and I were only like 4.
2. I naver wanted Tally to get the opration ecspessally when she was in the smoke because I really don’t like pretty talk and I LOVE David!
3.NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. Every thing has a pourpous so use but don’t over use it also FIRE FLIPPIN BURNS!!!
5 No prettys are like prissy poupular people WHICH I HATE!!! Thats why I love this book because some poeple rebel aginst that just like I do!
6 David loved Tally for her True colors not her looks I think that that is what matters.
7 In Uglies no in pretties no then yes then no in specails no yes then no because sometimes they have BIG fights!
8 They never really do use oil or gasoline and are more green. They seem helithier but really their brain damaged so no
9 WARNING FALLOWING CONTAINT SPOILERS!
I think that kissing David (FAVOERITE SCENE IN THE BOOKS) and throwing the necklace in the fire were all Tally! Also going back to David in the end Of specials was all Tally. (AhhI flippin love David). Shay is the reson that Tally cuts herself and is even a Specail! So alot of her fate was because was from Shay! If somethings were given away sorry I warned you!
10. I have to use gas to get to school Taekwondo well everywhare.
I think that if we did not use gas we would all be fit because we would have to walk everywhare.
Scott you should answer theese questions! I love thesse! -♥ Smokie Shelby
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes, that happens to me quite alot but I assume that eventually I’ll do the same thing to my younger friends. Leave this town and not want anything to do with the people still living here.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I never wanted her to get the operation, to me the operation makes everyone the same, they look the same, they act the same, they dress the same. Where is the fun in that?
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Honestly, yes. If someone looks friendly, confident and calm, I think I would trust them more than someone who looks angry or violent.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She learnt that, if you fall there is nothing there to catch you and that there are dangers out there that you can’t protect yourself against.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
No, I refused to take anti-depressance because I was worried that they would blur the way I think. My feelings, my thought and my looks are all a part of who I am and I don’t want that to change, even if I am different, at least I know who I am.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw that there was more to her than just her looks and that all though she hadn’t had the operation, she was full of natural beauty.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, I don’t think Shay is that type of person. She doesn’t seem to hold alot of regret.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
It is healthier than ours because they all think the same so there are hardly any arguments and the way they recycle and use there resources is healthier as well.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
She decided alot of it herself, she never had to go to the smoke, she could have just stayed ugly forever.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I really have no idea.
There are alot of great lessons to be learnt by reading the Uglies series. I also think that it would make a great movie. (:
-Caitlin Maree.
hey Scott-la i think you should make the uglies books into movies and i think and i hope that you will write another million books cuz i am like obsessed with them
hey Scott-la i think you should make the uglies books into movies and i think and i hope that you will write another million books cuz i am like obsessed with them of corse it should be from tally’s or shay or fausto or davids’ point of view while they are in the wile or in diego
im reading the whole series again!!! scott-la, u should really make uglies seris into a movie it would be tottaly happy-making and bubbly.
@Tyeler-wa good eye but Shay would not be a bubble head because she would have gone to the smoke! -♥ Smokie Shelby
I just want to answer questions 2, 5, 7, & 10
2. I wanted Tally to get the pretties operation at the beginning, but I changed my mind when Shay left. I really wanted her to go to the Smoke with her. When she didn’t leave, I thought she should have runaway after Dr. Cable told her she wouldn’t turn Pretty until she left to KILL the Smoke.
I never wanted her to turn special, I thought she should have gone back to the city as a Pretty (not that it was HER choice) then tried to stop the Pretty-time from there (although that would have been about 20x harder as a Pretty rather than a special).
5. NEVER!!!!!
7. I think Shay would only have gone back in time right when she got mad at Tally (when Tally steals David, when Tally tells Shay about her sharing the cure with Zane, when Tally stays behind to “babysit” Zane, etc.) otherwise she wouldn’t want to lose her best friend.
10. I think we’re all very dependent on oil. That is how all supplies get to us. even if we go walking around all the time, all our food gets to us in big truck using what? OIL!
I don’t think we’ll become like the civilization in Uglies in that way in 300+ years unless someone releases an oil bug really soon. We are inventing cars that can run on different powers now. But, right now in our community if all the oil suddenly disappeared we wouldn’t be in the best state. What I think should be invent is a car that runs on garbage (like in Back to the Future).
I remember when I was 7, I would sit in my mom’s car looking at the other cars on the road, and think “gasoline is so bad for our planet, why do we all drive around in cars rather than riding bikes everywhere?” I tried imagining the streets full of bikes instead of cars. But riding bikes is nowhere near as fast as driving cars. And it would be a nuisance because bikes only carry one or maybe two.
sorry my previous entry was so long, I just LOVE the Uglies series.
I just reread all of the books, and
I have 3 questions that have been on my mind.
1. Where did David get his scar?
I personally think that it wasn’t from anything exciting, he just made it seem like it was more than something boring to make Tally like him more, but IDK
2. What is Jai/Kai/Lai’s real name?
3. How did you come up with the idea of Radical Honesty?
1-Yes, I have had people abandone me almost completly, but even though we wernt fully “seperated” I was still sad because, well, he was my best friend! I only know what it was like to be slightly abandon so i cant even imagine what it would be like to be completly left by someone!
2-Well yes I have to admit I was excited for Tally to get the operation but after i figured out what really went on when you turned Pretty I was like “nuh uh. no way”. I’d rather spend my days in the smoke with my “ugly” friends then be a bubble head forever!
3-Yes I have and lemmie tell ya the results can end terrible.. kinda like the end of the movie “Knowing” its almost as if the world blew up.. only not as drastic
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4-Well she learned about the lifestyle that people in the smoke had to live through. They couldt get new stuff just by asking for it they had to work for what they had and make what they wanted to give and in a way it made everyone friends more then people would be if they were in new pretty.
5-Not for a million years! I want people to like me because of who i am and what i look like on the inside, not because their brains are mush and they can only see me for what i look like on the outside.
6-David was looking at Tally almost as if she was under a microscope. He could see her inner feelings and her personality. Even if she didnt show it
7-I think that when Tally and David started getting together like that she totally would have but after a while her anger cooled off and she was a little more forgiveing (not sure if tahts the right word im loooking for)
8-Well our communities are different because in todays world, if you are fat or have some other kind of “outter uglieness” you r are considered an outcast to the rest of the more pretty or popular people in todays socioty. In new pretty town everyone excepts everyone only they except them becasue their brainwashed and are in a way “forced to” like eachother. But I think that is the good thing about New pretty town. Nobody is an outcast and everyone is a friend to everyone.
9-Well everyone has a choice in what we can do or cant do. So did Tally. She picked to do everything that she did but in a way, most of the time people made her do the things she did becasue if she wouldnt have, then the consiquences were too great.
10-Well in my family we drive a lot of places so their goes our transportation and we have a propain stove but other than that we dont use tht kind of stuff. Just the basic things like cars and 4 wheelers ect. I think we would survive without it but it would definetly take some gettng used to
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? *no, i have always been the “Peris”. I was always forced to move to new towns and its hard to keep with everyone.*
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) *I always hoped she would get the operation but keep her mind normal*
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? *yes*
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? *That everything is a lot bigger than she imagined. The world does not revolve around New Pretty Town. There are more things out there than just being a pretty.*
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? *Maybe, because I know it is possible to have all of the good perks of being pretty but also you can learn to “rewire” yourself, right?*
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?*David didn’t have to think that being pretty was a requirment and that everyone he knew was doing it. He knew what faces really looked like and had the proper parents to teach him that, instead of Tally growing up expecting to be pretty like her parents and everyone else.*
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? *no, I don’t think she would*
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) *N/A*
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? *I don’t think Tally let other people decide her fate, i think at first she let people influence her. But once she reached the smoke i don’t see let anyone else decide for her.*
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?*N/A*
1.) Never!! I had a friend who moved away, but we talk every day!
2.)Even after I found out about the lesions and even after I read Bogus to Bubbly, I really wanted her to get the operation!!!
3.)Every day at school, these pretty girls at school (rich, beautiful, lazy) ask me for the answers to the answers in history. I give it to them, of course!
4.)On her trip to the smoke, Tally learned that she doesn’t have safety govenors or minders everywhere to keep her from killing herself. she’s on her own, pretty much. she learned to be more cautious and to not make stupid mistakes.
5.)It depends. in this world, if you can’t think, it doesn’t matter how pretty you are, you are going to suck at life. in pretty time, however, everyone is programmed to love and protect pretties; you don’t need to think for yourself
6.)David never saw a pretty before so he doesn’t see everyone else as ugly. this helps him see more of what is on the inside. he saw Tally as the cutely honest (okay, he thinks she’s honest), brave, and uh, durable. Tally sees her self as squinty eyes, squashy nose, and frizzy hair.
7.)I think shay likes to be special. If Shay hadn’t met Tally, she would have turned pretty on schedule, then turned into a middle pretty, had kids, turned crumbly, got a couple of life extensions, then died. Shay wanted to live a life that’s a tad more interesting. more special. less ordinary.
8.)In pretty society, everything is idiot proof. hacking into major systems is normal. rules are super strict and uh, the obvious beauty bit.
9.)tally hardly decided anything, besides her decision to turn pretty which uh… scratch that. when she decided to turn pretty, that moment decided her fate.
10.)well, right now in winter, I would die either of frostbite or explosion of oil. my heat runs on oil XP. in the summer, I ride my bike everywhere, and don’t use anything that runs on gas besides my mum’s car. I am the logical one in the family, and would probably suggest no car. it really depends on time of year!
If you didn’t know I’m pretty sure (for all you fans)including me) you add
-wa to the end of a name when there is a “T” in your name. These are names such as Tally or Taylor. You would add -la to the end of your name if you didn’t have a “T” in your name. This is names like Shay, David, or Zane. Many people have this wrong. I was just letting you know.
-ROCK ON!!!!! \m/>_<\m/
I miss Zane-la soo much, just finished reading specials and threw the book at the wall when i found out he died. :(((( SO FRIKING SADD
i really wish that you would write another book for the series just to know what happens to everyone else 🙂
1.yes i did have a friend like peris but i moved away so
2.i did hope that she would a first because being ugly sounded so bad but then after she found out about the lesions i didnt want tally to have to do that thing to herself
3. No because i treat everyone the same to the attitude that they have
4. It helped her by teaching her to use what little you have for the most that you can
5.No i wouldnt because thinking by yourself is how it should be after all nobody can be completely perfect why trade that for something that dumb its way better to think outside the box to not think like the person next to you
6.David saw tally as a beautiful person without the operation which is how it should be and thats the right way
7.No i sont think so because that would change the way she turned out and tally and tally wouldnt have met David and she wouldnt have found out that there was a cure
8.Yes the pretties are better because they dont have people killing people and war going on and they have the cures to diaeases that we dont so it is better in a way
9.Almost all of her fate was not made by herself Dr.Cable really decided all of it
10.Well we’d be walking and riding bikes to places more because every where i go is by car
I have a question, why are the people from the book uglies needed to separate uglies from pretties? pls answer it!!!
1. Yes !!! but i was the one who moved away soo i guess i would be Peris!!! In a way!! but they still abandoned me!
2. Yes i did hope Tally would get the operation!!!! but i guess i kinda of changed my mind in the middle but i was still secertly hoping she would still get it!
3. Yea i guess i usally listen to people based on their voice ,… i can’t help it i hate girls who’s voices are squeaky and annoying!!!!
4. It made her indapendent and did things that she thought would help the people
5. yea i guess….i mean i always wanted to be rich!!! but i think i would be like tally to find someone from the inside to get rid of the thingy in my brain!!!!
6. HE thought she was beutiful espeacily in the inside!!! TALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS UGLY
7. NO TALLY needs her and she needs tally
8. MOney is different i really do love their society!!! i think they are healthy!!!
9. she decided most of it …she may not not have noticed and thought she didnt but she decidedd to get the operation she decided to chase after shay ….she decided big events!!!
10.veryone would go into crazy ness!!!!
1. yep it was very depress-making
2.Yes i wanted it the whole time! i just wanted her to be a happy little bubblehead and kept thinking she would go back to being a pretty once she was finished being a special. (i would hate it if people got scared of my face!)
3. yeah im sorta drawn to people based on looks and how much they smile or are happy. But I usually put up with not-so-good looking people and get to know them and then change my mind.
4. I didnt read uglies that long ago but all i remember was her thinking that nature could be beautiful too. other that that i dont really catch the changes… i must be a bad reader…
5.Yes!….. hmmm…. it might be boring… but then again if i was miserable poor ugly and very sick i think i would be pretty bored too…
6. I think as David as a Rusty (us). Who we see a beautiful may have been what Tally and Shay thought were ugly. But I dont think it was about the looks so much for David. But if Tally had come there and not lied (and maybe even unlocked the heart rite away) David might not have seen what he had in her… Their relationship was based on lies and guilt, really.
7. ERGH! Tally-wa and Shay-la what would we ever do with out you guys???
When i put my self in Tally’s position I hate Shay. Shay was so miss under standing (and i was down right mean!)… If Tally had never met her she would of been a happy little bubblehead and ended up with Peris. It would of been everything she had ever wanted! But from Shay’s point of view… I hate Tally! Shay was the one who taught Tally ALL the tricks on how to get to the smoke. Shay was the one who had introduced her to David. And Shay was the one who got Tally into the crims (and also the one who MADE her a crim) and introduced her to Zane! Shay could of have had David and stayed ugly and got everything she every wanted! But Tally was so selfish and caught up with her boy troubles, that she couldn’t appreciate Shay. Shay had only wanted them to be friend… *lets out angry sigh*
8. LETS CHANGE NOW! the sooner the better! im getting ready for the person to invent the oil eating bacteria so i can hop on my bike and ride away.
9. Tally decided about 5 things in whole by herself, but these thing mattered
10. Hmmm…. i think id be trying to get out of the place while the others in my house tryed to stop the fire…
Tally was the image of the mind rain and gets all the credit.
Shay was the cause behind it and should be getting credit for it.
But nobody thinks of Maddy(even though we hate her for being mean to Tally and not explaining the pills) (and sorta her husband) who actually discovered about the lesions, founded the smoke, and CREATED THE CURE!!! If they had never told Tally about the brain scars the mind rain wouldn’t of happened!(so soon…) and if she hadn’t come up with a cure in the first place…
1. yep it was very depress-making
2.Yes i wanted it the whole time! i just wanted her to be a happy little bubblehead and kept thinking she would go back to being a pretty once she was finished being a special. (i would hate it if people got scared of my face!)
3. yeah im sorta drawn to people based on looks and how much they smile or are happy. But I usually put up with not-so-good looking people and get to know them and then change my mind.
4. I didnt read uglies that long ago but all i remember was her thinking that nature could be beautiful too. other that that i dont really catch the changes… i must be a bad reader…
5.Yes!….. (question once you said it took away our ability to be creative too?)hmmm…. it might be boring… but then again if i was miserable poor ugly and very sick i think i would be pretty bored too…
6. I think as David as a Rusty (us). Who we see a beautiful may have been what Tally and Shay thought were ugly. But I dont think it was about the looks so much for David. But if Tally had come there and not lied (and maybe even unlocked the heart rite away) David might not have seen what he had in her… Their relationship was based on lies and guilt, really.
7. ERGH! Tally-wa and Shay-la what would we ever do with out you guys???
When i put my self in Tally’s position I hate Shay. Shay was so miss under standing (and i was down right mean!)… If Tally had never met her she would of been a happy little bubblehead and ended up with Peris. It would of been everything she had ever wanted! But from Shay’s point of view… I hate Tally! Shay was the one who taught Tally ALL the tricks on how to get to the smoke. Shay was the one who had introduced her to David. And Shay was the one who got Tally into the crims (and also the one who MADE her a crim) and introduced her to Zane! Shay could of have had David and stayed ugly and got everything she every wanted! But Tally was so selfish and caught up with her boy troubles, that she couldn’t appreciate Shay. Shay had only wanted them to be friend… *lets out angry sigh*
8. LETS CHANGE NOW! the sooner the better! im getting ready for the person to invent the oil eating bacteria so i can hop on my bike and ride away.
9. Tally decided about 5 things in whole by herself, but these thing mattered
10. Hmmm…. i think id be trying to get out of the place while the others in my house tryed to stop the fire…
Tally was the image of the mind rain and gets all the credit.
Shay was the cause behind it and should be getting credit for it.
But nobody thinks of Maddy(even though we hate her for being mean to Tally and not explaining the pills) (and sorta her husband) who actually discovered about the lesions, founded the smoke, and CREATED THE CURE!!! If they had never told Tally about the brain scars the mind rain wouldn’t of happened!(so soon…) and if she hadn’t come up with a cure in the first place…
I asked my mother question no. 5 and she said well to be healthy happy rich and beautiful is all you want out of life, so yes!
I think my mother is a very narrow-minded person with no ambition at all…
But is what she says true???
I asked my mother question no. 5 and she said well to be healthy happy rich and beautiful is all you want out of life, so yes!
I think my mother is a very narrow-minded person with no ambition at all…
But is what she says true???
oops triple post! XD
I have just finished reading specials and i was like OMG WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN EXTRAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder what is going to happen to tally and david? :I
Who are the people on the covers of the book? I would really like to know because they look like they would match the characters perfectly and they should go in the movie. I just really want there to be a movie on this book series! I love it! It’s the best I’ve ever read!
@Mac-la
uh, you use “wa” after a name that has an l in it. like Tally-wa. anything else gets a “la” like Shay-la or Aya-la.
Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Umm.. Yeah. I was really depressed for a long time because his friendship was really important to me. He sort of completed me a little bit. We had a lot of fun and you know… communication is not repeatable… I will never have a friend like him. So sad. I miss him a lot.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Well I read this book when I was sixteen and I really wanted her to get the operation… minus the lesions. But when I re-read when I was twenty I decided that the operation took away so much of who she really is. I really didn’t want her to at all.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Ugh. Yes. What teenager in this superficial culture hasn’t? I think there is some biological response we have to how attractive we percieve a person is, so we can’t help it on a certain level, but there comes a point where we need to separate our innate urges and our conscious decision to do the right thing.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She had grown up in a very sheltered and controlled environment. She had to experience that there was a different way of life in order to learn that things could change. After living in Costa Rica for three years… Castro makes sense.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Never. Ever. Ever. Seriously. Happiness is relative. Beauty is superficial, perpetual health leaves no room for growth. “The original source of all wealth lies in the soil and the worker.” Thinking. Working. Earth. Nothing else matters.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
His perspective wasn’t tainted by the cultural values of society. He saw her for who she was and she only saw herself as who she could be.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I hate time travel junk. It would change everything. Really. Not good.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
They are definitely NOT healthier than ours. Sure they don’t abuse the earth and they are perpetually physically healthy but they don’t choose any of that. I don’t feel like our society is much different with everything else. People are distracted by luxuries and aren’t aware of real and major issues. Main differences would probably limited to their separated social structure and their technology.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally was a mega-follower.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Well, I live in the mountains of Costa Rica, we are within walking distance to natural spring water and we have year long harvest season for garden vegetables. It wouldn’t be fun…. but we could manage without artificial electricity. Except… making our own clothes would be hard… Eh. I’d just row on over to Cuba. They’re pretty amazing.
Haaaaiiiii. I _<!!!
2. I always hoped tally would get the operation, but then figure out a way to become less bubble-headed! omg..im like psycic…
3. short answer:no XD(come on people im being friggen honest-making)
4. for this answer i am sooo stupid-making:bo..nana???(i didnt really get the question, nor did i have an answer for it.
5. yesXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD
6. david (btw my lttle bro's name!) had never seen a pretty, or probly even been to the own where tally is from, so he sees who is beatuiful from his own eyes, not the pretty commities's, not other uglies, not pretties.
7. maybe.i really dont have quite a definet answer to this one.. if it ment staying in uglyville and becomeing a bubblehead, then probly not. if it ment havt haveing david all to herself in the smoke the yesyesyes!
8. so maannnyyy!!! people are waaayyy more pretty than we could eva imagine, and we would be scard by that(refer to uglies when tally is in the smoke)
kk peeps, i gtg!
ill finish this later!!
lovess
atina-la
These books are for young adults and adults, yet I am 12 and I have and understand them perfectly. now i am not saying that the writing is simpleton, I am saying thaT i am a very good reader. My uncle suggested them to me. I think they are quite great accually. But i have an unusual question to ask you scott westerfeld. I have 3 ideas for my future jobs ( yes I am thinking about that now because in high school for certain jobs you have to have certain classes) 2 are unlikly 1 is probable. I would like you someone who I like the writings of to possibly tell me if one that i think is not likly is really likely. The likely one is chiropractor, unlikely- scientist, again unlikely- writer. See i have always liked to write. in church when i was little I would write short stories, and I would like to write more eventually but I do not know if it is probable. If it is hard to become a writer coming from a small town outside of Souix Falls, South dakota.
Do you really think we will mostly kill our selves by consumption of all the oil in the world , because i do. Btw I am in the 7th grade.
Catlynn-wa
1. Yes, I have, but only in 1st grade and I think it was out of my own laziness that our relationship ended. And there’s always the fact that I was six.
2.I never wanted Tally to get the operation. I have to admit that I’m really, really biased against pretty people and I opened the book thinking “Yeah, let’s get some kick-ass explosion-filled rebellion going on!” When I found out about the lesions, I was pretty much yelling at Tally “I told you so”, so my opinion never really changed.
3. Actually, yeah. I’m horrible when it comes to steriotypes, so if a super-pretty popular girl comes up, I’m going to automatically regard her as, err, intellectually lower than I am. Fortunately, the first words out of your mouth are what can completely override (or enforce) my opinion. So, I never treat anyone better because of their looks, but occasionally worse.
4.I think it helped a lot. It popped the bubble of her perfect world, so that she could embrace everything hat was wrong with world (brain damage included). And it also taught her that she really, really hates Spagetti Bolgonese.
5.Never. I’m been raised value independent thinking in the highest esteem. While I understand “Ignorance is bliss”, I would rather know than be happy, because I’m curios and well, if you don’t know there’s nothing you can DO about it. I do think that if I didn’t know anything becoming bubble-minded, I probably would. Hey, human nature is human nature. We want to be accepted and adored.
6. David, unlike Tally, wasn’t raised to be obsessed with beauty. He grew up knowing what the pretty operation meant and it never held any appeal to him. Tally was raised to notice every imperfection, however small it might be.
7. We never get inside of Shay’s mind but her relationship with Tally is mesed up. Okay, Shay and Tally are messed up people, too, but them always competing, being on the other side, has their friendship totally twisted. But it is there and, deep down, Shay and Tally love each other. So, no, I don’t think she would go back in time.
8. There are dozen of ways that Tally’s society is healthier than our’s. A lot of problems are solved, but is it worth it? Anyways, other than the futuristic stuff, the main difference is the lack culture and, well, advancement.
9. While Tally makes almost all of the choices, they are usually blurred by someone else manipulating her and the situation.
omg SCOTT WHEN WILL THERE BE A UGLIES MOOVIIEEEE COMING OUT ME AND STEPH-LA ARE DYING OVER HERE WAITING!!!!!! D: WE NEED AND UGLIES MOVIE!!! IM LIKE TOTTLAY NOT HAPPY-MAKING WITHOUT THIS MOVIE!!!
wow i have’nt commented on here in forever. well anyways im rereading the series and im on extras an i just realized that your an amazing author if when im rereading one of your books it cant bring up the same exact emotions and reactions as the first time ive read it no matter how many times ive read it. *spoiler alert* i was just about bawling when zane died (btw im still upset about that >:P ) now tallys saying things like the last time i kissed someone he died. it’s tragic making 🙁 anyways whats done is done. i was wondering it there’ll ever be another book? maybe a spin off again? and did the disscusion Q/A’s change or am i just having a brain missing moment? anyways thank you for listening to my ramblings, if you still these and um well bye and thanks for writing an amazing book series that will allways be numer one on my book list 😀
btw mac-la cammie-wa would sound weird if it was cammie-la kind of a tounge twister right?
um i meant can not cant up there sorry
@intriged reader
I kind of came here to see people’s response to this… thing. Not to hear you brag about your reading skills. Also, ask that on one of Scott’s posts. I am in seventh grade too. I’m thirteen, but it’s pretty close. Please worry about college! figure out what you want a degree in, or get a degree in a bunch of things! Just, in the future, don’t stress yourself with jobs and stuff! Be a kid and have fun!
Okay so the only question that I read that was kinda interesting to me was Q #10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Heres what I think, Sure we have so many things that run on oil and gas, but how many other things run on electricity? A lot, if you ask me. I mean Electric cars, electric stoves, refrigerators, and even heating! (If your really that cold during the nights in winter Get A Blanket!) Now I know you may be thinking, “Wow this girl is a nut! the factorys that make electricity are runned on oil and gas!!” well let me answer that with a simple statment, there are things out there called Renewable enery sorces, like, Wind, Solar, Geo-Thermal, Hydro-Electric, and Wave-Terbines. Theres A LOT of things we can use to survive if something like that ever happends, also all of the plastic things are replasable with different components that are just as good as plastic.
And Yes I would survive. I can walk, ride a bike and ride a horse if I need to. (I can also Plant my own garden with veggies, and kill a cow if I really want meat.)
So I hope you enjoyed my little rantit was totally Bubbly-Making!
RainDrops and Kisses,
Libby-wa
I LUV THIS SERIES!
1. no. i know i will someday.
2. definitely! acutally, i hoped she would until i read about the lesions! i’m not really sure why i did…
3. deifintely,and also because of their sense of humor, popularity… im not that social. kinda sad.
4. i think it took her safe little world and made her more aware of the fact that not everything is safe. that changing from a rusty world doesnt change the fact that there are things that are meant to be hidden.
5. it would be really sad if anyone said ‘yes’. being pretty teaches (no, actually, forces) you to think of people who are ugly- actually, NORMAL PEOPLE – as stupid, and worse. its better to love yourself for who you are and KEEP your brain.
5. obv., david has never seen a pretty. he’s used to normal people. though we never know what tally looked like as an ugly (or a pretty OR a special), tally couldve actually been pretty- TODAY’s pretty. and this world of barbie dolls has pushed millions of people’s self esteems down.
until they get the operation. which, by then, theyre just as selfish as the rest,
the david one was6, btw.
of courrse not! tally caused EVERYTHING to happen. she made the lesions go away, everything (sorry for spoiling it for some of you ). the mind-rain happened because of HER. and by the looks of it in ExtrasmShaywas having a pretty good time in Diego.
7. theyre much healthier. though it has a darker purpose, the operation completely rejuvinates and protects them from all sick-making bacteria. …i can’t think of much else.. sorry!
8…. ohhh, i hate questions like this. can i skip? thanks.
gtg
1. Yes. We were best friends from Kindergarden to eighth grade then one day she moved a couple hours away and now she barely ever texts me back.
2. No. From the beginning I kind of felt like something was up and that she should follow her true friend (Shay) and trust her.
3. I think that it is a natural human subconscious instinct to pay closer attention to people when their faces are appealing to your mind. I have indeed caught myself in that situation.
4. For the first time in Tally’s life everything wasn’t fenced in. She’d never been out in the wild mmuch less on her own. She was used to being able to get anything she needed out of a hole in her wall. When she was thrust out into the wild I think it matured her and prepared her to take in the Smoke.
5. I honestly would not. At first, before knowing about the true opperation (just about the prettiness) I found the idea revolting. Looking nearly exactly like everyone else seems horrible. I’d rather just be my own “ugly” self with my fractured shin, asthma, and just getting along riches.
6. After growing up in a world that saw her as ugly, revolting, etc. Tally considered herself to be all of those things. David didn’t grow up in that sort of society and instead saw her as beautiful. He mentioned that the firrst thing that caught his eyes were her cuts which shows that he found her personality (adventurous) attractive too. He saw her for what she truly was while she saw herself as what the world has been programmed to see.
7. No. Shay and Tally have a strange relationship that developes more with each book and despite the fact they always seem to be fighting AGAINST each other instead of BESIDE, I still think that their friendship would be too much to lose. In the end, they seem to be on the same side for once.
8. We tend to hurt the environment much more than they do. In this world, we couldn’t care less about the effects of what we do today might cause tomorrow. Humanity is dangerous however I think it would be better to find a different solution besides lesions..
9. Overall I think that Tally decided her entire fate. Sure she was pushed and pulled but in almost every situation she had her own choices that she made (besides getting turned into a special). In the end, despite the loss of Zane, I think she was content with her life. Although she feels responsible for his death, I don’t think that that has anything to do with her. Also, that helped lead her back to David without hurting anyone.
10. Well I’d say that I am EXTREMELY dependent on oil because my family owns a sort of oil producing business. I probably would not cope well if that said business went down the drain. However, humans are made to evolve. If you can suck it up and look at the world with an open mind, then you can always make it through the tough times.
**To Mr. Scott Westerfield: I think your books are great! (Although personally I like the first three better than the companion). You should definitely consider making a movie!! Or perhaps another book? (Following Tally this time). I would just like to thank you for writing and spreading your ideas with the world.**
Aw…I love this series I read them like three times each already. I wish he would write another one about Tally…and David. 🙂 Cutest couple ever!
Oh, I should probably answer these questions, too.
1. Sort of – my BFF had to move away when we were little but we just lost touch i guess
2. I never never never wanted her to get the operation! (Even the 1st time i read the book!) because i wanted her to follow shay and rebel (what can i say – rebeling is fun!)
3. Definitely Not. Looks don’t really matter, it’s more of how you see yourself and how confident you are. A person who’s more confident strikes my attention more than someone who doesn’t.
4. I think it helped her see the world a little bit differently. This was the first time she was away from her city, and she realized that this was maybe over her head but she was still going to try to find shay.
5. Hmmm…I don’t think so. For me my intelligence is something I’ve always been proud of. I would never willingly let myself lose the ability to think just so i look “pretty” in someone else’s eyes
6. aww…(i have a major crush on david – especially what he says at the end of the third book) he saw her for the person she was inside, and i think maybe he even saw through her act of fitting in and was hoping that he could get her to change her mind about the locket.
7. I don’t think she would. Because, honestly, her most exciting moments happened because of Tally! I really like both of them, so I think they should be best friends forever!
8. The main difference is the lesions. The people in Tally’s world use propaganda to make everyone follow the government, which isn’t the different than many places in the world today. I don’t think we would ever go to the extreme of turning people into bubbleheads, though!
9. Tally chose the most important decisions – to follow Shay, to remain Special, to choose David and then Zane and the David again. (yay on the last one – I never liked Zane) Although her ultimate fate rested mostly in other people’s hands, she did the best with what she had.
10. Actually, that part of the story was always scary it seemed so real! Our world is in a really bad place right now, and everyone is dependent on our limited resources. If I had the choice to change this I would. But I don’t think we’re going to end up like the Rusties (who were probably supposed to be us, right?!?) because we are making new efficent everything that will use natural products instead of polluting ones.
The Uglies series is ah-mazing, and my contribution will be a tiny spark of an eye-screen to the blazing mightiness of the Smokies camp-fire, which is Scott Westerfeld:)
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yes, my best friend moved away and the only contact we had was 2 letters. Ive gotten over it now but it was kinda depressive-making.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
NO!!! From the beginning I wanted her to be different,well if she can even be more different, and stay Ugly. I kinda thought, well maybe because she wants it so badly, but no, not really;)
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Well……ok, yes i have. I don’t really do it anymore(after I read the books-thank you Scott Westerfeld). When I used to do it I would kind of stop when I actually get to know them, but sometimes I think well, if they have no brains, no humor and just no interesting topics to discuss BUT they are pretty, thats the only real good asset they have, so thats the only thing that they can work with.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
It didn’t really PREPARE HER FOR THE SMOKE but it did give her an idea of what the REAL world was like and I think it was a good, big chance for her to make decisions for herself, without anyone controlling her actions.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Well, its hard! If I didn’t know that I would get Bubble-headed-ing(?) lesions in my brain then of course definitely! But I would choose to run away and go to Diego where you can have the best of both worlds:)
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
Because David was taught to see the inner beauty in people whereas Tally had been brainwashed into thinking that herself, along with every other ugly, was, well UGLY because they weren’t surgically altered into the gorgeous, bubble-headed (but they don’t know this(duh;P) barbie dolls. Also, Tally probably was actually pretty, but that doesn’t matter to David……………….or does it…………….
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I think she may have in the ‘heat of the moment’, so basically either a point when she was ugly, a point where she was pretty or a point where she was special, but if she actually thought about the long-term affect and how the future would change e.g mind-rain never happening, she wouldn’t do it. At least I hope Shay would be smart enough to realize this
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Besides the pretty operation, everything about their society is healthier then ours. I don’t know if this is related, but I prefer my bread with a taste of its own.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
I think she decided her fate not continuously for a period of time, but scattered around, key decisions that would change her fate, but these decisions couldn’t be made without her fate already been partly decided to put her in that situation.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Well lets see, I will probably have to cut this short…..umm… public transport and cars, I can’t really think of anything major that I, personally use but I’m very, very sure there is:)
I would probably be one of those rusties that happened to be with a bunch of amazing scientists, and -good-surviving-in-the-wild-people right when the oil bug hit and manage to stay alive with these people until the world could rebuild itself and the scientists would start creating the pretty-operation, and I was a rustie famous super model so they modeled the pretty operation after me and I was the First natural beauty and blah blah blah…………..just saying I would be luck (forget everything about the model stuff:))
1. sorta…
2. YA!!! cause i didnt know about the little brain thingys
3. haha, hasn’t everyone?
4.uhhh, duh!! she was used to the city so she had to survive on spagbol and her brain
5.prob for awhile cause wouldnt it be easier? not like they have to make decisions anyway, the specials make them for the prettys anyway. in our world though, no, cause brains are handy
6. he saw who she really is, he doesnt care about her looks. if only all guys were like that…you know?
7.ya, cause she pretty much hates her now!! (kinda) maybe not…idk
8.um, ya, i guess, physically they are healthier cause of the healthy stuff but mentally, all they think about is parties, sex, and getting drunk… idk if there is really much of a difference but you know… some of us dont.
9. i think everyone else kinda did for awhile cause she is always trying to please other people.
10. it is kinda really dependent. it wouldnt be good but lets be realistic…
ok, MY TURN!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
1.No, I had to move away from my best friend once, but i was little, so i couldn’t keep in touch. I still think about her though…………….
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
2. Yes, I did, but then she made it to the smoke, and it was like she found a home with a whole bunch of friends who don’t judge her. I really HATED the part where Shay got mad at Tally and like technically hated her. =(
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
3.Absolutely NOT! Everything that matters to me revolves around someone’s personality. I mean some guy can be WAY hot, but he might be a complete jerk!
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
4. She learned that she would have to take care of herself. She realized that she couldn’t just rely on wardens and the operation to take care of all her problems, of course Special Circumstances took care of that……=D
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
5. No, never. i mean it would be nice to be a bubblehead,not worrying about ANYTHING, no problems, getting to do whatever you want, but i would want a BRAIN! I would want to think freely!
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
6. He saw her beauty. He saw HER, not some programmed version of her that’s been pretty much programmed into you since birth, if u know what i mean.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
8. At the times that she was mad, yes, but then she always calmed down sometime, even if it was because Shay had the lesions, I dont think she would have ever wished she’d never met Tally.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
8. Our pretties and their pretties are a lot alike, they both kind of put this type of image in our head of pretty, and if your not that image, your not pretty. In the book they have a kind of reason to put that image in our heads, our society today doesn’t have that reason.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
9. I don’t think anybody really decided her fate, I mean some people kind of influenced it, but Tally overall decided her fate.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
10. My life depends on gasoline for vehicles and for heating and air conditioning, and it would be hard, but i would make it.=D
SCOTT YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF THESE BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WOULD BE SOOOOOO HAPPY-MAKING!!!!!!! PLZ,PLZ,PLZ!!!!!!!!!!! MKAE IT SOON!!!! Who agrees??????
i meant make up there…………..
1. I’m the Peris in my story.
2. I always wanted her to, with the hope that she’d turn back again, of course. I just wanted to understand things from a Pretty’s perspective.
3. That’s why lawyers dress up, isn’t it?
4. She was better able to deal with the fact that she couldn’t get everything she wanted by requesting it from a wall.
5. I might, but reading this book makes me wish i could say no.
6. She saw her for what she truly was, “beautiful” or not. She only saw herself as “ugly” because that’s what her world trained her to believe.
7. It depends on when she would have been given this opportunity.
8. The Pretty Society is smaller, under more control, and less work-requiring than ours. The only healthier parts are that Pretties don’t get sick very often and that they hardly ever fight.
9. Tally decides her fate, but certain things (like Special Circumstances) influence her choices.
10. Oil makes it easier to get from place to place. There’s plenty of other things that require it, too, and it’s absense would make life a little tougher.
1. No not really but i have been a Peris-la.
2.I did at first becasue i felt bad for her. she was so lonely but when i found out about the lesions i was like.. no way in heck is she getting that operation.
3. No, i try to treat everyone equally on the most part but my weakness is cute guys. 🙂
4. She got a taste of what it was like to have a secret life because she was really just a spy and technically after the operation your real brain and thought process is hidden behind a fake one.
5. No… i want all that and to keep my brain please!
6. David saw Tally-wa’s inner beauty. He didnt know her pretty face or what being a pretty means.. sort of.
7.Probably, because destiny is unstoppable.. if Tally-wa hadn’t met Shay-la then.. she would have met her eventually.
8. They have smaller communities and not everyone lives in harmony. They run more efficiently with all their technology and they don’t waste nature like we do if thats what you mean by “healthier”
9. Unfortunately.. i think Tally-wa didnt really have a mind of her own at all. As an ugly she was influenced to believe she was worthless. Then after the operation she didnt have a mind of her own at all. Then the Smoke influenced her to rebel against her city. After her special operation she was programmed to believe what Dr.Cable and Shay-la said to her. The only part she really controlled her fate is at the very end when she runs away with David to keep the world in it’s boundaries.
10.Our civilization is just the same as the Rusties’. We need oil and gasoline for almost everything. I dont think our civilization would survive very well without it.
I <3 ZANE-LA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Sadly, yes. But it was more because of a lack of comunication than anything else. (I didn’t know her new area phone area code) 🙁
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
At first I kind of did because pretty life sounded so cool! But when I found out about the brain thing I changed my mind ’cause I’m kind of like Zane-la. I don’t care if I die as long as I die as ME.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No. Way.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She learned that things are serious and sometimes deadly outside of the pampered city life. Also Tally says that the wild always changes her, so that helped.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
NO WAY! (See question answer 2)
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
David valued her personality above her looks. Even after she found out about the brain things Tally still saw herself as ugly.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, Shay-la is smart enough to see the huge chain effect of meeting Tally. Shay-la would never have gotten the gut to go see the ruins again or escape the city. She would be a pretty on schedule and so would Tally-wa. Tally would never have been smugled the cure or even know who the Smokies were, or what the operation truly did to you. Tally-wa would be a hot-air and if she did think her way out of pretty mindness she would be a regular Special head when she turned middle pretty. And Shay-la would never try to invent her own cure ’cause she would never have seen Tally-wa’s new bubbliness, and therefore wouldn’t care. And the mind rain would NEVER happen.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Well, they are more eco-friendly than us. And the technology they have is to die for.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally decided little of her own future. The only two times she really decided it herself was when she gave herself up to the pretty operation and when she decided to dissapear into the wild with David instead of going to Diego with Shay-la.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Actually, I don’t know how to drive. So I would be one of those people using bicycles to escape. But I would be trying to take a ton of stuff with me so, I don’t know what would happen to me……..
ZANE-LA FOREVER!
Um Question 6 I think the one about David and Tally
David sees tally as a butiful person (looks and personality) because he has never seen a pretty. he is influnced the way we are. we are atracted to the People who are butiful to us. We think modols and actors/actresses are butiful but knowing we cant have them we settel for norlal people(uglies).
Question 9
Tally didnt decide much for herself. In uglies: tally decides to become pretty and take the cure. In preties: tally is forced to become a special. In specials: Tally is almosed forced to have her special strenth and power taken away.
These are just some exampels.
I <3 David!!!!!!!!
Adi-la I am with you on that
Hello, my name is Lisa, I am 12 years old, I live near Paris in France and I speak little English because I am French, but I have read your book (Uglies, Pretties and Specials) and I LIKE IT !!! <3
That's my favorite book !!!
In moment, I read Extras, I think you are a big … writer ! And Uglies is fantastic !! <3 I think I am reading (maybe) the other series.
Maybe I will write to you ( if I can ! )
That Lisa !
1. No !
2. Hmmm… Yes, I did change my mind before the Smoke
3. Sorry I don’t understand
4. she learned that in nature, we must fight to survive, not to relax its oversight. while in the city … one has fun. whenever it is in nature, tally does think for itself, no longer be controlled, but in the city, his world view changed.
5.No!
6.david still loves, what it is, it does not look at his physique, but in it. because he knows that what she thinks is because of the operation
7. Yes and no
8.they are more environmentally friendly than we
9.Tally decided only to become and remain pretty in nature (at the end of specials)
10.i think i would go off and feed me: as in prehistory, and the clothes: animal skins …
this !
I have help a translator to understand and answer, it is not good, i admit, but i wanted talk with you !!!
Lisa.
Hola! So are they really making an uglies movie this year??? I hope so!
I love the books! I am curntly rereading the books. I did not relize how little I payed atenion to the words on the pages. i missed sooo much! I missed how intence the cutters part of pretties was, and i mised in uglies the part were tally and david werre in the desert, im pretty-minded. (haha)
1. yes and no. I had a friend when I was little who moved away and we never spoke again, but it wasn’t her fault since she lived acroos the street so we didn’t know each other’s phone #s and I never learned her new one.
2. I did NOT want Tally to get the pretty operation because conformity drives me nuts. I never changed my mind.
3. No. Cute guys make me nervous.
4. Tally’s trip through the wild got her used to living without technology. Also, it gave her the idea that not everything needs help being beautiful, which is the whole point of The Smoke
5. NEVER
6. Tally thought she was ugly but David saw her as beautiful. Tally was actaully probably kind of pretty by our standards.
7. No. If shay neever met tally, she would have been a bubblehead, and now that she Special the thought of of being a bubblehead might drive her INSANE.
8. Well, besides the whole bubblehead pretty thing, their society is way better than ours. No wars? No planet wrecking oil? that’s actaully almost worth the whole pretty thing.
9. Tally’s fate was pretty much decided for her. I know she volanteered to be pretty, but I don’t think she was expecting her memory to be modified.
10. If all the oil in the wolrd blew up, I would be HAPPY. You know why?ecause I hate planet-wrecking machines even more than conformity. Save the planet! I would definetly survive, because if I get a car it will either be a hybrid or it will run on Hydrogen, and if it’s a hybrid I will know enough to get out of the car. Actaully, what I would do is get out of the car and just run as far away from the city as I can, although I’d have to ditch my shoes because there’s oil in plastic and I’m pretty sure most of my shoes have plastic in them since they’re quite cheap.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
~Already. She left our school because everyone was being so mean to her, she didn’t seem to notice that I was under going the same treatment and was kept under it for the six years after she left.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
~All I could think about was ‘I wish I could get the Operation, I want to be pretty even if I’d likely spend my time sitting in my room and reading my books.’ After finding out though, I thought to myself “I’d still get the oporation, i’d be even happpier because of it because it would be a garuntee that I would have friends.”
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
~Yeah, it happens alot even if I’m otherwise thinking ‘What the hell are you talking about?! What your saying doesn’t make sense!!’
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
~”Nature didn’t need an oparation to be beautiful, it just was.”
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
~That’s what I have trouble with. I hate those damn Pretties in my school and in your books (The faceless ones I mean) but I envy them because they have so much that I want too and then I end up hating them more for making me Envy them, but the thought or idea of being happy forever, to look at yourself in the mirror and to see all that beauty moving with me…I don’t know, my special mind and Ugly body or a pretty face and mind, it’s hard to choose.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
~David grew up not Ugly, but Special in his own way. Just like how Tally could see the flaws in Zane, David could see all the beauty in Tally.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
~Shay said herself “If I had never met you, I probably would be pretty right now.”
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
~Well….Technology, line of thinking, everything really. No over population, no racism, no anti-gay crap (by the way, that issue is never brought up. Are they’re gay people in you’re books?).
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
~ehh? To answer that I’d have to go through all four books again!! (Maybe that’s not a bad idea…) Well, at the begining it was Dr.Cable who begun to change Tally’s fate, then it was Maddy and Croy, making the cure and delivering it to her, then Zane who made her take the cure, then making her bust the icerink and orginizing the breakout. Then Shay who convinced her to become Speical…I think otherwize she would’ve been an ordinary Bubble-head if she chose to be!
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
~Well, I really don’t go anywhere so Gasoline wouldn’t be a huge problem for me, but oil is in pretty much everything. So, I wouldn’t be living happily, to say the least.
Also, there’s a small flaw in your books. In Extra’s There’s a part where someone says ‘But pigs are extinct!’ even though in Pretties Zane and Tally have eggs and bacon. Yes I am THAT obsessive. -_-;;
I really hope that they make movies for the books!!!!! if they ever were really going to i would want to try out to be the Special Tally!!!! I LOVE DAVID!!!!!! I wish we had hoverboards now!!!!
Um, Tanni-la? The bacon was probably fake.
1. No, but I have had friends who quit liking me as we matured and got into different things… and I’ve moved away from friends who I quickly forgot about… well, over a couple years, as I made newer, “better” friends…
2. At first, I was hoping Tally would get what she wanted, because she deserved it. Afterwards, when she learned about the lesions, I was hoping she’d escape it. What really upset me was when Shay got the operation. Much worse.
3. Never. i’m much more wary and hateful of attractive people, being rather ugly myself. They don’t deserve deep feelings from me, they don’t even see me.
4. Well….. she discovered the natural beauty in… well, in nature, right? It sort of helped to change her mind.
5. Never. I don’t need beauty, riches, possessions, happiness, etc. I’d rather be depressed, ugly or even dead than give up my own thoughts.
6. Because David had never seen a pretty before, he found Tally to be beautiful as herself. David grew up where everyone was pretty in their own way, not generically, so he found her beautiful as herself…
7. Totally. Shay would do something like that, without thinking. She’d probably be better off if she had. She might regret the choice though, and go back to rescue Tally, though they’d technically never met.
8. Well, no one’s allowed to leave the city (and outsiders generally can’t come in) so… I dunno? Less risk of outside disease or attacks, less worry, more fun? Not to mention, it’s the future. Hoverboarding for the win!
9. About half and half. She didn’t decide to go to the Smoke, but she decided to stay. She didn’t decide to betray the Smoke, but she decided to make up for it. She chose to be pretty, but she didn’t choose a lot of the stuff she did while pretty… not to mention Special… she did choose Zane though, but she also chose David…
10. I’m pretty sure we’d all blow each other up to get the last bit of fuel… I’m hoping we can come up with an alternative source before that can happen. We Rusties are pretty stupid.
1. Actually, i am unsure of that, even though i shouldn’t be, but i think i have. one of best friends’ is actually moving and we have been friends since i had came to the city, that would be almost 5 years. When i found out about it, i wanted… actually i didnt really think about it until later when it really hit me. But we still stay in contact :).
2. At first, yes i did hope that she would just hurry up and just do the operation. I became extremely mad when Dr.Cable sent to the Smoke to betray everybody (like HONESTLY,doesnt she have any heart at all or say any sense to go and tell a teen to betray her best friend?) I dont know. But when she got there i definitely changed my mind, and when she started to build a relationship with the other Smokies around her, especially David 😉 thats when i wanted to just go up to her and punch her. But obviously i couldnt 🙁 anyway, i started think why she had gone there in the first place! just to get that stupid operation rather then being with somebody who loved you for who you were (any girl’s wish!<3). And when she threw necklace at the fire and then found out that's what triggered it, that's probably when i decided that Tally has possibly the worst life known to mankind. So, at first i did want her to, but eventually changed my mind.
3. I'm not going to lie. Yes i have, and i know it's wrong, but everyone has at least done it once (For those who say they haven't… DONT LIE!!) Once there was this person that i really liked, no seriously, i really liked that person and for 2 years. At first, i did anything to be around that person, but soon we became friends, and very soon BEST friends. But after we became best friends i didnt give as much of my attention, that i did before, because now it didnt take much to get his attention. but shows that after we became friends i didnt do everything in my power to be on his side. I said some really bad things about myself because he didn't like me more than a friend, but shows what an effect people have on others 🙁 but after those two years, we went to different places and i got over him HEEHEE!! Im good now!!
4.Tally's trip through the wild prepared her for the work that had to be done in the Smoke, because the wild wont wait for you. Also that the Nature ALWAYS gets her way! No matter what. Her trip also prepared her for the unfortunate truth that awaited her when she arrived at the Smoke. The grueling truth to what she was traveling for. The operation. Becoming pretty. All those things that she was working so hard for where just going kill her in the end. That being what she learned at the Smoke, her trip throughout the wild taught her that nature itself was answer to it all. Like how the water helped her stay bubbly and see the world clearly. She got A LOT more than what she bargained for, but then again she makes everything much bigger of a problem. 😀
5. NO, i wouldn't give up my ability to think independently in exchange of those things. Why? Because i dont want to be a clueless piece of nothing, where the city controls my every move. When i was reading the book i saw that : yeah, well Uglies fall in awe when they see pretties, and would do anything to be in their place. But when you see other Pretties like Tally who had found ways to be bubbly and see the world clearly, you also that they sort of looked down upon the Pretties who were still brain-washed. I wouldn't want to be looked-down upon and seen as a disgustment to others. Specials see everybody but themselves as idiots. So NO one cares about them. But instead of being any random box of stupid prettiness, I would rather have clarity and understanding of surroundings, because with a mind like cured people they can change the world and do it for the better. Everything soon comes to an end. And No technology can stop that. Because ther is always that one person who will think differently then everyone else.
6. David saw Tally differently then she saw herself bacause David was one to grow around uglies all his life, and like us (i guess, Rusties TEEHEE.) We can fall in love with any regular person in the world who suits to us. And thats how he saw it, she didnt need to be some Ms. America quality for him to see how really beautiful she was. Because to him, she was his Ms. Universe. And how us Rusties fall in love, we find that person and to anybody they might be an "anybody", but to you, that person is your world, your life. That's how he saw her, and because she grew up in the city where people were down-graded just because of their flaws, as long as she was a so-called "Ugly" she didn't at look herself the way David did. She grew up learning that if you weren't perfect, you were nothing. But she was beautiful, and he was the one who could see it. That's why David saw Tally differently then how she saw herself.
7. If Shay could back in time and never meet Tally, I dont think she would. And there are many reasons to why she probably wouldn't. (to say, i prob. would, judging how Tally has this tendency to make big problems.. JK!) One reason why she wouldn't is because even though Tally can be WICKED annoying with her constant Problem-making. But she still is her best friend. And even though Tally has put her in some tight situations in her life, their friendship is hard to break. Even after Tally took David away from Shay and betrayed her. (Well, now it's kinda sounding like she would change it LOL 😉 JK.) But still they stuck together, and when one needed each other, they were there for them.
8. The Pretty society is MUCH much different than ours. Our society helps anyone no matter what their looks. And sometimes yes, others are discriminated, but that's life. And it's never fair. Our society Oh, and this is a big one, our society doesn't put lesions in their people so they control them. Yup, you CAN'T forget that!! We have diversity, which is needed in a community. So people can understand that there are others in this world who are different than them. BUT yet there are ways how the Pretty society is healthier. Since the Pretty society has people control over their people, they are no fights, wars, or anything thats really bad. Since the people cant think for themselves, they cant come up with some sort of of evil plan to destroy humanity itself, like how the Rusties did ;). The pretty society is healthier because well, everybody's healthy. No one can have a contagious disease that is deadly. Which is really good for the people. Oh, and there is no discrimination, (sorry about that, but i had to add that in).
9.Tally very well decided her own fate, but there were others who decided it for her as well. Such as, when Dr. Cable had told her to go to The Smoke and betray everyone. Thats was one where someone else had decided for her, but it was more like a suggestion with a reward being: Turning Pretty. Then again, she made the decision of going there. Shay and Dr. Cable had decided for her to become a Special. So that was something she had no choice over.
10. Most lifestyles now are REALLY dependent on Gasoline and/or Oil. My life included. Going to and from school and places. We used it a lot, and take it for granted as well. So i agree with what "L-wa" said on top of me. We probably would blow each other up for the last bits of it. But i think that with some changes we could probably last just bit longer after all the oil is GONE. I dont know about you but…. I LOVE biking. ;))))
NOTE: (oh, sorry if i say something like "David believes.." or "Shay knows.." and things like that, because i dont mean to act i like i know. I was just saying what i thought. Hope it doesn't offend anyone that i did that. i just put it that to help make a point. )
is this really scott’s page??
1. YES I HAVE BEEN ABANDONED IN MANY FRIENDSHIPS NOT JUST BECAUSE I MOVED AWAY MANY TIMES BUT ALSO CAUSE THEY BACKSTABBED ME OR I PISSED ‘EM OFF OR WE JUST GREW APART. THOUGH I HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER END A FEW TIMES TOO, BREAKING UP MY FRIENDSHIPS. I TRY TO BE AS LOYAL TO MY BESTIES AS MUCH AS I CAN PLUS I DON’T DO WELL IN LONG DISTANT RELATIONSHIPS. DON’T JUDG
2. YES I WANTED TALLY TO GET THE OPERATION & I STILL KIND OF WANTED IT EVEN AFTER WHAT WAS LEARNED. KIND OF MIXED FEELINGS ON IT. I GUSS I’D BE LIKE SHAY & NOT WANT MY BRAIN MESSED UP & LIVING IN THE WILD (FOR AWHILE) COULD BE FUN I SUPPOSE. IF I WAS IN TALLY’S SHOES I’D CHOOSE THE SMOKE, I DON’T NEED AN OPERATION I’M FAIRLY CUTE AS I AM. LOL ; )
3. YES, UNFORTUNATLY I HAVE. SOMETIMES I GO WITH LOOKS THEN I DO WITH WHAT IS IMPORTANT. DOES THIS MAKE ME LOOK BAD!!!!!!!!
4. TALLY COULD SEE THE DESIGN IN NATURE A LITTLE MORE & COULD RESPECT IT. SHE STARTED TO UNDERSTAND THE RUSTY’S LIFE & WASN’T SO SPOILD & DIDN’T TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED AS MUCH.
5. MAYBE….. THEN I’D WIND UP REGRETING IT BUT I WOULDN’T KNOW I WANTED TO REGRET IT CAUSE I’D BE A HAPPY-GO-LUCKY BUBBLEHEAD
6. HE SAW HER AS GORGEOUS & ADVENTUEROUS, LOYAL, SWEET
7. WHEN THE SMOKE WAS DESTROYED THE FIRST TIME, YES, BUT SINCE THEY BECAME PRETTIES & THEN SHE BECAME A SPECIAL I THINK SHE WAS HAPPY EVEN IF A LITTLE FED UP W/ TALLY
8. WELL THERE ARE A LOT OF DUMB INCOMPETENT PEOPLE HERE ALREADY & THE GOVERMENT PRETTY MUCH CONTROLS EVERYTHING WE DO. APPARENTLY THERE IS NO WAR IN THE PRETTY WORLD, NOT REALLY IT’S SOMEWHAT PEACEFUL CUASE EVERYONES DUMB & LIKES TO PARTY.
9. IT WAS TALLY’S CHOICE TO GO AFTER SHAY IN SMOKES & IT WAS HER CHOICE TO REBEL AGAINST THE SPECIALS. THE SPECIALS HUNG WHAT TALLY WANTED MOST OVER HER HEAD TO GET HER TO DO WHAT THEY WANTED. IT WAS ALSO TALLY’S CHOICE TO GET THE OPERATION TO TRY TO MAKE UP W/ HER FRIENDS & SAVE THEM.
10. IF THERE WAS NO OIL OR GAS I’D BE STUCK IN THIS DUMB HOUSE MORE THEN I ALREADY AM. STUCK W/ THE ANNOYING LIL’ ONES WHO WILL MAKE SURE I AM BOTHERED EVERY WAKING MINUTE…(I LOVE MY SIBLINGS THOUGH…GLUED TO THE COACH WITH TAPE OVER THEIR NON-STOPED PIE HOLES) PLUS I WOULD NOT GET TO PAINT OH,THE HORROR!!!!!!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Yup, i have. My best friend that i had known sing age 4, moved to a different country and we havent talked with each other in 4 years, i doubt she even remembers me.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
well, i did when she went to the smoke, i was all like why the crap did you not turn on the signal thingy!? but when i kept reading i realized she was happy and in love with david, so yeah.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Yup, i have. when i was in elementary i wanted to be popular, so i trusted all the pretty popular girls and listened to them and hung out with them and all, but now i am focusing on my future and i really dont mind that much whether i am popular or not i focus on school and my education, and getting a scholarship.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
umm, idk. this question really stumps me…
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
yes! for one thing being beautiful would get rid of my oily skin and pimples, and i just about want to rip my face off because of it. 2: i would be happy! thats one of the most important things in my life! 3:what is so bad about being healthy? it would stop my p.e. teacher from thinking im almost anarexic when i am not, i eat everyday, 3 meals a day plus snacks in between. just i go running for about an hour everyday, so i burn those calories. just ask my parents. The doctors could come knock on my door say you are going to get and opperation and move a brand new city. dude i would happiily say heck yes! come one lets go! lets get moving! get me in to that freakin hover car!
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw who tally really was and wasnt brainwashed, like she was in the city. he grew up as a real person, not some brainwashed kid thinking she’s ugly when everybody has their good qualities, and that is what david saw.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? idk, in my oppiinion probably not. cuz they are best friends so…
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) well for one thing, they dont have war whatsoever. and that is a plus in their society and a minus in ours cuz we ummm have had so many wars! they dont rely on gas and all that crap, and we might as well call ourselves the rusties! we are well on our way to being that. i gues their society is better other than the fact that when you are 16 you get brain lesions…
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? 99.9 % she dicided on her own. she was given a choice to stay ugly or find the smoke, turn them in and be pretty she chose to find the smoke, then she didnt intentionally betray the smoke and she also in the end decide to tell the truth and trun pretty, well basically .1% what decided by everyone else for her.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
well i depend on oil and gas to get to school but i guess i could ride my bike it would take longer, on second thought it’d actually take shorter cuz i wouldnt be stopping for 3 minutes to wait for other people to get on the bus. and i would have a lot more time to get ready in the morning. on second thought i think i could survive without gas, plus there is a supermarket about a mile away from my house, it isnt too much of a problem to get there. all my friends live near me… ehh i think i can do without gas and oil.
is the book extras the last book of this series? I know its a silly question but I want to know! Thanks, Angie-la
I forgot to write the most improtant..Brilliant books! I love them. Congratulations.
Uglies….my favorite book ever (tied with the Hunger Games). Extras was amazing, getting to reunite with Tally from Aya’s point of view. I think Moggle was awesome, my favorite character, except for when he had the weird new voice generated by the freaks, well, extras. But overall Uglies and Pretties were my favorite books in the series, because it was hard to get used to Tally as a special. I think Scott Westerfield is the best author alive, maybe. The books are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! He is so talented.
I hope everyone has read this series, its worth the time, definetely.
-Moggle
1. Nah.
2. At first I wanted Tally to get the operation, but mainly because I wanted her to be with Peris. She seemed so depressed! But I knew it was bad. I don’t agree with it at all!
3. I agree with most every other girl on here that yes I would be more attracted to a guy if he was cute, but trusting people and friends..No. Most defnitely not.
4. Well…ummm she traveled through the wild and the smoke was pretty rough so i guess she toughened up??
5. Heck. No.
6. I LOVE DAVID! <3
7. I don't think so. Shay loves Tally! Theyre like bestest friends forever! So no I dont think she would.
8. Umm….theyre somewhat better than our society because they dont have war, and they dont use oil.. But they have NO freedom there!
9. Um wow I read these a loong time ago… But no one can force you to do anything so. Yeah Tally agreed and did it all herself. 100%
10. Alot of our life is dependent on oil and gasoline.. ALOT OF IT! And well our whole city would go into chaos but i could survive without it better than most people. I dont mind walking/biking.
XD Imma do this!
1) No. Some of my friends have tried- but I force them to keep in touch. haha~
2) Nuuuuuuu. From the first page in the book to the last page in the books, I hated the pretties. >:[
3) Hmm… not really… I tend to trust the ugliest people I know more then the prettiest.
4) Well, she was a wimp before she went away. I mean, sure, she ran away and did crazy things like bunjee jacketing off the side of the buildings, but she never actually did anything… hard…
5) No- well… I think that this world is crazy. We do what the “norm” is. If everyone around me started changing their bodies into weird mutated bodies, I would probably do the same. But normally, no.
6) David saw her as pretty! He wasn’t influenced into thinking that being pretty meant perfect on the outside.
7) Yes, I do think so. I think most people say no because they don’t want Shay to want to go back in time so she could have never have met Tally-wa. But realistically, yes, she would do it in a heartbeat.
8) Well, they never get sick and they have perfect vision. THey never argue or feel bad.
9) Haha~ Like, 0% her own desiscions. Seriously. Tally wanted to become pretty, but then she couldn’t and then she didn’t want to become pretty, but they made her, and then she wanted to get rid of the lesions, but that didn’t work out too well… Pretty much, Tally-wa is just a chess-piece in the game.
10) No. We would not survive in one day Seriously. One day?
No.
Yay! Thankies for posting this!!! Can’t wait to see you on Tuesday!!
first things first i love the series the uglies, but what i didn’t like is that it took me almost two hours to scroll down to the bottom of this page by ipod touch. i dont think it would have taken me so long if there were not so many people having random conversations that wasn’t even about the book. That was totally bogus!
Questions:
1. No, i was the one who always moved away but i was really shy soo i didn’t have man friends, but that was when i was younger.
2. at first i wanted tally to get the operation because i wondered what she would be like and how she would act as a pretty, but then when i found out about the lesions i was against her getting the operation.
3. No. i trust people who i know very well because i have been decieved in the past by people with good looks. i dont think looks really matter. its someones personality that really matters.
4. tally learned a lot during her trip through the wild to get to the smoke. what she encountered during the trip was the beautiful the world was outside the city.
5. No. i would rather think independantly and be ugly if that ment that i didn’t have lesions eating at my brain to make me think differently.
6. david looked past tally’s ugliness and saw that she was beautiful.
7. no. even though tally and shay had there complications they turned out to be friends in the end. Shay always felt hatred towards tally in some parts of the story but they always forgave eachother and that is what true friends do.
8. the difference is our society is different. we don’t think the same and we don’t look the same. the only part that would be healthy for our society would be no war.
9. many people decided tally’s fate. i think the only time she wasn’t used by special circumstances is when she ran from them. they made her betray her friends and even her love by giving her the tracker to take to the smoke. i always thought she should have thrown it in the ocean to be lost forever.
10. We use oil and gasolne for a lot of things, but i know i could survive without it. even if that meant living in the wild.
love
kayla – wa
1.yes,i have had afriend like Peris.
2.yes,at first i hoped tally would have the operation,and i never changed my mind.
3.no i have never just payed attention to people just because of theor looks.
4.tally learned out in the wil, the way the “rusties” lived on camping trips and what to expect for her life in the smoke.
5.yes,i would change the way i think to be beautiful,the lesions are the only exception to that though.
6.he looked on the inside of tally and decided it doesnt matter how you look it’s the way you act.
7. in pretties she acts like would,but i dont think she would go back in time and not meet tally.
8.people is generally happier than what we live in where all we really know is pain and suffering,and they look much different than we do.
9.tally decided to think for herself at the end of specials,and during the books people thought for her usually.
10.it would be hard to live without gas or oil,we use for just about everything,but can be a health hazard to our envirement,but we could learn to live without it if we tried.
Brittany-la
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
No.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I ALWAYS wanted Tally-wa to get the operation. I always knew there was something up with it, and I thought of Tally as a guinie pig. I never liked her anyway 😛
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No. I’m cook like that.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
It didn’t 🙁 She went through the wild, complained about her SpagBol, then went to the smoke, got tired, and THEN got into the loop of everything.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Of COURSE i would. I believe that deep down, everyone wants to be beautiful and happy. Being dumb is a sad, bogus side affect, BUT, Ignorance is bliss.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He said she was perdyyy <3
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, they were BFFL'Z. But I'm still Team Shay-la
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Both are messed up in their own, special ways 😀 Pun intended
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Tally decided her fate the whole way through 😛 She aske for everything. She said she wanted to test the Cure. If she didn't become pretty, she wouldn't become special.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
I take the train! In the end, I would walk to a nice warm place, like, Florida, with friends, and then we can start a lovely farm 😀
Blight
blight?
Did Tally and David end up together? Extras doesn’t really make it clear what happened.
I’m a David fan 🙂
Never liked Zane
Does Peris ever comeback into the picture? I woldn’t have cared anyway, though, because i never liked peris from the start. He has a girly name….
I almost had a breakdown when Tally stayed with Zane instead of going with David!!! And then SHE BECAME SPECIAL!!!!! So far nothing good really happened in the book, Pretties…i’m hoping Sepcials will be better
I really liked the book Uglies, it made me really think about beauty. I was so bummed though when Tally decided to become a pretty! I think this book is a must read for ALL girls!
sweet! love these books!
1) No I’ve never really had a friend like that, oh WAIT yeah i have… it was totally BOGUS (to quote the books) I mean, we were like great friends! and then i moved, but moved back, and said person totally ignored me!!!
2) At first i was all, oh yeah so she’s gonna get the operation, good for her, she just wants to feel like she belongs. Then later on I was all ‘ah heck no! she cant have wanted THAT!’ I personally would have wanted to be a special though, i think lookin all awesomely menacing would be BUBBLY! (again to quite the books)
3) Um no not really, because most of the people with really good looks are bogus, they’re like, hateful and crap. If i did it was probably to a teacher or something because no one really wants to listen to someone who doesnt look at least a little pretty.
4) It totally showed her how the wild was, how beautiful it could be, and how it would be challenging. So she wouldnt be there thinking ‘butterflies and rainbows and bubbly’ she actually knew that it would be tough. She also learned, that spaghetti bologna is only good the first time around!
5) UH HECK NO! THAT’S TOTALLY BOGUS! I love my freedom of thought and would never EVER give it up just to be pretty. Even if it boosted my immune system and made me healthier. I just dont think i could do it, give up freedom for happiness, when you wouldnt really be thinking for yourself. Nope!
6) David saw Tally-wa as a beautiful, strong, wonderful girl that he could trust, while she just saw herself as a stupid ugly that couldnt even tell him the truth. She saw nothing beautiful or pretty in herself, but he made her feel that way and it was so wonderful how he saw her like that. You know it’s love when that happens.
7) hmm…tough question… but no, I dont think she would. Tally-wa is still a great friend to Shay-la, they just kinda butt heads every now and then. Provides some needed friction in the relationship haha. She knows that without Tally-wa it wouldnt be quite so interesting!!!
8) Oh yes, the brain damaged-ness makes there be no wars and no fighting, that was one good thing about it. With no wars or fighting the society would be much healthier, and able to have a hole in the wall that made things when you needed them. We’d be so much farther along in evolution if we could just STOP fighting totally BOGUS wars!!
9) About 80% of the time it was other people deciding her fate, with the manipulation, and operations, and people forcing her to do this or that. I admired how she did manage to get the 20% of deciding for herself in there, like rewiring herself was always her own decision. It was her strong will that enabled her to always be able to think for herself, despite the operations throwing her off track a bit.
10) HAHA survive without oil and gas?! We all depend on oil and gas to survive, with our gas and oil in the cars, the gas stoves, gas heaters, petroleum products like plastic. No, I dont think i would survive very long without gas and oil. Since without those we lack tha ability to stay warm in the winter, get around quickly, and other things. That’s why i liked the idea of using magnetics, in the books…that was really smart and I hope we might be able to get to that point in my life time. hover boarding sounds so BUBBLY!!! I sooo want to try it!
I kinda quoted the books a bit with my ‘bogus’ and ‘bubbly’ but that’s just because I so love those words! and these books! they’re so amazing!!! when i finished the last one I was thinking. ‘hm…I wish there was like a novella that had at least half of ‘Extras’ in Tally-wa’s point of view’ cause I totally want to see what her views on all of that stuff…
I want to get into this book series but I have a question are all of them in Tallys point of view/is she the main character?
1. I have had a friend like Peris who abandoned me. I’ve had a few aucutly but now I have two amazing best friend who i know will stick with me forever.
2.At first when i first started the book I kinda wanted Tally to but after she met Shay I wanted her to run away with Shay and experience something new.
3. I have found my self paying more attention to someone because of their looks, yes, but trusting them, no way. It takes someone special to earn my trust.
4. Tally learned that things aren’t always handed to you when you need them. Things won’t always be there and you may have to work for it. I think that she found out that this is how it was going to be in the Smoke.
5. This is a hard question, most of us would say yes they would give all that up but would they really? Beauty and independence are two things most, if not all, want but if I had to decide I would say Independence
6. David saw her as beautiful as the way she was. He didn’t think she needed an operation to make her beautiful.
7. I think that when she found out Tally was a spy she would have, yes.
8. In our society we know that everyone looks different in their own way,In the Pretty society they think everyone needs to look a certain way. I also think that in our society we tend to treat people who are better looking better than those who are not. This could be something that is healthier in the pretty society. They don’t favor you over someone else once you have turned pretty.
9.Tally chose it mostly. She decided to go to the Smoke in risk of not turning pretty and she gave all that up.
10. My life-style depends on it a lot because we have to drive almost any where we want to go. If one day we lost it all I guess we would be walking or riding bikes everywhere until hopefully we found an alternative fuel.
i dont mean to start like a twilight Edward vs. Jacob war, but im Zane all the way (totally sad-making when he died) I nearly cried while reading specials and extras, mad because they wouldnt even say his name, but i really wonder what would have happened if Zane was just acting dead and testing Tally? Would he hide and never go back because she left him for dead? or would he realize that he cant stay mad at her and go looking… I know this might sound stupid, but maybe Scott-la would write a fifth book from Zanes view, where he was testing Tally and came out of hiding, returning to New Pretty town, to see if she kept her ‘no cutting’ promise and stayed true to him (which she obviously didnt)
P.S. I would hope for a more happy making ending, seeing that me and other team Zane people found the Extras ending sad-making, hopefully, even if its not Tally (she actually was a little snobby in Extras) some other lucky girl…
I Luvvvvvvvvved UGLIES!!!!!!!! it was the best book ever…i am addicted to the series!
I love the whole series!! I can’t seem to put them down.
HELLO!!! CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF ALL THE BOOKS ARE IN TALLEYS POINT OF VIEW/IS SHE THE MAIN CHARACTER!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? PLEASE!!!!!!
Yes, Tally is the main character in all of the books and they are told from her perspective. (I do not know about Extras, though)
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS SORRY IF THIS IS COMMENT NUMBER 1982.
1. Yes, I’ve had a friend like Peris. I moved across the country, and I tried to write to her but she never responded back.
2. I wanted Tally to get the operation and thought it was totally unfair when Shay got in the way. I changed my mind when I heard about the lesions, and what they did to your brain. That was TOTALLY BOGUS!
3. No, I’ve never been that way.
4. It made Tally not want the operation. Totally sad-making.
5. No, it’s better to be ugly and smart than beautiful and stupid.
6. Tally thought she was totally ugly. David thought she was totally beautiful, although she hadn’t had the operation yet.
7. Honestly, no, I don’t think they would meet. But it’s part of the story, and that’s how Tally became a Special. HOW ICY!
8. the pretty society makes differences go away. no racism, or sexism(i think that’s a word), or bullying, or wars, or dying, or sad-making. HOW BUBBLY!
9. Tally did not decide much of her fate. She was forced into the wilderness, forced into being a pretty, forced into being a (cutter) Special.
just like you made Tally say, Scott Westerfeld, “All I wanted to be was pretty, but you keep getting in my way!”
10. We [humans] depend on a lot of oil. I don’t think we’ll do well without it, but we’ll be forced to ( when petroleum runs out)
ALSO- I see a pattern in the books. one of them includes how Tally didn’t like David when she was a pretty, and how Tally didn’t like Zane when she was a special.
Another pattern is when Tally is an Ugly in the book UGLIES, a pretty in the book PRETTIES, a special in the book SPECIALS. (not sure about Extras, though.)
I love you, Scott Westerfeld! the uglies series is my fav! (I’d have to say the book Specials was the best)
hope you read this.
hello random bubbleheads. I’m in page 308 in the book Specials. I knew Zane was going to die(>.< spoilers!), but it was more dramatic than I thought. I burst out crying. It's not fair! Tally deserves some happiness in her life, because her whole life has been crap.
What were some of the most confusing parts in the books? Just wondering the answers, to see if I can relate to them.
LOVE THE BOOKS SERIES
awesome books hope it turns into a movie :3 >.< mann that would be beast!
I am literally jumping with excitement here,
this series is amazing,
with it’s sophisticated ideologies,
presenting us, the present beings as ‘Rusties’
was a perfect shout out to the world.
Two ultra different societies battling it out,
one perfect mind twist, where you struggle
to side with one social idea.
Amazing. Amazing. Amazing.
rest in peace Zane la
LOVE THESE BOOKS!im near the end of pretties and already have a cope of specials and extras. I hope david and tally stay together <3 xxx
MAKE MOVIES!!!!! I Love the books!!
I guess its my turn…
1. Ok this will sound kinda funny but it was really kinda sad making… but my friends didnt even move away they just forgot about me! I’m actually not that hard to forget i guess even when theres only about 300 kids in my school( hint: sarcasm)
2. I did because I’m not so bright and I read pretties before uglies and just fell in love with Zane… that wasn’t how i mean’t for it to sound… maybe I’m more of a cheater like that…
3. I actually don’t trust very many people, let alone pretty ones( just because they’re pretty, my friends are all beautiful) Sure, I will pay more attention to prettier boys, but really who doesn’t? In the end, they’re just eye candy. Of course, in no possible way am I saying that Zane was like that.
4. I’m not completely sure but, it made her stronger, mentally, because the world isn’t all ‘bubbly’ and rainbows.
5. yes and no, yes because I wouldn’t care; I’d be a bubblehead and not even know, plus, if I’m like Tally, I could find TRUE love. But mostly no, I like my flaws, I really don’t care how other people see me, it’s whats on the inside that counts, even the flaws in there I love.
6. David saw who Tally was on the inside, which made her beautiful, any girl in front of a mirror is going to pick out the flaws, but a guy will pick out the beauty on that girl.
7.I hate to do this, but think about how different her life would be without Tally. She would still be an ugly, dating David (maybe), of course she wouldn’t see Peris, Fausto or Zane anymore, but at least Zane would be alive… so in the end, no, she realizes at the end of the day that Tally is her best friend.
8.Pretty society is more controlled than us, but at the same time, they’re not, I think that it would be like living with a bunch of animated manequins ( that sounds kinda scary) because plastic surgery looks fake, actually plastic, hense the name…
9. Well, she decided on alot of the big things, like burning the locket, taking the pill, staying with Zane, and (sadly) letting Zane go, of course apart from that, she made the decision to let other people rule her life when they wanted.
10. We are too dependent on oil, of course it wouldn’t be like that if someone made a hoverboard or hovercars like in the books, but I do think that many of us will meet the same end as the rusties,( sad making right?)
I’m not going to try to change anyones mind…. but, when you think about it, didn’t Zane cure Tally? First in pretties, when they fell in love <3 and then when he died he cured her most of the way from being special… I Know that I can't change whats been said and done, but I wish that somehow you could bring back him (or his memory) in another book. I know, I talk too much, you're probaly all sick of me, but just think about it.
P.S. I'm nt sure that I would want Uglies to be made into a movie, it might ruin my whole perspective of the series…
P.P.S (hehe that says pp) I know this guy, and i can't be sure of this because every one has a different picture in they're mind, but he looks exactly how I pictured Zane! But thats just the beginning, his name actually is Zane! If they made movies, I would want him playing Zane… Don't forget my other book Ideas!
Dang I'm annoying myself now! Penny-la out
ok, I’m back again, and I’m not ashamed! Why? I made a not-so-happy-making connection… I’m (re)reading Uglies, and I read where Tally apologizes to Shay when Shay isn’t there and I nearly burst out crying, It reminded me of when she apologized to Zane after he died, (she promised to stop cutting ect.) By the way, I’m sorry if any of you are offended by anything I say, or if I butt in on a conversation, or if I’m the reason it seems nobody else is commenting! Please comment just to let me know your not mad…
are you making another book after extras you should it ends at kind of a cliff hanger.
DAVID LOVERS AND ZANE LOVERS DO NOT SKIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m impatient and writing my own conclusion, or it could lead me to more novels, but I want Scott to read about it but I can’t post things on his facts page any advise? Anyone want to hear my story? Any one want to put their own two cents (ideas) into the book then mail it to Scott Westerfield? Please tell me, I already have 13 and a half chapters, but I can change them…
P.S. You may know that I’m a Zane fan, but no worries, I might find a way to get him and Tally together in the End, then (maybe) more stories! Still thinking ’bout Zane… never really got over him dying… I know I type all sophisticated but I’m a teenager like (I’m lead to believe) you are… waiting patiently for ideas 😀 Penny-la out
sorry by ‘him’ I ment David
ok so #5 is currently my facebook status, no comments yet, but yes, pretties will also be coming out from Shays POV (piont of view) I’m just going to talk, actually I’m gonna tell you a story,
He shivered and pulled his jacket a little tighter, it had been three years since he faked his own death,(kind of, he was in a coma) to see if Tally loved him enough not to let go. She did totally bogus, and failed, leaving hime for dead, but her recent appearance on the feeds made him want to leave his hiding place in Diego and go to find her in New Pretty Town.
It was dark, so he landed, and feeling the ground firmly beneath his feet, laid down to sleep.
He found himself staring at a beautiful girl, wearing a sneak suit and covered in flash tatoos.
“You can rewire yourself,” he said suddenly, where were these words comming from?
“But I need you to become Special, Zane,”
“Why do you do this to yourself?” he said looking at her scars.
“To get icy, it’s like bubbly, but way better,”
“But is it worth it?” he asked. They were inches away, he pulled her in and…
He woke Up and saw where his dream took place, he walked over, feeling like he was being called louder and louder with each step. He realized where he was, he was at the last stop before Diego, the girl, was Tally Youngblood. He could feel the arms around his waist, the lips being pushed against his and the chill of the night. He shivered remembering what happened next, he had shaken, losing half of his brain had that effect, and that bothered her. Suddenly he felt her ripping herself from his arms and he was suddenly alone in the dark.
*I’m not sure if thats exactly what I wrote, but it’s on the top of my memory. I know, it was hard to decide where to start. Usually Scott starts with a bit of humor, I just explained what was going on. Of course there is more to the first chapter, I’m just giving you a taste. No, it is not all from Zanes piont of view, it alternates between him and Tally, Peris comes back into the picture here, but with a surprising twist, and yes, there will be Shay Fausto, and David. I will release more later.
I, like Tally, suffer (not really it’s kinda nice) from insomniac (conversations in your head with real people when you decide what they say) with the same people. it’s also the 19th word in the song It Girl by Jason Derulo. ttyl buh-bye!
so, what do you guys think? More? Of Course!
The memory was too upset making to sleep, so he hadn’t got much. but he noticed that there was something different, even wrong with the trees while hoverboarding. There was a silvery substance on each leaf or needle. If only he had a container. He searched anyway, and failed. looking up at the sun he registered that it was about noon. he hopped back on his board, and started flying. He thought, about the vison, about the trees, and about Tally. wait, reality, he thought, a good place to be. he was back, but a little too late and his already overheating board skimmed the edge of a tree, starting spirals he closed his eyes, waiting for impact. It seemed like hours before it came, but when it did, it was worse than expected. the front of the board collided with the ground, he flipped off the board and did a series of air-summersaults, through all this he saw glimpses of his board exploding. He landed in a heap, cursed softly, and chuckled thinking of how it was something Tally would have done beffore blacking out.
He was looking down at the scene this time, the boy and the girl in eachothers arms inches away. getting closer he saw that the boy wasn’t him, but the girl was Tally.
“I never want to let you go,” she said.
“But are you sure? Just yesterday you were crying about Zane.”
“I don’t love Zane, I realize now that he was just Pretty,” She pouted slighly, but Zane was stabbed through the heart with these words.
“Would you still say that if he hadn’t died? Would you even be here if he had lived? Do you realize that you would owe your life to hime because of all the pain you caused him?”
“Yes, Yes because we were meant to be, and he didn’t survive, Listen we fell in love as bubble heads, it didn’t mean a thing! Then I became special, he was weak, and I saw it,” she paused and he saw that she was crying, but he was being tortured by each word she said.”Listen, I gave him up, and I did it for you!
“you did it for the city,”
“No!” she screamed, now a fountain of tears.” I thought you’d understand, but i guess I was wrong! Zane would believe me!
“Tally thats not what I-”
“Don’t even try! Just leave me alone.” She sat by the river and Zane sank back next to her.”I hate you David,” she whispered.” I wish Zane were here.
I wish someone would tell me how my book was coming… Anyway, chapter 16= exciting and confusing. Special Circumstances did something before they left, >SPOILER< we find that the 'crims' are willingly bubbleheads, but they might be the only normal ones… I need a name for a superhuman breed type thing, even worse than Specials… no, I will not use Nazi's… Fist fights are oddly easy to write about.. and I've learned so much about myself and Zane and Tally just by (attempting to) write about them!
I don’t know why but I always get very depressed when people are bagging Zane on here… I mean yeah, I was hoping that him and Tally would make it, but I hoped wrong, you don’t need to rub it in. Some people think I liked Zane because I literally know Zane (creepy how alike Zane and Zane are) but my cousins name is David. I’m not just liking Zane because he was pretty, he had so much more character than anyone else in the book! I hope Scott likes my idea,
P.S. these books changed me, I freak out if one of my friends says I’m pretty, and when I grow up, If I have kids, they will be Zane and Shay, they are the characters that are the most fun to write about, please tell Scott bout my idea, love ‘ya! Penny-la out!
First off, I love these books!!! Dystopian novels are just kinda my thing right now; these ones made me think alot which, for me, is sort of the whole point of why I like dystopian books.
1. I have had friends who abandoned me. I’m positive they didn’t have any intention of hurting me, they were just busy or going through rough patches and wouldn’t respond to my calls and letters. However it still hurts to think about because these were some of the closest and most trusting relationships I have ever (and probably will ever) have.
2. From the get-go, I had major mixed feelings about Tally getting the operation. I just wanted her to be with her friend, feel beautiful, and live a happy life. However, it seems the operation replaces most of the body with machinery and synthetic material (muscles, bones, eyes, skin, immune system, teeth, etc.) so the idea was disturbing. When she fell in love with David and learned about the lesions, I was dead-set against the operation.
3. I can honestly say I am not more trusting, nor do I pay more attention to someone just because of their looks. However, I can not give myself too much credit. I will be honest here and say, I do find myself more interested in people who are pretty, that is, before I have even met them, I want to know more about them. Shameful I know.
4. Tally’s trip in the wild revealed to her just how big and beautiful the natural world is. Her whole life had been set in one city. An adventure was going to a town she could see from her bedroom window. Discovering all of the things the city had never shown her made her understand all of the things being kept from her, all of the things the operation took away from humanity. That made the lesion thing less of a shock; by that point, she knew the city was corrupt and oppressive.
5. This is a no-brainer. I do not want my skin to be removed and regrown and my bones sanded down and my ability to think be taken away all for beauty and wealth. While I try very hard to look my best and long to be beautiful, I can not sacrifice my mind and personality for that. Not to be conceited, but I feel I can be wise at times; no amount of beauty is worth giving that up. Plus, with their brains like that, they probably can’t read all that well, and reading is my favorite thing to do!
6. David saw Tally as beautiful, while she saw herself as ugly. Ever since she was a littlie, she had been taught thay biologically, humans were ugly except for the rare “naturals”. She believed that she was ugly, simply because she was a human. David saw the natural beauty she had while she believed that beauty could only come from an operation.
7. Shay is a complex character. In every form she finds herself in (ugly, pretty, special) she throws herself into it with great pride and passion. As an ugly, she wants to be free, as a pretty, she wants to be contained in the city, and as a special, she wants to make the runaways pay. Being so dynamic, so full of passion, I truly believe that at some points, if she could go back and have never met Tally, she would do it in a heartbeat. At other times, she wants to make Tally pay and would keep her around just to get revenge. In a few rare moments (beginning of uglies, end of Specials) she genuinely likes Tally and cares about her despite the pain Tally has caused her.
8. The pretty society does not interact with other cities, where as, in our society, people constantly travel from one city, state, country, or continent to another. Also, there is sort of a “big brother” situation going on in the city. The inhabitants are constantly observed, conversations listened into, movements monitered. Their society is watched over and controlled by this omnipresent, oppressive force. At first, it seems to work. No wars, healthy environment, happy people, no arguments. However, when we learn about the leasions, we discover this isn’t healthy. It is basically just a bunch of robots being operated by a select few humans who are three fourths machine, one quater organic human material (the specials).
9. Tally had no say in her fate. She was forced into the operation, and in a way, forced into liking the operation by being taught just how wonderful it is as a littlie. Then, she is forced to betray her friends, and later, is again forced into the operation. Later, she is forced to become a special which changes her mind so much that it affects every decision she will make and every opinion she has. The only things she decides for herself are, loving David, then Zane. Also, escaping New Pretty Town.
10. My lifestyle is more dependent on oil and gasoline then I probably even know about. I just think about how every factory that makes every product I use is powered by oil. The car I have to ride in to get anywhere is powered by gasoline. The appliances in my house may be powered by electricity, but I am almost certain there is some sort of gasoline involved in powering my house. If it all disappeared, I am sad to say, humanity would not survive very long.
ok, I’m making my onw set of questions, PLEASE ANSWER! They aren’t exactly questions, what song do you think best describes each character, characters interaction or scene…
1. Ugly Tally
2. Pretty Peris (you never actually meet him ugly)
3.Ugly Shay
4. Shay & Tally meeting/hanging out
5.Dr. Cable
6. The trip to the Smoke
7. David
8. At the Smoke
9. David and Tally romancing
10. Learning about the leissons
11. Specials coming
12. angry Shay
13. breaking into Special Circumstances
14. Pretty Shay
15. Tally gets the operation
16. Pretty Tally
17. Pretty Fausto
18. Pretty life
19. Pretty Zane
20. Tally and Zane romancing
21. Tally and Zane taking the cure
22. Shay cutting
23. Escape
24. at the smoke
25. staying with Zane
26. Special Tally
27. Special Shay
28. Shay & Tally fight
29. Tally & Zane last kiss/rejected kiss
30. war
31. Zane dies
32. Tally runs off with David
33. Tally sees Zane as week.
I’m only doing the trilogy right now… if I forgot any post them and your opinion. Pick and choose or answer them all I don’t care! I’ll post my answers later! This will be interesting…
1. Yes I have actually. Only one but she was my BEST friend so it was hard when she stopped texting or calling me.
2. To be honest….yeah. Only at first though. I wanted to know how she would feel like. How she would think and if she would remember anything else. I wanted to read about her life as the popular girl with her popular boyfriend and perfect life because today theres hardly any people like that. It stopped when she met David and got to the Smoke, because I wanted her to be there and I liked the way they all treated her. It was interesting her being there and it made me want her to stay Ugly.
3. Saly yes. If the popular girls or guys wanted something that I have and they asked me for it I always give it to them. Even if i’m using it or need it. It’s like I’m hyptonized by there beauty when they’re just averge but the prettiest at my school….
4………
5. Um..this ones tricky. Life is hard and reading that makes me want to have a life like that but….when she was pretty if she couldn’t remember anything I would be fine. But knowing there was something else.That something was oh so terribly wrong…I think I would miss having my mind and like Tally do what I can to not be a bubblehead in the end. It would be cool, however, if you could look like a bubblehead but have a brain.
6. Tally felt that she was Ugly because she grew up in a world where you was caterorgized AS ugly. The world she lived in thought of things as minor as face symertry. David had not grown up that way so to him Tally was beautiful. He noticed what was insidde Tally more than what everyone said she was. Tally though she was ugly because everybody told her she was.
7. I honestly….think Shay wouldn’t. She kind of needed all those things to happen to make her who she was. It might of been hard but it everythign happend for a reason…
8. Sure! They’re designed not to get sick and to be very healthy so..yeah. Because we’re not that healthy or that beautiful so they might also get the best medicine if they did get sick (very unlikely..).
9. To me it’s kinda even. Because they made her pretty (even though she gave herself in..) and Shay made her special, they told Tally to go find Shay. But Tally decided she would stay special and she decided to stay in the Smoke and burn the tracker (backfired..), she “rewired” her self to not be a bubblehead.
10. We are VERY dependant on oil i believe. Without it cars wouldn’t run and we wouldn’t be able to transport food and things we need.
I LOVE THE UGLIES SERIES!!!! IT IS THE BEST SERIES I’VE EVER READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SCOTT!!! :):):)
Hahaha!! True Ugly is funny!! 🙂
I LOVE this serie soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i really wish there was an epilogue on Specials tho…… i was so sad when Zane died but secretly i liked David more than Zane…… it was hard to choose tho cuz i LOVE them both…..i hope that David and Tally got back togrther in the end…. i’m ‘pretty’ sure they do tho….. (sorry about that totally lame pun….) Scot Westerfeld, YOU ROCK!!!!!!
sorry fo the typos,
*together
*Scott
I didn’t read your book, yet I get the interest to have a look someday.
Am I funny?
Can someone tell me if shay, david, and Zane are round characters or are they flat?
Define round characters?
this book was not very good, i think. i was kinda board with the smoke and stuff.
the secoodn book was alot beter
1. Yes and sometimes, it sucks because I miss them. But then again, we all have to move on.
2. At first, I wanted her to have the operation because, well, she wanted the operation. I found the halo effect quite a justifiable reason for the operation to come about. After all, if it will prevent war, then, I’m not against it. But when I found out about the lesions, that was when I didn’t want her to have the operation. Having those lesions meant that they changed you or curbed your thinking and I think that is definitely wrong. What’s the point of peace if everyone couldn’t decide for themselves that this is what they want. It’s literally forcing people to have peace.
3. Umm…I guess so. Some people just look more trustworthy than others. It’s not whether they are pretty or not but it was about them having a kind or trustworthy face.
4. The wild taught her about the truth of life and how life can be hard sometimes. The wild is harsh at times and beautiful at other times. In a way, it widened her horizon. So in the wild, she learnt that it was dangerous and things aren’t easy which is also true in smoke. The wild prepared her for a life in smoke
5. No matter what I will never give up my ability to think independently because it’s my thoughts that make me, me.
6. David saw not only Tally’s physical beauty but also her inner beauty. It is her inner beauty that made her even more beautiful. Whereas Tally only saw her physical features and compared it with what was known as “beautiful” and how she lacks it.
7. Despite their love-hate relationship, Shay would still want to meet Tally because at the end of the day, they are friends and they have more in common than they realize. It’s just that they always somehow end up in opposing ends.
8. To be honest, not much really except for the fact that the pretty in the pretty society have more advanced technology so they can enhance their health and their “prettiness”.
But our society is already have this idea of what is pretty and what is ugly and people strive to achieve it – be it with plastic surgery or dieting. And the only difference is that, here, in our society, there is still people that actually love the way they naturally look and not bother with what people think.
Plus, our society don’t have lesions.
9. There are certain decisions that Tally made on her own and these decisions are when she decides to challenge the authority. When she decide to NOT go with the flow.
And then, there are decisions that she was forced to make : betray smoke & become special.
10. We are the rusties. We depend heavily on oil to produce everything. If it really disappeared one day, our world will be chaotic because we depend on it heavily. We would have to change the way we live completely. Even though, now we are trying to be more eco-friendly and use less oil, but the dependence on oil is still very high. So yea.
hi Scott, I was wondering about the Uglies movie… you had said something about it in 2010 but nothing really since then… any info????????
I heard (it’s probably nt true, but it’s what i heard) that the Uglies movie was comming in November. I don’t believe that at all.
Is it true that there will be an Uglies movie because I found this
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986270/
Please reply
thes books are awsome i love them lol 😀
I DONT THINK THAIR IS GOING TO BE A MOVE
i dont think thair is a move or is going to be one but it would be cool thogh :d
the site that says thair is going to be a move is wrong i think :C
good stuff:)
This is my absolute favorite series!!! Does Shay like Fausto?? or is she still in love with David? ***********Spoiler Alert**************
Why does Dr. Cable save Tally?Is It because she saved Dr. Cable?? When Shay gets cured, does she get mad at Tally again like she did when she was Ugly, Pretty, and Special?
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Sadly yes, though the abandonment was more about a disagreement than the distance.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I hoped Tally would have the Pretty operation because she seemed unhappy with her flaws despite her growth in the Smoke, she still lacked self-confidence and had spent her life looking forward to the change. I was almost glad when she did have the operation even though her beauty was so costly.
I dreaded the moment Tally would have her Special operation as I didn’t want her to become something she feared and despised. Although I reveled in the literary moment that she did, I pitied her, even more so that she didn’t have this operation reversed.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I’m afraid so. Although beauty is skin deep, it’s easy to overlook when the person isn’t typically beautiful to look at.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
Her trip taught her that there was more to life than being pretty and popular, that the world outside New Pretty Town was beautiful and non-artificial.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I should say no because it’s very fickle of me not to but personally I can think of worse things than the Pretty operation.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw her strength and determination and her bond with Shay, he saw who she was not what flaws she had or believed she had.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Quite possibly yes. Things would have been a whole lot simpler for all if she hadn’t.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Our society doesn’t go to the extreme of brain surgery but to some extent we get just as brain washed, in respect to what is pretty-making and what is not. At least their society had a purpose, a greater good to protect the planet, our pretty society is mostly about the fact the sex sells.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
She decided what mattered to her, to become a Pretty, to love Zane, to stay a Special. She developed her own freewill but her fate would have been much different if others hadn’t have interfered with it, but if that had have been the case she wouldn’t have become the person she was, for better or for worse.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Recently there was a petrol (gasoline) strike, that resulted in people panic buying to the extent that the tanks were emptied and some people even caused fires by hoarding the petrol unsafely. This and numerous other reasons suggest we are very much a Rusty civilization and should change the way we treat the environment because if we don’t it will so not be pretty-making.
1. i totally went through that.i had a best friend when i was younger that i spent every day with because we lived down the street from each other but when i moved she got a new best friend and stopped talking to me, i thought we were going to be friends forever!!!!
2.i thought something was strange about the operation from the start and so i never wanted tally to get the serge.plus me n my friends didn’t like the personality change through the books, it was like reading from a different point of view and we like the first tally better!!!!!!
3.i never knew anyone that different in looks than everyone else but i have seen it happen to my best friend Caitlin. she’s small and cute so everyone likes to hug her and be around her but when you get to know her you realize she hates it and she doesn’t like the attention.
4. she could never fend for herself.she was pampered her whole life and never did anything for herself.if she showed up at the smoke like that she would have never lasted a day.
5. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would never do anything that stupid.it speaks for itself.
6.media changes you. tally thought looks were everything because that’s what she was told.it’s like real life, people will do anything to look like the models that are too thin and “trendy” to live!but david saw through that.
7.yes!!!!!!tally ruined her life!
8. like i said about the media thing but in tallys world it’s a forced thing. you have no choice, even without the nanos you are a puppet.
9.she didn’t decide much she did what she thought was right and that was mostly put in her head by others.
10.we depend more on electronics that oil, i mean imagine life without your phone,computer lights and coffee machien. ya thats what i thought.
Acabei de ler os três dessa serie, na verdade comecei a ler ontem 20/04/12, de ontem para hoje só dormi umas duas horas, acordei e já comecei a ler seu livro. Bem eu adorei os seus livros, mas o final de Zane foi horrível!! Morto em uma cama de hospital? Como assim? Gostaria que você fizer o quarto livro da serie, nele você poderia falar que Zane foi tipo “sequestrado’ e não morto! Tally e David se tornaram super heróis? acho justo ela termina com David afinal ele a amou antes , depois e sempre. Talvez eles devessem descobri que existe algo pior que as Circunstâncias Especiais , algo que realmente fosse acabar com o mundo deles como ocorreu com os enferrujados. Exemplo: um novo tipo de perfeitos que já nascem com lesões nos cérebros ou um grupo que andava sequestrando perfeitos inteligentes para estuda-los. São só ideias se você for mesmo fazer o quarto livro não deixa, por favor, ZANE morto, ele tem que viver! Shay não teve seu grande amor, você pode descrever como ficou o mundo depois da revolução final. Acredite você conseguiu mudar meu modo ver o mundo, obrigada. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
I just read all three of this series actually started reading yesterday 4/20/12, from yesterday to today only slept two hours, woke up and I started reading your book.
Well I loved his books, but the end of Zane was horrible! Killed in a hospital bed? How so?
I would like you to do the fourth book in the series, you could say that it was like Zane “kidnapped” and not dead! Tally and David become superheroes? Just think it ends with David after he loved her before, after and forever.
Maybe they should have found that there is something worse than the Special Circumstances, something that really was their world ending as it did with rusty. Example: a new kind of perfect that we are born with brain injury, or kidnapping a group that walked perfect smart for studying them. They are only ideas if you even make the fourth book does not leave, please ZANE dead, he has to live!
Shay did not have his great love, can you describe the world as it was after the final revolution.
Believe you could change the way I see the world, thank you.
trueUgly I loved your ideas, also love Zane, I’d like to read this book you are writing.
I am only going to answer this. I would rather be pretty than smart any day of my life. Society still judges you on your looks. Why? I don’t know.
And oh, yeah. THOSE OF YOU WITH A NORMAL BRAIN NEED TO SPELL AS SUCH! YOU ARE THE REASON SOCIETY IS GOING THROUGH DE-EVOLUTION!!!!!!! It’s sad that simple grammatical laziness will be our downfall.
Oh, yeah. Have you guys realized we’re on an AUTHOR’S site? Don’t you think Scott may be a little offended????
@fafa, RJ-Brasil- I might make a blog where I will post all of my writing. I have gotten a little off track though. It’s been over a month since I wrote anything down, and I’m working on my own novel (you know,with my own characters and such). I also tend to have trouble writing from Tally’s point of view, seeing that we are NOTHING alike. I will tell you when I start that blog and may ask for a little help 🙂 Thanks! -Penny-la out!
i’ve gotten into a habit of pretty-talk. my friends are so irritated by it!!!!!!!!!!! but for some reason i can’t stop saying things like: bubbly,pretty-making and other pretty stuff!!!!!!!!!! it’s sort of funny though because all of my freinds but one has read the Uglies series so she gets so confused when we talk pretty.haha, that’s what she gets for not reading THE BEST SERIES EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW it was a great idea to write Bogus to bubbly!!!!!!!!!!! it really explained a lot! my friends and i even tried to use it to make real hover boards, we figured out how it would work but we didn’t have the materials( if anyone has two giant magnets that repel each other and are strong enough to carry an average human please notify me!)
hey scott-sama, i is trying to figure out some cool names for some charicters in a book i’m trying to write, i already have two names down, but what’s a cool name that’s futureish and starts with a j for a boy? he’s going to be jessamin’s bro and teela’s crush.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Thankfully, no I haven’t-yet.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I guess I wanted Tally to have the operation-the way you made it sound and all-, but once Tally met Shay I think I was on Shay’s end of the pole rather than Tally’s. As the story progressed, I think I was for sure, like Tally felt, against the operation.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
No, or I don’t think I have. Right know, I usually have to know the person-or speak to them numerous times-even if their looks are insanely gorgeous-before trusting them.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
The ways that prepared Tally for the Smoke on her way through the wild are: the feeling or ways of living in the wild, eating either dehydrated foods or fresh cooked meats like rabbits;birds, etc., and the basic idea of no city-produced-ANYTHING.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Absolutely NOT! Like David thinks and says, the true beauty is what’s inside, not out.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
I know I kind of already answered this question, but David sees Tally differently than she saw herself, because David saw her “inside beauty” and Tally just saw a hideous sixteen-year-old girl, in desperate need of the operation.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
No, I really don’t. Even if my friend tore my new home down, I would forgive her-well, I know that sounds bad, but-uh, that’s my friend! I don’t want to be lonely! In UGLIES and PRETTIES, Shay seems to forgive Tally really fast….
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
Other than the operation, the pretty society is different, because-I’m not digging far into the ground for this one-the technology is better. Yeah, I know this like a hundred years into the future, but now to make a better inference: the lesions make pretties bubble-headed, so their practically like a puppy. As for our society, we have that violence thought. That does make the pretty society seem “healthier”, but its not. I’m not saying that violence or competition is healthy, but HEALTHY competition is always good- once and a while at least.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
In the end of UGLIES, Tally did decide, to help Maddy, to come pretty and she did betray Shay to TRY to be pretty. There’s another answer, but it was in PRETTIES, not UGLIES when Tally didn’t decide her fate (I was shocked too).
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
My lifestyle is dependent on oil and gasoline to cook or grill, to drive a car; to fly to another state, ect. I guess we’d have to get use to microwaving and walking all the time if all the gasoline just disappeared one day.
I love the UGLIES series and authors like you who keeps their readers happy and the feeling of:ONLY THINKING ABOUT THE BOOK(twenty-four- seven may I add)! It drives me crazy sometimes, but I love it.
All I want to know is why Zane had to die at the end?!
IKR! it was all tally’s fault! all that did was enforce the idea that she made every thing bad happen! (other than end the pretties/uglies era)
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Not in the sense that they moved away, as in switched houses, but in other ways. Like in elementary school when you had people in your class you were friends with, I had some I got close with and we hung out all the time. However, the next year, almost all of them dropped our friendship as if it didn’t even affect them.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
No. The one thing I disliked, through all the books, was that Tally really never made the relevation that an operation doesn’t make you beautiful, or “pretty”. She showed signs in Extras that she saw the world differently and didn’t associate any surge to always be pretty, and everyone who didn’t get the operation to be ugly when she got mad that Aya called David an ugly. However, even after the mind-rain, people still labeled others uglies or pretties based on the amount of surgery they got. I guess even a supposed Utopian society isn’t completely Utopian.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I might have been drawn in more by that factor, but I confront people the same way; with a blank slate and the ability for them to create my opinion of them, and whether I should trust in them or not.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She experienced the rough and unpolished world she had been excluded from her whole life. In her city, it was like a bubble that kept her from the natural, instinctive world and isolated her with the gloss and glam of her fabricated world. The trip through the wild broke that bubble and opened up Tally’s eyes to what her short leash that her government kept around her community didn’t allow them to experience; which prepared her for the contrary lifestyle the Smokies lived.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I would definitely not do that. Life is about choices, and with the right choices you can acheive happiness, beauty, weath, and good health while keeping your ability to think freely. The whole purpose of living is to live and if everything you’re trying to excel for is handed to you on a silver platter; what is even the point? Where does your purpose and value lie if you cannot complete life’s tough obstacles and learn from them for yourself?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw her as he was raised to see the world. Not segregation from an operation that enhances attractiveness, but for it’s true worth. That beauty is more than just skin deep and Tally shun with pure beauty, even with an imperfect outter shell. Imperfection doesn’t mean ugly, it means unique beauty that everyone holds.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I don’t think she would. Whether Shay would want to admit it or not, Tally was a true friend and she’d do whatever she could for her, even if her decisions were sometimes bogus and self-absorbed at first. They cared for one another, and although opposing forces made them appear on opposite sides, in the end their friendship prevailed.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The pretty society is much more controlled and outlined, which can be good, but a lot of people don’t like to be contained and not given a choice. That’s where the lesions come in and block out any free thinking or stubborn, adamant behavior. That’s a problem because taking away the ability to think, speak, or epress yourself freely is aganist the Constitution; it’s our right to have our own mind and be able to flaunt it. So, it’s just a viscious cycle on what’s just and what’s safe. No matter what, there is always a flaw in every design, a Utopian community is nearly impossible to create, unless you invade someone’s rights, as the lesions did. But one thing I believe is much better is the technology they use; our world needs to invest in more solar energy and recycling. Also, the whole “hole-in-the-wall” concept isn’t very realistic, but on the right track; mass production is competitive and wasteful. We all live in a civilized society, we say, but we act like survival of the fittiest is still in play.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Fate is determined by the choices you make. Just stop and think about that for a minute; whatever happens is suppose to happen one way or another, that’s fate, and how you interpret that and act on it leads you to where your fate leaves you. Then the cycle goes on like that; fate gives you your hand of cards and you try to play it to your greatest advantage. Sometimes you flunk it and pull a wrong move or maybe you make the right decisions. Sometimes fate gives you a crappy hand or a break. Therefore, no one tells Tally what decisions she makes, only she does, a
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
Not in the sense that they moved away, as in switched houses, but in other ways. Like in elementary school when you had people in your class you were friends with, I had some I got close with and we hung out all the time. However, the next year, almost all of them dropped our friendship as if it didn’t even affect them.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
No. The one thing I disliked, through all the books, was that Tally really never made the relevation that an operation doesn’t make you beautiful, or “pretty”. She showed signs in Extras that she saw the world differently and didn’t associate any surge to always be pretty, and everyone who didn’t get the operation to be ugly when she got mad that Aya called David an ugly. However, even after the mind-rain, people still labeled others uglies or pretties based on the amount of surgery they got. I guess even a supposed Utopian society isn’t completely Utopian.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
I might have been drawn in more by that factor, but I confront people the same way; with a blank slate and the ability for them to create my opinion of them, and whether I should trust in them or not.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
She experienced the rough and unpolished world she had been excluded from her whole life. In her city, it was like a bubble that kept her from the natural, instinctive world and isolated her with the gloss and glam of her fabricated world. The trip through the wild broke that bubble and opened up Tally’s eyes to what her short leash that her government kept around her community didn’t allow them to experience; which prepared her for the contrary lifestyle the Smokies lived.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
I would definitely not do that. Life is about choices, and with the right choices you can acheive happiness, beauty, weath, and good health while keeping your ability to think freely. The whole purpose of living is to live and if everything you’re trying to excel for is handed to you on a silver platter; what is even the point? Where does your purpose and value lie if you cannot complete life’s tough obstacles and learn from them for yourself?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
He saw her as he was raised to see the world. Not segregation from an operation that enhances attractiveness, but for it’s true worth. That beauty is more than just skin deep and Tally shun with pure beauty, even with an imperfect outter shell. Imperfection doesn’t mean ugly, it means unique beauty that everyone holds.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
I don’t think she would. Whether Shay would want to admit it or not, Tally was a true friend and she’d do whatever she could for her, even if her decisions were sometimes bogus and self-absorbed at first. They cared for one another, and although opposing forces made them appear on opposite sides, in the end their friendship prevailed.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
The pretty society is much more controlled and outlined, which can be good, but a lot of people don’t like to be contained and not given a choice. That’s where the lesions come in and block out any free thinking or stubborn, adamant behavior. That’s a problem because taking away the ability to think, speak, or epress yourself freely is aganist the Constitution; it’s our right to have our own mind and be able to flaunt it. So, it’s just a viscious cycle on what’s just and what’s safe. No matter what, there is always a flaw in every design, a Utopian community is nearly impossible to create, unless you invade someone’s rights, as the lesions did. But one thing I believe is much better is the technology they use; our world needs to invest in more solar energy and recycling. Also, the whole “hole-in-the-wall” concept isn’t very realistic, but on the right track; mass production is competitive and wasteful. We all live in a civilized society, we say, but we act like survival of the fittiest is still in play.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
Fate is determined by the choices you make. Just stop and think about that for a minute; whatever happens is suppose to happen one way or another, that’s fate, and how you interpret that and act on it leads you to where your fate leaves you. Then the cycle goes on like that; fate gives you your hand of cards and you try to play it to your greatest advantage. Sometimes you flunk it and pull a wrong move or maybe you make the right decisions. Sometimes fate gives you a crappy hand or a break. Therefore, no one tells Tally what decisions she makes, only she does, and that determines her fate. She has almost complete decision on her fate, in a shorter explanation.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Everyone’s lifestyle depends on oil and gasoline. You need to go somewhere? Jump in your car & go there. Perfect example right there. We need to lean off these resources because there isn’t really a surplus and it’s not helping our pollution problem. If it disappeared, it’s very apparent, our world would take a major detour to the gutter.
A note:
SOrry for the repeat, accidently hit submit. Oops! And I’m aware this book has been out for quite some time but I just finally read the last book, Extras, and I just don’t want it to end! Seriously, I was so sad was I neared page 399 and realized it was over. I know I’m just a random, annonymous comment that probably won’t even get a second glance but I seriously encourage you to try to get these books produced into a movie, if possible. I can honestly say this book series is 100 percent my all time favorite ever, and I would to see it go farther. I just would love to see it go much much farther cause it has the potential to intrigue and inspire so many more people, besides myself. AGain, I know the chances if this comment even being seen is unlikely, nevertheless a possibility, but I really wish it to happen. And if somehow it were to happen, I’d love to be contacted about it.
The Uglies series were seriously the most compelling, adventours, and addictive series I’ve ever read. I seriously loved the Hunger Games, which ended up being a movie, and I feel more connected and attyracted to thisc one, 10x more plus than the Hunger Games. If you read this, thank you for your time, I know it’s long.
9) I feel that Tally’s fate was mostly decided by herself although at the beginning when she had to choose between staying ugly forever or betray your best friend but becoming pretty like eveyone else. I think anyone, even I would do the 2nd choice.
IS ANYONE HERE!!!!! jezzzz
I have a question for Scott if he takes those here.
I think it’s fine that Tally was allowed to keep her physical changes at the end of Specials. But as an adult, I was disappointed that you chose to let Tally heal herself of her mental illness. I mean, this girl was “psychotic,” but she was able to “rewire” her own brain just by thinking better thoughts inspired by her dead boyfriend? I think that’s a dangerous message to send to teens who may be dealing with issues like depression or cutting – that they can heal themselves without getting help. I know it’s just a work of fiction, but there are so many great themes and lessons in these books. I feel like that’s the one place you let your audience down. Otherwise, I thought the whole series was fascinating. I can’t wait for the movie.
Sorry for my bad english. I’m not north-american ;p.
And I totally agree with Horse N. Buggy. Tally had like a psyco problem to cut herself.
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
I’ve had small cases of this, but I admit that I had a peace of guilt in the abandonation. It’s was like, healthy for both side to be separed.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
Not really. It was a surprise for me to see that she got the operation. But it was nice to show me that, even though people can get confused some times, they still can unconfuse themselves ;p
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
Of course I did! Everybody do it, though they are not concient of it. It’s like seen a red stuff in the middle of a lot of gray stuff. Of course you will pay attention to the red stuff, because that’s the only interesting thing to see. It’s really rare to find someone who whould look to the gray things insted of the red one. It’s not that we are bad persons, it’s just that we always watch the most interesting and “easy to see” things. And people try enphasize interesting things in themselves all the time today, of course, they want to call attention to what they want to show. So it’s natural of us to “trust someone more or pay more attention to what they said because of their looks”, it is just the good looks person we see!
That’s a thing that the Uglies Serie helped me to see.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
The nature was for Tally the new vision of the world. It was there she realised that it’s posseble a different life than the city way of life. And it was there she realised that somethings can be beautiful even though they are not conffortable.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
Never! “I think, so am I”. Even because if you think, you become like Tally, who can enjoy the best thing of each part of the society but condemn the bad things of it. So, if you think, you can even make a better world than the Perfect Pretty world. Tally’s like an idol <3
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
I don't know… He's really not human to brake with 5000 years of evolution. One more of the perfect nice guys… I cant deny that I like it 😡
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Not really. As Shay said herself, she hate Tally sometimes. That's why she allways come bake to her. Everyone wants to be with them they can learn most with, I think… Or something like this.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
I think the biggest difference is that our world is capitalist, while Tally's world is more feudalist (you have the monopoly of the autorities saying what is nice and what is not, and no one can do better than doing what they say it is nice. Al though the autorities self don't do the nice things). Her world is like to keep all the nice things that come with the capitalism (conffort, propaganda, marketing, ephemeral fashions, beauty, education) without the capitalism. Without the principal capitalist rule: the liberty.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
For me, in the first two books it was most Tally who took the decisions. Even unconciently, she wanted to go out of the city, see the Smoke, become pretty, take the pills, be free. But I don't think she wanted to become a special, though that was the only status that she keeped in the end. That's paradoxal, isn't that?
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
My clothes are made of oil. My things are made of oil. My transport are made of oil and moved by gasoline, which is oil… It would be difficult for me to take off all this things of my body to run into the nature. Even if I could get into the nature, I don't think I could survive there for so long. You know, they don't learn us at school how to survive in a wild nature…
1: Well, yes and no. In 2end grade my really ‘good’ (how good can a friendship be if you have known eachother for a few months) friend moved to Sanfransico… If she could I think she would have talked to me… But still I dont know.
2: Yeah! I wanted her to go with Paris and be happy… And smart. So latter on…. I still wanted her pretty but smart too, thanks Specials:)
3: Yes, sadly, some people are pretty… Not my faltxD
4: EVERYTHING! It made her happy for foor other than spog-bol
5: Again, yes, no. I would take the opperation, and my come bubbly so I could think out of the nanos like Tally-wa and Zane-la!
6: He saw how stupid she was (sorrrrrry!!!) and was TRYING to get that girl is was on the inside out.
7: (I think im the only one saying this) But I think she would go back. I know there ‘BFFs’ but I still think that Shay would just do it… She still has tose backround feelings of hate torwords Tally.
8: It COULD be better than ares but with all of the parties, Crims, brain-missing people, its much diffrent.
9: I think she dident at all… Other than in Pretties, in pretties she was kind HAD to do someof that stuff (more like all) but thats where she had all controll.
10: Esaily? What? I wouldent be TYPING without it, I would be cold without it (even though I dont have heaters in my house) I wouldent be able to drive to get a computer or food! No… No computer? I DONT WANT US TO BE RUSTIES!!!!!!! We would be a little worse than the Smoke… They have experiance atleast.
~La-wa (name works perfectly right?)
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
I have had QUITE a few of those :/
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I did at first but as soon as she met David im like OMGZZZ she has to stay ‘ugly’!!!!
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
YES O_O 😛
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
lemme think for a minute… ummmmmm YES!!!!!!
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
She saw herself as ugly, but David saw her as BEAUTIFUL!
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
In my mind, no. But, considering the way Shay is, she might be drove over the edge when she gets the chance to do it, so she might.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
Very easily, unless computers and TV’s ran on oil. then my life would be ruined. (but i know they dont run on oil, so dont call me stupid. also, i know i skipped a couple questions. i either didnt know the answer or was too lazy to answer it or i just felt like it was just a boring question.)
Miranda-La out <3 PEACE
Scott- sama if you’re going to bring Zane-la back in a 5th book I can help!
{bex-la}
bring Zane back!!! it would be very, very happy – making if you did!!
a devoted fan.
I want Zane back too, and i think it would be pretty easy to intwine it in where he didnt Really die, he was just playing dead (like a possum, although, that’s an awful comparison to make lol)
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away? Yea, my friend jessica moved a city over, ended up getting drunk high and preggo all at once ._. sad day.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?) Yea its what she wanted and i like the idea of the pretty operation so i never really changed my mind.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? Not gunna lie. Yup. not always cuz they were pretty either ._. somtimes its hard to look away from uglies even thou its rude. prettys of course you wanna look. and specials { serial killers, body mods, interesting people} are interesting to look at to.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke? It taught here that the wild isnt always nice.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich? I 100% would because if you think about it the lesions dont really take away your personality or creativity or logic it simply removes bad thoughts such as violence, bad memories, hate, ect. and everyone one else would have them to and youd never have to worry about getting murdered or raped people bullying or stealing just what youd like to wear or do that day . Not to metion youd be happy rich and beautiful, i belive it would make the world a better place i mean would really wants to be an violent jerk and dwell on bad memorys ?
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
he saw her as beautiful while she saw her self as ugly
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would? No, thats her best friend
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?) We are angry violent, dependent on oil and focased on getting what we want, we are ever expanding and dont care what we destroy. the pretty society is far healthier with everything in check, a non depent fuel source, calm happy population, everyone equal, less crime no violence, healther people better standereds of living.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her? 50 50. dr cable and maddy pushed her along as did others but she had a mind of her own as well.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day. Id be lucky to surivive. i can hunt and walk and build a fire but i prefre not to. theres alot i just couldnt do theres alot of things that would destroy.
I love this! I’ve always wanted to be a Smokie, hence my name…
1. Yes, and it sucked. She moved to a different state and then seemed to forget I was here, waiting for her to call.
2. I never wanted Tally to get the operation! I’m naturally rebellious, so I saw right through the operation from the beginning, even before I knew about the lesions.
3. I find that I am more distrustful towards pretty people because I assume that they have it made. I trust less pretty outcasts more because they just seem to have more to lose if they lie.
4. Tally realized that nature was cruel and unforgiving, unlike cozy city life. She was completely unprepared for this, but in classic Tally-style, she refused to give up.
5. Never! I want to make my own decisions in life! I couldn’t care less about how people view the way I look. My whole outlook on life would change for the worse if I had a pretty operation, and I would never want to take that chance.
6. David grew up in the wild where he was not subjected to the pretty operation. He is one of the only people in the series who believed from the very beginning that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Tally believed the lies the society fed to her that she could never, under any circumstances, be beautiful unless she had the operation. David knew better, and that is why he’s my favorite character.
7. If she had been given the decision after Tally betrayed the Smoke and got them captured, yes, she probably would have. At any other time, I think Shay relied on Tally as her best friend too heavily to ever wish she had never met her.
8. The main difference is the problems; we seem to have constant death, crime, shortages, epidemics, etc. In the pretty world, the only problem they have is low self-esteem and the decision on what surge to get next. The rebels like the Smoke seem to have the most problems. They are forced to live in a society that they do not agree with and have little power in changing it. I think that the lack of problems in pretty world can be considered a good thing or a bad thing.
9. Tally can decide her own fate to a point. She can’t just disappear into thin air and live her life the way she wants to. She will always be in a place where pretty time exists (well, used to exist), but she is just stubborn enough to decide what she wants and what she won’t stand for.
10. Everyone seems to be very dependent on oil. However, I can’t drive, so I can survive without a car. One thing about me is that I’m always up for a challenge, not matter what it is. If it all disappeared one day, I’d go Smokie on everyone, gather up a group of non-panicked survivers, and make for the woods. We could soooo survive! Well, only if they’ve read Uglies….
Hello! Scott, I believe that you should make a movie out of this book series. That would be so amazing, and the greatest movie series!
Hi Scott! Hopefully, You will reply. But, anyways.. I have read Uglies, Pretties, and just finished Specials! Legit! And all I have to say is… Wow.. blew. My. Mind. It was a shocker when Zane died! I mean I just bawled!! And the ending, wanted me to cry again! But, I imediantly wanted to contact you some how, so found this website!!!(: Anyways.. You reallyyyy need to make this a movieee!! This would be bigger than Twilight, bigger than the Hungar Games!! I absolutely love this series! It is me all time, and favorite book series! In the world.. legit!!(: Anyway,… could you maybe make another book, of like new characters telling before the operation was invented? like, normal life, then all the technologies being discovered and how that charater life changes.. then, make a book to show what happens to Talley and David after the Special series???? And just.. please! You jsut can’t make an amazing series, then leave us hanging.. make a couple more… atleast a total of 10 for this cool series! Show more of Talley,!!! DO, something where they invent a way to bring back the dead and were they can repair them… call them, Walkers, or something.. just.. your amazing! I just can’t get over only 3 books.. my mind wonders to how they could have moree! Thank you Scott sooo much!
-Tori Nicole V.S.
Tori Nicole- There are four books, and counting if you count the Shay’s Stories. but that Walkers thing is a REALLY good idea.
1. I had a friend once how moved away when we where little and we reconnected… she turned out to be a wacko.
2. I new Tally wouldn’t get the operation but i Cinda wonted her to be with Paris
3. I never payed any attention to people how are “pritter” than I and if
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I really just want to answer question two because this one really got to me. Before I red this book I was really bothered my looks, I always thought that people would judge me or like me by the way I looked. I even wanted to get a nose job and stuff like that because I was unhappy with my appearance.
When I first read the description of the pretties, I wanted Tally to turn into one, it seemed like the perfect life, being pretty, partying every day. But further on the book, I realized that Tally was already beautiful, she was just brainwashed into thinking she and the others were ugly. And by her description of the pretties, they pretty much look like aliens to me, with abnormal big eyes, small nose, and big mouth, so they turned ugly in my head.
Now I am happy with my self. I never had a good self esteem, I always told myself that looks weren’t everything in life, but never really believed that. After reading that book I am glad I am not perfect, I am happy to have the traces that are not perfectly symmetrical, but make me who I am!
You may never read this, but that’s not what’s important. What I want to say is for me.
I just finished reading Uglies, Pretties, and Specials for the second time through. Tally’s stories is one of those that you aren’t just watching. You’re right there with her, and experience it all, and while Tally and I disagree on some fundamental things, I feel bonded to her in that character-reader way. When I read her manifesto minutes ago, I felt a chill in my spine. It was both ugly, pretty, and special; bubbly and icy and cured…it summed everything this story means to me up. Although I don’t agree with everything in the series, there are some lessons within it that I will always hold to me. I feel a…sad may not be the right word, but something-like-it-ness inside me at reaching the trilogy’s end. But, now as soon as I finish this post, I’ll go and start my re-reading of Aya’s tale, because I know it will lift me into yet another breath-taking, bubby, icy action that ultimately carries you to the pure ending. I look forward to every word.
1) No, not really. I like Peris and all, but he’s way too fair-weather fan for me. Of course, he was pretty-minded…
2) Not gonna lie, I did! I wanted to see her happy and partying, but as things began to reveal themselves, (like Peris being so…jerky about the pretty thing) I began to change my mind. Down with the operation!!!
3) I believe we all have at some point or another, as human beings. But I’d like to believe that I eventually jerk myself out of it, when I observe their true selves.
4) She not only learned survival skills, but it was the first time she recordedly recognized raw beauty. That was where her re-wiring started, in my opinion, even in the most subtle and beginner way.
5) In the sense of, if I knew about the lesions, would I still get the operation? Heck no!
6) He saw Tally without all the projections of the city. In short, just like Tally realizes at the conclusion of her narration, he sees only the real Tally.
7) At one moment Specials, yes. But aside from that, absolutely not. Whether it was at a point where she was being driven by justice or anger or friendship, she was always being affected by Tally, and she wanted to keep that experience.
1. yes a couple of times I was even friend-dumped once 🙁 the didn’t even move away. okay never mind that’s what friend-dumped means.
2. yes I thought Tally-wa was gonna get the operation but I changed my mind when she met special circumstances. she should have run off and not tell any 1. we would still have the old smoke and Zane-la would be alive
3. no never
4. she learned how to survive without the comforts of city limits
5.i want my own mind Scott-la (no offence)
6. David always thought she was beautiful. not her looks or body (though he thought those were nice too) but her mind and personality
7. no! yes? no. she might have been VERY jelous but Shay-la owes Tally-wa her life.
Scott-la please email me back I NEED to talk to you about the uglies series and why u did what u did. ZANE LIVES!!!!!
—– Haley-wa <3 🙂
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1. Oh yes… I were the best friend of a boy in kindergarden, but then we went to different primary schools and everything changed… -.- we wanted to stay in contact with letters but it didn´t work because we were to young and our lives now too different. But now we´re again at the same school, but now we even don´t look at each other because its way to strange… *sighs*
2. I always wanted Talle to get the operation because I always thought me to be in here position… I never had such good friends and love and so I would always decide for being pretty even if it means a bubblehead… and I always knew that Tally would find a way to remember who she really is and what happened to her.
3. Idk…. maybe… but mostly it´s not about the looks of anyone, because I really listen to him/her. It´s more about their charisma… kinda difficult to discribe, but there are types of human, you can´t NOT love and being polite to them and really listen to them..
4. I think it taught her really much about the wildness itself and so it was easier for her to switch from the city, where is everything she needs just by a clap from her hands and the wildeness, where she has to do everything herself…
5. …idk… thought a lot about this… but most of time I think yes. I want fun and being really pretty and have lots of friend in a city where is everything about having fun… and later we kinda get our thinking back, when we want to work something and get kids and so on…
6. David always saw, who she really was. He saw her soul, her identity. This what really maters, not her skin or her eyes only or everything else about her perfect (and later special) body. He just saw her.
7. That´s a really though question. I think no, because if they hadn´t met, everything would have been different. Maybe Shay were not gone to Smoke and had get pretty and had a nice (boring) life. On the other hand she could have gone to Smoke and be happy with David or someone else… It´s a really hard question!
8. It´s definatly healthier for the earth! In the Pretty age were much less people and they are more „friendly“ to the earth: all the stuff about the magnetic bords and cars and so on. No emmisions. I think it´s a much better society, because… idk because of everything!
9. Most of time (except the ending of Pretty) everything was Tallys own decision: At the end of Ugly she knew what would happened and that she could decide other way, but she wanted to go to New Pretty Town to remember what happened and take the cure to see if it really works even if it could be VERY dangerous. At the end of Special she decided again by herself to leave Diego and everything to go with David and be the new „special circumstances“ of the nature to save the earth. Only at the end of Pretty it was like a trap, that Tally got into and Shay decided for her.
10. My life depends very much on oil… driving car, clothes, plastics like the ones around computers and mobile phones… I´m quite sure, that I wouldn´t survive longer than an day… I´m much to trivial, but I like it and I want to live in the Pretty age but not in the years between Rusty and Pretty age…..
xoxo Marie-la 😉 <3 <3
yes i have.
My school is just like the book because most of the people in my school think there pretty then everyone and talk down on people. but now everyone talk about everyone and the people that ugly don’t care.
Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
NO
1. No I havent.
2. Kind of, but then I grew annoyed at the fact they defined what “Beauty” is. Theres no such thing as being ‘Absolutley perfect”
3. yes…unfortunately >.<
4. Tally had to learn to live without too muchtechnology, and because Smoke didnt have what UglyVille and PrettyTown had, it prepared her.
5. no, no, NO!
At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
I thought she wasn’t gonna to get the operation because i thought she was going to realize she pretty
1. yes i have , but now i dont worry about her anymore.
2yes i did and i never trusted peris because he abandoned her
3.yes but i dont do that anymore
4.it prepared her for depending on her self and trusting no one
5no
Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks? sometimes
If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
NO
No I havent had friends who traded me like Peris when they moved away
2. At first I wanted her to get the operation but reading on later when I found out that David liked Tally.
3.I have payed attention to someone who look cute.
4.It helped her prepare because she knew how to make a fire if she was stranded.
5. I would rather be pretty happy and rich than think independently.
6. Yes david see her a pretty person evwen though she seen herself as a useless ugly.
7.No I dont think Shay would go back in time because she learned so many lessons.
8.Everything is done for you and you cant be hurt unless you do something wrong.
9. Tally did decide her own fate because she decided to see Peris and not wait 3 months.
10. We depened on oil to drive and work all our basic machines. We would not survive that long if we didnt have oil.
1. I’ve never had a friend that abandoned me like Peris.
2. At first, I hoped that Tally would get the operation, but now as I get farther into the book, I do not want her to get the operation. She seems happier being an ugly with David.
3. Of course, I’ve paid more attention to someone because of their looks.
4. She had to learn how to live without all the luxuries that she had at home and wouldn’t have at the Smoke.
5. Yes, I would give up my ability to think independently for the pretty and rich lifestyle.
6. Tally thought she was ugly, because she grew up thinking that way all her life. David thought she was beautiful.
7. Yes, because Shay was really mad at Tally.
8. Everything is handed to you in New Pretty Tow, unlike our cities.
9. Tally decided her own fate, when she didn’t activate the pendant as soon as she got to the Smoke. Many other people decided her fate as well, such as Dr. Cable, who didn’t really give Tally a choice to whether or not she would go find Shay.
10. If they took away oil from us now, we would have to find another source of energy. We wouldn’t have any transportation until we found another energy source.
I had a friend like Peris, her name was Courtney she moved away in 3rd grade and i haven’t talked to her since January of 2013.
I did think that Tally would get the operation. I never thought that she wouldn’t get the operation.
I have never talked to someone just because they are pretty i talk to people on the way that the treat me.
I would never take away my ability to think and be independent just so that i could be pretty.
I don’t think that if Shay could go back in time that she would not have met Tally because Tally is like her Best Friend.
Yes there are differences between theirs and ours one of the differences is that they have hovercars and we don’t. They have big houses that can fit like a million people and we don’t.
1. No my friend aren’t mean.
2. yes i want tally to get the operation and i still do because i want her and Peris to be pretty together.
3. no i don’t really care about how people look i pay attention to a persons personality.
4. it prepared her because Smoke is basically one big camp except you do hard work and labor sounds fun.
5 i don’t know i mean i might because my independent thinking get me in trouble and i mean hoe awesome would it be to be pretty and rich
6.IDK…
1. Nope, but sadly, I’ve done that to someone. However…. I think it was mutual.
2. I DID NOT want to Tally to get ANY of the operations. The Pretty operation I could deal with, but when she was stuck looking Special for the rest of her life, I was p–ed off! I know, I know, substance over looks or whatever. I just don’t think Specials are all that…er…. nice?
3. Nope, if someone is an idiot, but they’re pretty, I still don’t listen to them. Because…. who would want to listen to a pretty idiot? I know, some people do and that’s why most politicians are good-looking (supposedly), but I think that’s bull. Why do you think JFK was elected? Because he was handsome!!! I mean, I consider myself average-looking, but I usually have something smart to say and if I don’t. Well, people, ugly OR pretty don’t listen to me.
4. Well, I think that Tally started off her journey as a spoiled brat who had never done anything productive physically in her life. She really didn’t care about people until she met Shay, but that’s a different story. First of all, Tally started getting used to not having gourmet meals every day. And she got used to not having air conditioning or heat and not having a nice warm bed to sleep on. I mean, I feel like a hypocrite saying these things because I absolutely LOATHE camping (I’m one of those stay indoors people who read and play on their phone); however, in some ways, Tally did get somewhat prepared for the Smoke through her adventure in the Wild. Plus, I liked her adventure because she was by herself and she needed to learn how to be independent, because she seemed very needy and dependent on people.
5.Um…. NO. I think I’m more intelligent than my fellow peers for my age (Junior High), so I would never do anything like that. Junior High can be mostly about looks, but it doesn’t matter to me. As long as I have something brilliant to say, then I shouldn’t talk at all. That’s what I think of the operation. That once it’s done, they have become beautiful, unintelligent manikins that should act like manikins which includes the non-verbal part. So, I would never do that, but on the top of my head, I can think of some shallow low-lifes who would.
6. David is the perfect boyfriend for he isn’t chauvinist and he also doesn’t care about looks. Based on the cover of Uglies, Tally wasn’t extremely unfortunate-looking, but she was plain-looking. However, to David, he saw her as someone who had something intelligent to say, not someone who was beautiful and that’s all that mattered. I absolutely adore the quote from Uglies when David said, “What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.” I think that’s self-explanatory.
7. No, even though they had their quarrels, they still loved each other. They still were best friends and they still had memorable moments that made them even closer. Shay could complain and say that Tally stole David from her, but eventually, Shay would get over it and they would become best friends again. I have plenty of friends that I fight with sometimes, but the option of going back in time and never meeting them seems very extreme. I don’t Shay or Tally would EVER do that.
8. There are plenty of ways the Pretty society is healthier than our own and there are plenty of ways the Pretty society is not. In some ways, it is healthier because their image of beautiful is actually having muscle and meat on your bones. Whereas, in our world, pretty is defined as skinny and malnourished. However, the Pretty society isn’t all glitz and glamour for they seem to drink alcohol more often than us and that’s definitely NOT healthy. Both worlds are not perfect. There is no such thing as a Utopian society for sure.
9. Tally didn’t have much say in her fate. The things she had say in was meeting Shay and deciding to not alert Special Circumstances, but still alerting them by throwing it in the fire. She had say in choosing to share the pills Maddy made, which caused her to be cured of the lesions, but killing Zane. Dr. Cable and plenty others had lots to say of her fate. Tally didn’t choose to be Pretty. Tally didn’t choose to be Special. Tally didn’t choose to be cured and Tally didn’t choose to go to Diego. Everything was done by force and Tally had no say in it for she didn’t know what she wanted. The lesions and her brain were utterly confused which caused her to believe Dr. Cable’s lies and caused her to believe David and caused her to believe Shay and everyone else. The lesions and confusion with Tally caused her to believe everyone but herself. That’s my response.
10. Our world is VERY dependent on oil and gasoline. If it all just quit working or we just ran out, our world would collapse. I mean we have wind power, but most houses have gasoline run stoves and gasoline running cars. In some countries, the civilians bathe in oil for they have more oil than water! Crazy, but oil is actually very nourishing for your skin. Think of all of the transportation that wouldn’t work. Everyone would have to ride bikes or walk! We would have to engineer a device using wind power that could transport us places. I’m not very technological in engineering and all of that, but I’m sure there is someone who could make something like that. For real, America has produced Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. A hovercraft wouldn’t be that hard to come by if someone had strong creativity, imagination, and will to make it. Our world would just need someone to muster up enough courage to try and make things that would be helpful. If people were brave enough, I think our world wouldn’t be as bad as most people imagine.
Thanks for your time listening to my controversial banter.
~Charity~
And for all of you extreme Uglies fans.
“Thanks for being extremely nice-making. I give all of your responses milli-Helens!! These discussion questions were totally NOT bogus. They were totally BUBBLY!”
~Charity-la~
I have a question for Scott Westerfeld, but I don’t think he would have enough time to actually read all 2,073 responses so far; however, I’ll just ask it. Scott Westerfeld, what century and decade do you think your book was set in? Were you going for the 22nd century or something like the 24th or 25th century? Were you venturing eons away like the 33rd century or somewhere are there? I’m very sorry if you already said what year it was set in, but I don’t think all of that would happen over a few centuries. I mean, would you? Think about how much we changed government wise over the last two centuries. Something THAT tremendous and large would have to happen around the 28th, 29th, or 30th century. I know we have gained loads of technology since the 18th century, but government wise, I don’t think we’ve had something so severe and life-changing like this. If you have the time, which I’m certain you don’t, answer me back and tell me what you think. All of the rules, regulations, new laws, and new leaders couldn’t have changed in three centuries. Unless, something SO life-altering took the world and flipped it upside down. If so, can you elaborate that stunning, life-changing moment?
PS. I’m not intentionally trying to sound like a jerk.
Thanks a bunch.
~Charity~
PPS. I have some theories for how Palestine and Israel can share Jerusalem, but I haven’t found a way to get in touch with the United Nations where they would actually read my theories (theory, actually) and respond.
PPPS. Sorry, you probably don’t care about my theory for Palestine and Israel. I wonder if you actually care about global news.
PPPPS. Okay, that was really rude. Of course you care! Your Dystopian book is probably the closest book to being actually possible. Take Matched for instance. That book is DEFINITELY fiction! I don’t even see the need America would have to match people together. And it’s so dumb how Cassia, the main character, is the ONLY one who’s ever thought of cheating and getting with someone else. Come on, chauvinistic men and cads can’t just have 1 woman.
Sorry, I’m bantering again. This was supposed to be just a short question asking your thoughts. Bye. Again. For like the third time.
Oh, and I’m very sorry Ally Condie. I’ve read the first two of the Matched series, but the last one was painfully awful. I’m sorry. I kind of wanted Cassia to get with Xander and who the heck is this Lee or Asian that gets with Xander? If Cassia can’t get with Xander at least put Indie with Xander. Oops…. sorry. I talk WAY too much. This is an Uglies blog.
SORRY….
~Charity~
I mean… Charity-la. You know…. since it’s…. um… you know…. er…. an… Uglies blog? Yeah….. Bye.
Oh yeah. To everyone who’s waiting for the Uglies movie to come out. Yeah… that’s not going to happen in my foreseeable future. I think Scott Westerfeld is trying is hardest, but… yeah…. it’s not going to happen soon.
~Charity~
I want the movie just as bad. There’s this WONDERFUL Uglies Teaser Trailer by signingupagain. It’s on YouTube. If anyone knows the music that plays in the background of the video. PLEASE tell me!
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This book was very interesting to me and i hope that i will get the chance to read the rest of the series…
1.As of myself,yes i have had a friend that once she moved away…she kinda forgot about me.I hope that it never happens again because it was very upsetting to find out.
2.At first, I did hope that Tally would be able to get the operation…that is until Maddy and Az explained what it did to you. After Maddy found a cure, i do now hope that Tally eventually gets the operation done,so even though it would change her for a little while, she would get HER mind back,instead of having what the doctors wanted her to have.
3.As of today, no i have not trusted or listened to someone more just because of the way they look. And i never will either, i believe that it isnt right to judge someone or somebody just based on the way they look. I have though not trusted someone because of the way they talk to me, or their negative attitude.
4.The journey to The Smoke prepared Tally for The Smoke because all of the hardships that she went through along the way strengthened her for The Smoke.
5. I probably would not trade having a mind of my own for being happy,rich,healthy,and beautiful because i would rather have MY mind than the mind that Special Circumstances and the Operation Doctors want me to have.
6.I think that because of the fact that David was not raised into thinking that becoming Pretty, was the ultimate goal in life, and that if you were not Pretty, you were absolutely Ugly, he saw Tally as a beautiful girl,as Tally thought herself to be hideous.
7. I f Shay had gone back into time and never met Tally, than Shay would have never turned Pretty and still gone to The Smoke, but Tally probably would have turned Pretty on her 16th birthday, and NEVER gone to The Smoke.
8.Differences between us and Pretties, is that in today`s real life, we have a mind of our own, and don`t separate ugly people, old people, pretty people, and in the middle people apart from each other. We also don`t have a lot of the technology that they have,that I know of. No, i do not think that they are healthier than today`s real life.
9.Tally decided her own fate to the extent of weather she really needed to do it, but to be honest, she really did not decide her own fate. Special Circumstances made her go to The Smoke to betray her friend Shay. Peris made her not come back to New Pretty Town, so she could come back when she was pretty.He also made her decide to actually go to The Smoke. Shay made her go to the Rusty Ruins, and then made her learn hoe to hover-board. I think that in the majority of this book, other people have told her what do to do and when to do it.
10.My life depends on gasoline and oil because, for instance, for me to conveniently go somewhere fast, i need gasoline to put into the car, or i need it to fire the grill, or heat things up. If it would just suddenly go away one day….than i think that it would not be so good for me.I would`nt be able to go anywhere far away or could`nt use my grill, or cant heat those specific things.Life would be disastrous.
This book was a very interesting book to read and I look forward to reading the rest of this series.
This book was very interesting to me and i hope that i will get the chance to read the rest of the series…
1.As of myself,yes i have had a friend that once she moved away…she kinda forgot about me.I hope that it never happens again because it was very upsetting to find out.
2.At first, I did hope that Tally would be able to get the operation…that is until Maddy and Az explained what it did to you. After Maddy found a cure, i do now hope that Tally eventually gets the operation done,so even though it would change her for a little while, she would get HER mind back,instead of having what the doctors wanted her to have.
3.As of today, no i have not trusted or listened to someone more just because of the way they look. And i never will either, i believe that it isnt right to judge someone or somebody just based on the way they look. I have though not trusted someone because of the way they talk to me, or their negative attitude.
4.The journey to The Smoke prepared Tally for The Smoke because all of the hardships that she went through along the way strengthened her for The Smoke.
5. I probably would not trade having a mind of my own for being happy,rich,healthy,and beautiful because i would rather have MY mind than the mind that Special Circumstances and the Operation Doctors want me to have.
6.I think that because of the fact that David was not raised into thinking that becoming Pretty, was the ultimate goal in life, and that if you were not Pretty, you were absolutely Ugly, he saw Tally as a beautiful girl,as Tally thought herself to be hideous.
7. If Shay had gone back into time and never met Tally, than Shay would have never turned Pretty and still gone to The Smoke, but Tally probably would have turned Pretty on her 16th birthday, and NEVER gone to The Smoke.
8.Differences between us and Pretties, is that in today`s real life, we have a mind of our own, and don`t separate ugly people, old people, pretty people, and in the middle people apart from each other. We also don`t have a lot of the technology that they have,that I know of. No, i do not think that they are healthier than today`s real life.
9.Tally decided her own fate to the extent of weather she really needed to do it, but to be honest, she really did not decide her own fate. Special Circumstances made her go to The Smoke to betray her friend Shay. Peris made her not come back to New Pretty Town, so she could come back when she was pretty.He also made her decide to actually go to The Smoke. Shay made her go to the Rusty Ruins, and then made her learn how to hover-board. I think that in the majority of this book, other people have told her what do to do and when to do it.
10.My life depends on gasoline and oil because, for instance, for me to conveniently go somewhere fast, i need gasoline to put into the car, or i need it to fire the grill, or heat things up. If it would just suddenly go away one day….than i think that it would not be so good for me.I would`nt be able to go anywhere far away or could`nt use my grill, or cant heat those specific things.Life would be disastrous.
This book was a very interesting book to read and I look forward to reading the rest of this series.
What does “bubbly” mean and why some of the charecters add and “-la” so the end of the persons name? Ex: Tally-la
Dear Scott Westerfeld-wa,
I am obsessed with the “Uglies” series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I read ALL four books (“Uglies”, “Pretties”, “Specials”, AND “Extras) and “Bogus To Bubbly”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I think about it all the time!!!!!!!!!!You might be thinking why. Well, isn’t it obvious? Who wouldn’t love this series?!?!?!?!?!?! But, I also think there should be more to the series!!!!!!!!!!! If you care about your fans, if you love us, then you WILL write more books to this series!!!!!!!!!!! And if you DO make more books in this series, make sure they are from Tally-wa’s point of view, not Aya-la’s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you don’t have enough time to write more books to the “Uglies” series, then PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE make movies to ALL the books in the “Uglies” series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going crazy without Tally-wa and David-la!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please help ALL your fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know ALL you “Uglies” fans out there are thinking how I read your minds. It’s just a thing we all fans have in common. How many of you agree with me??????????????????? So, Basically Scott-la, you HAVE to make more books to this series or make movies for ALL of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your choice. OR ELSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you care about your fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S.: Is “Mind-Rain” a part of the “Uglies” series?????????? And is it even a REAL book?????????????? Because I searched it up on “Google” And it was there. But when I searched it on “Google Books”, the book store, the library website and the library, it wasn’t there, so I am not sure.
I hope you listen to my wish, my dream, my hope. I am sure you care about us, so you WILL listen to our voice.
Your biggest fan,
UgliesSeriesLoverTally+David=<3SwAsr
P.P.S.: I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YOU, TALLY AND DAVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?
-Not exactly. I’ve had friends move away but it was never like how Peris and Tally were. The difference there is that my friends never changed so much that I couldn’t relate to them anymore. But that has happened a few times just because people grow up and personalities change whether they move away or not.
2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)
-I didn’t really know. I think I did when Tally really wanted it more than anything else in the world. She would get so upset and she couldn’t look in the mirror without staring at her frizzy hair or her squinty eyes, and that’s not healthy. I feel like self-worth and confidence is extremely important, and I encourage anyone to do whatever it takes to feel good about yourself, even if that means going under the knife. But then when she found out the truth about the operation and David showed her that she could be pretty without smart-plastics and brain lesions, I didn’t want her to.
3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?
-This is sort of a hard question, only because I feel like everyone has once or twice. Even if it’s not necessarily trusting them but paying more attention to them based on their appearance. How do you normally pick friends? You find someone who’s style is close to yours or someone who’s hair you like a lot and you try to find something to talk about. Everyone does it.
4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?
-She learned how to make sacrifices, she discovered new things about the world instead of the city she was trapped inside for her entire life. Her mind sort of opened to new possibilities, like the rangers in the field of flowers, and she also realized how much she relied on the city.
5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?
-I feel like that probably comes with being famous. You make a bunch of money, enough to do whatever you want including getting cosmetic surgery, people want to know you and they love you before they’ve even met you. All of that fame and love and money could turn anyone into a bubblehead.
6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?
-He saw her for who she was as a person, where she saw herself only as who she could be if she were pretty. David really showed Tally humanity and love which she’d never seen before. In the ugly dorms, everyone was always calling each other by their ugly nicknames which were based on their worst feature. Tally was conditioned to hate herself since her last day as a littlie, and somehow David changed her way of thinking even after all that time. I don’t think that David’s a bad guy, and I feel bad for him in a way because of how Tally had to handle their last conversation before she became a special. But she was right: they had gone through too many new things without each other, and she found Zane. I like to think of David and Tally’s relationship as one that thirteen-year-olds would have. Although they both pretty mature, I feel like he didn’t know what he wanted. He bounced from Shay to Tally in such a short time and ultimately split their friendship. They also claimed to be in love, which although they spent pretty much every single day together for two months, that’s still only two months.
7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?
-I think that Shay is very resentful towards Tally, even when she becomes Special. Tally betrayed the Smoke, is the reason why Shay became pretty in the first place, unintentionally stole David from her, stole Shay back from the city and brought her to the New Smoke for a few miserable nights, kind of stole Zane from her (if you remember in the beginning of Pretties, Shay was sort of flirting with Zane although he showed no real interest), didn’t share the pills with her and instead split them with Zane, went to the New Smoke with the other Crims but didn’t bring Shay although she tried (so I guess this one doesn’t really count as Tally’s wrongdoing but I’m sure Shay’s pretty pissed about it). I think that at the end of the day, Shay is thankful for everything Tally’s done. She thrives as a Special. She knows exactly who she is now, she’s not searching for some clique of bubbleheads or a rebellion cult in the unknown. Shay is actually the leader for once in her life, and I think she’s happy with where she is.
8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)
-Of course there’s the differences in technology which overall impact society, but other than that, I feel that their world isn’t too different from ours. We favor good looks over achievements and personality. Children are conditioned to hate themselves thanks to magazines, television, etc. to buy into schemes. I think that of course they have the right idea about energy-saving and the health of the earth. I really love how everything in the books has little details thrown in that give you a glimpse into their world and how things work, like the solar panels and the hovercars, and with those things I feel like they had the right idea.
9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?
-Tally definitely decided her fate on multiple occasions. Of course she only had two real options when she went out to take down the Smoke; Either stay ugly for life or go out and risk everything to help out Special Circumstances. Of course she could’ve chosen the first option, but that’s not the Tally that we all know and love. She chose to take the pills, she chose to run away a second time to the New Smoke, she chose Zane over David. The only thing she didn’t choose was to become Special. I think that Shay forced Tally to under the knife and become Special only as revenge. In Specials, Shay says that she’s always wanted Tally and herself to be on the same side. I feel like that’s another reason why she made Tally Special.
10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?
-When it comes down to it, money’s the main thing in everyone’s lives. If oil and gasoline were to just vanish overnight, everyone would be freaking out and what little is left would be beyond expensive. Personally, I’m learning how to drive, but I’m not dependent on it. Of course, I’d be upset because there’s no way I could see friends who live 30 mins. away and I wouldn’t be able to travel to any of the places I’d love to go but haven’t had the opportunity yet. This is really where I feel that the Pretty civilization is stronger than ours. They have the right idea in this area, but that’s mostly because they learned from the Rustys’ mistakes.
I just finished specials and I am in awe as I was reading I felt happyness, sadness, anger and confusion along with tally. Her character development is incredible. I know your probably never going to read this but I think it would be really cool if you wrote another book in this world about tally and David’s time in the wild protecting the wild from the New System. also I’m really curious as to who it was that created the virus that destroyed the oil, if it was someone who wanted power or someone else. This is a really icy book and I hope this comment wasn’t totally bogus.
I love your books! I have started speaking pretty as a joke to my friends who have read the book but, It seems to be getting to the point were we just add -la to the ends of our names or talk about how math was totally bogus. I scare myself sometimes with that. Im sorta a real life manga-head and I feel sad about it sorta now because I read the comments on one of your posts and people are afraid of Huge eyes and huge lips and a tiny nose. I naturally have those features and I do wear contacts to look more like a Manga-head or as we the (Rusties) now call it a real life doll. I think after reading far into this series you opened my eyes up to how it is for a whole society to be over obsessed with their looks (Which I sadly am too). Anyways I love your books and I beg you to make a movie out of this series! I am a writer myself and a huge Sci-fi lover.. One more thing before I go back to finishing reading Extra’s .. I want to know If tally has blue eyes for sure, And does Shay have green/brown eyes? I know they all had Special eyes after the operation but, what colors were they originally?
1)I have had one or two friends like Peris they moved away and we lost connection but the never betrayed me
2)At first i really wanted her to get operation and I thought it was all Shay’s fault then I really wanted her to stay with David and now since Maddy found a cure im sort of hoping it works so she can be pretty and have a mind of her own
3)Yes I have payed attention to someone just because they are cute and I think im a tiny bit quilty about it
4)I really dont know about that question in that part of the book I lost consentration
5)It is a 50/50 answer for that from me I wanna be pretty and rich I mean who doesnt but I wanna have a mind of my own im sure everyone agrees
6)David saw Tally different because her inside that is why he thought she was beautiful
7)I think if Shay was pretty should would never go back in time in the book she told Tally she was happy how she looked but if the pills worked and she was pretty and had a independant mind then I dont know and the same answer for if she was ugly
8)The difference between the world Tally is in and ours is tht they dont judge people from how they look and we arent forced to have operation
9)In the beginning of the book others decided her future then when she decided to stay in Smoke that was her choice
10)I Dont Know