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DICE Summit 2009 headlines
EA: Mirror's Edge and Dead Space failed due to lack of support
EA's COO, John Schappert, gave a speech at DICE this week chatting about 20 years of technology transitions in the gaming industry. During it, he admitted that both Dead Space and Mirror's Edge weren't given enough of a marketing push.5
VG247 podcast #2 - Develop wrap-up and Rare on Avatars
Develop's been and gone – find out what we thought of the UK show in the second episode of our podcast after the break. There's also an interview with Rare's head of animation, Louise Ridgeway, in there, where she talks about Rare's work on 360′s Avatar system. It's good stuff, so take a listen. 0.00-12.09 […]9
PC digital download market will be worth $1 billion in 2009
Dorian Bloch, GfK Chart-Track director, expects the digital download market for PC to be worth over $1 billion in 2009 thanks to services like Direct2Drive, Steam, and Metaboli. Bloch estimates the market accumulated close to $600 million last year, with publisher's relishing the idea of including sales number's in GfK Chart-Track's data. "This is a […]2
Gamestop boss - Used game sales don't damage aren't damaging
Speaking at DICE today, Gamestop CEO J Paul Raines claimed that secondhand sales don't impact the success of new games. "Do used game sales hurt new game sales?" he asked. "No." Raines said that only 4 percent of GameStop's used game sales are for titles that debuted in the last 60 days. The retailer's surveys […]4
"Day of single-player games are numbered", says Dave Perry
Acclaim boss Dave Perry said at DICE yesterday that single-player games will not be able to compete with online free-to-play games. The creator of Earthworm Jim told the crowd that "the days of single-player games are numbered," and added that his company's focus is "entirely on multiplayer." More over on Gamasutra.19
NPD - Consumers prefer boxed games
Speaking at DICE in Las Vegas today, NPD analyst Anita Frazier said that some 75 percent of gamers say they prefer a boxed product, and 58 percent had never downloaded a game. But out of those who have downloaded a game, 77 percent said it was just as good as a retail box, she added. […]1
Emsemble co-founder is happy the others have moved on
Ensemble Studios co-founder Bruce Shelley is very happy for the ex-Ensemble vets who have moved on to form Robot Entertainment and Bonfire Studios. Speaking at DICE, Shelley said the studio's demise mostly boiled down to lack of quality, lack of quality hires and genre diversification as projects not related to RTS were canceled. Shelley also […]0
Jay Mohr lightens up DICE by roasting guests
Comedian Jay Mohr was the host of this year's AIAS awards, and what better way to get the crowd warmed than by making fun of some of the most prominent people there? Here are just a couple of them: Cliff Belinski: (Dropping the "y" from his name to be more adult): "That worked well for […]0
LittleBigPlanet wins big at AIAS DICE awards
Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet has swept the board at the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards in Las Vegas, taking eight trophies from the ceremony. The platformer won Family Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering, Outstanding Character Performance, Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Console Game […]4
RE5 boss reveals "The 10 Commandments of Capcom Development"
Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi told DICE yesterday Capcom's ten-point plan for making good games. As you do. The first three: Keep staff turnover below 10 percent per annum. Maintain the ability (and cash reserves) to increase personnel by 10 percent each year. Keeping the first two points in mind, keep development cost fluctuation […]2
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Mario Andretti believes F1 has found a "fixed home" for the United States GP, confident the race can thrive at the Circuit of the Americas.
Over the years Formula One has struggled to find a permanent home in America with the last US GP held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 2000 to 2007. The race, though, was dropped when the Indy organisers failed to reach a new agreement with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
Five years later Formula One is back in America, this time at the newly-constructed Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
And one man who is proud of the new track is Andretti, the 1978 F1 World Champion.
"When I saw the place in June I had my doubts about this ever going ahead," the 72-year-old told The Observer.
"But I've been amazed at the work that has taken place since. There were big difficulties, because the whole project fell into different hands. But there was a passion and a resolve to perform miracles and make it work.
"And now this can be the fixed home of the US Grand Prix. And I think that fact will see the event not only surviving but thriving in the future.
"It's a great host city and I think the track, borrowing a bit from Silverstone here, a little of Hockenheim there, will go down great with the drivers."
As for plans to Formula One to race through the streets of New Jersey, a deal that has been postponed by at least a year from 2013 to 2014, Andretti said: "Can you imagine New York as the backdrop?
"It could be fantastic. But right now Austin is all we're thinking about."
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Thomas wins first Swiss Days title, Gillette nabs fifth
For Pennville native Ian Thomas the third time actually was a charm.
Thomas, running in his third First Bank of Berne Swiss Days 5K Race, threw a steady pace at defending and six-time race champion Justin Gillette Saturday in humid conditions and took control after one mile.
The two hit the one-mile mark together in 4:52, and Thomas was able to stay at about that pace the rest of the way, finishing in 15:26.03 (4:58 mile pace), while Gillette came in at 16:00.15 (about 5 seconds faster than his winning time in 2010).
"I felt like I was in control from the very first actually,†said Thomas. "It was really comfortable and I was running exactly as fast as I wanted for today. It felt pretty good.
"(Gillette) stuck with me for about a mile and then I started to pull away. I stayed consistent, comfortable, held pace and just pulled away.â€
Gillette finished second overall, marking the second time in his last three tries that he took runner-up honors. He won five straight Swiss Days Race titles from 2004-2008.
"It was something I really wanted to do, and part of the reason I came was because Gillette's won it so many years,†said Thomas. "The last time I ran (Swiss Days) I was 1:20 slower than I was today, and I was like tenth place or something. I've gotten significantly faster since 2007 (last time at Swiss Days), and I thought it would be cool - it is like the biggest local race - and I wanted to see if I could win it.â€
Melissa Gillette, a native of Berne, won the women's overall title for the fifth time in six years and is approaching her husband's (Justin) career win total at the race.
Melissa Gillette finished in 18:39.36, topping Fort Wayne's Coral Whaley by more than 46 seconds.
Tristan Anderson of rural Bluffton won the one-mile race in 6:27.07.
Eliza Harruff of Berne was the top female finisher in the one-mile race and the second finisher overall in 6:47.23.
There were 450 total runners participating in the Swiss Days races - 66 in the mile race and 384 in the 5K.
One-mile age group winners were:
Samantha Liechty of Chardon, OH girls 8 and under, Harruff girls 9 to 11, Brandon Sprunger of Fort Wayne in boys 8 and under, and Anderson boys 9 to 11.
Age group winners in the 5K were:
Olivia Von Gunten, Berne, 14 and under female; Whaley 15 to 18 female; Gillette 19 to 29 female; Tami Henry, Berne, 30 to 39 female; Maureen Liechty, Chardon, OH, 40 to 49 female; Denise Conrad, Decatur, 50 to 59 female; Delores Johns, Bluffton, 60 and over female.
Adam Garner, Decatur, 14 and under male; Alex Cushman, Ossian, 15 to 18 male; Thomas 19 to 29 male; Jake Krider, North Olmstead, OH 130 to 39 male; Greg Krider, Fort Wayne, 40 to 49 male; Jerry Williams Jr., Fort Wayne, 50 to 59 male; Jerry Pierce, Selma, 60 and over male.
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We're located at 'Jing Shan Hou Jie'. That means 'back street of Jing Shan park'; our address in Chinese is: 景 山 公 园 北 , 景 山 后 街, 丁 字 路 口 东 边 路 北 , 碾 子 胡 同 57 号.
Please find the 'SINOPEC Gas station ' first ,it is about 30 meters east of the T junction ( JingShanHouJie and Di'anMen Inner street ). By the East side, you will find a fenced GYM playground which many people play Ping Pong and Chess at daytime, pass the playground turn left that is entrance of the alley with the sign of the '碾子胡同' in Chinese and 'Sitting on the City Walls' in English. Please follow the 'City Walls' sign hung on the wire pole in the alley (Enter the alley you will find a small parking then turn right). Turn into the small alley and walking about 1 minute.
By taxi:
Taxi is very cheap in Beijing. Between 5:00-23:00, the first 3km cost 13 RMB, then 2.3 RMB/km. If over 15 km will be 3.45 RMB/km. You need pay gas surcharge 1 RMB/ride for a ride Every five minutes of waiting time you'll need pay a 1-2km fee. Between 23:00-5:00 the whole cost will raise about 20%.
Remeber: pay by the receipt,check the distance,plus
toll fee if from airport.(10 for T3, Free for T2& T1 to downtown)
Daytime cost:sorry, we can not image waiting fee.
From Airport: 27-28km,45-60 minutes, about 90-100 RMB.
From Beijing Central Station: 5-6km,20-30 minutes, about 20--25 RMB.
From Beijing West Railway Station: 12km, 30-45 minutes, about 35--40 RMB.
From Beijing South Railway Station: 12km,30-45 minutes, about 35-40 RMB.
Most of the Taxi drivers can not speak English, please learn some Chinese pronunciation:
JingShanHouJie (means name of street景山后街)
DingZilLuKouDong (means East of T junction丁字路口东)
ZhongShiHua JiaYouZhan (means Sinopec Gas station中石化加油站)
NianZI HuTong ( means name of alley 碾子胡同)
From NanLuoGuXiang metro station (line 6):
About 12-15 minutes' walk. From Exit A, to the ground, turn left, you can see a big sign for JingShan Park. Walking to big crossing, turn left into DiAnMen Inner Street. Go down and hit the red wall of JingShan Park, that is the T junction we mentioned and turn left you can see the Sinopec. The Metro is 2 RMB/person with free transfer in all lines. It runs 5:00-23:00.
From BeiHai North station (line six):
This is suitable if you have heavy luggage. From Exit D to the ground, you will find a big bus stop at once. Please take Bus 111 for three stops to JingShanDongJie; cost is 1 RMB/person. Get off the bus, go back to the corner, cross the street first and turn left. You will find the GYM only 30 meters away, that is the NianZiHuTong. The Metro is 2 RMB/person with free transfer in all lines. It runs 5:00-23:00.
From the airport:
Take the Airport Express to the last stop (DongZhiMen). Transfer to line 2 and go for two stops to ChaoYangMen. From there, transfer to line 6 and get off at either NanLuoGuXiang station or BeiHai North station and then follow directions as above. The Airport Express is 25 RMB/person and runs 6:00-22:00.
If you're a group of 2-4 people, a taxi will be more economical.
Alternately, take the Airport Express to DongZhiMen and then take bus No.107 for eight stops to DiAnMenWai (地安门外). Get off the bus, go straight past the crossing and go down. Hit the red wall of JianShan Park, that is thee T junction we metioned. Turn left and you will find the gas station. The bus costs 1 RMB/person and runs from 5:00-23:00.
From Beijing Central Station:
Take line 2 for two stops to ChaoYangMen, then transfer to Line 6 and follow directions as above.
From Beijing West Railway Station:
Take Line 9 for two stops to BaiShiQiaoNan, then transfer to Line 6 and follow directions as above.
From Beijing South Railway Station:
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His Serene Highness, Prince Robert de Rohan Courtenay, 1961
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Acclaimed photographer Diane Arbus is known for her powerfully strange and troubling images that reveal the quirky, pathetic, and even freakish aspects of humanity. In the early 1960s Arbus spent a great deal of time photographing the eccentric Prince Robert de Rohan Courtenay. The prince was born in Oklahoma, yet laid claim to the throne of the Byzantine Roman Empire. As pictured in this photograph, he lived in a highly baroque 1.83 by 2.74 metres room on 48th Street in New York City. Arbus would spend hours with the prince in this room, poring over his thousands of poems, scrawled in some form of pig latin. A meaningful stanza which Arbus deciphered read "he who searches for trash so surely finds only trash."
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Grandeur by Nostalgic Warehouse™ offers unparalleled vintage reproductions, made using the finest materials and manufacturing processes.
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Somewhat expensive, but well worth it. I ordered only one initially to test it, then ordered in bulk for the whole house. The handle is very heavy and gives the "solid" feel when pressed. Due to its mass, it does not "jump" back as a hollow one would, but returns into original position with determination. There is a nice pattern on the top of the Portofino handle that is not clearly visible in the picture - a little "step" through the middle of the handle. The pewter finish looks great with the roped rosette.
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2,243 of 2,282 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars From a teen-age survivor
I am not quite finished with the book, but so far, I think it is very well written. It covers a topic that is difficult to talk about and is often avoided. It has been challenging for me to get through; however, I feel like I should add my perspective. I was diagnosed with cancer at 10. I am now 15 years old and a teen-age cancer survivor. I am a volunteer and advocate...
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551 of 683 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars "It is the nature of stars to cross"
Boy, do I have a feeling I'm going to provoke a lot of anger among the Nerdfighter community with this. All I ask is that you hear me out.
I've read all of John Green's full-length, independently written novels (opting to skip all the collaborations and side projects). I find him to be a mostly charming, witty writer, but I've never obsessed over him the way...
Published on April 25, 2012 by Gregory Baird
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2,243 of 2,282 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars From a teen-age survivor,
This review is from: The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
I am not quite finished with the book, but so far, I think it is very well written. It covers a topic that is difficult to talk about and is often avoided. It has been challenging for me to get through; however, I feel like I should add my perspective. I was diagnosed with cancer at 10. I am now 15 years old and a teen-age cancer survivor. I am a volunteer and advocate for pediatric cancer awareness.
This book has gotten negative reviews based on several points:
1) This is from another reviewer: "The characters are not believable. They do not speak like teenagers. They do not even handle situations like teenagers do. So many interactions between Gus and Hazel are interactions which, plain and simple, just would not happen between real, emotional, scared, awkward, virgin teenagers, let alone ones with cancer who have been socially cut off for much of their lives."
*My point-of-view: Have you spent time with any of us? They are believable as teen-age cancer patients/survivors. We may look like teen-agers, but in our heads, we are not. We have had to face our own mortality and make choices we should never have to make. It makes us grow up...quickly. Most of us do not act or speak like teen-agers because that is no longer how we think. After treatment, many of us find the things most teens (and sometimes adults) are worried about are trivial. Society cuts us off, but we are not cut off from each other. These types of interactions do happen. And, it is emotional and scary, but we learn to tell it like it is, without the normal fluff and awkwardness. We find 'normal' where we can and try to live every single day we have because we know that time is an illusion.
2) The parents are not real, not deep characters, and they do not have their own identities.
*My point-of-view: I have seen my own parents (and siblings) and the parents of other friends struggle with this. Many times, they do not have their own identities anymore. Every single minute is spent trying to make it to the next! They try to keep the family together and functioning, in spite of the effects of treatment, fevers and midnight trips to the emergency room, 3 weeks of the month spent in isolation, jobs in jeopardy, birthdays and holidays interrupted, not to mention talks that parents never want to have with their child. I've talked to my mom about this. This becomes their identity. My mom said their jobs become about doing whatever it takes, travelling all over the country (which is very common), researching new studies, and new medicines, all to help us survive and thrive with grace and dignity. It is also their job to prepare, if treatments don't work, to help us die with just as much grace and dignity.
I hope everyone can read this with an open mind and an open heart. Then, reach out to the patients and survivors in your communities. They are wise beyond their years, funny, brave and inspiring.
1,700 of 1,835 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book I've Read in Years,
This review is from: The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
I've read a lot of books, but this is one of my all time favorites; that's not something I can say about very many books. I'll make it simple; I'm a fifteen year old teenage boy. When I usually read a book, I toss it aside and move on to the next one. And, like most teenage boys, I am not very emotional. At the end of this book, I cried. Not just a few tears either; I was full on bawling my eyes out. That's how good this book is. I promise you, unless you have a heart of stone, you will love this book.
1,203 of 1,343 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Young Adult Fiction at its finest,
This review is from: The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
Although his brother Hank might argue that the real "fault in our stars" is that our sun contains limited amounts of hydrogen, which will cause it to eventually run out of the only fuel source capable of supporting its mass against gravity, thereby expanding until its outer shell envelops our tiny planet and consumes it in a fiery death, I think it is more likely that John Green's title refers to a line from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar:
"The fault, dear Brutus is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings." Caesar (I, ii, 140-141)
What does this quote mean and how does it relate to a novel about two kids dying of cancer? I'll explore that below.
The Fault in Our Stars is the story of two 16-year-olds who meet at a cancer support group. Hazel Lancaster, the narrator, is afflicted with terminal thyroid cancer which has ravaged her lungs enough to necessitate the use of an oxygen tank wherever she goes. It is during a support meeting that she is introduced to Augustus Waters, whose leg was claimed by a malignant bone tumor and who soon becomes the object of her affection.
When I learned of the plot of this novel, I was initially a bit turned off. I'm reminded of a comment a friend made when I asked her if she wanted to go see the movie 50/50, upon which she exclaimed "who wants to go see a movie about people dying of cancer?" I couldn't come up with a satisfactory response, and we settled for a two-hour movie about the competitive world of robot fighting (which still caused me to shed a tear). So why would anyone, especially young adults, want to read about "cancer kids?" As Hazel herself states in the novel, "cancer books suck." But "The Fault in Our Stars" isn't about cancer, and it's not about death. Cancer is an important subject in the book, but it's not nearly as important as the characters. The disease is mainly used as a vehicle for moving along the development of Hazel and Augustus. In the absence of teen wizards, dystopian death races, and swooning vampire/werewolf feuds, it allows us to view the protagonists in a more complex setting than the traditional high school drama. It also forces the characters to grow up much faster than they should, which I think is important for Green's audience as well as his needs as a writer. The "young adult" label should not be cause for dismissal to older audiences. As equally evident in his previous novels, Green's writing is not dumbed-down in an attempt to cater to a misguided adult notion of the intelligence of teenagers. While Hazel and Augustus certainly share in the same adolescent interests as many of their peers, their dialogue is written at a level that betrays a deeper level of maturity. Amidst trips to the mall and countless video game sessions, the characters expound on subjects in life that everyone faces. While it might seem strange to hear a 16-year-old use words like "cloying" and "sobriquet," this is par for the course in a John Green novel. And strangely, it works very well (provided you keep a dictionary handy). Even though I initially balked at reading a "young adult" title (I'm well into adulthood), I realized that just because a book is marketed toward adolescents, doesn't mean it can't be enjoyed by those outside that niche. I'm hesitant to make the comparison, but "The Fault in our Stars" bridges the age gap in the same vein as Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. It contains content and themes thoroughly relatable to a young audience, while being presented in a way that adults will appreciate.
Green's characters always come off a bit stiff to me and start off sounding like pretentious jerks who are trying too hard to grow up, but I always warm up to them and end up relating to them by the middle of the novel. Gus was no exception. However my opinion of him changed as early as chapter 2, and I knew as soon as I heard him have a conversation with Hazel about their counselor's incorrect usage of the word "literally" (a fact that had literally been bothering me since it was mentioned in the first chapter) that I knew we could be friends. The likeability factor of these characters is one of the reasons the rest of the story can be so heartbreaking to follow at times. Even though I was fully aware from the beginning that Hazel's condition is terminal, she doesn't behave in a way that constantly reminds me of that fact. Instead, her sarcastic wit and outlook on life draw me to her as someone I could easily be friends with (if only there wasn't that problem of her being a fictional character). From very early on, I'm sucked into an emotional attachment to the characters in the story that made it very difficult to actually put the book down (and one of the reasons I will probably read it several more times). Returning to the titular quote above, although it is fully explained in the novel, I think the line from Julius Caesar is also appropriate as a title because Hazel does not let her ultimate fate determine the course of her life.
I thought Green's last two solo books, Katherines and Paper Towns, were pretty good, but they didn't capture that sense of awe I felt after finishing his first novel. And again, I think that's because I've seen such a huge change over the years in Green's ability to connect his characters to the reader. The Fault in our Stars returns me to that era and I'm reminded of just how good of a writer he is. I do not know if it will win the same Young Adult Fiction awards Alaska received, but I do know it will be regarded by myself and many more as one of, if not his best work to date. Regardless of their literary interests, I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is a fan of great writing and character-driven stories.
It should also be mentioned that Green personally signed all 150,000 copies of the first printing of this novel. So if you are buying it soon after release, your copy will almost certainly be autographed.
John Green's other novels include:
Looking for Alaska (2005)
An Abundance of Katherines (2006)
Paper Towns (2008)
Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances (coauthored - 2010)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (coauthored - 2010)
342 of 383 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Review in Three Parts,
This review is from: The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
Part one: The Book.
"The Fault in Our Stars" is a work that defies its genre in all the best ways possible. The silly boycrushes and superficial gossip that most writers think makes up 99% of high school steps aside for a beautiful, honest, heartrending story of life, death, and love. I can only compare this book to Markus Zuzak's award-winning "The Book Thief" in terms of sophistication and depth.
Hazel and Augustus are two of the most fleshed-out characters, particularly teenagers, that I have ever read. Their story is a joy and a privilege to read. Furthermore, their love is more real than anything else you will ever find on the Young Adult shelves.
Note- Read it alone if you can. People give you weird looks when you aren't sure if you're laughing or crying.
Part Two: A Response to Several Reviews
This bit is written in response to those who find the dialogue unrealistic, particularly for wee little teenagers. To them, I'd firstly like to request that you stop being condescending. Does every teenager speak like that? No, of course not. But please don't assume that means all teenagers are incapable of using words with more than two syllables, or lack the brainpower to be witty, insightful, and existential in conversation.
Having spent the last five or so years in this nebulous "teenagerdom", I believe I may be qualified enough to judge the "teenageriness" of Green's dialogue. Do the characters sound like teenagers? No. They don't sound like iCarly, or Bella Swan, or Troy Bolton or the majority of teens in pop culture.
But they do sound like me, and my best friends, and the people I surround myself with in high school. They sound like people, people I'd like to meet. Like the books defiance of the Young Adult Genre, Hazel and Augustus defy the conventional teenager model, resulting in some of the most honest and real characters I have read.
Part Three: A Letter
Dear John Green,
Thank you.
A Young Adult
551 of 683 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars "It is the nature of stars to cross",
Gregory Baird (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
Boy, do I have a feeling I'm going to provoke a lot of anger among the Nerdfighter community with this. All I ask is that you hear me out.
I've read all of John Green's full-length, independently written novels (opting to skip all the collaborations and side projects). I find him to be a mostly charming, witty writer, but I've never obsessed over him the way his impressive legion of fans (called Nerdfighters) have. Clearly, I've enjoyed him enough to keep checking in every time he's published a new book, but there have been enough flaws or annoyances to keep me a little jaded about the experience. The Fault in Our Stars may have officially tipped the scales against Green for me. It's the first time I've really found myself irritated by a Green novel.
I'm going to insert a disclaimer here before anyone tries to accuse me of lacking sensitivity for people who are terminally ill. Both of my parents have had, or still have, cancer at the time of this writing. My partner lost his mother to cancer. I also had a beloved aunt who spent the first twenty-three years of my life fighting recurrences of cancer before succumbing (in fact, I was never actually supposed to meet her, since she was given roughly six months to live upon her initial diagnosis--which was six years before I was even born). I've worn a Live Strong bracelet on my wrist every day for the last seven years to remind me of their struggles and the importance of really living every single day. Furthermore, I count Wit: A Play among my favorite books and Terms of Endearment reduced me to emotional rubble (seriously, I can't even watch it. I cried so hard I made ludicrous, hiccupy snuffling noises that made me glad no one was there to witness it).
So please believe me when I say that when I found the protagonists (Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters) of The Fault in Our Stars irritating, it had nothing to do with their illnesses and everything to do with the way Green constructed their personalities. I'll get to my problems with the plot itself at the end.
Green has an upstanding history of creating lovable nerds. He is an author who really understands and celebrates the underdog--the so-called "losers" of the world. It's why his fan community is known as Nerdfighters (not to mention why he has such a massive fan community at all). He's subverting the paradigm that being intelligent or "weird" is wrong (if Glee were capable of consistent storytelling it would be spreading the same message on TV every week). But here's the thing: in all of his other books I've believed in his over-articulate outcasts without an incredible suspension of disbelief. I don't believe in Hazel and Augustus the same way. Their dialogue is at best contrived, at worst cloying and, well, ridiculous.
I chalk this down to the fact that Hazel and Augustus are worth more to Green as Metaphors than as characters. Everything they do has to be Significant and Important and Meaningful. The main plotpoint, where they embark on a quest to find the author of Hazel's favorite book (which famously lacks closure) so they can find out what happens after the last sentence, is a rather obvious metaphor for their fear of death. For goodness' sake, Hazel can't even eat breakfast without opining about how eggs are the victims of typecasting. "I mean seriously," she intones, "How did scrambled eggs get stuck with breakfast exclusivity? You can put bacon on a sandwich without anyone freaking out. But the moment your sandwich has an egg, boom, it's a breakfast sandwich ... I don't want to have 'breakfast for dinner' ... I want to have scrambled eggs for dinner without this ridiculous construction that a scrambled egg-inclusive meal is breakfast even when it occurs at dinnertime."* Do you get it, you guys? THE EGG IS A METAPHOR. I just blew your mind, didn't I? It's OK, take a second if you need to.
Augustus is, if possible, even more obviously cratered with Metaphors. His desire to die heroically is repeatedly signified by his obsession with sacrificing his virtual life in video games instead of winning the game (then, irritatingly, Green feels the need to explain it toward the end anyway Just In Case You Missed It). He's the kind of guy who likes to keep an unlit cigarette between his lips, and will gladly explain it's metaphorical significance to you if you ask politely ("You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing."), prompting Hazel to remark that he chooses his behaviors based on their metaphorical resonance and Fall Irrevocably In Love With Him.
And there's the other problem I have with Augustus and Hazel: their romance feels like a plot construction far more than it feels like a natural stars-crossed Passion For The Ages. In Green's other books, I believed that Miles fell for self-destructive Alaska, I believed that Margo Roth Spiegelman captivated Quentin Jacobsen enough to make him search for her after she disappeared (in Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns respectively). There was something about their force-of-nature presence that made it believable that someone like Miles or Quentin would be lured in. But Augustus Waters just shows up in Hazel's cancer support group and stares at her like Creepy McCreeperson and she just swoons at him. I'm sorry, that's almost as bad as Bella Swan falling in love with Edward Cullen even though he apparently hates her and is stalking her outside her bedroom window. Green attempts to play it cool by having Hazel recognize that she'd be creeped out if it were an ugly guy staring at her, but that doesn't make their love affair any less sudden or any less inexplicable. The plot won't work if they aren't in love, so reason be damned, and there it is: love at first sight.
And that brings us to my problems with the plot itself.
Observation: repeatedly beginning lines of dialogue in which your characters are supposed to make an Important Observation about Life As We All Know It with "Observation: ..." gets old, especially when the Observation(:) is as trite as "standing in line is a form of oppression." Observation: Random Acts of Capitalization don't make your writing endearing or quirky. Please To Stop.
Nevermind the fact that all the peripheral characters are completely flat (definitely an accusation I never expected to make about John Green)--if they don't matter to the author, why should they matter to us? That the plot is dully predictable is a greater offense to me. The "plot twist" recurrence, the acceptance of fate, the lessons learned by the protagonist at the end ... you see it all coming a mile away.
The strength of The Fault in Our Stars is that it refuses to offer false comfort regarding a subject matter that does not have any happy ending: we are all going to die, but we live our lives pretending that words like "forever" or "always" have meaning (think of Isaac's subplot in re: the latter word). I suspect this is a new concept for many people; maybe that's why it resonates with so many readers. Perhaps I'm more morbid than your average person, but it was nothing new for me. And it's been done better (the aforementioned Wit for one). The Fault in Our Stars wants to have it both ways: it wants to reflect the harsh realities of impermanence and death, but it wants to leave the reader feeling good in the end. Consider that the book Hazel loves so much is lauded for remaining honest through its complete lack of closure, but Green provides us with a full denouement and conclusion. It derides cheap sentimentality, then uses it as a crutch to make the reader Feel Something. In the end you just can't have it both ways, and that's why The Fault in Our Stars is a failure to me.
Grade: D+
*"breakfast exlusivity?" WHO TALKS LIKE THAT?! You can tell me that these kids have been forced into early adulthood due to their circumstances until you're blue in the face and I won't buy it. I'm well into adulthood right now and have never heard anyone, ever, talk in such a contrived manner.
887 of 1,119 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Believable Teenagers,
This review is from: The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
It seems like every less-than-five-star review needs to begin with the author's assurance of being a Nerdfighter and loving John Green, lest it be downvoted into oblivion. Therefore let me begin by saying that yes, I am a Nerdfighter, and I watch John Green videos religiously. However, TFIOS fell a little flat for me. Most points I want to make have already been addressed, but I still wanted to stand with my fellow three-star-ers.
My main problem with the book is that the characters are just not believable. They do not speak like teenagers. They do not even handle situations like teenagers do. So many interactions between Gus and Hazel are interactions which, plain and simple, just would not happen between real, emotional, scared, awkward, virgin teenagers, let alone ones with cancer who have been socially cut off for much of their lives. Their transactions are so smooth and painless with just the barest occasional tinge of awkwardness, when most of them ought to be drenched. Augustus's flirting comes to mind as a prime example. It is funny and witty and entertaining and it is also the flirting of an experienced 25 year old. Neither character appears to be a three-dimensional relatable teenager, and that's a shame, because creating a believable teenage romance is what Green is trying to do.
Neither Hazel, Augustus, Hazel's mom, or Hazel's dad appear to have their own seperate identity. They all have the same voice and thought pattern and high intelligence level as their creator does. Hazel is John Green. Augustus is John Green. Hazel's mom and dad are John Green. Isaac is John Green. (Now, I know that obviously all of an author's characters are going to reflect bits of themselves, but it shouldn't be so obvious.) Fortunately, even though all the characters are the same person, the person they are is an interesting person, which is why it's still a good book. Just not the OMGOMGBESTBOOKEVER book that the 600+ 5-star reviews imply.
So, conclusion: I like John Green, I like what he brings to the arena of young adult novels. I like that he expects us to already know his references to The Great Gatsby and Kurt Vonnegut. I like that he challenges us. I like that he creates an environment within and without his novels which expects teenagers to be intelligent and demands them to be intelligent and teaches them to be intelligent. I like the fun little jokes and joyful geekery and the great thought-provoking quotes about life. But because the characters were so unbeleivable, I didn't "feel" any of them and I didn't care about them, because Green's own voice drowned theirs out.
So that is my review of TFIOS. Not bad, not amazing either. Better than 80% of the YA novels being published right now, I'm glad that someone with talent gets to be a bestseller. But he still didn't hit it out of the park.
p.s. Thumbs-downers, it is not very much in the spirit of Nerdfighteria to thumbs-down a well-written review just for disagreeing with you. This does add to the discussion and you know it. Stop forgetting to be awesome. Everyone else, DFTBA.
Edit: Two years and 58 comments later, I'm editing this to address the most common refrain of my most vocal critics, which is that Augustus/Hazel are "smart" and that I need to "stop suggesting that teenagers aren't supposed to talk like that." Yeah, I have a Tumblr too. You can stop sending me links that I've already seen.
Here's the thing. The problem is not that Augustus is pretentious in the beginning and that his character arc makes him become less pretentious and therefore it's intentional and okay. The problem is that the entirety of the book, from start to finish, character to character, uses overinflated, pretentious diction, regardless of who is speaking. We as readers are expected to swallow this with the excuse of "stop telling teenagers how smart they can be", and any criticism is easily silenced by accusing the speaker (i.e. me) of insulting teenagers.
In no circumstance did I say that teenagers are not intelligent. When I wrote this review, I was one, and I certainly did not underestimate the intelligence of my peers. The problem is that indicating that your characters are intelligent by giving them all the voice of a 30-year-old Yale English Lit major who is trying to impress a date is not great writing. It is (brace yourselves) mediocre writing that tramples and ignores and substitutes any genuine character voices with your own. As I said, it's not a bad book. It's engaging and well-written. But this is a major flaw, because the entire point of being an author is to emulate the voice of the people you are trying to portray. The romanticized, elitist diction used in Green's work is the whole "date a girl who reads" pretension in book form. The book is cluttered with these long, meandering introspective poem-paragraphs (not just when Augutus is speaking!) and while it is the exact reason teenagers (and adults) love it, it's also very frustrating for people who read to really connect with the characters/plot.
Yeah, Hazel and Augustus are smart kids, and they've been through a lot, and they've had to grow up fast. But they've also been cut off from their peers, they are isolated in most social situations (see: airport scene), and generally "othered" by society because of their diseases. This kind of socialization would have a negative, not a positive, impact on a real human being's ability to interact with others. And while they are both "smart", smart doesn't necessarily mean re: speaking like a Yale lit major.
I really believe that while it's a good book, it's not the best book ever; it receives a healthy popularity boost from John Green's very public profile, and if he were not such a well-known pseudo-celebrity, people would read his books a little more critically.
91 of 113 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars The Schmaltz in Our Stars,
Aberforth Dumbledore (Hogsmeade) - See all my reviews
I was on the waiting list for this book at my local library for several months. I was vaguely aware of the plot, but was more interested in reading it because of of its popularity (nearly 25,000 reviews on this site alone?!) and seemingly everyone's adoration of it. Color me intrigued!
Unfortunately, the book is terrible.
The characters are utter cliches. I lost interest in the whole, "teenagers spew philosophical insights at every turn and act like they're middle-aged philosophy professors" somewhere around season three of Dawson's Creek.
The ending was obvious the instant Augustus was introduced. I am a voracious reader of many genres, and I meet characters I love, love to hate, and hate to love all the time. Even the unlikable ones often have a redeeming quality, something in their backstory that explains their present, or are just plain fun and interesting to read. I can safely say August is one of perhaps a handful of characters I've ever actively disliked. "Pretentious douchebag" seems an apt description, and having read profiles and interviews re: John Green, this character must be autobiographical.
The plot with the reclusive author (I don't remember his name, nor do I care to) who engages in a penpal-type relationship with Augustus and trip to Amsterdam was utterly contrived and inane. A kissing scene in front of a cheering audience at the Anne Frank house/museum is not romantic; it is disrespectful and creepy.
The "love story" -- solely based on the fact that Hazel resembles Natalie Portman's "V for Vendetta" era is straight out of the Nicholas Sparks handbook (terrible disease + contrived love story + impending death = $$$$$$$$$$$ and movie rights). Authors: please stop using life-threatening illness as a catalyst for terrible, lazy writing. It is insulting to people who have actually been affected by life-threatening illness.
The only reason I finished this book was so I would have counterpoints to make when people inevitably act like it's on a par with Lee, Hemingway, Vonnegut, Fitzgerald, Salinger, Updike, etc -- just a handful of the many timeless authors I strongly suggest those who rave about this book seriously consider looking into. For a more modern example, may I suggest the works of Tom Perrotta. There are many others (Rowling, King, and Irving among them) whose prose may not be Shakespeare, but at least they can construct stories/characters in which readers invest themselves. I recently read "Wonder" by RJ Palacio -- THERE is a book about a young person that captures the feelings, dialogue, and growing pains of a young person who has faced his own share of health-related struggles.
File this one with Stephanie Meyer, whoever wrote 50 Shades of Grey, James Patterson, and Nicholas Sparks under "Things I Don't Get and Wish People Would Stop Considering Literature."
55 of 67 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars The fault in our literature,
This is it.
This is the kind of title that probably pops up if you rated Twilight with 5 stars.
If thats you thing, whatever floats your boat.
I personally found this to be the most overrated story I've ever had the misfortune to read.
The kind of book you hear so much hype over and actually look forward to and the author actually looks like a decent human being and then you start reading and its like that sinking feeling you got when you sat and watched The Phantom Menace for the first time in the theater- you keep telling yourself it can't possibly be as bad as your brain is telling you but soon you're overtaken completely by that hollow ache of hope dying - slowly then all at once.
60 of 75 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Overrated Wtih Detestable Characters,
This review is from: The Fault in Our Stars (Paperback)
I don't often write reviews, but I felt compelled to write a negative review of this book as I am very disappointed by it. I don't quite understand why anyone would rate this book a positive rating, unless most of the positive reviews are from teenagers who think it is a work of genius simply because of the use of big words, shallow romance, and (psuedo)-intellectualism.
Given all the hype surrounding it, I expected "The Fault in Our Stars" to draw me in and keep me interested throughout each page, instead, the book is flat, emotionless, and unenjoyable. The characters are unrealistic and are extremely pretentious to the point of annoyance. I have never encountered a teenager who speaks the way they do -- their level of maturity and philosophical outlook is well above and beyond their years. It sounds more like the author himself speaking through his invented characters, which explains why the main characters all sound the same and are fairly indistinguishable from one another. Interjecting the word, "like" once in a while, and the overuse of the phrase, "or whatever" that the teenage characters repeat incessantly, does not make them seem any more believable, (It only serves to irk and further annoy).
I felt nothing for Hazel or Augustus, as they were quite unlikable. Their "romance" occurs suddenly and without reason and is unconvincing. I also did not feel as though the struggles, pain, and suffering, that someone endures while battling a devastating illness such as cancer, were properly conveyed. It was also difficult to muster any sympathy for the characters or shed a tear for them, (their sarcastic approach to life and to their condition, didn't help in this regard). If you would like to read a better book about a young girl dying from cancer, I recommend "Before I Die," by Jenny Downham. Although not without controversial moments, I feel like Downham's writing effectively conveys, and truly captures the essence and emotions of a dying teenage girl, and the story is much more intense and meaningful than "The Fault in Our Stars," (or whatever).
33 of 40 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Gimmick,
I don't understand the great reviews about this book. This book felt empty and a gimmick. The protagonist obsession with that specific simple book and the trip is the biggest gimmick an author could come up with to have a story?! I felt like I was just listening to a conversation from two teenagers and that conversation abruptly ends leaving me cold, frustrated and somewhat angry. There was nothing compelling about this story. I have read many books in English and Spanish and this is the first time I have felt this way about a book...complete emptiness and shocked that so many people fell for this story. I feel this book is for young people who have not experienced real life and real issues.
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A winter coat made with love for my gorgeous sister Angeline.
The coating fabric is a stunning wool/cashmere blend from Tessuti Fabrics
The lining is a silk cotton blend that I purchased from the do-it-yourself fabric website Spoonflower The print design of this fabric is by heidikenny
This coat, made using Butterick 5145 is inspired by the hot pink coat worn by Zooey Deschanel on the TV series 'New Girl'.
The coat is fully lined, with the addition of bound button holes; my new favourite technique!
This coat is so super soft and the colour alone is bright enough to warm you up in the bleakest of winters. Pity it's Summer in Australia!
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Nov 22, 2012, 10.49 AMby funkencreme
This coat is just so much fun. It really made me smile. Especially the lining. Great job!
Nov 21, 2012, 03.15 PMby dottty
How sweet, it looks great on your sister jj:)x
Nov 21, 2012, 08.18 PMby JuliaBobbin
Thanks Dotty :) She does look pretty in pink
Nov 19, 2012, 08.43 AMby pauline alice
I just love your (sister's) pink coat! I've just make one and it's the best colour for winter, so cheerful. And it looks so good on your sister, she's very pretty in pink!
Nov 21, 2012, 08.19 PMby JuliaBobbin
Thank you! Yes it's perfect for winter, and the cashmere makes it extra warm. Just because it's cold and dreary outside, doesn't mean your clothes have to match :)
Nov 18, 2012, 04.27 PMby anabella68
Julia ur sister haves a very lovely name Angeline My grand-daughter is Angelina too… she is 4 years old!!! and what a love pinky coat for winter!!!
Nov 21, 2012, 08.19 PMby JuliaBobbin
Oh that's so lovely anabella! I love the name Angeline. My grandmother's name is Angiolina so my sister was named after her.
Thanks for your comment :)
Nov 18, 2012, 04.23 PMby anabella68
cute pinky jacket!!!!
Nov 18, 2012, 10.19 AMby Mary Athey
Oh miss bobbin!! this is such a gorgeous coat you choose well with the fabric and the linings fab. Its beautiful on your sis x
Nov 21, 2012, 08.20 PMby JuliaBobbin
Well thank you very much Mary! I was very excited to find both of these fabrics and I'm really pleased with how the pattern turned out :)
Nov 18, 2012, 07.13 AMby Maimeo882002
That's awesome, how long does it take to make and how much did you pay for the material? I am so making this coat for this winter. Thank you for sharing.
Nov 21, 2012, 08.23 PMby JuliaBobbin
All the hours added up, this coat probably took just shy of a week, but I made it pretty slowly. I added extra hand stitching and bound button holes which are more time consuming. Plus I'm pregnant so everything I do is slower these days :)
I treated myself and got some really good quality couture fabrics so the coat probably ended up costing around $200 for fabric and notions. You could easily make it for less though.
Nov 18, 2012, 04.24 AMby teacups+towers
Gorgeous and it suits your sister perfectly! Love it!
Nov 21, 2012, 08.23 PMby JuliaBobbin
I think so too :) Thanks so much! x
Nov 18, 2012, 12.24 AMby Irina Schwab
Julia, you did it again! What a sweet little coat!
Nov 18, 2012, 12.29 AMby JuliaBobbin
Thanks Irina! :)
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