posts on 9/9/2006 12:31:27 AM
I have recently discovered the works of Mr. Maguire and he now tops my list of favorite authors. His exploration of human character, how one's environment influences his/her perception of the world and how viewing things from a different perspective can change the entire an entire belief system is amazing. I have read "Wicked" and "Son of a Witch" and have just finished "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" and can not wait to begin "Mirror, Mirror".
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posts on 7/20/2006 9:41:31 AM
amanda
From what i understood.. candle got pregant by liir while liir was in a coma. Do you remember when mother yackle locked candle in hte room with liir, it says " ... she took off her underskirts ... as he grew more distant and colder she grew warmer in her panic and climbed atop him and tried to rescue hiim with her own warmth. She kissed him and licked his eyelids as a cat might trying to open them. She didnt know what his eyes looked like even and she was stretched naked upon him like a wife."
So.. in order to wake him.. i assumed candle had sex with him because it was the only thing she could think of doing and mother yackle wanted her to do it.. because it says mother yackle opened the door smiling. After mother yackle had come in.. liir stirred and sighed. and so on and so forth
However the thought of candles baby being liirs is wonderful and happy.. theres also the thought that he is not the father. Candles "uncle" dropped her off at the monastary.Because the uncle said basically that he couldnt deal with her and child..
Remember the stranger in the hooded cloak that came upon liir while he was lying under a tree, he had a book (maybe the grimmerie) i had notions that the stranger may have been the wizard reclaiming his book.. and also the stranger could have been candle's "uncle". THe wizard gave Elphie's mother the drug in the bottle maybe it happened again.. Candle fell in love with the domingon that her "uncle" played.. it might have been another trap... We all know how maguire writes.. so many twists and turns.. it keeps you on the edge of your feet. So.. to me that was a possibility as well .. though i would like it to be Liirs.
did that make any sense at all...?? i hope i helped.. and gave you another thing to think about.
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posts on 6/28/2006 12:46:25 PM
Does anyone understand how candle became pregnate with Liir's child. I really can't figure it out without rereading. Please post if you do.
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posts on 6/16/2006 9:55:02 PM
Gregory Maguire, is by far,one of my all time favorite authors! Like on of his reviews for wicked said... save a spot between alice and the hobbit its a spot well deserved. it is so true!
I thought, finally, someone wrote about how annoying dorothy was.. and glinda.. for myself, ive never been a HUGE fan of the wizard of oz.. and now i am less of one. Wicked is the perfect story. Everything just fits.. and it all makes sense. My mother and i read the book a while ago, and we still discuss different events and characters in hte book and make correlations to different events, and people that have been apart of history. We both feel that this book was a life altering.It was such a very power book... it ranks tops with us... right next to Night.
Son of a witch was very very good! I loved the ending.. it was perfect.
we both HOPE AND PRAY
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The commentator DRew
posts on 1/3/2006 4:20:03 AM
this was a really intense scene, and i just was hoping somebody could help me by explaining just what happened. i am a little confused. thanks!
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G-baby
posts on 12/22/2005 11:06:56 AM
I'm doing a research paper on Gregory Maguire... does anyone know where i can find some good info about him??
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The commentator foster
posts on 12/21/2005 1:49:55 PM
about a year ago i saw wicked in a bookstore and read the first chapter while i was waiting on a friend... never could remember the book until recently at the library i saw the new display son of a witch ... tada... i checked out wicked read it in 2 days went back to get son of a witch now i m bushed to see what happens next... anyone know anything out there?
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The commentator Mikoto
posts on 12/11/2005 12:26:15 PM
It would be nice if you could know what happend after the book finished.
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The commentator Sarah
posts on 11/29/2005 7:42:19 PM
(I hope this goes through this time!) Thank you Mandie, I'm reading Son of a Witch right now, and of coarse loving it! I think I'm actually just as far as you are actually. I'm to the part after Dorothy and the Wizard left, and now Liir is talking to the Scarcrow. I really can't wait to see where the story goes, and if he made any new similarites that the musical had (after all, he did dedicate this book to the cast and song writer). So I wouldn't be suprised if that where the case (but I won't be to dissappointed if he didn't.) I saw the musical again on it's tour, it was fabulous, Stephanie J Block did a superb job, and Katie Adams the understudy) was fantastic. I could see that play a million times and never get tired of it! The only thing I really now about the domingon is that it's a string instument, and that's all, I'm sorry i can't helo you out more there Mandie!
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The commentator Mandie
posts on 11/29/2005 7:11:26 PM
Well Sarah, I'm reading Son of a Witch right now. I've just finished reading Wicked and yes, I agree with everyone else. Gregory Maguire is a genius and I LOVE his books. Not that it matters much but since every one else has added there age I suppose I should to. I'm 18. Son of Witch is about Elphaba's son Liir and his life after Elphaba dies and a girl named Candle that sits next to him and nursing him back to health while playing hear Domingon. ( not sure yet what happened to him, I'm still reading it.) Which brings me to a question of my own. Will someone please tell me if anyone knows what a Domingon is?..because I've looked all over for a definition and I can't find one. It's says that it's a type of instrument but I don't know what it is. Thanks so much. I hope I've helped you Sarah.
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The commentator Pam
posts on 11/18/2005 4:51:55 PM
Dear Mr. Maguire, I am hoping you will come back to this message board and see some of the wonderful tributes to your work. Wicked was an absolutely amazing piece of literature. I love the life you gave Elphaba, her integrity and passions were so well described.THANK YOU!! Pam
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The commentator Jake
posts on 11/17/2005 12:06:28 PM
Hell Mr Macguire. My name is Jake living in Colorado Springs Colorado for ten years. I have been reading Wicked since the beginning of last summer and I love it. It is such a good book about the other side of ones perspective. The Witch of the West is looked apon as the pinnacle of evil but you have given me a new site to her. When I was young my sisters would watch the wizard of oz and when the witch came on I would coware in fear but now I feal bad and sorry for her because her horrible life. It is so interesting how changed the pinnacle of evil to a peace fighting maunt. Mr Macguire, i am 13 and I love your work. I would also love it if you would reply to me because I would like to now how you got your inspiration of the story.
Your new found friend
Jake
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Jack
posts on 11/7/2005 2:59:19 AM
Mr Maguire, I know you've been known to visit this board on occasion, though apparently not for some time now. Just the same, in the hopes that you'll return, I have a question I'd like to ask you. You give Elphaba a singing role in the book, when she and the others from Shiz are out celebrating Ama Clutch's life I think it was. You use the following sentence to describe her song:
"Elphaba made up a little song on the spot, a song of longing and otherness, of far aways and future days."
Maybe I'm just being a whimsical fool but I can't help wonder if the first line of that song was, by any chance, "Somewhere, over the rainbow . . . "
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Victoria
posts on 10/7/2005 1:24:01 PM
I've read the book and absolutely love it, and I was just wondering if anyone has seen the musical? Did they change a lot of things from the story? I've heard the music and it sounds really great.
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The commentator Drake
posts on 7/26/2005 3:37:07 PM
I boutht the book ten years ago and to be honest, it took me that long to finally finish it. Normally I have a book read in a matter of a day if not days. My sister, a neocon of the first order actually gave me the mucical on cd for Christmas. I normally loathe broadway musicals but I listened and liked most of what I heard. That brought me back to read the entire book this time. Mr. Maguire said that he hoped people would see the similarities (paraphrased) between George one and two currently. I saw them immediately, before even reading further on Mr. Maguire or any of his interviews. I suppose what took me so long to finish reading this book was that I relate to Elphaba far too much. Her line in the book, "good is abberent" about sums it up for me. How many of us out there are really green on the inside? The book is so thought provoking that I would recommend it to anyone and everyone. Even my neocon, gay hating, Bill O'Reilly loving sister enjoyed it. She didn't understand it but it was very entertaining for her. (eyeroll, I'm ready to turn green now)
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Jennifer
posts on 5/24/2005 9:29:15 PM
Wednesday, June 1 at 12:30 pm
Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
BRYANT PARK READING ROOM
WORD FOR WORD - Lunchtime Readings in the Park
Located at the Bryant Park Reading Room between 5th and 6th Ave outside in the park. Rain venue Coliseum Books across the street from the park.
Gregory is hard at work on his new novel to be published this fall. Come hear an excerpt from his upcoming release and meet the creator of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Wicked.
Call 212-803-5890 for more information
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Callie Person
posts on 5/6/2005 10:12:52 PM
I had just read the book Wicked,and I found it fascinating! I am only 14, and I was able to understand it! The only thing I wonder about is this; that picture where the Wicked Witch is melting, you can only see the backside of Dorothy. Does anyone know if her hair is in braids, or pigtails, because in the prologue it said pigtails, but I don't know what to think!
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The commentator Courtney
posts on 4/26/2005 8:19:13 PM
I am a high school senior about to graduate and for class reading I chose Gregory Maguire's book, "Lost." My mom is definitely a book person, so I went through her boxes of books and found Lost. I thought the cover was so cool, that I just had to open it. It turns out the book was just what I was looking for, a little bit of wierdness, sex, murder, and mystery. This book was totally awesome, and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Katy
posts on 4/20/2005 2:56:00 PM
I have always loved the Wizard of Oz (both the original book by Baum, as well as the movie). As a young girl, I always wondered what was behind the Wicked Witch of the West's "wickedness." I always imagined that there was some reason for her to act as she did and I knew that if she was given a chance to speak up, that her unravelling story would be so very inticing! Gregory MacGuire depicted this story so perfectly! He gave the Witch a voice that still resounds within me! I was also highly impressed by the themes brought up by MacGuire, such as the root of evil as well as many others! The whole thing was a treat to read!!
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The commentator Carolyn
posts on 4/6/2005 4:00:20 PM
Being both a lover of books and musicals, I must confess I heard the original cast recording before reading the book. I was very much liked the recording, the vocals were generally fantastic, and the lyrics proved insightful if you listened closely. I just got the book last week, and I am in the process of reading it again.
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